- blue-sky ideas
- Gen Mgtextremely ambitious, idealistic, or unrealistic proposals, apparently unconfined by conventional thinking (slang)
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blue-sky — blue′ sky′ adj. fanciful; impractical: blue sky ideas[/ex] • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
blue-sky — /blooh skuy /, adj. 1. fanciful; impractical: blue sky ideas. 2. (esp. of securities) having dubious value; not financially sound: a blue sky stock. [1890 95] * * * … Universalium
blue-sky — ˈblue sky adjective [only before a noun] blue sky thinking is thinking of ideas or solutions that are completely new and different from anything that people have thought of before: • Some blue sky thinking was needed to try and solve the… … Financial and business terms
blue-sky — adj [only before noun] AmE blue sky tests etc are done to test ideas and not for any practical purpose … Dictionary of contemporary English
blue-sky — blue ,sky adjective only before noun INFORMAL testing out new ideas and not practical or making money … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Blue sky memo — The Blue sky memo was a document authored by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The premise of the memo was to describe actions the CIA should undertake if it did not have to operate under legal, financial, and political restrictions (that is … Wikipedia
Blue Sky Rangers — The Blue Sky Rangers are the group of Intellivision game programmers who once worked for Mattel back in the early 1980s. When the Intellivision first came out in 1978, its games were all developed by an outside firm. Realizing that potential… … Wikipedia
blue-sky — adjective (only before noun) AmE blue sky tests etc are done to test ideas and not for any practical purpose … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
blue-sky — UK / US adjective [only before noun] informal testing out new ideas and not practical or making money … English dictionary
blue-sky thinking — /blu: ˌskaɪ θɪŋkɪŋ/ noun extremely idealistic and often unconventional ideas … Marketing dictionary in english
grey-sky thinking — n. Negative or pessimistic thoughts, ideas, or solutions. Also: Grey sky thinking, grey skies thinking. Example Citations: Grey sky thinking might be a better way of putting it. Officials at Glasgow City Council have been told to indulge in blue… … New words
