Usage of "head-in-the-clouds"

Guided by whim and fancy.

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Examples for "flighty"

She is a flower child-equalparts flighty and carefree, serious and decisive. 
 Ebony 

I have been a foolish, flighty girl; I am sorry for it. 
 The Unseen Bridegroom; Or, Wedded For a Week 

These assertive winter visitors from Scandinavia and Russia are wary, flighty birds. 
 The Guardian 

Ana had played it perfectly, coming across as flighty, diminutive, and weak. 
 Deadly little secrets 

Exactly the sort of woman to take care of a flighty preacher. 
 The Song of the Lark 

Hair that lacks moisture is lightweight, which makes it unmanageable and flyaway. 
 The beauty diet: looking great has never been so delicious 

I drifted along the High Street, trying-withoutmuch success-totame my flyaway thoughts. 
 The distant hours 

Bottle Top's flyaway blond hair floated straight into the air, as if alive. 
 The story of cirrus flux 

And two thirds of the Ramey wing was scrambled with flyaway kits for-anotherplace. 
 Alas, Babylon 

Will any move be as iconic as Superman's single-fist flyaway? 
 Wired 

That's something my blog was way too self-indulgent and scatterbrained to do. 
 Wired 

And why must I be saddled with realistic, male, scatterbrained visual reactions? 
 Existence 

The dream always left him low-spirited and a little scatterbrained the next day. 
 Hidden Warrior 

But Mrs. Thornburgh, it was soon evident; was giving him but a scatterbrained attention. 
 Robert Elsmere 

But Gregory thinks he's far too scatterbrained even for that. 
 Julian 

Usage of head-in-the-clouds in English

"Good thing the stupid, head-in-the-clouds kid brother had the gumption to bring a knife, huh?" Hank asked lightly. 
 Dante's numbers 

Meanings of head-in-the-clouds in English