idiom · informal

be on cloud nine

UK/bi ɒn ˈklaʊd naɪn/US/bi ɑn ˈklaʊd naɪn/be·on·CLOUD·NINE

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extremely happy

Examples

“She was on cloud nine when she heard she'd won the scholarship.”

“After the concert, the whole team was on cloud nine.”

“He’s been on cloud nine since he got the job offer.”

Band 8 sentence

“When the university announced the results, she was on cloud nine — months of hard work had finally paid off.”

Collocations

  • be on cloud nine about something
  • be on cloud nine after (something)

Word family

over the moon idiomon top of the world idiom

Common mistakes

I am in cloud nine→I am on cloud nine

I am on the cloud nine→I am on cloud nine

Say it for a higher band

5happy→6very happy→7+be on cloud nine

Synonyms

over the moon

on top of the world

Easily confused

in the clouds

“He spends half his time in the clouds and forgets about his homework.”

Related words

down in the dumpson edgekeep a stiff upper lipwear one's heart on one's sleevelet off steamhead over heels (in love)be over the moonbutterflies in one's stomach

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