Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
絵に描いた餅
English translation:
pie in the sky
Added to glossary by
Matthew Fagan
Feb 21, 2007 01:38
17 yrs ago
Japanese term
Japan
絵に描いた餅
Japanese to English
Other
Environment & Ecology
This is some kind of metaphor or fixed expression (not the literal meaning). The context is:
地球の環境保護が絵に描いた餅となってしまいます
I'm guessing something like "the vision that is never realized", but am not sure.
地球の環境保護が絵に描いた餅となってしまいます
I'm guessing something like "the vision that is never realized", but am not sure.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | pie in the sky |
YNishi
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| 5 | A useless thing |
Can Altinbay
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| 5 | pie in the sky |
lavanya sriram
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| 4 | academic |
Yuki Okada
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| 3 | impractical (idea, plan, argument, proposition, etc) |
RieM
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Proposed translations
+3
11 mins
Selected
pie in the sky
対訳は、"Wine in the bottle does not quench thirst."でしょうか。
ここでは、"pie in the sky"でよいのでは。
ここでは、"pie in the sky"でよいのでは。
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everyone for your quick replies! Everyone's answers were useful. I chose this one because "pie in the sky" will fit perfectly into what I'm doing. Thanks YNishi, and thanks to Can and Rie too."
9 mins
Can Altinbay
Native in Japanese
&
English
Mr. Meticulous
Native in: English 
, Japanese
Works in: Japanese to English, Turkish to English, English to Japanese, and 3 more.
A useless thing
See the first Google match for the term:
www.geocities.jp/kuro_kurogo/ko-jien01/page16.html
You can't eat a picture of a mochi, hence it's totally useless.
www.geocities.jp/kuro_kurogo/ko-jien01/page16.html
You can't eat a picture of a mochi, hence it's totally useless.
21 mins
impractical (idea, plan, argument, proposition, etc)
Some other alternatives. I think you've got the gist of it!
8 hrs
lavanya sriram
Expereince for more than 5 years
Native in: Tamil 
Works in: Japanese to English, English to Japanese
pie in the sky
Agree to 1st comment by Ynishi
Reference given below
Reference given below
Reference:
10 hrs
Yuki Okada
Canada
Canada
Native in Japanese
Canada
Engineering translator
Native in: Japanese
Works in: English to Japanese, Japanese to English
Related KudoZ points
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24
academic
What about this one? Good thing to discuss, but not attainable practically, hence academic.
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