Hey everyone, do you know what up in the air means? It is a pretty basic idiom meaning that things are on hold or undecided. You are basically waiting to find out what will happen.
The easiest way to imagine the situation is to think of two people flipping a coin "heads or tails" to decide something. When the coin is spinning up in the air no one knows what will be decided!
Here's a situation where you might hear up in the air being used:
Beb: Hey Tom, aren't you leaving for China soon on business?
Tom: Nah, the whole things up in the air right now. Labor costs have been going up a lot in China recently so the company's in the middle of double checking the numbers to see if outsourcing to China is still worth it.
Beb: Well that's good news for the US economy.
Tom: Yeah, that's true but I was really looking forward to the trip as I've never been.
Beb: Well, you can always go there on vacation.
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Gladys: I hear your wedding's on hold?
Maria: Yeah, our wedding plans are up in the air. We're not sure if we should do it now or wait because Terry's getting transferred to India.
Have a nice weekend,
Phil
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