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cloud nine

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2 meanings of cloud nine

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  1. 1
    great happinessidiomuncountable
    A feeling of being extremely happy. People often say they are "on cloud nine."

    When she passed her driving test, she was on cloud nine.

    The kids ran home on cloud nine after the last day of school.

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  2. 2
    dream worldidiomnonstandarduncountable
    A state of dreaming or thinking about things that are not realistic or practical.

    If you think we can finish the whole project tonight, you're living on cloud nine.

    Your idea sounds fun, but it's way up on cloud nine. We don't have the money.

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Origin

No one is sure where this phrase comes from. One idea is that an old cloud book from 1896 described the ninth type of cloud as the highest kind of cloud.