castle in the air
Language: en
Meaning: (idiomatic)Adesire,idea, orplanthat is unlikely to ever berealized; avisionaryprojectorscheme; adaydream, anidlefancy, anearimpossibility.[from mid 16th c.]Synonyms:air castle,castles in Spain,castle in the skies,eggs in moonshine,jam tomorrow,pie in the sky,pipe dream1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym;Robert Burton], “Of the Force of Imagination”, inThe Anatomy of Melancholy:[…], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire:[…]John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps,→OCLC, partition 1, section 2, member 3, subsection 2,page81:Many times ſuch men when they come to themſelves, tell ſtrange things of Heauen and Hell, what viſions they haue ſeene;[…]The like effects almost are to bee ſeene in ſuch as are awake: How many Chimæras, Anticks, golden mountaines, andCaſtles in the Airedoe they build vnto themſelves?1696,John Vanbrugh,The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger.[…](Bell’s British Theatre; XXVI), London: Printed for the proprietors, under the Direction ofJohn Bell,[…], published1795,→OCLC, act III, scene ii,page72:Look you, Amanda, you may buildcastles in the air, "and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please." But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.1822, [Walter Scott], chapter III, inPeveril of the Peak.[…], volume III, Edinburgh:[…]Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.,→OCLC,page70:Her unlimited devotion for "the family," readily induced the old lady to acquiesce in his proposal, though not without a gentle sigh over the ruins of acastle in the air, which was founded on the well-saved purse of Mistress Deborah Debbitch.1847January –1848July,William Makepeace Thackeray, “Rebecca is in Presence of the Enemy”, inVanity Fair[…], London:Bradbury and Evans[…], published1848,→OCLC,page18:She had a vivid imagination;[…]and it is a fact, that while she was dressing for dinner, and after she had asked Amelia whether her brother was very rich, she had built for herself a most magnificentcastle in the air, of which she was mistress, with a husband somewhere in the background (she had not seen him as yet, and his figure would not therefore be very distinct);[…]1854August 9,Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Conclusion”, inWalden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.:Ticknor and Fields,→OCLC,page346:If you have builtcastles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.2013December 18, Kenneth Khulekani Khoza,Castles in the Air,[Bloomington, Ind.]:Xlibris,→ISBN, act I, scene i,page21:We used to buildcastles in the air. We had big dreams. I'm not sure if you still have those dreams, but I still have dreams.
Examples:EN: * Love is a child believing * * Stories of castle in the air *
ES: Amor es un niño que cree... historias de castillos... en el aire.
EN: You know that it can't be. Our love has been a castle in the air.
ES: Ya sabes que no puede ser, nuestro cariño ha sido castillo en el aire.
EN: - A little castle in the air.
ES: - Un castillo en el aire.
EN: And build a castle in the air.
ES: Y construir un castillo en las nubes. "
EN: And it was Jerry's tenacity... and the stubborn reputation of Z Channel... the fact that it was really beloved in the community... those things worked together to keep Z kind of like floating... like a castle in the air beyond its normal mortality.
ES: Pero fue la tenacidad de Jerry, y la reputación del Z Channel el hecho de que era tan querido en la comunidad... esas cosas hicieron que el Z Channel se mantuviera a flote... como un castillo en el aire, más allá de lo que era normal.
EN: who wastes a fortune in words. I live in a castle in the air and I'm a millionaire in ideas.
ES: De sueños, de quimeras y de castillos en el aire tengo el alma millonaria.
EN: Now, you know that the happiness you have enjoyed has been just 'a castle in the air'.
ES: Ahora ya sabe que, su pacífica vida se construyó sobre el cadáver de su hermana.
EN: An ice castle in the air, the best and the brightest frozen solid.
ES: Un castillo de hielo en el aire, el mejor y con el hielo más luminoso.
EN: Take me with you To your castle in the air
ES: Llévame allí, a tu mundo.
EN: It's a regular castle in the air up here.
ES: Es como un castillo en el aire aquí arriba.
EN: A castle in the air is a place you go to dream, Laurie Laurence.
ES: Un castillo en el aire es un lugar al que vas a soñar, Laurie Laurence.
EN: But it's brought me more joy than any castle in the air, even if my hair is turning grey.
ES: Pero me trae más alegría que cualquier castillo en el aire, aunque mi pelo se está poniendo gris.
EN: Without power, his wealth will finally become a castle in the air or an unrooted tree.
ES: Si alguien solo busca riquezas en su vida, no tiene sentido. - No hay base.
EN: "If you've built a castle in the air, you haven't wasted your time, that's where it should be.
HI: "यदि आपने हवा में एक महल बनाया है, तो आपने अपना समय बर्बाद नहीं किया है, बस यहीं होना चाहिए।
EN: "If you have built a castle in the air, you have not wasted your time, that's where it should be.
HI: "यदि आपने हवा में एक महल बनाया है, तो आपने अपना समय बर्बाद नहीं किया है, बस यहीं होना चाहिए।
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