air castle
Example Sentences
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Was it an "air castle," or was it "a Turkish Babel?" asked the wags.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moreover, to teach school had long been her secret ambition, the solid foundation of many an air castle.
From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto
She built many an air castle for them as well as for herself, furnishing both, impartially, with Elaine’s old mahogany and the simple furniture Dick was making out of Uncle Ebeneezer’s relics.
From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Reed, Myrtle
I'm sorry to shatter your air castle," said Tom; "but for the life of me I can't see how it will work.
From Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
It is this: that when we finish building an air castle we seldom live in it after all; we sometimes even forget that we ever longed to!
From New Chronicles of Rebecca by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
