Absentminded dreaming while awake.
A plan, desire or idea that is impossible or very unlikely to be realized.
1 And Clarice's first castle in the air fell into pieces behind her.
2 Shall we build a castle in the air to suit our inheritance?
3 This was the nice castle in the air that Willie built.
4 Upon this foundation they raised a shining castle in the air .
5 Here was no castle in the air , but a realized day-dream.
6 Do you know what sort of thing a castle in the air is?
7 The idea was, therefore, but a castle in the air .
8 The shattering of her castle in the air was more than she could endure.
9 My castle in the air would be the counterpart of those which Scott describes.
10 He sought out Pettingill and demanded a description of his castle in the air .
11 A government founded on atheisticalprincipleswere less than a castle in the air .
12 When his castle in the air fell down, it buried him beneath the ruins.
13 Her first brilliant castle in the air fell, poor lass!
14 From this time this imaginary home of Allan's became his favorite castle in the air .
15 Such was the old man's castle in the air ; his clever, selfish son soon demolished it.
16 She is building a castle in the air .
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