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eggs in moonshine

idiom

A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept.


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Related idioms5entries
  1. 01

    kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

    To seek short-term gain at the sacrifice of long-term profit.

  2. 02

    lay eggs

    To produce a string of failures or flops.

  3. 03

    price of eggs

    Something that is relevant or important, usually used to emphasize that another, compared thing is irrelevant, unimportant, or non sequitur.

  4. 04

    put all one's eggs in one basket

    To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.

  5. 05

    teach grandma how to suck eggs

    To tell an expert how to do things.

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