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Subject: Re: All up in the air
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Alter Ego wrote:
> Can anyone tell me the meaning of this expression: "they're all up in the
> air"?
>
> The complete sentence is: "And so all those wind and ocean current patterns
> that have formed since the last ice age and have been relatively stable,
> they're all up in the air and they change."
>
> Thank you,
>
> Æ
>
>
In a state of flux that makes it hard to determine any trend or pattern; chaotic.
Think in terms of playing cards: if they're thrown so that they're "all up in
the air", they'll be all mixed up and different ways around so that you cannot
determine their states.
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