wildest dream

Most outlandish aspiration

Wildest dream appears almost exclusively in the negative: I never imagined in my wildest dreams that we'd win.

The phrase marks something as beyond what even uninhibited fantasy would conjure.

Wildest dreams are the most extravagant scenarios the mind can produce—so the construction emphasizes that reality has exceeded imagination's outer limits.

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excitement · improbability · surrealism · phantasm · illusion · castle in the air · pie in the sky · vision · fantasy world · daydream · wonderland · transcendence · utopia · joy · reverie · yearning · miracle · aspiration

Opposites
ambition and aspiration scale

wildest dreamlow expectations

Anticipating poor outcomes

bare minimum · settling

emotional valence of imagined futures

wildest dreamworst nightmare

worst-case scenario · nightmare scenario · living hell · horror · catastrophe

realism and practicality

wildest dreamharsh reality

Uncomfortable actual circumstances

grim reality · everyday life · real life · waking life · real world

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G