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on cloud nine
Idioms and Phrases
Blissfully happy, as in Ever since he proposed to her, her parents have been on cloud nine . The exact allusion of nine in this term is unclear, and different figures, especially seven (perhaps alluding to seventh heaven ), are sometimes substituted. [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]Example Sentences
"I'm on cloud nine. I just can't get over it. I'm walking on air," said McCarthy.
The ball was scooped up by a 10-year-old diehard Dodgers fan, and he’s been floating on cloud nine ever since.
Nuss said that while they’re still processing their Olympic defeat, she hopes that they can “float on cloud nine†for the rest of today and into tomorrow.
And as the show drew to a close with a euphoric version of Love At First Sight, Kylie declared: "I’m on cloud nine."
He said he was now feeling relieved and “on cloud nineâ€.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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