English Explanatory Dictionary

old man yells at cloud

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Refers to a person who expresses a trivial, out-of-touch, or idiosyncratic grievance; especially, with an implication of aged crotchetiness.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-old man yells at cloud.wav

Word forms

old man yells at cloud old men yell at cloud old man yelling at a cloud old man yelling at cloud old man yelling at clouds old man yelling at the clouds old-man-yells-at-cloud old man yells at clouds

Etymology

From a scene in the 2002 episode "The Old Man and the Key" of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, in which Grampa Simpson, applying for a driver's license, produces a newspaper clipping with this headline for identification.

Derived words

yell at clouds
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