- on cloud nine
- ECSTATIC, rapturous, joyful, elated, blissful, euphoric, in seventh heaven, walking on air, transported, in raptures, delighted, thrilled, overjoyed, very happy; informal over the moon, on top of the world; Austral. informal wrapped.→ cloud
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on cloud nine (informal)Extremely pleased or happy• • •Main Entry: ↑cloud* * *
on cloud nine informal old-fashioned phraseextremely happyThesaurus: feeling happysynonymMain entry: cloud* * *
extremely happyOrigin:with reference to a ten-part classification of clouds in which "nine" was next to the highest* * *
on cloud nineinformal : very happyHe's been on cloud nine ever since she agreed to marry him.
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on cloud ˈnine idiom
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
