in the air
See also: up in the air
English edit
Prepositional phrase edit
- In the surrounding ambience.
- As soon as we entered we could feel the excitement and tension in the air.
- 2007 November 3, David Thomson, “Music in the air”, in The Guardian[1]:
- You may not know La Baule. Think of it as Bognor Regis. Now, you may have spent half your life there, but I do not believe you ever heard Beethoven playing in the air.
- In the generally prevailing feeling, idea, atmosphere, or mood.
- 1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major:
- Polo was nothing if golf were in the air!
- 1981, Phil Collins, “In The Air Tonight”, in Face Value:
- I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord.
- 2021 September 16, Bill Maher, 7:52 from the start, in Bill Maher on Getting Anger from Both Sides, Our Divided Country & Norm Macdonald’s Passing[2], Jimmy Kimmel Live!:
- MAHER: Well, whatever. I just said we shouldn't have two national anthems. We're one country. It's not a good idea. We've seen what happens in other countries where you have, you know- when you separate things out. That's never where America was. That's never where liberalism was. It was about being a colorblind society. So, a new national anthem? Fine. I'll go for that. But not two. Because that leads down a road we don't wanna go. Applause.
KIMMEL: Do you feel like...
MAHER: Thank you.
KIMMEL: Hey there's a lot of fear in the air and generally, you don't want to be caught applauding something that might be controversial.
MAHER: I couldn't give a fuck.
KIMMEL: I wasn't talking about you.
- Prevalent without traceable origin or authority.
- There was a rumour about them in the air.
- Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled; up in the air.
- (military) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank.
- The army had its wing in the air.