If something is just pie in the sky then the chances of the thing actually ever actually materialising or happening are really really narrow and the speaker is probably showing off to make an impression on the listener.
A promise of heaven whilst suffering on earth
People mean that it is the end of the world/
This isn't an idiom - it's talking about some animal with their tail held high, flying behind them.
"Sky high" just means very high. You usually hear this as "blown sky high," which would mean either (literally) something exploded and was thrown high in the air, or (figuratively) that someone's plans were thoroughly destroyed.
The origin of the idiom finger in every pie is unknown. The saying means being involved in a lot of things or knowing about a lot of things.
Something that is an absolute surprise.
It's "pie in the sky," and it originated in 1911 in a poem by Joe Hill. The poem told how preachers promised their followers that everything would be grand once they died and went to heaven, that they would have everything they wanted, including pie, "up in the sky" or in heaven.
Nothing. It's "finger in every pie," and it means he is involved in many different projects or things.
People mean that it is the end of the world/
This isn't an idiom - it's talking about some animal with their tail held high, flying behind them.
"Sky high" just means very high. You usually hear this as "blown sky high," which would mean either (literally) something exploded and was thrown high in the air, or (figuratively) that someone's plans were thoroughly destroyed.
It is not an idiom. When you see "as ___ as ___" you are dealing with a simile, and those are just comparisons between two things. "As nice as pie" would be very nice, because pie is a nice, tasty dessert.
The origin of the idiom finger in every pie is unknown. The saying means being involved in a lot of things or knowing about a lot of things.
This isn't an idiom. Soggy means damp and moist, no longer crispy. This sounds like a dialect speech, talking about a pie that got soggy.
"Sky" and "pie" are words that rhyme with "high" and can also have meanings related to smoke, such as in phrases like "smoke up to the sky" or "smoking a pie."
Nothing. However, to have a finger in every pie means that you have a lot of varied interests and business contacts.
It means to be alive; to live.
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