His plan to win the lottery is just eggs in moonshine.
eggs in moonshine
idiomA fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept.
Origin
disputed originProbably from the name of a dish, referred to in 16th- and 17th-century English cookbooks, made of egg yolks lightly poached in sweetened rosewater. See also moonshine, culinary sense (US). https://web.archive.org/web/20160721010231/http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/eggsinmoonshine.htm
The investors rejected the proposal because they considered the entire project to be nothing more than eggs in moonshine.
The politician dismissed the opposition's ambitious economic reform as mere eggs in moonshine, arguing that it lacked any foundation in reality.
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kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
To seek short-term gain at the sacrifice of long-term profit.
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lay eggs
To produce a string of failures or flops.
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price of eggs
Something that is relevant or important, usually used to emphasize that another, compared thing is irrelevant, unimportant, or non sequitur.
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put all one's eggs in one basket
To rely on a single source (as of income), rather than diversifying.
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teach grandma how to suck eggs
To tell an expert how to do things.