"blue-sky thinking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-blue-sky thinking.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=blue-sky thinking}} blue-sky thinking (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic) Thinking that is not grounded or in touch with the realities of the present; open-minded thinking. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Synonyms: brainstorming, big-sky thinking Related terms: outside the box Translations (thinking that is not grounded or in touch with the realities of the present): rêverie [feminine] (French), витать в облаках (vitatʹ v oblakax) (Russian), meddwl heb orwelion [masculine] (Welsh)

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