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(she plunges) [her] head in the clouds: So aggrandized as to be beyond practical (earthly) reach or understanding (from Virgil's Aeneid and the shorter form appears in John Locke's Two Treatises of Government) caput mortuum: dead head: Originally an alchemical reference to the dead head or worthless residue left over from a reaction. Also used ...
Head in the Clouds may refer to: Head in the Clouds, a 2004 Canadian-British film; Head in the Clouds, a 2018 compilation album by 88rising "Head in the Clouds" (song), a song by Gerry Cinnamon "Head in the Clouds", a song by Union J from the album Union J; Head in the Clouds Festival, an annual Asian-diaspora music festival organized by 88rising
Head in the Clouds is a 2004 Canadian-British war drama film written and directed by John Duigan. The original screenplay focuses on the choices young lovers must make as they find themselves surrounded by increasing political unrest in late-1930s Europe. The film was a critical and box office failure.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
The phrase has also been associated with the fall of Constantinople, with the assertion that scholars debated the topic while the Ottoman Empire besieged the city. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In Italian, [ 7 ] French, [ 8 ] Spanish and Portuguese , the conundrum of useless scholarly debates is linked to a similar question of whether or not angels are sexless ...
A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. [1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:
Joe Btfsplk, the world's worst jinx, in this excerpt from the March 20, 1947 strip. Joe Btfsplk is a character in the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner by cartoonist Al Capp.The hapless Btfsplk means well, but he is "the world's worst jinx" [citation needed] and brings disastrous misfortune to everyone around him.
Captions: Under a cloud (with a golden lining) Comrade Lansbury. "Thanks to my faithful brolski not a drop has touched me." [Loud crows from "Daily Herald" bird.] Possibly reflecting an allegation of Soviet funding for the Independent Labour Party. Lansbury founded the Daily Herald. [1] A cloud with a silver lining