The early references all come from mid 20th century USA and the earliest that I've found is in Albin Pollock's directory of slang, The Underworld Speaks, 1935: "Cloud eight, befuddled on account of drinking too much liquor." The imagery was originally of a 'cloud cuckoo land' or 'head in the clouds' dreaminess, induced by either intoxication or inspiration, rather than the 'idyllic happiness' that we now associate with the phrase. It seems that it is the clouds themselves, rather than the number of them, that were in the thoughts of those who coined this phrase. Early examples of 'cloud' expressions include clouds seven, eight, nine and even thirty-nine. Also, the fact that nine is far from the only number that has been linked with clouds, argues against those origins. To single out the last but one stage of either is rather like attributing the source of the 'whole nine yards' to American Football, where it is ten yards rather than nine that is a significant measure. To begin with, both the cloud classifications and the Buddhist stages to enlightenment have ten levels.
Neither of these explanations holds water.
Another explanation is that the phrase derives from Buddhism and that Cloud Nine is one of the stages of the progress to enlightenment of a Bodhisattva (one destined to become a Buddha). A commonly heard explanation is that the expression originated as one of the classifications of cloud which were defined by the US Weather Bureau in the 1950s, in which 'Cloud Nine' denotes the fluffy cumulonimbus type that are considered so attractive. 15 My wife has been on cloud nine since I told her the other day I would spend my year-end bonus at the office to take us to Hawaii to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary.Whenever a phrase includes a number, like the whole nine yards, at sixes and sevens etc., then attempts to find its derivation usually focus on the number. My wife has been on cloud nine since I told her the other day I would spend my year-end bonus at the office to take us to Hawaii to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary.ģ2. New York couple really will be on cloud nine when they marry later this month: they'll exchange vows in zero gravity.ģ1. Most notable were the razor-sharp bottleneck on Cloud Nine and the familar, sliding refrain of Something.ģ0. I was on cloud nine when her mother came out of the house with a broom.Ģ9. 26 Richard is on cloud nine because he's just graduated from Harvard with cum laude.Ģ8. She has been on cloud nine since the magazine printed the story she wrote.Ģ6. Richard is on cloud nine because he's just graduated from Harvard with cum laude.Ģ5. He will be on cloud nine when he gets some complimentary words.Ģ3. I can't believe it! I feel I'm on cloud nine right now.Ģ2. He is on cloud nine when his girlfriend gives him a kiss.Ģ1. She was on cloud nine when she heard the good news. She's been on cloud nine ever since she heard the news.ġ9. Dad bought me a bike, and I was on cloud nine.ġ7. He was on cloud nine after his wife had the baby.ġ6. Kitty was on cloud nine when she heard the good news.ġ5. Adam was on cloud nine after the birth of his son.ġ4. I recognised it right away, and I was on Cloud Nine.ġ3. We were on cloud nine when our team won the championship.ġ2. Tom was on cloud nine after he learned the good news.ġ1. So am I! I feel like I'm on cloud nine!ġ0. I've finally landed my dream job! I'm on cloud nine.ĩ. 27 When Michael was born I was on cloud nine.Ĩ. When Michael was born I was on cloud nine.ħ.
He was on cloud nine after winning the marathon.Ħ.
Bob has been on cloud nine all this week.ĥ. He was on cloud nine after winning the competition.Ĥ. Living on cloud nine is intoxicating and precarious.Ģ. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "on cloud nine", or refer to the context using the word "on cloud nine" in the English Dictionary.ġ. Below are sample sentences containing the word "on cloud nine" from the English Dictionary.
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