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fool's paradise

noun

Etymology

From Middle English foles paradise, folis paradyce, first recorded in the Paston Letters (1462).

  1. inherited from foles paradise

Definitions

  1. A state of happiness due to illusion or false hope.

    • A report by the Pensions Commission warned that the number who were failing to save enough for their retirement was higher than 12 million, and said that Britain had been living in a "fool's paradise" for 25 years.

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