build castles in the air vs daydream

build castles in the air

verb
  • To have any desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to be realized; to imagine visionary projects or schemes; to have an idle fancy or a pipe dream; to daydream. 

daydream

verb
  • To have such a series of thoughts; to woolgather. 

noun
  • A spontaneous series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality. 

How often have the words build castles in the air and daydream occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )