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Head Clouds Mind Report Card I Pay Attention

Idiom Head in the Clouds
Example My report card said that I should pay more attention in class — that my head was usually in the clouds.
Meaning absent-minded; daydreaming; lost in thought
Origin In the mid-1600s the idea was first written that if you weren't aware of what was going on, if your mind was in a dreamy state, then your head was in the air. Later "air" was changed to "clouds" because air goes all the way down to the ground but clouds are usually high up. When your "head is in the clouds," it means your mind is definitely somewhere else.

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