Someone who is distracted and preoccupied, scatterbrained, lost in thoughts
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- In 17th century, it was thought if you are not attentive about what is happening around, or you were daydreaming; it is like as if your head was in the air. Later the word “air” got changed into “clouds” as air moves all around from top to bottom, but clouds are subjected to always remain upwards. So when you are lost in thoughts, inattentive and are somewhere else than this expression is used suggesting that your ‘head is in the clouds’.
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Submitted on February 25, 2019
Additional definitions for 'Head in the Clouds':
| head in the clouds | Having fantastic or impractical dreams; thinking impractically. |
| head in the clouds | Daydreaming; thinking about matters other than the present reality. |
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