field of dreams
Where hopes flourish
A field of dreams is a place or project built on optimistic faith that success will follow—from the 1989 film where a farmer builds a baseball diamond in his cornfield after hearing "If you build it, they will come." The phrase now applies to any venture pursued on hope rather than guaranteed demand: The stadium was the mayor's field of dreams, but the crowds never materialized.
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- pitchingDelivering toward the plate
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
storytelling · diamond · cornfield · reconciliation · belief · redemption · second chance · destiny · Iowa · transcendence · batting · nostalgia · Kevin Costner · perseverance · sacrifice · family bonds · growth · home run
field of dreamsharsh reality
Uncomfortable actual circumstances
rude awakening · reality check · dead end · broken promises · shattered illusions
field of dreamsdisillusionment
Bitter loss of faith
crushed hopes · lost cause · bitter end · cynicism · burnout
field of dreamsrust belt
Declining industrial region
factory floor · coal mine · sweatshop · concrete jungle · urban decay
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