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cloud cuckoo land

[kloud-koo-koo-land, -kook-oo-] / ˈklaʊdˌku kuˌlænd, -ˌkʊk u- /


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"When you have been so rude and plain nasty to people, why would you think they'd want to work with you? You've got to be living in cloud cuckoo land."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

He was interrupted by SNP MP John Nicolson, who said: "I think you're living in cloud cuckoo land here if you really believe that."

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2021

If it was nonsense then – and Jürgen Klopp always stressed he had a long-term plan for the player – it is cloud cuckoo land now.

From The Guardian • Dec. 17, 2018

"I'm in cloud cuckoo land," said the 60-year-old, having earlier welled up as the celebrations began.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2015

Dorothy's clear-cut personality was becoming blurred; she never used to speculate about thistledown in cloud cuckoo land.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton




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