fool's paradise
fool's paradise noun: a state of happiness due to illusion or false hope.
Noun
fool's paradise (plural fools' paradises)
- A state of happiness due to illusion or false hope.
- Now, afore God, I am so vexed, that every part about me quivers. Scurvy knave! Pray you, sir, a word: and as I told you, my young lady bade me inquire you out; what she bade me say, I will keep to myself: but first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fool's paradise, as they say, it were a...1592, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
- The Devon School record books contained a mistake, a lie, and nobody knew it but Finny and me. A. Hopkins Parker was living in a fool's paradise, wherever he was. His defeated name remained in bronze on the school record plaque, while Finny deliberately evaded an athletic honor.1959, John Knowles, chapter 3, in A Separate Peace
Forms of fool's paradise
| plural | fools' paradises |
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Origin of fool's paradise
From Middle English foles paradise, folis paradyce, first recorded in the Paston Letters (1462).
Questions about fool's paradise
- What does fool's paradise mean?
- Fool's paradise means a state of happiness due to illusion or false hope.
- What part of speech is fool's paradise?
- Fool's paradise is a noun.
- What is the plural of fool's paradise?
- The plural of fool's paradise is fools' paradises.
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