Meaning of in the air | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In the surrounding ambience.
2. In the generally prevailing feeling, idea, atmosphere, or mood.
3. Prevalent without traceable origin or authority.
4. Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled; up in the air.
5. Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank.

Examples

“As soon as we entered we could feel the excitement and tension in the air.”

“You may not know La Baule. Think of it as Bognor Regis. Now, you may have spent half your life there, but I do not believe you ever heard Beethoven playing in the air.”

“Polo was nothing if golf were in the air!”

“But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash.”

“I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord.”

“MAHER: Well, whatever. I just said we shouldn't have two national anthems. We're one country. It's not a good idea. We've seen what happens in other countries where you have, you know- when you separate things out. That's never where America was. That's never where liberalism was. It was about being a colorblind society. So, a new national anthem? Fine. I'll go for that. But not two. Because that leads down a road we don't wanna go. Applause. KIMMEL: Do you feel like... MAHER: Thank you. KIMMEL: Hey there's a lot of fear in the air and generally, you don't want to be caught applauding something that might be controversial. MAHER: I couldn't give a fuck. KIMMEL: I wasn't talking about you.”

“There was a rumour about them in the air.”

“The army had its wing in the air.”

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