九霄云外

九霄云外 [jiǔ xiāo yún wài]

1. ■ be flung to the four winds; beyond the highest heavens; most ephemeral clouds; take flight to the far land of Java; (consign) the land of nowhere, beyond the ninth heaven and the most ephemeral clouds; (recede from one's mind far into) the ninth celestial sphere; (vanish into) the ninth region of heaven; (have flown away into) the ninth sphere of the heavens; (throw) to the winds