build castles in the air

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

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别名

build air castles

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To have any desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to be realized; to imagine visionary projects or schemes; to have an idle fancy or a pipe dream; to daydream.

    习语 及物

词源

The first term dates from the late 1500s. A variant, castles in Spain (or châteaux en Espagne), was recorded in the Roman de la Rose in the 13th century and translated into English around 1365.

来源:wiktionary