English Dictionary

build castles in the air

動詞

慣用表現 他動詞

(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.

日本語の意味

実現が困難な、非現実的な夢や計画を抱くこと。 / ありえない、幻想的な計画や空想にふけること。 / 理想が高すぎて現実離れした計画や構想を持つこと。

He would build castles in the air about starting his own company, ignoring the practical steps required.

彼は自分の会社を立ち上げるという、実現しそうにない夢にふけり、必要な現実的な手順を無視していました。

意味（1）

(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.

Look you, Amanda, 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.

builds castles in the air （ present singular third-person ）

building castles in the air （ participle present ）

built castles in the air （ past ）

builded castles in the air （ archaic past poetic ）

built castles in the air （ participle past ）