Cloud-cuckoo Land

An idealized, mythical domain; a realm of wildly fanciful dreams or unrealistic expectations.

Examples:

  • That idea about flying cars is straight out of cloud-cuckoo land.

Origin: From Aristophanes' The Birds; in English use from 1820s; acquired connotation of 'crazy' by 1900

Synonyms: la-la land, never-never land