Pie In The Sky Definition
noun
A promise of benefits or a reward in an afterlife or in the remote future.
Webster's New World
An unrealistically Utopian plan or project.
Webster's New World
adjective
Lacking reality and serviceability.
A pie-in-the-sky patent.
Wiktionary
Of a dream unlikely to ever come true.
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Origin of Pie In The Sky
1911, phrase originally in reference to the promises of religion taken from a song written by Joe Hill, "The Preacher and the Slave", a parody of the Salvation Army hymn "In the Sweet By and By". Hill was associated with the Industrial Workers of the World (commonly known as the Wobblies), who organized migrant laborers. When the workers returned to the cities, they faced the Salvation Army.
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