head in the clouds

head in the clouds

adjective Impractical, aloof, or fanciful to the point of being very unhelpful or counterproductive. That sort of head in the clouds thinking is not getting us any closer to a workable solution. She's just a kid. Let her have some head in the clouds dreams. Why did you ask John for practical advice? All you'll get from him are head-in-the-clouds ideas feasible in a perfect world!

See also: cloud, head

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head in the clouds, to have one's

Daydreaming, absentminded. In the clouds has been used figuratively to mean obscure or fanciful since the mid-seventeenth century. It was not until relatively recent times that a vague, dreamy person was said to have his or her head in the clouds. See also on cloud nine.

See also: have, head, to

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