Idiom
cloud nine
Meaning
Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She is on cloud nine after passing her exam.”
“He was on cloud nine when he finally received the job offer he had been waiting for all year.”
“After the long-awaited announcement of their engagement, the couple spent the entire evening on cloud nine, seemingly oblivious to the bustling crowd around them.”
Examples
simple
“She is on cloud nine after passing her exam.”
contextual
“He was on cloud nine when he finally received the job offer he had been waiting for all year.”
complex
“After the long-awaited announcement of their engagement, the couple spent the entire evening on cloud nine, seemingly oblivious to the bustling crowd around them.”
Origin
Mid-20th-century American; earlier versions used cloud seven and eight, so the popular link to cloud type 9 (cumulonimbus) in the 1896 International Cloud Atlas is probably folk etymology.
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