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单词 at the end of the rainbow
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at the end of the rainbow

Used to refer to something much sought after but impossible to attain: the long-lost loving parent who waits at the end of every unhappy child’s rainbow...
  • We'll never find happiness by looking for it, any more than we'll find the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow by looking for it.
  • Yet, they continue on with a program they might not enjoy, burnt out and stressed, because they see a light at the end of the rainbow that might not exist, but is still worth attempting to reach.
  • The slip of paper inside the fortune cookie I got to choose on Thursday night read: ‘You will soon find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.’
With allusion to the story of a crock of gold supposedly to be found by anyone reaching the end of a rainbow
See parent entry: rainbow
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