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be/live in a dream world

to have ideas or hopes which are not practical and are not likely to be successful. If she thinks he's suddenly going to turn into the perfect boyfriend, she's living in a dream world. (usually in continuous tenses)

See also: live, world

beyond your wildest dreams

far more than you could have hoped for or imagined. Twenty years later the company has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. Her books have brought her riches beyond her wildest dreams.

See also: beyond, wild

Dream on! (humorous)

something that you say to someone who has just told you about something they are hoping for, in order to show that you do not believe it will happen. 'I've a feeling I'll win something on the lottery this week.' 'Dream on!'

a dream ticket

two politicians who have joined together to try to win an election and who are likely to succeed because together they have the support of many different groups of people. Clinton and Gore transformed themselves into a dream ticket in the last American election.

See also: ticket

not in my wildest dreams

if you say that you did not imagine something in your wildest dreams, you mean that something that has happened was so strange that you never thought it would happen. Never in my wildest dreams did I think she'd actually carry out her threat. Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined England winning 4-1.

See also: wild

In your dreams! (humorous)

something that you say to someone who has just told you about something they are hoping for, in order to show that you do not believe it will happen. Dave, buy you a car? In your dreams!

like a dream

if something or someone does something like a dream, they do it very well. Everything had happened as it was meant to. Oscar's plan had worked like a dream. Our new car goes like a dream.

See also: like

the man/woman/something of your dreams

the person or thing that you would like more than any other. I'm not sure I'll ever meet the man of my dreams, or if he even exists. At last, we'd found it, the house of our dreams.

See also: man, woman

a pipe dream

an idea that could never happen because it is impossible. The classless society is just a pipe dream.

See also: pipe

a wet dream

1. a sexually exciting dream that makes semen (= thick liquid containing a man's seed) come out of a man's penis while he is sleeping. Most boys start getting wet dreams in their early teens.

2. something that is very pleasant or very exciting for someone. This new machine is a computer buff's wet dream.

See also: wet

wouldn't dream of doing something

if someone wouldn't dream of doing something, they would never do it because they think it is wrong or silly. I wouldn't dream of asking my father for money.

See also: wouldn't

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a dream come true

something that has been desired for a long time that has happened as hoped for. Our vacation by the ocean was a dream come true.

come true

See also: come, true

dream on

what you want will not happen. “I've got a feeling I'll win the lottery this week.” “Dream on!”

Usage notes: usually said to answer someone else, as in the example.

dream up something

to invent or imagine something. She's dreamed up a great new way to waste time. The Gerbils is an odd name for a baseball team — who dreamed it up?

think up something

like a dream

so well or so good that it cannot quite be believed. The suit only cost $100 and it fits like a dream. Our first date was like a dream.

work like a charm

See also: like

not dream of doing something

to know something is wrong and therefore have no intention of doing it. When I was a girl, my parents wouldn't dream of letting me stay home alone.

wildest dreams

the things that you have imagined, expected, or hoped for. His company has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. Never in my wildest dreams did I think she'd actually carry out her threat.

See also: wild