Usually means: Unrealistic hope or fantasy expectation.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word pie in the sky:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. pie in the sky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pie-in-the-sky, pie in the sky: Merriam-Webster
  3. pie in the sky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pie in the sky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pie in the sky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pie-in-the-sky, pie in the sky: Wiktionary
  7. pie in the sky: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. pie in the sky: Dictionary.com
  9. Pie in the Sky (TV series), Pie in the Sky (game engine), Pie in the sky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. pie in the sky: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Pie in the sky: World Wide Words
  12. Pie in the sky: Phrase Finder

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pie in the sky: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pie-in-the-sky, pie in the sky: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pie in the sky)

noun:  (idiomatic) A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept; the illusory promise of a desired outcome that is unlikely to happen.

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