cloud nine
Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happinessOften in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.
» She must be on cloud nine.
Она, наверное, на седьмом небе от счастья.
Вона, мабуть, на сьомому небі від щастя.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness.
He was on cloud nine for days after she agreed to marry him.
Wolke sieben, siebter Himmel
седьмо́е не́боsedʹmóje nébo
сьоме небоs'ome nebo
a state of extreme happiness
(idiomatic, nonstandard, possibly, uncountable)A state of fantastic or impractical dreaming or thinking.
Examples
15 sentencesShe must be on cloud nine.
Вона, мабуть, на сьомому небі від щастя.
ruОна, наверное, на седьмом небе от счастья.
I'm on cloud nine.
Я на сьомому небі.
ruЯ на седьмом небе от счастья.
deIch schwebe im siebten Himmel.
Tom was on cloud nine.
Том був на сьомому небі.
ruТом был на седьмом небе.
Tom must be on cloud nine.
ruТом, должно быть, на седьмом небе.
Tom is on cloud nine today.
Translations
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Origin
The origin of sense 1 (“a state of bliss”) is uncertain; however, the following etymologyThe origin of sense 1 (“a state of bliss”) is uncertain; however, the following etymology has been suggested. (This etymology would explain the "nine" aspect, while not being the de novo origin of the "cloud" aspect; the extension of the meterological idea to an emotional valence would not have been a de novo development, as the association of clouds with dreaminess long predates the 1890s.)
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- a state of extreme happiness:blissblissfulnessseventh heavenwalking on air
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable