fantasy land en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An ideal place that does not exist in reality.
In the movie Back to School, an economics professor suggests building a factory in a place where no political corruption must be calculated into the costs; the protagonist replies "How about fantasy land?"
I’d toil away at my job, which I hated with a passion. But I’d dream, too. No, no, they couldn’t take away my dreams. In my fantasy world, I didn’t have it that bad. In fact, I had a pretty cool beach house and loads of money and good friends. Real life wasn’t that great, but living in fantasy land was terrific. But soon, fantasy land was bombed by reality and I found myself living in a painful world.
2009, Romy Miller, “Everything You Know Might Quite Possibly Be Wrong”, in How to Be Wanted: Use the Law of Attraction to Date the Man You Most Desire and Live the Life You Deserve, The Book Factory, →ISBN, page 38:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fantasyland | alternative | lexicographic | |
| fantasy lands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Relateds
dreamland · dreamworld · neverland
Translations (3)
pdt Pooselaunt (ideal place) · pl kraina utopii (ideal place) · fi mielikuvitusmaa (ideal place)