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old man yells at clouds

old man yells at clouds 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 yells at clouds

pluralold men yell at clouds

Questions about old man yells at clouds

What is old man yells at clouds the alternative form of?
Old man yells at clouds is the alternative form of old man yells at cloud.

Words near old man yells at clouds in the dictionary

  1. old man yelling at a cloud
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  7. old man's beard
  8. old man's beards
  9. old man's drip
  10. old man's eyebrow
  11. old man's friend

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