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.
