A poor boy wishing if he could have dinner in a five star restaurant, a beggar wishing if he could travel in a BMW – all these are example of the Bengali idiom which if translated literally means, a dwarf wishing to touch the moon. Is there an equivalent idiom in English?
Learn English – English equivalent to the Bengali Idiom ” bamon hoye chand dhorar shokh” which means wish of a lowly person to become equal to aristocratic people
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Consider champagne taste on a beer budget
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There is also the saying If wishes were horses, beggars might [would] ride
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