dream on

English

Verb

dream on (third-person singular simple present dreams on, present participle dreaming on, simple past and past participle dreamed on or dreamt on)

1. (transitive) To sleep on (something); to consider (something) by dreaming about it.

Translations

to continue dreaming

• Finnish: jatkaa uniaan
• Portuguese: continuar sonhando
• Spanish: seguir soñando, continuar soñando
• Swedish: drömma vidare

Phrase

dream on

1. Used to express skepticism or derision about the possibility of an interlocutor's statement.
   • 1996, Judy Carter, The Homo Handbook:

     When you first come out, you might have an overactive gaydar. When I realized I was gay, I wanted everyone to be gay too, which led to a lot of wishful thinking.
     "Helen Hunt is gay!" Dream on, girl!

Synonyms

• in your dreams
• you wish

Translations

a skepticism expression

• Finnish: älä unta näe
• Romanian: vise (ro)
• Russian: (dreaming doesn't hurt) мечта́ть не вре́дно (mečtátʹ ne vrédno), (to a man) размечта́лся (ru) (razmečtálsja), (to a woman) размечта́лась (ru) (razmečtálasʹ)
• Spanish: sigue soñando
• Swedish: dröm vidare

Anagrams

• Dameron, Medrano, anoderm, enamor'd, madrone, mandore, omander, roadmen