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мечта идиота

English translation: a pipe dream

16:26 Jul 12, 2009
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang
Russian term or phrase: мечта идиота
В выражении "Сбылась «мечта идиота»!"
Ekaterina K
Local time: 17:14
English translation:a pipe dream
Explanation:
A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve.

"Сбылась мечта идиота!" -
you could say: "my pipe dream came true".



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Olga Derenko
Local time: 17:14
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5a pipe dream
Olga Derenko
5 +3a fool's dream
Alexander Onishko
4 +1wildest dream
Lina Episheva
5a dream of a crazy came true!
Alexandra Taggart
4It's when castles in the air materialize
katerina turevich
3I/We have got what I/we asked for
Zamira B.


Discussion entries: 2





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a fool's dream


Explanation:
это кросс-культурный феномен :)

http://www.google.com.ua/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1B3GGGL_e...

*a fool's dream came true

Alexander Onishko
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Michael Korovkin: sounds seductive, but, stragely enough, i'm not sure that's it. you can say that for every writer, mechta idiota - nobel pr. fore literature. but i don't think you can call it a fool's dream. as i said - i'm not sure. maybe i'm wrong
7 mins
agree  Gyulnara Rude
55 mins
  -> Большое спасибо!
agree  russki
1 hr
agree  Alexandra Taggart: You can be right, all depends on the context."A fool's dream"-маниловщина",a fool there is a dreamer."An idiot" is not a fool but a nut, "not a full ticket" which desires impossible.
2 hrs
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
a pipe dream


Explanation:
A pipe dream is a fantastic hope or plan that is generally regarded as being nearly impossible to achieve.

"Сбылась мечта идиота!" -
you could say: "my pipe dream came true".





Example sentence(s):
  • I\\\\\\\'ve been enjoying Demon\\\\\\\'s Souls for the past few days, I guess the pipe dream came true! (Demon\\\\\\\'s Souls - a computer game)
  • Your adventure was certainly interesting but the best part is that your pipe dream came true.

    Reference: http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/
    https://tokecity.com/forums/archive/index.php4/t-4079.html
Olga Derenko
Local time: 17:14
Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Viachaslau: i like this one, though it may also have some additional implication: A fantasy someone has while under the influence of marijuana.
19 mins
  -> Thank you! Yes, "pipe" may refer to an opium pipe. I hope this connection is obscured?
agree  The Misha: Yep, that's what I'd say, a pipe dream come true. There's really no more drug undertone to this anymore.
6 hrs
agree  Alexandra Taggart: Yes, can be but that which should be taken in account-"pipe dream" is "inpraticable dream" which has no use,for instance-winning the lottery and dong nothing to the rest of (his) life or- become the next space traveller. We do not know that.
12 hrs
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
15 hrs
agree  Victor Zagria
1 day 47 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
wildest dream


Explanation:
My wildest dream came true

Lina Episheva
Georgia
Native speaker of: Native in GeorgianGeorgian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Alexandra Taggart: Unfortunately it would not work on it's own as a standard expression,althouh good.
37 mins
  -> Спасибо
agree  Mikhail Kropotov
14 hrs
  -> Спасибо
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a dream of a crazy came true!


Explanation:
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-12 18:49:57 GMT)
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It is more common expression in English "Your crazy dream came true!" but I suppose that my suggestion is all right.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-12 18:52:18 GMT)
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http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/serjiscoolz/blog/57817/

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 17:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I/We have got what I/we asked for


Explanation:
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Zamira B.
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:14
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
It's when castles in the air materialize


Explanation:

It's when castles in the air materialize

http://lateralaction.com/articles/gormenghast/
"Castle builder" in my dict. (Rodale) takes third place under "dreamer"

Or when fancy turns real.

katerina turevich
Netherlands
Local time: 16:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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