build castles in the air englannista kaikille kielille

Kieli	Käännökset
espanja	hacer castillos en el aire, forjar castillos en el aire, levantar castillos en el aire, hacer castillos de naipes
esperanto	konstrui kastelojn en aero
hollanti	luchtkastelen bouwen
italia	fare castelli in aria
kreikka	αεροβατώ (aerovató)
portugali	fazer castelos no ar
ranska	tirer des plans sur la comète, bâtir des plans sur la comète, bâtir des châteaux en Espagne
saksa	auf Sand bauen, Luftschlösser bauen
suomi	rakennella pilvilinnoja
venäjä	строить воздушные замки (stroit vozdušnyje zamki)
viro	õhulosse ehitama

(transitive, idiomatic) 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.

Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them.
You may build castles in the air, and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please. But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so.
Labor and you build castles in the air. Vote Conservative and you can live in them.
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.

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