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fool's paradise
noun
- a state of enjoyment based on false beliefs or hopes; a state of illusory happiness.
fool's paradise
noun
- illusory happiness
Word History and Origins
Origin of fool's paradise1
Idioms and Phrases
State of delusive contentment or false hope. For example, Joan lived in a fool's paradise, looking forward to a promotion she would never get . This expression was first recorded in 1462.Example Sentences
At others, I yield to a fools paradise and delude myself with impossible solutions that deceive me but for an hour.
It saves us from building castles in the air or living in a fools paradise.
Let it be so; a fools paradise, but still for me a paradise.
She would have given you a brief fools paradise, said that devil.
His under-current of common sense told him that he had again entered a fools paradise.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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