in an ideal perfect world

in an ideal perfect world
in an ideal/a perfect ˈworld idiom
used to say that sth is what you would like to happen or what should happen, but you know it cannot

In an ideal world we would be recycling and reusing everything.

Main entry:worldidiom

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