air castle
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Was it an "air castle," or was it "a Turkish Babel?" asked the wags.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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.
All daydreaming builds this air castle; all ambition has this as its goal.
From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham
From the strong sweep and stroke and virile outline of a Brangwyn or the gnomesque possibilities of a Rackham, the great mountain softened to the ethereal air castle of a Parrish.
From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William
And then, some day— There came the air castle again, floating alluringly before his eager imagination, like a mirage lake in the desert.
From Skyrider by Fischer, Anton Otto