Definition of "pie-in-the-sky" [pie-in-the-sky]

• Lacking reality and serviceability. (adjective)
• Of a dream unlikely to ever come true. (adjective)

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• "Of similar note, both Obama and Ayers use the phrase “pie-in-the-sky.”"
• "Both Obama and Ayers use it as a noun, as in “gray beards preaching pie-in-the-sky.”"
• "To his detractors, Gideon was dangerous—a pie-in-the-sky slave to political correctness who thought the enemies of Western civilization could be jawboned into holding hands and singing “Kumbaya.”"