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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

head in the clouds en · X

Meanings

  1. (figuratively, usually, with have or with) Used to indicate that a person is distracted or disconnected from the present situation or reality in general.
  2. (figuratively, usually, with have or with) Used to indicate that a person has fantastic or impractical dreams.
    • She was also one of the few girls without her head in the clouds. 1994, Roy F. Baumeister, Sara R. Wotman, Breaking Hearts: The Two Sides of Unrequited Love, page 72:
    • No one ever expected him to work; he would see his little sister stooping under the weight of the great milk-pails, and never think of helping her; he lived with his head in the clouds, but his father said, "Let him alone, he'll be a great man some day." 1860, “A Legend of the Aryan Race”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round, volumes 3-4, page 211:
    • "Wife, I've a grave suspicion!" said Mahony, and took her by the chin. "While I've sat here with my head in the clouds, you've been worrying over ways and means, and over having such an unpractical old dreamer for a husband. Now, child, that won't do. I didn't marry to have my girl puzzling her little brains where her next day's dinner was to come from. Away with you, to your stitching! Things will be all right, trust to me." 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, chapter III, in Australia Felix, part III:

Antonyms

feet on the ground

Deriveds

cloud-headed

Synonyms

cloud nine

Translations (20)

ru вита́ть в облака́х (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · ru вита́ть в облака́х (daydreaming) · uk витати в хмарах, літати в хмарах (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · fr être dans la lune (daydreaming) · fr être dans les nuages (daydreaming) · es en Babia (daydreaming) · pl z głową w chmurach (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · pt cabeça na lua (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · ro cu capul în nori (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · gl cabeza nas nubes (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · it avere la testa tra le nuvole (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · pl z głową w chmurach (daydreaming) · sv huvudet i molnen (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · pt cabeça nas nuvens (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · fi pää pilvissä (daydreaming) · fi pää pilvissä (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · gl estar nas verzas (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · ms angan-angan Mat Jenin (having fantastic or impractical dreams) · fr avoir la tête dans les nuages (daydreaming) · hu fellegekben jár (having fantastic or impractical dreams)