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Pie in the sky

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Pie in the sky

Origin of Phrases - P

 

Pie in the sky

Meaning: An un-achievable dream, a fantasy.

 

Example: I am saving my virginity for Michelle Pfiefer, but when I tell this to people they say it's pie in the sky.

 

Origin: Derived from a parody circulated in a Trade Union song book of a classic Ira Sankey hymn. The parody reads: "You will eat by and by/ In that glorious land in the sky / Work and pray, live and hay, / There will be pie in the sky by and by."

Mocking the belief that all our earthly sufferings will be rewarded in Heaven when we die.

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