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In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle delves into the literary origins of a well-known phrase. The phrase ‘cloud cuckoo land’ is well known, but what are its origins? Here’s what the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) says, for the term’s etymology:
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The four-paragraph version: Cloud Cuckoo Land is about a book and how it manages to survive across time. It follows three sets of characters in different time periods who all come across a (fictional) ancient Greek tale called Cloud Cuckoo Land by Antonius Diogenes.
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- Meanings of “Cloud Cuckoo Land”
- Origin of “Cloud Cuckoo Land”
- Examples in Literature
- Example in Sentences
The phrase “cloud cuckoo land” means to live in a silly fantasyworld, or not in an ideal state of mind. It also means a person expecting impossibility to become a possibility. It is mostly used as “live in a cloud cuckoo land” or “a cloud cuckoo lander.”
The phrase “cloud cuckoo land” is stated to have used by Aristophanes for the first time in 4th century BC in his play, which was later translated by Henry F. Cary as cloud cuckoo land in 1824 when translating his play. In the play, the characterPisthetairos uses it thus: “Well, then, how do you like this: Cloudcuckooland?” Since then, it has been ...
Example #1
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Tim Casswell These two stanzas talk about strange needs from the poet. He dreams of impossible things but also agrees that there is no free lunch, and nothing is granted free. However, for a hard worker, nothing is impossible. Therefore, the phrase “cloud cuckoo land” has no truth in it. Although these words seem good and beautiful on a page, the poet has taken to the world to do his part instead of living in the cloudcuckoo land. The phrase has been used in its literal s...
Example #2
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Simon Armitage Simon Armitage is a popular English poet from the rural area of West Yorkshire. This book is a short collection of his beautiful poems which shows that he has been associated with this bird since childhood. In fact, he has been probing the sky with a Russian telescope, which gave him the idea of Cloud Cuckoo Land. Almost all of the 88 poems deal with different subjectsrelated to the same thematic strand; therefore, the phrase has been used in the connotativ...
Example #3
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Allan Morrison The poet presents a couple, saying that he has known their love and peace and fears and denial,. Then he states that as they have run into him, he thinks that they are somewhat schizophrenic, though, he highlights that as they have enjoyed here, they would enjoy it again when back. The land he is living in has been called Cloud Cuckoo Land or fantasy land.
Example #1: “Children can appear as fools for living in a cloud cuckoo land. But, that’s the tender age to do so before they grow up and see that the world is not nice as they have dreamed.” Example #2: “When he saw at that sighing cloud cuckoo land, it flutters its wings as if is a giant bird and then almost starts moving as if it is a giant wha...
Nov 3, 2016 · Mary Oliver. When loneliness comes stalking, go into the fields, consider the orderliness of the world. Notice something you have never noticed before, like the tambourine sound of the snow-cricket whose pale green body is no longer than your thumb.
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In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle delves into the literary origins of a well-known phrase. The phrase ‘cloud cuckoo land’ is well known, but what are its origins? Here’s what the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) says, for the term’s etymology: Read more
