He liked to build castles in the air, but never succeeded in anything.
To build castles in Spain is natural for young people and they may work hard enough to get part of their wishes.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
build castles in the air — or[build castles in Spain] {v. phr.} To make impossible or imaginary plans, dream about future successes that are unlikely. * /He liked to build castles in the air, but never succeeded in anything./ * /To build castles in Spain is natural for… … Dictionary of American idioms
build castles in the air — or[build castles in Spain] {v. phr.} To make impossible or imaginary plans, dream about future successes that are unlikely. * /He liked to build castles in the air, but never succeeded in anything./ * /To build castles in Spain is natural for… … Dictionary of American idioms
build\ castles\ in\ the\ air — • build castles in the air • build castles in Spain v. phr. To make impossible or imaginary plans, dream about future successes that are unlikely. He liked to build castles in the air, but never succeeded in anything. To build castles in Spain is … Словарь американских идиом
castles\ in\ Spain — See: build castles in the air … Словарь американских идиом
Spain — See: BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR or BUILD CASTLES IN SPAIN … Dictionary of American idioms
Spain — See: BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR or BUILD CASTLES IN SPAIN … Dictionary of American idioms
Spain — See: build castles in the air or build castles in Spain … Словарь американских идиом
Spain — /spayn/, n. a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 39,244,195; 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Cap.: Madrid. Spanish, España. * * * Spain Introduction Spain Background: Spain s powerful world empire of the 16th and… … Universalium
dream — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vision, reverie, fantasy, fancy; daydream, chimera, nightmare; delusion, hallucination. See imagination, insubstantiality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Mental pictures] Syn. nightmare, apparition,… … English dictionary for students
make believe — verb represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like She makes like an actress • Syn: ↑make, ↑pretend • Derivationally related forms: ↑make believe, ↑pretend (for: ↑pretend … Useful english dictionary
