yell at clouds

Verb

yell at clouds (third-person singular simple present yells at clouds, present participle yelling at clouds, simple past and past participle yelled at clouds)

1. (derogatory, humorous, intransitive) To express a trivial, out-of-touch, or idiosyncratic grievance.
   • The Edmonton Oilers will once again be prominent at an entry draft, the 2018 edition three full years past the Connor McDavid draft lottery win. It’s perfectly reasonable for you to pitch a fit, kick over a pink flamingo and yell at clouds, but after that there’s some pretty big business to be...2018 January 9, Allan Mitchell, “Gauging the Edmonton Oilers' needs and tendencies for the 2018 NHL draft”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
   • But at least given how it had looked at the time they made the Capela trade, playing “normally” was even less likely “to work” against the Angelinos, red or purple. This falls into that category of things which are destined to annoy analytics types, in that a strategy that makes a longshot win less...2020 June 25, Seth Partnow, “An analytical study of defense, shooting, and small ball, with an expert’s help”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...