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   cloud cuckoo land

   noun

   • 1. a state of absurdly over-optimistic fantasy: "anyone who believes that the Bill will be effective is living in cloud cuckoo land"

   Word Origin late 19th century: translation of Greek Nephelokokkugia, the name of the city built by the birds in Aristophanes' comedy Birds, from nephelē ‘cloud’ + kokkux ‘cuckoo’.

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