Do you always have to use the Idiom?

Question

In the phrase "She has her head in the clouds"

using the idiom it would be something like Ella tiene su cabeza en babia.

but you can also say Ella tiene su cabeza en las nubes.

Are both of these correct? can i use both of them or do i always have to use the idiom?

Answer 1

Pues estupendo...yo tampoco uso eso, creo que lo he oído, jeje, pero os aseguro que estar en la nubes es mucho más corriente.

The expression we use more is:

está siempre en las nubes

We do not mention la cabeza.

Answer 2

Collins Dictionary New Edition.

The Undisputed Authority, (their words not mine)

Estar en Babia - to be daydreaming, head in the clouds.

Answer 3

where did you get babia???? first time I heard of that.

The modismo is in our dictionary and in the one below, but I'm having some difficulty finding out what the word babia means by itself.

Babia sf

MODISMOS estar en Babia to be daydreaming, be in the clouds

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Babia.

(De Babia, comarca de las montañas de León, en España).

estar alguien en ~.

1. loc. verb. coloq. Estar distraído y como ajeno a aquello de que se trata.

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Answer 4

have one's head in the clouds estar en las nubes v

This is from Wr.

What is Wr, please? Wörterbücher? Diccionarios? - SlowFoxtrot, Dec 18, 2009

WordReference.com language forums - 0074b507, Dec 19, 2009

Answer 5

head-in-the-clouds adj : absent-mindedly irresponsible

in the clouds
en las nubes, soñador

Answer 6

Ella tiene su cabeza en las nubes.is correct.

where did you get babia???? first time I heard of that.