A fool's paradise
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 8A state of imaginary happiness
ख़याली पुलाव पकाना
If you think you can pass without studying, you are living in a fool's paradise.
Radhika never lives in a fool's paradise; she checks her mock scores honestly.
Daily use: Bina padhe pass hone ka sapna dekh raha hai, fool's paradise mein jee raha hai.
Paradise = स्वर्ग। Fool's paradise = मूर्ख के हिसाब से स्वर्ग — ख़ुशी सिर्फ़ कल्पना में, असल में कुछ नहीं।
Paradise means heaven. A fool's paradise is heaven as only a fool sees it: happiness that exists in the imagination, with nothing real behind it.
अर्थ आता है: काल्पनिक ख़ुशी की स्थिति, अक्सर 'to live in a fool's paradise' के रूप में। Book में इसके Hindi रूप हैं हवाई महल और ख़याली पुलाव।
The tested meaning is a state of imaginary happiness, usually in the form 'to live in a fool's paradise'. Hindi equivalents in the book are 'hawai mahal' and 'khayali pulao'.