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cloud noun 1 crack cocaine. From the thick white smoke produced when smoked US, 1994. 2 the intoxication from smoking freebase or crack cocaine US, 1992
idiomclouda cloud on the/your horizonsomething bad that is likely to happen, that could spoil your happiness:His mother brought him up like a young prince, and never spoke of the clouds on the horizon.The darkest cloud on our horizon is not revolution, it is too much state control.be on cloud nineto be extremely happy because something good has happened to you recently:After he rang and asked me out, I was on cloud nine.Okay, so you're fat and broke - but you're also on cloud nine, admit it.(every cloud has) a silver liningused in order to say that a difficult or unpleasant situation has some good things about it, or may have a good result:Every cloud tends to have its silver lining, and if this law forces us to use our cars less it will be good for the environment.There may be a silver lining - if houses are difficult to sell, they may become available to rent.Noteevery cloud has a silver lining is the original idiom, but it is very common, especially in newspapers, television news etc to shorten this to 'silver lining'. be under a cloudused about someone who people disapprove of or do not trust, because they think they have done something wrong:The Minister was already under a cloud, and this information would discredit him further.I felt that I was operating under a cloud, and offered to resign. phrasecloud[clouded, clouded, clouding]
cloud over 1. the sky clouds over/it clouds over if the sky clouds over, it becomes covered with clouds and the sun disappears: The sky was starting to cloud over and we decided to go indoors. In the afternoon it clouded over and cooled down a bit.2. sb's face clouds over/sb's eyes cloud over if someone's face or eyes cloud over, they suddenly look sad, worried, or angry: When I mentioned her name, his face suddenly clouded over. Her eyes clouded over with the pain of the memory.
See:- a cloud hangs over (someone or something)
- a cloud hangs over somebody/something
- a cloud on the horizon
- be in cloud-cuckoo land
- be on cloud nine
- Cloud Cuckoo Land
- cloud nine
- cloud of suspicion
- cloud on the horizon
- cloud over
- cloud the issue
- cloud up
- cloud-cuckoo land
- coming up a cloud
- dark cloud on the horizon
- Every cloud has a silver lining
- every dark cloud has a silver lining
- every silver lining has a cloud
- gathering clouds
- get your head out of the clouds
- Get your head out of the clouds!
- have (one's) head in the clouds
- have head in the clouds
- have your head in the clouds
- head in the clouds
- head in the clouds, have one's
- head in the clouds, to have one's
- in the clouds
- live in cloud-cuckoo land
- on a cloud
- on cloud nine
- on cloud nine, to be sitting
- silver lining
- storm clouds
- the cloud
- under a cloud
- under a cloud (of suspicion)
- under a cloud, to be
- with (one's) head in the clouds
- with your head in the clouds
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