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
This was enough to cause nearly every one to look upon it as a bubble or air castle.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various
If his daughter should be like himself if she should ruin his hopes, throw down the air castle he had built—should love unworthily, marry beneath her, deceive and disappoint him!
From Dora Thorne by Brame, Charlotte M.
She had fancied a little house in a suburb, or a cosy apartment in the city, and a lump came into her throat as her air castle dissolved into utter ruin.
From At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern by Reed, Myrtle
If your view is confirmed, our project will have been an air castle.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
