Alice-in-Wonderland
adjective/ˌælɪs ɪn ˈwʌndəlænd/
/ˌælɪs ɪn ˈwʌndərlænd/
[only before noun]- used to describe a situation that is very strange, in which things happen that do not make any sense and are the opposite of what you would expect
- I felt I was in an Alice-in-Wonderland world.
- In the Alice-in-Wonderland world of European agriculture, farmers are paid more to grow more even when nobody wants to buy what they produce.
More Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sourcesWord OriginFrom the title of a children’s story by Lewis Carroll.
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Alice-in-Wonderland