Idiom
somewhere over the rainbow
Meaning
In an unknown, hypothetical, or very distant place.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He thinks his dream job is somewhere over the rainbow.”
“You keep waiting for a perfect life that exists somewhere over the rainbow instead of fixing your current problems.”
“The idealistic young artist spent his entire career chasing a vision of success that remained somewhere over the rainbow, forever just out of his reach.”
Examples
simple
“He thinks his dream job is somewhere over the rainbow.”
contextual
“You keep waiting for a perfect life that exists somewhere over the rainbow instead of fixing your current problems.”
complex
“The idealistic young artist spent his entire career chasing a vision of success that remained somewhere over the rainbow, forever just out of his reach.”
Origin
Popularized from the song Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland, written by Harold Arlen (music) and E. Y. Harburg (lyrics) for the film The Wizard of Oz
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