on air

Meaning

1. Editorial75% of films

   extremely happy or elated, as if floating

2. Oxford13% of films

   broadcasting or not broadcasting on television or radio

   Big deal. We've got the most-watched show on air.

In the movies · 29

• What if they read the manifesto on the air?Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• This lunatic is threatening Jerry's life and you're not gonna put him on the air?The King of Comedy1982
• On the air tonight with a story of two men attempting to free climb the famously steep face of El Capitan in Yosemite.The Dawn Wall2017
• We're both walking on air.Match Point2005
• You are on air at six.The King's Speech2010
• The President left Washington on Air Force One.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• Big deal. We've got the most-watched show on air.V for Vendetta2006
• We could bop on Air Force One.Transformers: Age of Extinction2014

Learn it in full scenes

• The King of Comedy1982
  • Rupert Pupkin Pitches Jerry in the Car
  • Rupert Pitches His Act to Jerry
  • Rupert Rehearses Taking Over the Show
• The Dawn Wall2017
  • Tommy's Father Toughens Him Up
  • Tommy Caldwell Wins Snowbird
  • Climbers Taken Hostage in Kyrgyzstan
• V for Vendetta2006
  • V's Opening Monologue
  • V Introduces Himself to Evey
  • Sutler's Cabinet Spins the Explosion

From the same entry

• airs and graces
• float on air
• in the air
• up in the air
• a breath of air
• castles in the air
• clear the air
• with your nose in the air
• pluck out of the air
• disappear, vanish, into thin air
• out of thin air
• air out

More idioms

• one or two
• you wait
• seeing that
• in fairness
• keep your head
• only just
• to date
• i must say
• keep going
• anything can happen
• by choice
• on call