impossible dream

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Definition of impossible dream in English English dictionary

A belief or goal which is unattainable despite the pursuer's high hopes

Tell me before I seek worthier pastures / And thereby restore self-esteem / How can you be so short-sighted / To look never further than this week or next week / To have no impossible dream? -Antonio Banderas' character in Evita.

Hyphenation

im·pos·si·ble dream

Turkish pronunciation

împäsıbıl drim

Pronunciation

/əmˈpäsəbəl ˈdrēm/ /ɪmˈpɑːsəbəl ˈdriːm/

Etymology

() From Don Quixote.