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Meaning: (idiomatic)Having one'shead in the clouds:prone todaydreaming, orthinkingimpractically.Synonym:daydreamy1997June 3, Rayctate, “{REVIEW} PICK OF THE BROWN BAG: May 28, 1997”, inrec.arts.comics.misc[1](Usenet),message-ID <19970603030600.XAA03336@ladder02.news.aol.com>:In addition, you can stand in awe of yet another book, that despite being written by men, depicts women as cerebral creatures with slim builds and Barsoomian breasts instead of the typicalcloud-headed, cassava-chested cranks of carnage.1999, Darren Gluckman,The Weight of the World and Other Stories, Toronto, Ont.:Exile Editions,→ISBN,page56:And in thecloud-headeddays that followed, he struggled to make sense of this. Perhaps he was dreaming.2002, Betsy Andrews, editor,2002/03: Philadelphia Restaurants:[…], New York, N.Y.:Zagat Survey,→ISBN,→OCLC, page40:[…]but when they tell ya to get "your tough skin on" before you enter, they may be thinking of a wet suit, 'cause it's a "down 'n' dirty" "dive"; are the "cloud-headedwaiters" suffering from oxygen deprivation?2007April 23, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com, “Re: Grand Central Terminal open all night?”, inmisc.transport.rail.americas[2](Usenet),message-ID <1177336223.537602.301600@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>:If I had the time and money I would counter-sue those cloud-head advocates for violating my rights of safety, harassment, and passage. Railroad stations are not homeless shelters. / Thecloud-headedadvocates don't even ride the trains, and their organizations are funded by rich people who don't ride either.2011,John Jeremiah Sullivan, “Michael”, inPulphead: Essays, New York, N.Y.:Farrar, Straus and Giroux,→ISBN,page110:Acloud-headedchild, he likes rainbows and reading.
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