Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)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.

    Luftschloss, Traumschloss

    возду́шный за́мокvozdúšnyj zámok

More definitions
  • absentminded dreaming while awake

Examples

11 sentences
  1. She built a castle in the air.

    deSie hat sich ein Luftschloß gebaut.

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  2. Your idea is, as it were, a castle in the air.

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  3. What you are saying is nothing but building a castle in the air.

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  4. You're building castles in the air.

    ruТы строишь воздушные замки.

    deDu baust Luftschlösser.

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  5. She's building castles in the air.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
desire, idea, or plan unlikely to ever be realized:
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