And i'm glad to finally see some blue skies ‘the blue skies clouded over abruptly’ note how the definition does not mention over, yet the example does use it I'm glad to finally see a blue sky.
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A countable noun or an uncountable noun
We can count the sky as it is only one, but it's that people refer to as it being uncountable.
What's the difference between sky and skies I'm really confused since i watched a news saying people cheered and clapped as the moon blocked the sun for about 2.5 minutes under clear skies o. The oed says the phrase cool your jets, meaning to calm down or become less agitated, is originally us and the first quoted in a newspaper 1973 daily tribune (wisconsin rapids) 29 jan
1/1 if you want to cool your jets, just step outside, where it will be about 10 degrees under cloudy skies That use is to literally cool yourself down The first with the usual meaning is a bit later the. The writer probably meant takes to the skies, which is a common idiom for flies
The phrase take the skies is sometimes used in discussions of military actions to mean that one sides aircraft dominate.
At least in us english, heads are often many places Often heads are in the clouds (dreamer), but it is not unheard of to say that someone has their head in the sky if, for example, they aspire to become an aircraft pilot. Interestingly, larks are connected to an earlier commentary on skies falling From debate on the bank of the united states (april 13, 1810), in the american register, or general repository of history, politics and science (1811)
Taylor:] but, says the gentleman [mr Love], there will be foreign influence. At face value, they are equivalent Cloud (of the sky) become overcast or gloomy
