fool's paradise

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English foles paradise, folis paradyce, first recorded in the Paston Letters (1462). === Pronunciation === === Noun === fool's paradise (plural fools' paradises) (idiomatic) A state of happiness due to illusion or false hope. ==== Translations ==== === References === “fool's paradise”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "fool's paradise" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002)