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impossible dream

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Etymology

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From Don Quixote.

Noun

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impossible dream (plural impossible dreams)

  1. (figuratively) A belief or goal which is unattainable despite the pursuer's high hopes.
    • 1996, Alan Parker, Oliver Stone, Evita:
      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?
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