head in the clouds

English

Noun

head in the clouds (plural heads in the clouds)

1. (figurative, usually with have or with) Used to indicate that a person has fantastic or impractical dreams
   • 1994, Roy F. Baumeister, Sara R. Wotman, Breaking Hearts: The Two Sides of Unrequited Love, page 72:

     She was also one of the few girls without her head in the clouds.

   • 1860, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round, Volumes 3-4,

     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."

Synonyms

• cloud nine (possibly nonstandard)

Antonyms

• feet on the ground

Derived terms

• cloud-headed

Translations

having fantastic or impractical dreams

• Finnish: pää pilvissä
• Galician: cabeza nas nubes
• Hungarian: fellegekben jár
• Italian: avere la testa tra le nuvole
• Malay: angan-angan mat jenin
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• Polish: z głową w chmurach
• Portuguese: cabeça nas nuvens
• Russian: вита́ть в облака́х (ru) (vitátʹ v oblakáx)
• Swedish: huvudet i molnen

daydreaming

• Finnish: pää pilvissä
• French: être dans la lune (fr), avoir la tête dans les nuages (fr)
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• Russian: вита́ть в облака́х (ru) (vitátʹ v oblakáx)
• Spanish: en Babia

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} met je hoofd in de wolken zitten
• French: ^{(please verify)} avoir la tête dans les nuages (fr)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} å ha hodet i skyene, ^{(please verify)} å ha hodet i fluevekt
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} estar en las nubes (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} ha huvudet bland molnen