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Antonyms for air castle

Grammar : Noun

Definition of air castle

As in pipe dream : noun unrealistic hope
As in castle in the air : noun wishful thinking
As in pie in the sky : noun fantastical wish
As in fantasy : noun imagination, dream

Example sentences :

It was not easy to take up the old routine and forget the air castle.
Extract from : « Saxe Holm's Stories » by Helen Hunt Jackson

All daydreaming builds this air castle; all ambition has this as its goal.
Extract from : « The Nervous Housewife » by Abraham Myerson

"I should like to be the queen of something more substantial than an air castle," she replied laughingly.
Extract from : « A Fair Mystery » by Bertha M. Clay

This was enough to cause nearly every one to look upon it as a bubble or air castle.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement No. 275 » by Various

Moreover, to teach school had long been her secret ambition, the solid foundation of many an air castle.
Extract from : « Rim o' the World » by B. M. Bower

But, if you value your peace of mind, do not build too gorgeous an air castle on the foundation of this printed thing.
Extract from : « The Fiction Factory » by John Milton Edwards

You are not talking airship now, Stanny; it's an air castle you have in mind.
Extract from : « Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany » by Horace Porter

The dreamer of the future will not dare to build an air castle without at least an option on the site.
Extract from : « Major Prophets of To-Day » by Edwin E. Slosson

He passes to-day in building an air castle for to-morrow, or in writing yesterday's elegy.
Extract from : « An English Grammar » by W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell

Peter's heart fell at this, for he had a half hope that he could yet bring himself to demolish his father's air castle.
Extract from : « The Come Back » by Carolyn Wells

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