# up in the air

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/up-in-the-air
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Not yet resolved, finished, answered, decided or certain.

## Examples

- Our holiday plans are still up in the air.
- The manager said our promotion was up in the air until the budget review next month.
- With the contract negotiations up in the air and no clear deadline in sight, the entire project remained in a state of anxious uncertainty.

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