Tā de xiǎngxiànglì tiānmǎ-xíngkōng, zǒng néng xiǎngchū biérén xiǎngbudào de diǎnzi.
His imagination runs wild - he always comes up with ideas no one else could think of.
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history
From Liu Tingzhen's (刘廷振) preface to 《萨天锡诗集》 (Yuan dynasty): 殆犹天马行空而步骤不凡 - praising Sadula's poetry as having the bearing of a heavenly horse striding through empty sky. Originally pure praise; today it can also hint at being unrealistic.
usage
Positive when describing art, imagination, and creative writing. When applied to plans or reasoning it turns mildly critical: 'untethered from reality.'
