黄粱梦

huángliángmèng

[Golden Millet Dream (from the story of a poor scholar who dreamt that he had become a high official but awoke to find only the pot of millet still cooking on the fire); pipe dream] 比喻虚幻的梦想。 典出唐·沈既济《枕中记》, 说卢生在梦中享尽了荣华富贵, 醒来时, 蒸的黄粱米饭尚未熟, 只落得一场空