![]() ![]() It’s usually used to comfort people who are distraught and can’t see positivity in a situation or a way out. This saying is to say that there is good to be seen even terrible situations. You might say this if you are having a day where you are struggling to read or think through complex ideas, maybe because you drank too much the day before or if you’re super tired. It’s analogous to the idea of trying to see something but being unable to see it through the fog. This metaphor uses the idea of a ‘foggy mind’ to refer to the idea that you’re struggling to think straight. So, you might say that someone who is dreaming up fanciful ideas, you might say: “that guy’s hot his head in the clouds”, meaning he’s detached from reality. If someone’s head is so far up in the sky that it’s in the clouds, you can’t listen to and pay attention to the people around you. ![]() To have your head in the clouds is to be disconnected from reality. Being up high and being happy are commonly associated, as outline in my article on happiness metaphors. So, this saying is to imply that you’re very high. This idiom comes from an old taxonomy of clouds published in 1895. To be on cloud nine is to be extremely happy. You might need to prepare as soon as possible! Once the clouds come overhead, there will be a storm and you’ll need to ‘ batten down the hatches’. It might not be occurring any time soon – the horizon is a fair way off – but the clouds are on their way. This idiom is used to explain that something bad is coming. The sun often symbolizes positivity while the clouds symbolize negativity and dreariness. It’s the first sign that a storm has ended and happier days are coming. The concept here is that the sun peeking out from the clouds is the emergence of better days ahead. I outlined this saying in my metaphors for hope article. Conclusion Cloud Metaphors and Idioms in our Language 1. ![]()
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