What is the meaning of the idiom 'on cloud 9'?
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To be on cloud nine means to be blissfully happy. See the Related Link for how this phrase came to be part of our language.

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According to the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins," the phrase is based on U.S. Weather Service terminology. This theory holds that cloud types are numbered, and that "cloud nine" is the designation given to "cumulonimbus" clouds, the highest-flying clouds around, making them an apt metaphor for being "on top of the world."

When "you're on cloud nine" you feel wonderful !

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