Idiom
castle in the air
Meaning
A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a near impossibility.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He builds castles in the air instead of working.”
“She spends all her time planning a luxury trip she cannot afford, building castles in the air.”
“The young inventor spent his youth building castles in the air, ignoring the practical limitations that ultimately doomed his ambitious project.”
Examples
simple
“He builds castles in the air instead of working.”
contextual
“She spends all her time planning a luxury trip she cannot afford, building castles in the air.”
complex
“The young inventor spent his youth building castles in the air, ignoring the practical limitations that ultimately doomed his ambitious project.”
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