{"id":22456,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/build-castles-in-the-air-usage-check\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:37","slug":"build-castles-in-the-air-usage-check","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/build-castles-in-the-air-usage-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Build castles in the air Usage Check"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does <strong>Build castles in the air<\/strong> mean in common English?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to communicate an idea clearly<\/li>\n<li>threatening in words but not harmful in action<\/li>\n<li>to make unrealistic dreams or plans<\/li>\n<li>to finish something before a deadline<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210,3150],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22456","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","topic-work-and-effort","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Build castles in the air<\/strong> means <strong>to make unrealistic dreams or plans<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe imagining plans that are unlikely to happen without real action.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>Do not just <strong>build castles in the air<\/strong>; make a real plan.<\/li><li>He kept <strong>building castles in the air<\/strong> instead of studying.<\/li><li>Dreams are good, but <strong>building castles in the air<\/strong> is not enough.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to communicate an idea clearly"},{"right":"no","answer":"threatening in words but not harmful in action"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to make unrealistic dreams or plans"},{"right":"no","answer":"to finish something before a deadline"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"},{"id":3150,"title":"Work and Effort","slug":"work-and-effort"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22456"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22456"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}