on cloud nine

on cloud nine
on cloud nine
Fig. very happy. •

When I got my promotion, I was on cloud nine.

When the check came, I was on cloud nine for days.

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{adj. phr.}, {slang} Too happy to think of anything else; very happy. * /Ada has been on cloud nine since the magazine printed the story she wrote./ * /We were on cloud nine when our team won the state championship./ Compare: ON TOP OF THE WORLD, WALK ON AIR.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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