castles in the air

plans or hopes that have very little chance of happening She tells me she's planned out her whole career, but as far as I can see it's all just castles in the air. Before you start building castles in the air, just think how much all this is likely to cost.

castles in the air

Also, castles in Spain. Dreams about future success, as in Musing about the bestseller list, she was apt to build castles in the air. The first term dates from the late 1500s. The variant, castles in Spain (or chateaux en Espagne), was recorded in the Roman de la Rose in the 13th century and translated into English about 1365.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
TevfİK	-	Turkish
Mechtilde	mekht-IL-də	German
Indri&Eth;I	-	Icelandic
Ainsley	AYNZ-lee	Scottish, English (Modern)
Barbie	['ba:bi]
Zuza	-	Slovak, Polish