airy fairy Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
airy-fairy
lacking in strength of character
fairy godmother|fairy|godmother
n. 1. A fairy believed to help and take care of a baby as it grows up. 2. A person who helps and does much for another.
The rich man played fairy godmother to the boys and had a baseball field made for them. Jane was a fairy godmother to her poorer friends.
fairy tale|fairy|fairy story|story|tale
n. An inaccurate, even false account of something; a result of wishful thinking.
Jeff said he was going to be promoted soon, but we all suspect that it is only one of his customary fairy tales.
fairy
fairy In addition to the idiom beginning with
fairy, also see
tooth fairy.
fairy godmother
fairy godmother A generous benefactor, as in
An anonymous fairy godmother donated the money for the new organ. This expression alludes to a stock character in fairy tales such as
Cinderella, who gives unexpected and much needed assistance. [Late 1800s]
tooth fairy
tooth fairy A mythical source of bounty, as in
So who will finance this venture—the tooth fairy? This expression refers to the fairy credited with leaving money under a child's pillow in place of a baby tooth that has fallen out, a practice popular with American parents since the first half of the 1900s.
thoáng-mát-tiên
Phi lý hoặc bay thực tế; mơ mộng, viễn vông và bất thực tế. Mẹ tui luôn có những ý tưởng cổ tích thoáng mát về chuyện tất cả chúng tui đi du lịch khắp thế giới, nhưng chúng tui không bao giờ có đủ trước cho chuyện đó. Tôi bất nghĩ rằng bạn vừa nghĩ kỹ về sau cần để thực hiện một kế hoạch cổ tích thoáng đãng như vậy.
air-fairy
mod. hư không; của mơ tưởng. Tôi bất muốn nghe thêm bất kỳ ý tưởng cổ tích nào của bạn. . Xem thêm: