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"a flight of fancy" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is an idiom used to describe a wild or unusual idea, especially one that is impossible in reality. For example, "John has a plan to fly to the moon using a giant balloon -- it's just a flight of fancy, of course."
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Such an idea rests on gossamer wings–a flight of fancy, to be sure.
And despite his protestations that he's "the least fanciful guy around", Scorcher is prone to many a flight of fancy, played out in French's enticing, threatening, atmospheric prose.
A flight of fancy?
Or merely for a flight of fancy.
Yes, I know this is a flight of fancy.
It's more than just a flight of fancy inside, though.
But "Joseph" was not entirely a flight of fancy.
Such speculation is not a flight of fancy.
That may turn into no more than a flight of fancy.
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Most likely a flight-of-fancy design not intended for production, the DeZir may nonetheless stir the lust of some Francophiles at the show.
NEXT to the Palais de la Découverte, just off the Champs-Élysées, is a flight-of-fancy sculpture of the 19th-century poet Alfred de Musset daydreaming about his former lovers.
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