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词汇 a flight of fancy
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Idiom
a flight of fancy
an idea which shows a lot of imagination but which is not practical or useful in real situations.
You were talking about cycling across the US, or was that just another flight of fancy?
idioma flight of fancyan idea that is full of imagination but is not practical or sensible:My uncle kept us entertained with an elaborate flight of fancy about how the mountains and lakes began.It was not a flight of fancy that led Dr. Mosey to name his medical theory after the legendary African American. It was real-life experience.

flight of fancy

An imaginative but unrealistic idea. No one took his campaign for office seriously because his proposed solutions to problems were filled with flights of fancy.

a flight of fancy

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a flight of fantasy

COMMON If you call an idea, statement, or plan a flight of fancy or a flight of fantasy, you mean that it is imaginative but not at all practical. This is no flight of fancy. The prototype is already flying, and production is to begin next year. The idea that you could use these satellites as weapons is a complete flight of fantasy.

a ˌflight of ˈfancy

an idea or a statement that is very imaginative but not practical or sensible: The idea is not just a flight of fancy. It has been done before.
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