To be on cloud nine, and other idioms with clouds

(section in progress)


To have one’s head in the clouds

Fig. to daydream; to be unaware of what is going on from fantasies

Every cloud has a silver lining

Prov. You can derive some benefit from every bad thing that happens to you

To be under a cloud

Fig. to be suspected of something

A cloud on the horizon

Fig. a problem or difficulty which you expect to happen in the future

To live in cloud-cuckoo land

Fig. to believe that things you want will happen, when really they are impossible

To be on cloud nine

Fig. to be very happy