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

But a thousand dollars a week sure did sound good, and if the proposition was on the square— He snuggled down and began to build an air castle.

From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.

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

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.]

“I could not possibly like anything better,” replied Herbert, “but it seems too good to be true—more like an air castle than a fact.”

From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Munsey, Frank Andrew