castles in the air
Example Sentences
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All entrepreneurs making pitches to venture capital funds are inclined to promise castles in the air and riches beyond the dreams of Croesus, or they won’t be invited through the door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
They're giddy at having two women pledge to make their sundry castles in the air become real.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2021
“You can be building castles in the air that have no reference to reality,” Mr. Kesler added.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2017
“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2017
Both schools of thought are castles in the air, connected to the ground by the thin strings of meagre archaeological remains and anthropological observations of present-day foragers.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
