fool's paradise

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Noun fool's paradise has 1 sense

fool's paradise - an illusory state of wellbeing
--₁ is a kind of wellbeing, well-being, welfare, upbeat, eudaemonia, eudaimonia

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Fool's Paradise

Noun:

a state of happiness, satisfaction, or contentment based on false beliefs or unrealistic expectations.

Sample Sentence:

Living in a fool's paradise, he believed he could pass the exam without studying.

Idiom:

a situation that appears to be good, successful, or advantageous but is likely to end in disappointment or failure.

Sample Sentence:

Investing all his savings in that risky scheme turned out to be a fool's paradise.

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