on cloud nine
idiom
informal
: very happy
He's been on cloud nine ever since she agreed to marry him.
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Understandably, Bing Liu is still on cloud nine over his storybook run at the end of the 2010s.
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Listen to this article 5 min Elizabeth Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus are on cloud nine.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
Carolina would be on cloud nine to draft Carter, the difference-maker the team desperately needs.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Bublé was on cloud nine Sunday after watching his Chiefs beat Buffalo and being in the middle of the celebration.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Listen to this article 5 min Elizabeth Hurley and Billy Ray Cyrus are on cloud nine.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
Carolina would be on cloud nine to draft Carter, the difference-maker the team desperately needs.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Bublé was on cloud nine Sunday after watching his Chiefs beat Buffalo and being in the middle of the celebration.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2025
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