⛵ “on cloud nine”

What it means: Extremely happy, on top of the world.

“She has been on cloud nine since the offer letter arrived.”

Where it comes from

From the numbered cloud classification of 19th-century meteorology — cumulus nimbus was raised to number ten and cut, leaving nine as the tall one; the phrase itself caught on in mid-20th-century America.

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More phrases, including proverbs from dozens of languages, at Proverbs of the World.