stuff dreams are made of

English

Noun

stuff dreams are made of

1. Something rare and wonderful.

   to be the stuff dreams are made of

   • 1913 September 2, “Favors Tea in Place of Whiskey”, in The American Issue, volume 8, number 35, page 7:

     They ought to find out that alcohol is merely the result of a natural process; that it isn't nectar, but has a very bad taste; that it isn't the stuff that dreams are made of, but the stuff drunks are made of.

   • 2003, Barbara Haynie, The Terrain of Paradise, page 183:

     At the least, what I offer here gives people some respite, so they can go on with the daily grind of their lives. At best, it's the stuff dreams are made of.

   • 2010, Gerry Crowley, Winning Without Winning, page 9:

     The memory of a caught fly-ball, played on a loop again and again in their minds, will last forever. This is the stuff dreams are made of.

   • 2013, Harvey Rachlin, Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha:

     Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade detective character poignantly observed that the Maltese falcon was "the stuff dreams are made of.”

Further reading

• “stuff dreams are made of” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.