"in one's wildest dreams" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: en-au-in one's wildest dreams.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in one's wildest dreams, {{en-PP}} in one's wildest dreams
  1. (idiomatic, normally in the negative) Much better than one could ever expect. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-in_one's_wildest_dreams-en-prep_phrase-hswM1zfQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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