over the rainbow
Past the arc
Over the rainbow describes an idealized, fantastical place beyond ordinary experience—from the 1939 song in *The Wizard of Oz* where troubles melt and dreams come true.
The phrase suggests hopeful longing for something better: She's always dreaming of somewhere over the rainbow.
It can also imply the unattainable or purely imaginary.
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
- bluePrimary color; also sad
- skyVisible overhead expanse
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
optimism · melancholy · transcendence · allegory · yearning · metaphor · imagination · escapism · yellow brick road · nostalgia · gold · utopia · longing · pie in the sky · wonder · paradise · storytelling · sparkle
- Wizard of OzDorothy, Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Wicked Witch, yellow brick road
- rainbowarc, red, colors, orange, spectrum
- futilityfutile, futility, in vain, pointlessness, vain
over the rainbowright here
At this location
here and now · within reach · at hand · close to home · down to earth
over the rainbowharsh reality
Uncomfortable actual circumstances
down to earth · grim reality · in the trenches · nuts and bolts · waking life
over the rainbowin the gutter
down in the dumps · rock bottom · in the doldrums · hopeless · without hope
over, rainbow, overt, overture, rain, rains, rained, raining, rainy