Meaning of rainbows and unicorns | Babel Free

Definitions

A wonderful (but often unrealistic) scenario.

idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Examples

“In a Results-Only Work⟳ Environment, people can do whatever they want⟳, whenever they want⟳, as long as the work⟳ gets done. […] You get⟳ paid for a chunk of work⟳, not for a chunk of time. We realize⟳ that this sounds too good to be true. This kind of freedom and control⟳ and trust⟳ sounds like⟳ the stuff of rainbows and unicorns. But this idea didn't come⟳ out of the blue.”

“Don't get⟳ me wrong; it is not all rainbows and unicorns. […] Despite my extensive experience⟳ with offline experimental design⟳ (from clinical trials to testing the effectiveness of direct⟳ mail marketing), I found the online testing space extremely challenging.”

“Keep⟳ in mind⟳ that none of this is guaranteed to end⟳ with rainbows and unicorns. Like⟳ any idea, notions such as "culturcide" and "the culture of one" can be used by people to achieve⟳ what will strike⟳ a particular society or group or individual as negative effects; nonetheless, I hope⟳ to keep⟳ things mostly upbeat.”

“Just a few days earlier, the president [Donald Trump] had remarked that "nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated". Now he's promising rainbows and unicorns.”

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