空中樓閣
空中樓閣
從前有個富翁，愚蠢無知。有一次，他到另一個富翁的家里，看見一座三層的樓房，樓又高又大，富麗堂皇，寬敞明朗，他十分羨慕，心里想：“我的錢財并不比他少，為什么以前沒想到造一座這樣的樓呢？”他立刻喚來木匠，問道：“你能不能照著那家的樣子造一座漂亮的樓？”木匠回答說：“那座樓就是我造的?！备晃瘫阏f：“那你現在就為我造一座像那樣的樓。” 于是木匠便開始量地基，疊磚，造樓。富翁看見木匠疊磚，心生疑惑，不曉得是怎么一回事，就問木匠：“你這是打算造什么？”木匠回答道：“造三層的樓呀！”富翁又說：“我不要下面二層，你先給我造最上一層?！?
木匠答道：“沒這樣的事！哪有不造最下一層樓而造第二層樓的？不造第二層樓又怎么談得上造第三層樓呢？” 這個愚蠢的富翁固執地說：“我就是不要下面二層樓，你一定得給我造最上一層樓！”
A Castle in the Air
A rich man asked an architect to build a three-story house for him. When the first story was finished, the rich man said to the architect: "I want only the third story; not the first and second stories." The architect asked, "But without the first and second stories, how can I build the third story?" Shaking his head, he packed up his things, and left.
This idiom indicates an unrealistic or impractical plan or theory.
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