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somewhere over the rainbow

idiom

In an unknown, hypothetical, or very distant place.


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Related idioms5entries
  1. 01

    chase a rainbow

    To pursue something illusory, impractical, or impossible.

  2. 02

    get one's butt somewhere

    Go somewhere, especially quickly.

  3. 03

    it's five o'clock somewhere

    Used as an excuse for drinking alcoholic beverages outside of customary hours.

  4. 04

    rainbow baby

    A baby that is conceived after a miscarriage or other loss of a baby.

  5. 05

    somewhere along the line

    At some point in a process or in a series of events; at some unspecified or unknown time; eventually.

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