fool's paradise | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A state ofhappinessdue toillusionorfalsehope.1592, William Shakespeare,Romeo and Juliet:Now, afore God, I am so vexed, that every part about me quivers. Scurvy knave! Pray you, sir, a word: and as I told you, my young lady bade me inquire you out; what she bade me say, I will keep to myself: but first let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into afool's paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say: for the gentlewoman is young; and, therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing to be offered to any gentlewoman, and very weak dealing.1959,John Knowles, chapter 3, inA Separate Peace:The Devon School record books contained a mistake, a lie, and nobody knew it but Finny and me. A. Hopkins Parker was living in afool's paradise, wherever he was. His defeated name remained in bronze on the school record plaque, while Finny deliberately evaded an athletic honor.2004December 13, Jenny Booth, “Mean employers blamed for pensions gap”, inTimesOnline, London:A report by the Pensions Commission warned that the number who were failing to save enough for their retirement was higher than 12 million, and said that Britain had been living in a "fool's paradise" for 25 years.

Examples:

EN: You're living in a fool's paradise.
ES: Está usted en la inopia.
EN: 'How do you like me in my fool's paradise'?
ES: Esperaba, que rieras y me dijeses:
EN: If you should lead her into a fool's paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say, for the gentlewoman is young, and, therefore, if you should deal double with her...
ES: Si pretendéis llevarla al paraíso de los locos, como dicen, sería un pésimo procedimiento, por así decir, porque la señorita es joven, y si hiciereis con ella un juego doble...
EN: Believe me, Carol, you're living in a fool's paradise.
ES: Créeme, Carol, estás viviendo en un paraíso para tontos.
EN: I've been in a fool's paradise.
ES: He sido un tonto.
EN: Mary Haines may be living in a fool's paradise.
ES: Quizá Mary Haines viva un sueño.
EN: Sylvia, what did you mean when you said "Mary was in a fool's paradise"?
ES: Sylvia, ¿qué querías decir con que "Mary vivía en un sueño"?
EN: She said, "A woman's paradise is always a fool's paradise."
ES: Dijo: "Los sueños de una mujer son siempre los sueños de un tonto".
EN: I'm afraid he's living in a fool's paradise.
ES: Me temo que vive engañado.
EN: "A fool's paradise"?
ES: - ¿Engañado?
EN: You're living in a fool's paradise around here.
ES: Aquí viven en un paraíso de ilusiones.
EN: Michael, what is fool's paradise?
ES: Michael, que es el paraíso de los tontos?
EN: That'd be a fool's paradise.
ES: Eso sería un paraíso de los tontos.
EN: He was living in a fool's paradise before the truck hit him.
ES: Estaba viviendo en el paraíso de los tontos antes que el camión lo arrollara.
EN: It reminds me of fool's paradise.
ES: Me recuerda el paraíso de los tontos.

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