What does “Essere al settimo cielo” mean?
Essere al settimo cielo
Word for word
To be in the seventh heaven
What it really means
To be overjoyed, walking on air. Said of someone who has just had wonderful news or seen a dream come true.
How we say it in English
To be on cloud nine — note the number changes: seven in Italian, nine in English
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Perdere le staffe
To fly off the handle
Avere un diavolo per capello
To be hopping mad — or like a bear with a sore head
Avere la coda di paglia
To protest too much — the giveaway of a guilty conscience
Cadere dalle nuvole
You could have knocked me over with a feather
Piantare in asso
To leave someone in the lurch
In bocca al lupo
Break a leg — and, like "break a leg", you never answer with "thank you"