Träume sind Schäume

== German == === Etymology === Literally, “dreams are foams/froths”. === Pronunciation === === Proverb === Träume sind Schäume dreams are ten a penny; dreams are but shadows (dreaming of things is idle; dreams are unlikely to become reality); usually refers to dreams or wishes for the future, but can also be used of nocturnal dreams 1827, Heinrich Heine: “Ideen: Das Buch Le Grand” [1826], in Reiſebilder, 1st edition, 2nd volume, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, page 216:Translation:1863, Heinrich Heine, translation by Charles Godfrey Leland: Heinrich Heine’s Pictures of Travel, fourth revised edition. Philadelphia/London: Frederick Leypoldt/Trübner & Co., page 194: === Further reading === “Träume sind Schäume” in Duden online “Träume sind Schäume” in Dudenredaktion, editor (2013), Duden, Redewendungen: Wörterbuch der deutschen Idiomatik (in German), 4th, newly revised and updated edition, Berlin/Mannheim/Zürich: Dudenverlag, →ISBN, page 763.