in the clouds
in the clouds
1. Detached from reality; in a fanciful or imaginative state; in a reverie. Jonathan has been more and more in the clouds lately; I just can't seem to get through to him. Janet's been in the clouds ever since she and Jim started going out.
2. Impractical or unrealistic. Your wild business ideas are always in the clouds, but this one is downright ridiculous!
See also: cloud
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
in the clouds
Impractical.
See also: cloud
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- have (one's) head in the clouds
- have head in the clouds
- have your head in the clouds
- head in the clouds, have one's
- turn in on (oneself)
- turn in on oneself
- turn in upon (oneself)
- brown study
- brown study, in a
- study