storm clouds Idioma

get your head out of the clouds

be more realistic, come down to earth, get real You can dream at home, but please get your head out of the clouds when you come to work.

head in the clouds

dreaming, wondering, not practical Shelly is a daydreamer. She's got her head in the clouds.

in the clouds

far from real life, in dreams, in thought He is usually in the clouds so you may have trouble finding out what you want to know from him.

have one's head in the clouds

Idiom(s): have one's head in the clouds

Theme: AWARENESS - LACKING

to be unaware of what is going on.
• "Bob, do you have your head in the clouds?" said the teacher.
• She walks around all day with her head in the clouds. She must be in love.

Head is in the clouds

If a person has their head in the clouds, they have unrealistic, impractical ideas.

have your head in the clouds

dream: "He's always got his head in the clouds - he makes all these impossible plans."

in the clouds|cloud|clouds

adj. phr. Far from real life; in dreams; in fancy; in thought. When Alice agreed to marry Jim, Jim went home in the clouds.

Often used with "head", "mind", "thoughts". Mary is looking out the window, not at the chalkboard; her head is in the clouds again. A good teacher should have his head in the clouds sometimes, but his feet always on the ground.
Antonym: COME BACK TO EARTH, FEET ON THE GROUND.

head in the clouds, have one's

head in the clouds, have one's
Be absentminded or impractical, as in She must have had her head in the clouds when she made the reservations, because they never heard of us, or He'll never be able to run the business—he's always got his head in the clouds. This idiom uses in the clouds in the sense of “fanciful” or “unreal,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

storm clouds

1. Dark, ominous-looking clouds apocalyptic of an approaching storm. Hurry back, there are storm clouds on the horizon.2. Figuratively, annihilation that suggests approaching trouble. I'm afraid that all these visits by high administration beggarly that storm clouds are aerial over our department. The storm clouds of amusing about-face are acquisition over that country.Learn more: cloud, storm

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