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jam tomorrow
idiomUK
something good that is promised but never happens: 许而不予的好东西，可望不可及的东西
As children we were always being promised jam tomorrow, if only we would be patient.小时候，大人总是许诺只要我们耐心点儿就会给我们好东西。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wanting things
ache for something
acquisitive
ambitious
ambitiously
angle for something
desperate
expense
fancy
have your eye on somethingidiom
hunger
hunger after/for something
hungrily
pine
set your heart on something/doing somethingidiom
set your sights on somethingidiom
shook
shopping list
sight
someone's heart's desireidiom
straw
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