#IOTW: Outer Space Idioms

Out of this world. Meaning: extraordinary.
- Example:
- I climbed Mount Sindoro last week. Man, the view from up there were out of this world!
Living on another planet. Meaning: not realizing what is going on; having unreasonable ideas.
- Example:
- They think they can run that kind of business with just 50 million rupiahs in their hands. It’s like they’re living on another planet.
Living in cloud cuckoo land. Meaning: believing naively that impossible things might happen.
- Example:
- If you think the designer can finish that amount of work in three days you’re living in cloud cuckoo land.
(Having) stars in one’s eyes. Meaning: hopeful and enthusiastic about what is going to happen to you in the future.
- Example:
- I see some of the new students enter their first ever classroom with stars in their eyes.
Written in the stars. Meaning: certain to happen, intended to be.
- Example:
- It’s written in the stars that he would become the king of our kingdom.
Not rocket science. Meaning: requires no extraordinary skill or intelligence.
- Example:
- Simply plug in the power cord and push the power button. It’s not rocket science.
- “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to plug in the power cord and push the power button.”

Compiled and written by @Fafafin for @EnglishTips4U on Thursday, October 13, 2016

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