candy in the sky

Chinese translation: 不切实际的想法

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English term or phrase:	candy in the sky
Chinese translation:	不切实际的想法
Entered by:	clearwater

00:25 Apr 9, 2008

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Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / Real-time data

English term or phrase: candy in the sky

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But it's not just e-mail alerts. Typically, decision-makers in manufacturing companies think that they want daily updates for their material requirements planning (MRP) system so they can make changes to plans and update forecasts and inventories on a daily basis. And vendors selling MRP systems (surprise!) usually agree with them. But, "Guess what: Reality says I can't deal," Smith says. He says that companies simply cannot make those decisions on a daily basis because there's too much information and too much flux. "It's one of those concepts that's {candy in the sky}," he says.

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"I don't think there's danger in trying to achieve [a real-time environment]," says Delta Apparel's Smith. "But you could easily spend a lot of money trying to get to {that candy in the sky}, and then realize that the information overload is too great.
"Not all people understand the impact of real-time information."

clearwater KudoZ activity Questions: 12458 (5 open) (1 without valid answers) (1079 closed without grading) Answers: 1671 China
Local time: 10:06

可望不可及

Explanation:
If a candy is in the sky, which means it is floating in the sky. So we can see it, but can not catch or grab it.

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Or one of my friends said it should be " pie in the sky"
if an idea or plan is pie in the sky, it seems good but is not likely to be achieved. Those plans of his to set up his own business are just pie in the sky.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pie in the sky

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不切实际的空想。

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servien (X)
Local time: 21:06

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可望不可及

servien (X)

4 +1

不可实现（的概念）

Duobing Chen

空中楼阁

Melody Xie

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27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

可望不可及

servien (X)
Local time: 21:06
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Chinese
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谢谢！

36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

不可实现（的概念）

Explanation:
供参考

Duobing Chen
China
Local time: 10:06
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Chinese
PRO pts in category: 142

3 hrs confidence:

空中楼阁

Explanation:
空中楼阁

Melody Xie
China
Local time: 10:06
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Chinese
PRO pts in category: 3

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