head-in-the-clouds

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head-in-the-clouds

A young girl with a head-in-the-clouds attitude daydreams during a lesson.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Unrealistic, impractical, or dreamy: Describes a person who is not practical, is often lost in their own thoughts or fantasies, and is out of touch with everyday realities.
    • Guided by whim and fancy: Acting based on sudden desires or imaginative ideas rather than logic or practical considerations.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • He's a bit head-in-the-clouds; he has great ideas but never thinks about how to make them work.
    • Don't ask her to organize the budget; she's too head-in-the-clouds for such a detailed task.
    • The head-in-the-clouds inventor spent years working on a machine that everyone else thought was impossible.
Advanced Usage
  • Used attributively (before a noun): Often used directly before a noun to describe a person's character.
    • We need a pragmatic leader, not a head-in-the-clouds visionary.
  • Used predictively (after a linking verb like 'be', 'seem'): Commonly used after verbs like 'be' or 'seem'.
    • She seems head-in-the-clouds, always dreaming about traveling the world instead of focusing on her studies.
Variants and Related Words
  • Head in the clouds: This is the more common phrase from which the adjective is derived. It is often used in the expression "to have one's head in the clouds."
    • Ever since he read that philosophy book, he's had his head in the clouds.
  • Dreamy (adj): Tending to be lost in thought or fantasy.
  • Impractical (adj): Not sensible, realistic, or useful.
Synonyms
  • Dreamy
  • Impractical
  • Unrealistic
  • Fanciful
  • Visionary (can have a positive connotation, unlike which is often negative)
Related Phrases
  • To have one's head in the clouds: To be out of touch with reality, to be daydreaming or not paying attention to practical matters.
    • You need to get your head out of the clouds and start studying for your exams.
  • Airy-fairy (adj, informal): Impractical and vague; not realistic.
    • His plans are a bit too airy-fairy for my liking.
Related Idioms
  • Build castles in the air: To create unrealistic plans or dreams.
    • Stop building castles in the air and make a concrete plan.
  • On cloud nine: To be extremely happy (different meaning, but shares the "cloud" imagery).
    • She was on cloud nine after getting the promotion.
head-in-the-clouds

A young girl with a head-in-the-clouds attitude daydreams during a lesson.

Adjective
  1. guided by whim and fancy
    • flighty young girls

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