walk or tread on air

walk or tread on air
idi to feel elated

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • walk (or tread) on air — feel elated. → air …   English new terms dictionary

  • tread on air — ► walk (or tread) on air feel elated. Main Entry: ↑air …   English terms dictionary

  • tread on air — • to tread on air • to walk on clouds • to be in the seventh heaven (from Idioms in Speech) to be exceedingly happy Who is this young woman who goes out stealthily like this, and meets a young man, and comes back feeling as if she had been… …   Idioms and examples

  • air — ► NOUN 1) the invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. 2) the open space above the surface of the earth. 3) (before another noun ) indicating the use of aircraft: air travel. 4) the earth s… …   English terms dictionary

  • walk on air — ► walk (or tread) on air feel elated. Main Entry: ↑air …   English terms dictionary

  • air — air1 airlike, adj. /air/, n. 1. a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere. 2. a stir in the atmosphere; a light breeze. 3. overhead space; sky: The planes filled the air. 4 …   Universalium

  • air — /ɛə / (say air) noun 1. a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen and other gases, which surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere. 2. the body of air immediately surrounding the earth, especially as regarded as the medium for the operation of aircraft or …  

  • air — noun 1》 the invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen. 2》 the open space above the surface of the earth.     ↘[as modifier] indicating the use of aircraft.     ↘the earth s atmosphere as a medium… …   English new terms dictionary

  • tread — v. & n. v. (trod; trodden or trod) 1 intr. (often foll. by on) a set down one s foot; walk or step (do not tread on the grass; trod on a snail). b (of the foot) be set down. 2 tr. a walk on. b (often foll. by down) press or crush with the feet. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

  • walk on clouds — • to tread on air • to walk on clouds • to be in the seventh heaven (from Idioms in Speech) to be exceedingly happy Who is this young woman who goes out stealthily like this, and meets a young man, and comes back feeling as if she had been… …   Idioms and examples

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