cloud nine
Peak of joy
Cloud nine is a state of blissful happiness or elation: She's been on cloud nine since getting the promotion.
The phrase appears almost exclusively with "on"—you're on cloud nine when everything feels perfect.
The origin of "nine" specifically is unclear, but the image suggests floating high above ordinary concerns.
euphoria
Intense emotional high
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
joy · happiness · contentment · serenity · nirvana · beatitude · felicity · blissfulness · heavenly · idyllic
heaven
Sky or bliss
- utopiaImagined perfect society
- Shangri-LaFictional Himalayan utopia
- EdenScriptural original paradise
nirvana · Arcadia · Xanadu · elysium · promised land · Avalon · Valhalla · Olympus · dreamland · wonderland
- Number Phrasesone and only, two cents, three strikes, four corners, five senses
- Weather Idiomsunder the weather, when it rains it pours, come rain or shine, rain check, take a rain check
- Heavenparadise, pearly gates, eternal life, kingdom of heaven, New Jerusalem
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, delight
- figurative placeslimbo, crossroads, dead end, comfort zone, happy place
- Highspeak, zenith, apex, pinnacle, acme
cloud ninerock bottom
Lowest possible level
misery · despair · down in the dumps · gloom · melancholy
cloud ninerock bottom
Lowest possible level
the pits · in the gutter · six feet under · down in the dumps · low point
cloud ninerock bottom
Lowest possible level
lowest point · nadir · in dire straits · down and out · hitting bottom
cloud, cloudy, clouds, cloudless, cloudburst, unclouded, cloudiness, cloud cover, cumulus