Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “pie in the sky“ and its meaning is “used to refer to something that is good (an idea, plan or hope), but will never happen; false hope, illusion, unrealizable dream, daydream”.
Example Sentence: Months after Boris Johnson promised that the UK would have a “world-beating” test, track and trace system by 1 June, the “Moonshot” project to deliver 10milion tests by early next year, which was announced last week, looks more like pie in the sky as each day passes.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article The Guardian view on Covid testing failures: level with us and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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