a dream come true
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2.7
- idiom
:
sueño hecho realidad
- For her, publishing her first novel was a dream come true after years of hard work.
And you know, it was a dream come true to be on that team.
- And you know, it was a dream come true to be on that team.
- But for my next guest Edwin it became a dream come true.
- And the next role I've got is a dream come true.
- I'd watch Letterman and it's really like a dream come true.
- The opportunity to sit with you is it's been a dream come true.
- And ever since we got that last out, it was like a dream come true for me.
- I use the shade She's Sculpted, and Oh my goodness is this ever a dream come true.
- I wanted to send them off with a beautiful home and it's really a dream come true.
- It was, it was a dream come true because, you know, after, you know, picking grapes.
- Parking with Damien Chazelle was obviously a dream come true, and I felt so lucky to be part of that movie.
- But even though my dream didn't come true of that mission, the experience was a dream come true.
- I'm just going to show you guys this is honestly a dream come true product.
Examples
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I can only imagine that this is a dream come true for you.
Blog text (7) -
It was a dream come true and it's an experience I will never ever forget.
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And you know, it was a dream come true to be on that team.
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That was definitely a dream come true for me.
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this was like a dream come true. I thank you so much. Nice to meet you.
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Just, you know, man, it just really feels like a dream come true in a lot of ways.
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This is a dream come true.
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The idea of having my own land was a dream come true.
Fiction book (1993) -
And this is such a dream come true, honestly.
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Kate and I took over the orphanage and it was a dream come true.
Antonyms
How Fulfilling
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an aspiration that has been realized' is directly derivable from 'dream' (an aspiration) combined with 'come' (to arrive or reach a state) and 'true' (real/genuine) — effectively 'a dream that has come true.' This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal English usage, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The idiom a dream come true paints the image of a dream that has come true, like a hope becoming real. So it means something that fulfills a person's big 'wish'.