thinking or talking about something that you would very much like to happen although you know it probably will not happen.

'Do you think you might be in line for promotion, then? 'No, it's just wishful thinking.'

• a mother lode of something
• a mother's boy
• a mountain to climb
• amount to
• amount to a hill of beans
• amount to something
• amount to the same thing
• amour propre
• a mouth to feed
• a movable feast
• a mug's game
• a mummy's boy
• a mutual admiration society
• a mystery to
• a mystery to you
• an about-face
• an accident waiting to happen
• an ace in the hole
• an Achilles' heel
• an acid test
• a nail in the coffin of
• a nail in the coffin of something
• an Aladdin's cave
• an all-rounder
• an amber gambler