castle in the air
noun phrase
variants or less commonly castle in Spain
: an impracticable project : daydream
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Try not to build castles in the air when Mars unites with illusory Neptune in your sign on the 29th. —
Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 Diamond has spent decades building castles in the air, works rooted in genuine curiosity and an ever-inquisitive spirit. —Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023 The movie keeps flashing, onscreen, how much debt Bogart gets himself into, launching his company like a castle in the air. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Apr. 2023 In doing so, Xi is not constructing theoretical castles in the air to rationalize decisions that the CCP has made for other, more practical reasons. —Kevin Rudd, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2022
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Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 Diamond has spent decades building castles in the air, works rooted in genuine curiosity and an ever-inquisitive spirit. —Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023 The movie keeps flashing, onscreen, how much debt Bogart gets himself into, launching his company like a castle in the air. —Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Apr. 2023 In doing so, Xi is not constructing theoretical castles in the air to rationalize decisions that the CCP has made for other, more practical reasons. —Kevin Rudd, Foreign Affairs, 10 Oct. 2022
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