Head in the clouds
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4Being absent minded
ख़याली पुलाव पकाना
He had his head in the clouds for a month and came back.
Head in the clouds is imagination without a calendar.
Daily use: Head in the clouds tha uska.
एक student किताब लेकर बैठा है पर मन में job, घर और पूरा future बना चुका है। उसका head बादलों में है, जहाँ सब धुंधला है, इसलिए आस-पास क्या हो रहा है उसे पता ही नहीं।
A student sits with a book but is already imagining the job, the house and the whole future. His head is up in the clouds, where everything is hazy, so he does not notice what is happening around him.
SSC में answer 'absent-minded / दिवास्वप्न' होता है; opposite 'down to earth' (व्यावहारिक) और related word 'reverie' options में आते हैं।
Tested as 'absent-minded' or 'daydreaming'; its opposite in options is 'down to earth' (practical), and 'reverie' is a related word.