cloud-cuckoo-land
an idealized, illusory domain of imagination; cloudland: the cloud-cuckoo-land of technicolor cartoon whimsy.
Origin of cloud-cuckoo-land
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How to use cloud-cuckoo-land in a sentence
Dorothy's clear-cut personality was becoming blurred; she never used to speculate about thistledown in cloud cuckoo land.
The Vanity Girl | Compton MackenzieCanterbury came down from the "cloud-cuckoo-land" in which Selwyn twitted her with dwelling.
A History of the English Church in New Zealand | Henry Thomas PurchasI wanted my house, my cottage in Cloud-Cuckoo Land, to rise like the lark from the furrows.
Cottage Building in Cob, Pis, Chalk and Clay | Clough Williams-Ellis
British Dictionary definitions for cloud-cuckoo-land
cloudland
/ (ˈklaʊdˌlænd) /
a realm of fantasy, dreams, or impractical notions
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Other Idioms and Phrases with cloud-cuckoo-land
An idealized mythical domain, as in That idea about flying cars is straight out of cloud-cuckoo land. This expression originated as a translation from the Greek of Aristophanes' play The Birds, where it signifies the realm built by the birds to separate the gods from humankind. It came into use in the 1820s. During the 19th century it began to be used for a place of wildly fanciful dreams, unrealistic expectations, or the like, and it also acquired the connotation of “crazy” (from cuckoo, slang for “crazy” since about 1900). Also see la-la land; never-never land.
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