pie in the sky
Example Sentences
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But as in so many books of its kind, the menu of solutions consists mostly of pie in the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A lot of folks think that is pie in the sky.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
“It was almost kind of a pie in the sky that he would be who he is,” Rivera said.
From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2023
He said: "When Tommy Cashman says to you, 'It wasn't me', it therefore must have been someone else - that's not pie in the sky, we submit, it's based on fact."
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023
Not that pie in the sky stuff, not a preference for optimism over pessimism, but rather “an orientation of the spirit.”
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
