impossible dream

noun

noun

Etymology From Don Quixote.

Figuratively A belief or goal which is unattainable despite the pursuer's high hopes.

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?1996, Alan Parker, Oliver Stone, Evita:

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