SPANISH IDIOMS: Estar en las nubes > to have one's head in the clouds

Idiomatic expressions enrich and colour languages.

Here are some expressions using NUBE (cloud) with examples in English & Spanish:

·        ESTAR EN LAS NUBES (to have one's head in the clouds)

o   Pepe no escucha, siempre está en las nubes.

o   Pepe never listens, his head is always in the clouds.

·        ANDAR POR LAS NUBES (to have one's head in the clouds)

o   No te escucha, anda por las nubes.

o   He/she is not listening, his/her head is in the clouds.

·        VIVIR EN LAS NUBES (to live in the clouds)

o   Ana vive en las nubes, nunca se entera de nada

o   Ana lives in the clouds, she never knows what's going on

·        ESTAR EN UNA NUBE (to be on cloud nine)

o   Míralos, están en una nube.

o   Look at them, they are on cloud nine.

·        BAJAR A ALGUIEN DE SU NUBE (to take someone down a peg)

o   El jefe lo ha bajado de su nube.

o   The boss has taken him down a peg.