build castles in the air



build castles in the air

 and build castles in Spain
Fig. to daydream; to make plans that can never come true. Ann spends most of her time building castles in Spain. I really like to sit on the porch in the evening, just building castles in the air.
See also: air, build, castle

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ngozi-Western African, Igbo
Jana (1)YAH-nah (Dutch, German)Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German, Slovene, Catalan
JacobJAY-kəb (English), YAH-kawp (Dutch)English, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Jewish, Biblical
Temel-Turkish
Feofan-Russian (Archaic)
RoibeÁRd-Irish