be on another planet
informalDefinition
› to not give attention to what is happening around you and to think differently from other people: Some days that girl seems as if she's on another planet.Unaware
(Definition of be on another planet from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be on a roll idiom
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be on about idiom
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be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
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be on cloud nine idiom
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be on familiar terms idiom
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be on ice idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in the dark idiom
- benighted adjective
- blind spot noun
- blindly adverb (NOT THINKING)
- clueless adjective
- couldn't think idiom
- Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knows idiom
- ignorance is bliss idiom
- ignorance noun
- ill-informed adjective
- illiterate adjective
- illiterate noun
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- oblivious adjective
- search me! idiom
- unaware adjective
- unbeknown adverb
- with your eyes closed/shut idiom
- wouldn't know sth if you fell over one/it idiom
- your guess is as good as mine idiom
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