To outlaw deficits is a pie in the sky.

宣告赤字非法是空想。

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Their plans to set up their own business are just a pie in the sky.

他们要创办自己公司的计划犹如天上的馅饼，希望十分渺茫。

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Like I told you, I'm working odd jobs, I'm building a company that's going to make us a lot of money, whether you think it's a pie in the sky or not.

就像我和你说过的，我在打零工，我要开家公司让我们能赚很多钱，不管你是不是认为这是天上掉馅饼。

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Like the promise of a pie in the sky when you die.

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But I think it does set the stage in which the White House or someone in congress ought to produce a pie-in-the-sky counter budget.

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We were certain that this was just a "pie in the sky" concept, but apparently engineers are hard at work designing those futuristic space elevators that promise to eventually whisk cargo and humans to the final frontier at a fraction of the cost of rocket-based delivery systems.

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