cloud up

cloud up
cloud up
1. Lit. [for the sky] to get cloudy, as if it were going to rain. •

All of a sudden it clouded up and began to rain.

It usually clouds up at the top of the mountain.

2. Fig. [for someone] to grow very sad, as if to cry. •

Whenever Mary got homesick, she'd cloud up. She really wanted to go home.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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