

Never-never land

[ 2009-09-22 15:10]     字号 [] [] []  

Never-never land

Nancy Matos

Reader Question: “Ingres has no specific dog in this fight-rather, Burkhardt was just offering some rational and clear perspective on a case that the EC is trying to send into never-never land.”

Could you explain “send into never-never land”?

My comments: Also known as “Neverland”, “never-never land” is an imaginary place or a fantasy land. Saying someone is idling away in “never-never land” implies they are day-dreaming or living in a fantasy world. In the example above, sending something away into “never-never land” is to dismiss it and get rid of it so it will never be heard of or spoken of again.

“Never-never land” is famous for being part of the world of “Peter Pan” by the Scottish author James M. Barrie. The following is from Chapter 13 “Do You Believe In Fairies?” from the book “Peter Pan”:


The late great pop star Michael Jackson named his home “Neverland Ranch” after Peter Pan, who was also known as “the boy who refused to grow up”. It was a fitting name as Jackson so famously said he never had a childhood and claimed “I’ll always be Peter Pan in my heart”.


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