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be (living) on another planet

slang To be oblivious to one's surroundings or act strangely. I have no idea what the professor said during today's lecture because I was on another planet the whole time. The millionaire investor always says something wacky in the board meetings—it's like he's on living another planet.
See also: another, on, planet

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets

A mnemonic device for remembering the names of the eight planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, as well as the dwarf planet Pluto. (The phrase was in use before Pluto had ceased to be considered a true planet.) A: "Let's see, there's Mercury, um… Earth, Mars… Uranus… dang, I can never remember all the planets' names!" B: "Well, try to remember this—My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets." A: "Hey, Pluto isn't a planet anymore!"
See also: easy, just, method, Name, Planet, Speed, up, very

What planet is (someone) from?

That is an absurd or stupid thing to think or do; what is someone thinking? (Implies that someone would only do or think that if they were an alien from another planet.) A: "I think they should just do away with taxes altogether!" B: "What planet are you from? Taxes pay for hospitals, roads, our military—literally everything on which our society is built." What planet is he from? He could get someone killed driving that speed along a residential road!
See also: planet, what

What planet is (someone) on?

What are you thinking? That is an absurd or stupid thing to think or do. (Implies that someone would only do or think that if they were an alien from another planet.) A: "I think they should just do away with taxes altogether!" B: "What planet are you on? Taxes pay for hospitals, roads, our military—literally everything on which our society is built." What planet is he on? He could get someone killed driving that speed along a residential road!
See also: planet, what
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what planet is someone on?

BRITISH, INFORMAL
COMMON You can say what planet is someone on? to show that you think someone has crazy ideas or does not know about something that most people know about. What planet are these people on? Do they not read their own headlines? Note: This expression is often varied. For example, you can ask what planet does someone live on? or what planet does someone come from?. He thinks hospitals can make major cuts to their budgets. What planet does he live on? Note: You can also say that someone is on another planet. She was just on another planet, I think. She didn't seem to understand that we are ordinary people.
See also: planet, someone, what
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

what planet are you on?

used to indicate that someone is out of touch with reality. British informal
See also: planet, what
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be on another ˈplanet

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what ˈplanet is somebody on?

(spoken, humorous) used to suggest that somebody’s ideas are not realistic or practical: He can’t really think we’re going to finish the job today, can he? What planet is he on?
See also: another, on, planet
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His idea was that meteorites might be falling in a heavy shower upon the planet, or that a huge volcanic explosion was in progress.
Dense clouds of smoke or dust, visible through a powerful telescope on earth as little grey, fluctuating patches, spread through the clearness of the planet's atmos- phere and obscured its more familiar features.
I remember how jubilant Markham was at securing a new photograph of the planet for the illustrated paper he edited in those days.
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Now, astronomers have given another dwarf planet an official name.
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That means that in 2011, this planet will have completed one orbit since its discovery in 1846.
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Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- A new study provides the most accurate estimate of the frequency that planets that are similar to Earth in size and in distance from their host star occur around stars similar to our Sun.
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6 Types Of Planets, From Gas Giants To Water Worlds
The levels would not be as high as those in a pulsar's disk, but any increase in heavy elements could affect planet formation: on one hand, gas planets form more readily around metal-rich stars; on the other hand, rapid gas dispersion might keep the disk's mass low, making it difficult to produce gas giants.
Phoenix planets
NASA on Wednesday confirmed a bonanza of 715 newly discovered planets outside the solar system.
NASA announces 'mother lode' of new planets: 715
In the meantime, astronomers have observed the blue planet with telescopes on Earth and in space.
Strange Neptune
But last August, the International Astronomical Union approved the first formal definition of a planet since the Greeks coined the term some 2,000 years ago.
What's a planet? New riddles beyond the solar system
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Hot and cold
When scientists first spotted Pluto in 1930, they labeled it a planet because it appeared similar to other planets.
Poor Pluto
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GREEN HILLS SOFTWARE AND EMBEDDED PLANET TEAM UP TO DELIVER COMPLETE POWERPC SOLUTIONS FOR COM APPS
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