Why Do We Say “On Cloud Nine”?
"On cloud nine" is another way to say that you're experiencing pure bliss. Imagine your happiest moment — maybe it's time with your dog, taking a vacation to a new country, or eating your weight in potato chips. Whatever your road to happiness may be, there's a long-standing connection between
contentment and clouds, so let's learn why cloud nine is the most joyous of them all. The Online Etymology Dictionary notes that this idiom was coined by 1950, though it may have originated in the late 19th century. The International Cloud-Atlas was published for the first time in the 1890s,...
