castles in the air
Example Sentences
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Briceño: Something that I always valued about Cookman was that he never sold us any castles in the air.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
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
Conant knew Lawrence well enough to have confidence he was not drawing castles in the air.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
