build castles in the air (English, verb)
expansion: build castles in the air (third-person singular simple present builds castles in the air, present participle building castles in the air, simple past and past participle built castles in the air or (archaic or poetic) builded castles in the air)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: builds castles in the air
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: building castles in the air
tags: participle
present
form: built castles in the air
tags: participle
past
form: built castles in the air
tags: past
form: builded castles in the air
tags: archaic
participle
past
poetic
form: builded castles in the air
tags: archaic
past
poetic
form: build air castles
tags: alternative