castles in the air

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   (to have) plans or dreams that are not likely to happen or come true

   People spend their whole lives building castles in the air and then nothing ever comes of them.

In the movies · 1

• People spend their whole lives building castles in the air and then nothing ever comes of them.You Can't Take It with You1938

Learn it in full scenes

• You Can't Take It with You1938
  • Kirby Plans the Munitions Monopoly
  • Poppins Becomes a Lily of the Field
  • A Day in the Sycamore House

From the same entry

• a man's home is his castle