Airy fairy In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "airy fairy", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tommy Tran calendar 2021-08-18 03:08

Meaning of Airy fairy

Synonyms:

out of this world

Airy fairy British adjective informal

Irrational, imaginative, and unrealistic thinking.

I'm not sure, man. That idea sounds a bit airy-fairy to me.

Helen always comes up with airy-fairy ideas that will never work.

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Impossible or unrealistic dreams, hopes, or plans

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To pursue unrealistic or impossible goals

head for the last roundup

Used when one dies or something is no longer useful.
 

have had the radish

To indicate something which is no longer working and helpful or someone is on the verge of death or died.
 

Origin of Airy fairy

Alfred Tennyson. (Image Source: WorldHistory)

It's possible that this phrase comes from a line in the poem Lilian written by Tennyson in 1830:

“airy, fairy Lilian”

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