Meaning of yell at clouds | Babel Free

Definitions

To express a trivial, out-of-touch, or idiosyncratic grievance.

derogatory, humorous, intransitive

Examples

“The Edmonton Oilers will once again be prominent at an entry draft, the 2018 edition three full years past the Connor McDavid draft lottery win⟳. It’s perfectly reasonable for you to pitch a fit, kick⟳ over a pink flamingo and yell⟳ at clouds, but after that there’s some pretty big business to be conducted at the 2018 NHL entry draft.”

“But at least given how it had looked at the time they made the Capela trade⟳, playing “normally” was even less likely “to work⟳” against the Angelinos, red or purple. This falls into that category of things which are destined to annoy analytics types, in that a strategy that makes a longshot win⟳ less of a longshot but still unlikely is seen as a failure if it doesn’t completely upend the laws of probability. But I’ll stop⟳ yelling at clouds and wrap⟳ this up.”

“New season – new directives from the PGMO. Oh, here we go, don’t spend⟳ too long on this one. Could holding in the box be the new handball? The thing that has us yelling at clouds. “I just don’t know⟳ the rules any more.” “This isn’t why people fell in love⟳ with the game.””

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