cloud-cuck|oo-land

cloud-cuck|oo-land
cloud-cuck|oo-land «KLOWD KOO koo LAND», noun.
a fanciful or ideal realm; the condition of being away from present-day or practical living: »

It is still obvious that many thousands of nonmotorists are living in a cloud-cuckoo-land of the nineteen-twenties (Punch).

╂[< Cloud-Cuckoo-Land, a town built by the birds to separate the gods from mankind, in the comedy The Birds (416 B.C.) by Aristophanes]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • cloud-cuckoo-land — cloud′ cuck oo land n. cvb an idealized, illusory domain of imagination; cloudland • Etymology: 1815–25; trans. of Gk Nephelokokkȳgía, the realm that separates the gods from humankind in Aristophanes The Birds …   From formal English to slang

  • cloudtown — cloud cuckˈoo land or cloudˈland or cloudˈtown noun An imaginary situation or land, esp as the product of impractical or wishful thinking • • • Main Entry: ↑cloud …   Useful english dictionary

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