Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A state of delusive contentment or false hope.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a name applied to a limbo (see under Limbo) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain self-satistaction.
- n. See under Fool, and Limbo.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an illusory state of wellbeing
Examples
“Whether is it better, I ask, to be a slave in a fool's paradise at Marseilles -- fevered with delusive bliss one hour -- suffocating with the bitterest tears of remorse and shame the next -- or to be a village-schoolmistress, free and honest, in a breezy mountain nook in the healthy heart of England?”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘fool's paradise’.
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phraseologue ⊃ possessives
originally made due to compulsion to not leave the comments on this list hanging. Also the typo.
bum's rush, king's ransom, mind's eye, god's country, christ's sake, winner's circle, Lorenzo's oil, St. Elmo's Fire, dog's breakfast, rat's ass, tinker's damn, cat's meow and 68 more...
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Multi-Words
fool's paradise, writer's block, winner's circle, god's penny
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A Long, Strange Trip
You'll definitely need a map. Inspired by Son of Groucho's comment on Islets of Langerhans.
slough of despond, pit of despair, den of iniquity, islets of langerhans, hippocampus, boulevard of brok..., canals of hering, hesselbach's tria..., crypts of lieberkühn, angle of louis, circle of willis, traube's space and 102 more...
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X's Y, where X is not somebody's name
Somebody must already have a list like this. But I'm bored, so I'm going to start my own.
cat's pajamas, bee's knees, mare's nest, lion's share, snowball's chance..., widow's peak, busman's holiday, devil's advocate, greengrocer's apo..., baker's dozen, curate's egg, pope's nose and 224 more...
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