витать в облаках

head in the clouds; one's head in the clouds; daydream (M_P); be in the clouds; have one's head in the clouds; hatch one's wagon to a star (Anglophile); walk in the clouds (IgnisFatuus); be in the clouds; live in cloud-cuckoo-land (Jessica is thinking of starting up a private clinic. She seems to be living in cloud-cuckoo-land – Джессика думает создать частную клинику. Похоже, она витает в облаках; тж. см. la-la land Taras); be in la-la land (Taras); be in cloudland (тж. см. live in la-la land Taras); mind-wandering (Michaelmexx); be up in the clouds; build castles in the air (Sergei Aprelikov); wander off (suburbian)

Игорь Миг

delude oneself (конт.)

amer.

be off in a dream world (Val_Ships)

austral., slang

wank oneself

fig.of.sp.

have lofty ideas (Daily Mail Alex_Odeychuk)

Gruzovik, obs.

go woolgathering

idiom.

daydream (Andrey Truhachev); live in la-la land (Taras); day-dream (Andrey Truhachev); on a pink cloud (The new guy seems pretty happy for a dude who has no job, no money and no family. He must be on a pink cloud. VLZ_58); be out of touch with reality (jouris-t); be mentally absent (Andrey Truhachev); be miles away (coll., fig. Andrey Truhachev)

inf.

be out to lunch (I am talking to you! Are you out to lunch? – Я с тобой разговариваю. Вернись на землю. Leonid Dzhepko); be miles away (Andrey Truhachev)

Makarov.

go wool-gathering; run wool-gathering; go a-wool-gathering; be wool-gathering; get stardust in one's eyes; go woolgathering; have stardust in one's eyes; run woolgathering; be woolgathering

proverb

be up in the clouds; have one's head in the clouds

be flying high; be in the clouds; be over the moon about (sth); be up in the clouds; float on air; fly high; flying high; in the clouds; on the top of the world; on top of the world; over the moon about (sth); up in the clouds

витать в облаках

: 16 phrases in 4 subjects

General	8
Idiomatic	1
Makarov	2
Slang	5