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castle in the air

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castle in the air or in Spain
Noun
a hope or desire unlikely to be realized
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Noun1.castle in the aircastle in the air - absentminded dreaming while awake    
air castle, castle in Spain, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, reverie, revery
dreaming, dream - imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"


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A castle in the air," cried Katerina Ivanovna, her laugh ending in a cough.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
that enchanted castle in the air, the sight whereof so
The Tragical History of Dr. Faust by Marlowe, Christopher View in context
It consisted partly of a gold mine in Eldorado, and of ten thousand shares in a broken bubble, and of half a million acres of vineyard at the North Pole, and of a castle in the air, and a chateau in Spain, together with all the rents and income therefrom accruing.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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