pie in the sky

pie ¹

 (pī)

n.

1. A dish composed of fruit, meat, cheese, or other ingredients baked over, under, or surrounded by a crust of pastry or other dough.

2. A layer cake having cream, custard, or jelly filling.

3. Informal A pizza.

4. Something similar to or resembling pie: mud pie.

5. A whole that can be portioned out: "That would ... enlarge the economic pie by making the most productive use of every investment dollar" (New York Times).

Idiom:

pie in the sky

An empty wish or promise: "To outlaw deficits ... is pie in the sky" (Howard H. Baker, Jr.).

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[Middle English.]

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pie ²

 (pī)

n.

See magpie.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pīca.]

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pie ³

 (pī)

n.

A former unit of currency of India.

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[Hindi pā'ī, from Sanskrit pādikā, quarter, from pāt, pad-, foot, leg; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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pie ⁴

 (pī)

n.

An almanac of services used in the English church before the Reformation.

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[Medieval Latin pīca.]

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pie ⁵

 (pī)

n. & v. Printing

Variant of pi².

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PIE

abbr.

Proto-Indo-European

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pie¹

(paɪ)

n.

1. a pastry crust filled with fruit, meat, pudding, etc., and baked, often with a top crust.

2. a layer cake with a cream or custard filling: Boston cream pie.

3. a total or whole that can be divided: They want a bigger part of the profit pie.

4. an activity or affair: I'm sure he had a finger in the pie.

Idioms:

pie in the sky, the illusory prospect of future benefits.

[1275–1325; Middle English; of obscure orig.]

pie³

(paɪ)

n., v.t. pied, pie•ing.

pi ² .

PIE

Proto-Indo-European.

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pie in the sky

A wish or promise that is extremely unlikely to be fulfilled.

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Translations

شَيءٌ جيّد مَوعود وغَيْر مؤكَّد

vzdušné zámky

luftkastel

Luftschloss

álom: csak egy szép álom

innantóm loforî

illusione

tomme løfter

vzdušné zámky

ham hayâlolmayacak dua

异想天开渺茫的幸福

pie

(pai) noun

food baked in a covering of pastry. a steak/apple pie. pastei فَطيرَه пай torta pečivo s náplní, závin, piroh, koláč die Pastete tærte πίταtarta, empanada, pastel pirukas پای piirakka tarteפאי कचौडी़ pita pite kue baka torta パイ 파이 pyragaitis, pyragas (su įdaru) pīrāgs pai pastei, taartpai, terteplacek داسې كلچه چې غوښه يا ميوه وركې ګډه وي، سنبوسه، ګيږ كه، كيشكره، اوګبۍ tarte plăcintă пирог pečivo / koláč s náplňou pita pita paj พาย etli börek; turta 派餅 пиріг; пиріжок سموسہ bánh nướng 馅饼

pie in the sky

something good promised for the future but which one is not certain or likely to get. He says he will get a well-paid job but it's just pie in the sky. onvervulbare hoop شَيءٌ جيّد مَوعود وغَيْر مؤكَّد празни надежди promessa vzdušné zámky das Luftschloß luftkastel κενή υπόσχεση, μεγάλα λόγια castillos en el aire täitumatu soov آرمان تحقق ناپذیر toiveajattelu des châteaux en Espagne אַשלָיוֹת असंभावी योजना nagrada kasnije csak egy szép álom janji indah innantóm loforð chimera, castello in aria 絵にかいた餅 헛된 기대 tušti pažadai, nieko tikra solītā paradīze; tukši solījumi tinggi melangit luchtkasteeltomme løfter obiecanki cacanki لاس ته نه راوړونكى آرمان sonho castele în Spania водушные замки vzdušné zámky gradovi v oblakih prazno obećanje [lova] guld och gröna skogar วาดวิมานกลางอากาศ ham hayâl, olmayacak dua 渺茫的幸福，異想天開 синиця у небі سبز باغ دکھانا hy vọng hão huyền 渺茫的幸福，异想天开

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