flying high
On cloud nine
Flying high describes a state of elation, success, or euphoria.
Someone flying high after a promotion or victory feels triumphant and confident: The team was flying high after their championship win.
The phrase also refers to being intoxicated on drugs, especially stimulants or hallucinogens: He was flying high on cocaine.
Both senses evoke the giddy sensation of being above ordinary experience.
- skywardToward the firmament
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- altitudeMeasured height above reference
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- on top of the worldSupremely pleased with life
top of the world · freedom · triumph · air · aviation · gliding · intoxicated · buzzed · stoned · elevation · up · victory · accomplishment · wings · float · joy · kite · bliss
- success idiomshit the jackpot, strike gold, make it, rags to riches, come out on top
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
- mood idiomsbad mood, black mood, dark mood, foul mood, in a mood
flying highdown in the dumps
Sad and dispirited
down and out · crestfallen · dejected · despondent · in the doldrums
flying highin the gutter
hitting bottom · down on one's luck · struggling · on the skids · washed up
flying highstone cold sober
Entirely free of intoxication
coming down · crashing · sober · clean · straight
high, fly, height, flying, highly, higher, highest, flyer, flown