will-o'-the-wisp
noun
- jack-o'-lantern (sense )
- any hope or goal that leads one on but is impossible to reach
See will-o'-the-wisp in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(wĭlˌə-Þə-wĭspˈ)
noun- See ignis fatuus.
- A delusive or misleading hope.
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