絵に描いた餅

Japanese

Etymology

From 絵 (e, “picture, painting”) +‎ に +‎ 描く (kaku, “to draw”) +‎ 餅 (mochi, “rice cake”). Literally, “a drawing of a rice cake”.

Noun

絵に描いた餅

  1. (idiomatic) pie in the sky, castle in the air; a useless thing or idea (clarification of this definition is needed)
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