old man yells at clouds

Definitions

Phrase. [C2]

Examples

“Yes, I’m veering closely into “old man yells at clouds” territory, though that’s the point⟳. The joy of that old-school unlock⟳ process⟳ isn’t some relic amplified by the allure of nostalgia.”

“Somewhere in all the discourse about how the candidates looked and sounded—“old men yell⟳ at clouds” comes to mind⟳—we forgot to examine⟳ the substance of their words.”

“You want⟳ an Old Man Yells at Clouds Hot Take⟳? That’s it. There are going to be millions of young men driving off the financial cliff because of sports betting.”

“Despite the old-man-yells-at-clouds aspect to this piece so far, its eventual intent is actually to offer⟳ a little bit of hope⟳.”

“Author and music YouTuber Rick Beato occasionally rants against the low quality of modern popular music and these are entertaining in an old man yells at clouds kind of way.”

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