СВАЛИТЬСЯ С ОБЛАКОВ

• СПУСТИТЬСЯ С ОБЛАКОВ coll

[VP; subj: human]

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1. Also: СВАЛЯТЬСЯ <УПАСТЬ> С ОБЛАКОВ coll [often past after как, будто, словно, точно]

⇒ to appear, arrive very suddenly:

- X как с облаков свалился••≈ X appeared out of the blue (out of nowhere, out of thin air);

- it is as though X fell from the sky.

2. [usu. infin with пора, нужно etc]

⇒ to stop being out of touch with reality and start to live, think, look upon a situation etc realistically, practically:

- пора X-у спуститься с облаков••≈ it's time for X to come down to earth (to get his head out of the clouds).