| 单词 | in your dreams |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin your (my, etc.) dreams P8. colloquial (originally U.S.). in your (my, etc.) dreams: (as an ironic or resigned comment on an aim or hope unlikely to be fulfilled) ‘that is highly improbable’; ‘not a chance’; ‘some hope’; cf. dream on at dream v.2 Phrases 1. ΚΠ 1976 J. Schumacher Car Wash (final draft screenplay) 58 Goody: I'm gonna get you Chuko... Chuko: In your dreams Pocahontas. 1986 Re: why believe in Religion? in talk.religion.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 9 Oct. Even if every Christian were to magically become an atheist tomorrow (in your dreams, right?), there would still be a loud and quite organized cry against abortion. 1998 C. Worrall Grace xxvi. 264 ‘She's not a goer, then?’.. ‘In my dreams.’ 2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy iii. 65 Aggressive lads and dressed-up lasses all trying hard to pretend they didn't live in Lincoln. ‘Nah, mate. Just passin through on me way to me London flat, like.’ In your dreams. 2002 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 10 May 15 They reasoned that..they could build up a nice cushion of points, forcing Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello to play catch up in the second half of the season. In their dreams! < as lemmas |
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