flight of fancy

Idioms  

1. An unrealistic idea or fantastic notion, a pipe dream. For example, She engaged in flights of fancy, such as owning a million-dollar house. This idiom uses flight in the sense of “a soaring of the imagination,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

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flight of fancy

This flight of fancy implies a moral imperative: “So basically if you can do something to change the risk a little bit of that happening, you’ve committed the greatest act of humanity ever.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

In short, the Cassidy-Kaine proposal is a flight of fancy.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

After reaching for the stars in his first show for Chanel, new chief designer Matthieu Blazy took a feathery flight of fancy for his debut Haute Couture collection inspired by birds and nature on Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

This was nothing but a flight of fancy: The price of a Happy Meal in California ranges from $4 to $8 today, depending on its content and size.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

“Nothing. Just a brief flight of fancy, my mind sailing off past the phantom tollbooth. So, which lifeline would you like to use?”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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