"a realistic idea of" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a concept or understanding that is practical, sensible, and based on reality rather than fantasy or wishful thinking. Example: "Before starting a business, it is important to have a realistic idea of the market demand and potential competition."
You may not have a realistic idea of the figures involved".
"It's like if you averaged out the weather for all of Australia, it wouldn't necessarily give you a realistic idea of what's going on in Melbourne or Sydney".
Is the routine we see at the beginning a realistic idea of what you might see at a Broadway audition today?
"They have to do their own statistical sampling of their portfolios to get a realistic idea of what those numbers are," Ms. Tavakoli said in an interview.
Before your child starts university, make sure both of you have a realistic idea of how much it costs to be a student in 2012.
We can't have the debate about whether the cost is worth paying unless we have a realistic idea of what the cost will be".
There is no acceptable test in major league baseball for human growth hormone, hence no one has any realistic idea of who is using performance-enhancing drugs.
An excerpt from Paddington gave what was probably a very realistic idea of the film: a wacky live-action comedy about the well-known young ursine hero from Peru who floods the bathroom and sends the tub whooshing down the stairs in a deluge of water.
In "The Essence of Truth," meanwhile, Heidegger proposed a different and, to my mind, a more realistic idea of truth than any I'd encountered before.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet In "The Essence of Truth," meanwhile, Heidegger proposed a different and, to my mind, a more realistic idea of truth than any I'd encountered before.
But you could actually get a pretty realistic idea of the dresses, dangling like paper lanterns, and how the loudly graphic striped tights and shorts combinations gave off a robotic Balenciaga vibe.
