in the clouds
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or with one's head in the clouds
: spending too much time thinking about love or about ideas that are not practical
Since he met Sara, he's been walking around (with his head) in the clouds.
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Air signs Libra Gemini Aquarius Air signs tend to be intelligent and are seen as dreamers with their heads eternally in the clouds.
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Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
Have some fun winding down outside to change things up.
Find shapes in the clouds.
—Amanda Rock, Parents, 30 July 2024
The data, the researchers say, contains even stronger proof that phosphine is present in the clouds of Venus, our closest planetary neighbor.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 29 July 2024
Because most of the electric charge exists in the clouds, most lightning happens in the clouds.
—Chris Vagasky, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2024
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Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
Have some fun winding down outside to change things up.
Find shapes in the clouds.
—Amanda Rock, Parents, 30 July 2024
The data, the researchers say, contains even stronger proof that phosphine is present in the clouds of Venus, our closest planetary neighbor.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 29 July 2024
Because most of the electric charge exists in the clouds, most lightning happens in the clouds.
—Chris Vagasky, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2024
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