Meaning of old man yelling at the clouds | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Examples

“On social media, Waters was billed as an out-of-touch “old man yelling at the clouds” with one Twitter user calling him a “selfish privileged white boomer.””

“I fully realize that I am an old man yelling at the clouds. I’m an old man yelling at the clouds in my khakis and my tie, and I’m not even all that old. I know that life has passed me by. / I know that all the cool kids buy everything online. / Let them, I say. / Let them buy cool shirts that match their eyes but hang wrong on their bodies.”

“Nowadays, anybody who talks about identity politics or describes an activist as woke is liable to be perceived as an old man yelling at the clouds.”

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