白日做梦 [
bái rì zuò mèng]
indulge in wishful thinking
chase rainbows
chaserainbows
waking dream
- 激光倒是真的,但这个计划却是白日做梦。
The lasers were real but the plan was fanciful. - 结果,这一成语就经常被用来形容某个想法不切实际,如同白日做梦般。
That is why this idiom is used to describe ideas that are not realistic, as if they are dreams or fantasies. - 但鉴于其竞选承诺所需成本相当于日本GDP的3.5%左右,这只能是白日做梦。
But, with election pledges costing around 3.5 per cent of GDP, that is fantasy.