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1) General subject: be in the clouds, have head in the clouds, have one's head in the clouds, to be in the clouds, hatch one's wagon to a star, walk in the clouds2) Colloquial: be out to lunch (I am talking to you! Are you out to lunch? - Я с тобой разговариваю. Вернись на землю.)3) Australian slang: wank oneself4) Jargon: up in the clouds5) Set phrase: be up in the clouds6) Makarov: go a-wool-gathering, go wool-gathering, run wool-gathering -
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General subject: have head in the cloudsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > плохо понимать реальную обстановку
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библ.not of this world; unworldly; out of this world; other-worldly; starry-eyed; with one's head in the clouds; unworldly innocent; miles awayОтец, должно быть, считал его человеком не от мира сего, мечтателем, одержимым мыслями о сказочных чудесах. (Ф. Гладков, Мятежная юность) — Father must have taken him to be a man out of this world, a dreamer pursuing thoughts of fairy-tale miracles.
- Ты ничего не станешь предпринимать, я ничего не буду организовывать, кто же за нас подумает? Кому мы нужны? Я что-то не разберу, мальчик мой не от мира сего. (Ю. Герман, Дорогой мой человек) — 'If you don't take any steps and I don't organise anything, who'll worry about us? Who cares about us? I don't get you, my silly boy with his head in the clouds!'
А говорили, что теоретик, не от мира сего, - подумал главный инженер. - Как бы не так! Что называется, наскочил топор на сучок. (Д. Гранин, Искатели) — 'And they call him a starry-eyed theoretician,' thought the chief engineer. 'Theoretician my foot! The man was a real stickler.'
- Государство сюда столько добра забросило, что две Москвы можно поставить. А вот сидит где-нибудь такой придурок не от мира сего, а из-за него добрым людям приходится за каждой доской бегать по степи в пыли по ноздри... (С. Антонов, Алёнка) — All the stuff that's been sent out here - you could build two Moscows with it! Only there's one of these play-the-fools, unworldly innocents, sitting at a desk somewhere, messing things up until the ones that do the work have to go chasing over the steppe, up to the nose in dust, for every bit of board they need.
Дима не понимает элементарных вещей, потому что он "не от мира сего", как говорит мама. (А. Алексин, Мой брат играет на кларнете...) — Dima doesn't understand the simplest things. That's because 'he's miles away', as Mother says.
Покойную Дашу она уважала... но не считала подходящей парой для своего непутёвого сынка. Слишком хрупкая была Даша, слишком начитанная, слишком не от мира сего. (А. Афанасьев, Любовное проклятие) — She had respected the late Dasha... but she had not considered her a suitable partner for her own good-for-nothing son. Dasha had been too delicate, too well-read, too other-worldly.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не от мира сего
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витать (парить) в облаках (в эмпиреях, между небом и землёй)разг., неодобр.be <up> in the clouds; be (live) in cloudland; have one's head in the clouds; dwell in the Empyrean; cf. day-dream; soar; go woolgathering; let one's thoughts go woolgatheringНо между тем как скороспелый миллионер наш находился, так сказать, в эмпиреях, произошло совершенно постороннее обстоятельство. (Ф. Достоевский, Идиот) — But while our new-fledged millionaire was dwelling in the Empyrean, so to say, there came an absolutely new development...
Любовь, о которой говорила Нина Георгиевна, казалась ей книжной романтикой: мама всегда витает в облаках. (И. Оренбург, Девятый вал) — Love, about which Nina Georgievna used to speak, seemed to her a romantic literary idea: Mama was always up in the clouds.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > витать в облаках
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жен.height; the realms of fancy мн. ч., the world of fantasy перен.витать в заоблачной выси — to have one's head in the clouds, to live in the clouds
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разг. to be up in the clouds, to have one's head in the cloudsРусско-английский словарь по общей лексике > витать в облаках
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ж.1) ( пространство высоко над землёй) height2) мн. ( вершины гор) mountain peaks••вита́ть в зао́блачной выси — have one's head in the clouds
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мн.empyrean [-'rɪən]••вита́ть в эмпире́ях — have one's head in the clouds
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[n'e ot mira s'evo]
Not of this world.
A person whose mind is filled with visionary thoughts; one who is too imaginative instead of attending to things in a practical way; a day-dreamer.
Cf. To be in another world; to have one's head in the clouds. Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > не от мира сего
См. также в других словарях:
have head in the clouds — have (your) head in the clouds to not know what is really happening around you because you are paying too much attention to your own ideas. He s an academic. They ve all got their heads in the clouds … New idioms dictionary
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head in the clouds — adverb a) Having fantastic or impractical dreams; thinking impractically. Well, dear, you cant expect to jump into a big practice all at once, can you? But you see, I think the trouble is, not nearly enough people know youve started. And a little … Wiktionary
have one's head in the clouds — idi have one s head in the clouds a) to be lost in reverie; be daydreaming b) to be impractical … From formal English to slang
with head in the clouds — with (your) head in the clouds have (your) head in the clouds to not know what is really happening around you because you are paying too much attention to your own ideas. He was walking along with his head in the clouds as usual when he tripped… … New idioms dictionary
with your head in the clouds — with (your) head in the clouds have (your) head in the clouds to not know what is really happening around you because you are paying too much attention to your own ideas. He was walking along with his head in the clouds as usual when he tripped… … New idioms dictionary
head is in the clouds — If a person has their head in the clouds, they have unrealistic, impractical ideas … The small dictionary of idiomes
