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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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?

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Consider champagne taste on a beer budget

(idiomatic) Expensive wants or preferences which one lacks the finances to fulfill satisfactorily.

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There is also the saying If wishes were horses, beggars might [would] ride

an English language proverb and nursery rhyme, originating in the 16th century, which is usually used to suggest that it is useless to wish and that better results will be achieved through action.

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