2006-08-09 00:10:34 · 7 answers · asked by Robert C 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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Cloud Cuckoo Land refers to an idealistic state where everything is perfect - "You're living in Cloud-cuckoo-land". The reference is to the play by the Athenian playwright Aristophanes, The Birds, in which the birds of the title, tired of the Earth and Olympus, decide to erect a perfect city between the clouds, to be named Cloud-Cuckoo-Land (Nephelokykkygia).
The really amazing thing is that Aristophanes lived from c. 448 BC – c. 385 BC and The Birds was written in 414 BC, so we are still commonly using a phrase from a play written by an ancient Greek 2,500 years ago.
2006-08-09 00:18:20 · answer #1 · answered by Mesper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saying that someone is living in cloud cuckoo land is the same as saying someone has got their head in the clouds... in other words, not living with their feet on the ground or thinking rationally.
2006-08-09 07:17:00 · answer #2 · answered by Burnsie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you're mad!
..you cant 'see' for looking
cant see past the clouds at what is right in front of you :O)
2006-08-09 07:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by littlestarr02 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why not ?its lovely here and so is cloud 9 if you must know.
2006-08-09 09:05:43 · answer #4 · answered by keny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just one of those daft phrases!
2006-08-09 07:14:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A realm of fantasy, dreams or impractical notions"
2006-08-09 07:31:46 · answer #6 · answered by hardy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question...i honestly dont know...sorry that wasnt much help was it x x x
2006-08-09 07:14:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋