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(idiomatic) An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.

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flight of fancy

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flight of fancy

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非現実な、あるいは夢想的な考えや妄想 / 突飛な想像、空想 / 突拍子もない妄想やアイデア

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His proposal to colonize Mars within five years was dismissed as a flight of fancy by the committee.

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彼の5年以内に火星に植民するという提案は、委員会から突飛な考えだとして却下された。

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And, whereas the mind of Man, when he gives the Spur and Bridle to his Thoughts, doth never ſtop, but naturally ſallies out into both extreams of High and Low, of Good and Evil, his first Flight of Fancy commonly tranſports Him to Idea's of what is moſt Perfect, finiſhed, and exalted; …

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flights of fancy

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