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A highly desirable yet seemingly unattainable goal or aspiration.
‘within a few years folks could hardly remember why anyone had thought the four-minute mile was an impossible dream’
‘Rovers fans are beginning to dream the impossible dream’
‘Standing just feet away from your red carpet heroes on the sunny French Riviera would seem an impossible dream to most teenagers.’
‘A society where everyone can be proud of his or her heritage while defending the land we have chosen to live in is not an impossible dream.’
‘Turning swords into ploughshares seems abruptly to be an impossible dream for mankind.’
‘There have been some 16,000 big leaguers in over a hundred years of baseball and maybe 16 million who dreamed the impossible dream.’
‘A coach driver with 28 years' experience fears it is an "impossible dream" that youngsters will belt up on school buses.’
‘By eliminating some of the middlemen they hope to accomplish what can seem like an impossible dream: making a decent living from a small, family farm.’
‘They pursue impossible dreams, work ridiculous hours, and resolve unsolvable problems.’
‘For regular guys, slam-dunking seems like an impossible dream.’