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Meaning of if wishes were horses, beggars would ride | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

A response to someone wishing for something, conveying that merely wishing for something has no effect or is of no use.

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

if you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time if you ask me if you believe everything you read, better not to read if you build it, they will come if you can't beat them, eat them if you can't beat them, join them