old man yelling at clouds

plural old men yelling at clouds

1. alternativeAlternative form of old man yells at cloud.

   Sure, Fraser sounds like an old man yelling at clouds, or shooing some kids off his lawn, but there’s truth in that rant.

   2017, Mark Lazerus, “Epilogue”, in If These Walls Could Talk: Chicago Blackhawks: Stories from the Chicago Blackhawks’ Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box, Chicago, Ill.: Triumph Books LLC, →ISBN

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   They don’t seem to understand that they look like fools, raging against the dying of the light with all of the effectiveness of an old man yelling at clouds. Again, that whole lack-of-self-awareness thing.

   2013 October 3, Mike Argento, “House GOP must keep the promise of Obamacare”, in Public Opinion, 145th year, number 74, Chambersburg, Pa., page 9A

   Much of it was nonsense, old men yelling at clouds and talking about how back in their day people had common decency, as if football hasn’t always attracted an element of egomaniacs and testosterone-fueled rage monsters who only started committing crimes in the late 1990s.

   2018, Jerry Thornton, “The Patriot Way”, in Five Rings: The Super Bowl History of the New England Patriots (So Far), Lebanon, N.H.: ForeEdge, University Press of New England, →ISBN, section “Three Rings”, page 99

   If he never managed to deal with his issues, though, I’d imagine he’s either now battling it out with wife No. 8 or 9 or 10, or else he’s given up on marriage altogether and gotten himself a half-dozen cats and become a lonely, bitter old man yelling at clouds.

   2018 May 13, Paul Prather, “It’s not easy, but to grow, to deal with problems, you have to see yourself as you are”, in Lexington Herald-Leader, volume 36, number 131, pages 1D and 4D

   Are fundamentals disappearing from Major League Baseball? / I see a lot of old men yelling at clouds. Who cares about fundamentals? I just want to see Bryce Harper strike out 170 times, bat .230 and hit 40 home runs.

   2018 August 12, Henry Charpentier, “Five on five: Five Billings Gazette sports staffers offer their opinions on five sports topics”, in Billings Gazette, volume 133, number 101, page C2

   Not to sound like an old man yelling at clouds, but back in my day, when you bought a game that was it. You owned it and all of its associated content.

   2019, Brian Tuohy, The Fix Is Still In: More Corruption and Conspiracies the Pro Sports Leagues Don’t Want You To Know About, Port Townsend, Wash.: Feral House, →ISBN