English-Portuguese translations for pipe dream

• quimera
  Não, Senhoras e Senhores Deputados, abandonemos as quimeras! Ladies and gentlemen, we must abandon all pipe dreams.
  Não tem nada de uma quimera, como disse Gorbatchev, o tal da "perestroika". This is not a pipe dream, as the perestroika guy, Gorbachev, said.
  Com o relatório Morillon, a quimera de hoje é a da defesa europeia, que aliás já vem de trás. The pipe dream contained in the Morillon report is that of European defence, which is moreover an outdated notion.

Definition of pipe dream

• A plan, desire, or idea that will not likely work; a near impossibility

Examples

• I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school

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