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Idioms: pie in the sky

An empty wish or promise, as in His dream of being hired as a sports editor proved to be pie in the sky. This expression was first recorded in 1911 in a rallying song of a union, the International Workers of the World (or "Wobblies"): "Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die."


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Pie in the sky is a phrase that means a fanciful notion or ludicrous concept. It was apparently coined by Joe Hill in his song "The Preacher and the Slave" in reference to Christian evangelists' promise of paradise in Heaven after death. "Pie in the sky" was later popularized by televagelist Reverend Ike who preached that you should forget about "pie in the sky by and by" and to look instead within yourself for divine power[1])

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