夢ゆめ物もの語がたり

noun

account of a dream

Literal meaning: a story or description of what happened in a dream.

• 朝あさ起おきて、昨さく夜やの夢ゆめ物もの語がたりを家か族ぞくに話はなした。

  When I woke up, I told my family the account of last night's dream.

noun

fantastic story; pipe dream; empty dream

Idiomatic use: an unrealistic, fanciful story or idea, like something out of a dream. Often used dismissively.

• 彼かれの成せい功こう談だんは夢ゆめ物もの語がたりに過すぎない。

  His success story is nothing more than a pipe dream.

• そんな計けい画かくは夢ゆめ物もの語がたりだよ。

  That plan is just a fantasy.