Build castles in the air
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4To think of impossible hopes and dreams.
हवाई महल बनाना / ख़याली पुलाव पकाना
He built castles in the air for three months and read nothing.
To build castles in the air costs the time that reading would take.
Daily use: Iska matlab asambhav sapne dekhna.
हिंदी में भी कहते हैं 'हवाई महल बनाना'। Castle = महल; हवा में बना महल, जिसकी कोई नींव नहीं, कभी खड़ा नहीं हो सकता। Build castles in the air = day dreaming, ऐसी impractical बातें सोचना जो हो नहीं सकतीं।
In Hindi too we say 'हवाई महल बनाना'. A castle is a palace; a palace built in the air has no foundation and can never stand. So to build castles in the air is to daydream about plans that can never come true.
Meaning 'to think of impossible hopes and dreams' है। Related options: pie in the sky, chimerical (काल्पनिक); opposite भाव: feasible।
The meaning is 'to think of impossible hopes and dreams'. Related options are 'pie in the sky' and chimerical (imaginary); the opposite idea is feasible.