wishful thinking | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,psychology)Theformationofbeliefsbasedon anoutcomethatalignswith one'sdesiresorhopes, whiledisregardingevidence,rationality, orreality.1996, Judy Carter,The Homo Handbook:When you first come out, you might have an overactive gaydar. When I realized I was gay, I wanted everyone to be gay too, which led to a lot ofwishful thinking."Helen Hunt is gay!" Dream on, girl!2022September 8, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:Although no word has ever really emerged of what the Queen has really thought of her prime ministers, there has always been a sense that she did not get on terribly well with Thatcher. Some of this is doubtlesswishful thinking, but there were sufficient straws in the wind to give it some credence, such as the story that the prime minister asked what the sovereign intended to wear to an event so as to avoid a clash, only to be told frostily that Her Majesty did not pay any attention to what other people wore.; (idiomatic)Decision makingbased onself-delusion.

Examples:

EN: that they'll turn our soldiers into revolutionaries in Paris that's probably wishful thinking of the Frenchmen
ES: Que nuestros soldados se conviertan... en revolucionarios en París, es... con toda seguridad, el secreto deseo de los franceses.
EN: Perhaps wishful thinking about to be fulfilled.
ES: Quizá las ilusiones que nos hicimos van a hacerse realidad.
EN: - Cut out the wishful thinking.
ES: Para el carro.
EN: The trouble with people like me is we waste our lives with wishful thinking.
ES: El problema con la gente como yo es que malgastamos la vida con ilusiones.
EN: The facts are plain and must be faced by the parties of both parts however reluctant they are made by their goodwill for each other wishful thinking and long-standing affection.
ES: Los hechos son claros y deben ser aceptados por las partes de ambas partes... Tan reacios como puedan ser debido a su mutua buena voluntad Consideración Y su estrecho afecto.
EN: That wasn't imagination. That was wishful thinking.
ES: No fue tu imaginación, es lo que más deseas.
EN: Pure wishful thinking.
ES: No son más que fantasías.
EN: - What's wrong with wishful thinking?
ES: ¿Qué hay de malo en saber que es lo que te asusta?
EN: That's wishful thinking.
ES: Eso es un deseo.
EN: You'll have to face it, Mr Murchison. That's wishful thinking.
ES: Eso es ser iluso Sr. Murchison.
EN: That's wishful thinking. We can't give this fellow a subpoena.
ES: Pero no podremos darle ninguna otra citación.
EN: I know, praying is no more than wishful thinking.
ES: Rezar sólo son buenos deseos.
EN: That's either a deliberate lie or wishful thinking.
ES: "O es una mentira deliberada, o me estás idealizando."
EN: wishful thinking
ES: Es lo que les gustaría.
EN: My dear Miss Frances, my life, my career... has been founded on facing facts as I discover them... never by wishful thinking.
ES: Señorita Frances, mi vida, mi carrera se ha basado en afrontar los hechos como son nunca en las ilusiones.

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