blue sky
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1.0
- noun
- /blu skaɪ/
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cielo azul
- The children played outside under the bright blue sky.
- clear blue sky
- bright blue sky
- blue sky with clouds
Life is good and it's still blue skies and sunny.
- Life is good and it's still blue skies and sunny.
- We've had the most beautiful blue sky, sunny days.
- We've got some lofty clouds and blue skies, right?
- Let's say you have a blue sky and clouds occasionally come.
- And then wink at that blue sky above you and own that it is blue.
- And it's like the analogy of the blue sky that is clouded by the weather.
- The bright snow is startling against the deep blue sky.
- It was not a single cloud in the sky, pure blue skies, sunny.
- You can see the, you know, just blue sky still.
- I could see that American flag flying in a blue sky.
- It's a chilly winter morning with the sun, beautiful blue skies.
- The sunrise, the sunset, blue sky, beautiful mountains.
Examples
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And there were blue skies, and there was fresh air!
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I stared out the window at the silver Capitol dome against the blue sky background.
Fiction book (1992) -
I can see blue sky clearly now.
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All I see is baby blue sky and baby blue water.
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Had the clear blue sky and the deep blue sea.
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Sun shining, a blue sky, a perfect day.
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Life is good and it's still blue skies and sunny.
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We've got snow down here and then just the most lovely blue sky up there.
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The plane breaks out above the clouds into dazzling blue sky and bright sun.
Fiction book (1990) -
It was not a single cloud in the sky, pure blue skies, sunny.
Synonyms
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1.0
The space above the earth that looks blue in daytime
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The sky you see during the day
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7.1
The open blue sky far above the ground
How Blue
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the sky as it appears blue' is directly and compositionally derived from 'blue' (a color) + 'sky' (the visible atmosphere), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. This is a basic, literal combination common across languages and follows normal adjective + noun patterns, making it immediately transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Blue sky is the name for the sky when it looks blue on clear days. Sunlight has many colours and tiny bits of air send the blue colour to our eyes. That's why we call a bright daytime sky a blue sky.