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Idiom

thought bubble

Meaning

An ill-conceived idea.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“That plan is just a thought bubble.”

“He realized his idea for a flying car was just a thought bubble when he saw the cost.”

“The committee dismissed the proposal as a mere thought bubble, lacking the necessary infrastructure to succeed in the current market.”

Examples

simple

“That plan is just a thought bubble.”

contextual

“He realized his idea for a flying car was just a thought bubble when he saw the cost.”

complex

“The committee dismissed the proposal as a mere thought bubble, lacking the necessary infrastructure to succeed in the current market.”

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