 German |
 English |
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| Seifenblase {f} | soap bubble; soapbubble ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "soap bubble"){kind=small} |
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| Seifenblasen {pl} | soap bubbles; soapbubbles | |
| Seifenblase {f} [übtr.] [soc.] | non-event (unexpectedly insignificant event) | |
| sich als Seifenblase entpuppen | to turn out to be a non-event | |
| Luftschloss {n}; Seifenblase {f} (unrealistische / utopische Vorstellung) | castle in the air; castle in Spain; pie in the sky; blue sky (unrealizable dream) | |
| Luftschlösser {pl}; Seifenblasen {pl} | castles in the air; castles in Spain; pies in the sky | |
| Es ist utopisch, zu glauben, dass ... | It is pie in the sky to believe that ... | |
| Das sind doch Luftschlösser / Seifenblasen. | This is all blue sky. [fig.] | |
| Er baut Luftschlösser. | He throws his cap over the mill. |