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old man yelling at a cloud

old man yelling at a cloud is the alternative form of old man yells at cloud.

Meaning of old man yells at cloud

Phrase

old man yells at cloud (plural old men yell at cloud)

  1. (derogatory, humorous) Refers to a person who expresses a trivial, out-of-touch, or idiosyncratic grievance; especially, with an implication of aged crotchetiness.
    • I'm incessantly railing, in the old-man-yells-at-cloud tradition, against Big Beautiful Burgers stuffed into wispy buns that leave nothing to the imagination.2018 February, Liz Cook, “Check-in Time”, in The Pitch, page 26

Forms of old man yelling at a cloud

pluralold men yelling at a cloud

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