Whereas the mind of man, when he gives the spur and bridle to his thoughts, does never stop, but naturally sallies out into both extremes of high and low, of good and evil, his first flight of fancy commonly transports him to ideas of what is most perfect, finished, and exalted.
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flight of fancy — An instance of rather free speculation or indulgence in imagination • • • Main Entry: ↑flight * * * flight of fancy/imagination/ phrase an idea that is unusual and exciting or fun, but silly or not practical Her act combines strange flights of… … Useful english dictionary
flight of fancy — index figment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
flight of fancy — To refer to an idea or plan as a flight of fancy means that it is very imaginative but not at all practical or sensible. He often has good ideas but his latest proposal is just a flight of fancy! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
flight of fancy — Synonyms and related words: autism, autistic thinking, conceit, dereism, dereistic thinking, dreamery, fancy, fantasticism, fantasy, fumes of fancy, ideal, idealism, ideality, idealization, imagination, imaginative exercise, imaginativeness,… … Moby Thesaurus
(a) flight of fancy — an idea which shows a lot of imagination but which is not practical or useful in real situations. You were talking about cycling across the US, or was that just another flight of fancy? … New idioms dictionary
flight — W2S3 [flaıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(travel)¦ 2¦(flying)¦ 3¦(movement through air)¦ 4¦(stairs)¦ 5¦(escape)¦ 6 flight of fancy/imagination/fantasy 7¦(birds)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: flyht] 1.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
Flight of the Conchords (TV series) — Flight of the Conchords Genre Musical Comedy Created by James Bobin Jemaine Clement Bre … Wikipedia
flight — [ flaıt ] noun *** ▸ 1 moving through air ▸ 2 trip through air/space ▸ 3 (bird) movement in air ▸ 4 an attempt to escape ▸ 5 set of stairs ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) uncount the act or process of moving through the air, or the ability to move through the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
flight of imagination — flight of fancy/imagination/ phrase an idea that is unusual and exciting or fun, but silly or not practical Her act combines strange flights of fancy with extremely down to earth observations. Thesaurus: imagination and imaginingsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
flight — flight1 [flīt] n. [ME fliht < OE flyht (akin to OS fluht, Du vlucht) < base of fleogan, FLY1] 1. the act, manner, or power of flying or moving through space 2. the distance covered or that can be covered at one time by an airplane, bird,… … English World dictionary
