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clouds in my coffee 

This expression was used in the 1972 Carly Simon song, "You're So Vain." To understand the meaning, it is helpful to read the full lyrics of the song. Prior to the refrain, the lyric "And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and..."

What was it that Simon was dreaming about? The prospect of a relationship with subject of the verse. The lyrics were written about someone after the end of a relationship, several years afterward, in fact. Simon laments that a relationship was, is, and will continue to be made impossible by the deep character flaws of the subject, most prominently, their vanity.

Understanding this, 'clouds in my coffee' refers to a metaphorical distortion or illusion. Coffee is black, clouds are white and have patterns. When one sees such things reflected in the surface of a liquid, they are readily identifiable as illusion. In matters of love, illusions are more difficult to discern.

Simon expresses her lament that her belief in a future with this shallow individual was illusory and that it was an illusion shared over the years by several other women, followed by the statement that the subject WOULD think the song was about them, a statement made ironic by the fact the song really is about them as, for once, they would be arriving at a correct conclusion even if for the wrong reasons.
As a simile: "I thought I saw an oasis, but it was a mirage, like clouds in coffee."

As a metaphor: "My dream was to be a movie star, but after many years of failure came to realize that I was seeing clouds in my coffee."

A little cream in my coffee 

a black girl who dates white guys
I'd date Justin Timberlake, I dont mind a little cream in my coffee
A little cream in my coffee by kiki23 February 11, 2007

cream in my coffee 

A Black person who dates a white person (usually a Black Woman and a White Man).

Started widely in use after "Waiting To Exhail"
Sheashea has a little cream in her coffee. She started dating the mailman about a week ago.

Warm up my coffee

A lie to tell someone when you want/need to sneak off to have a cigarette or to get an extra break from work or any activity.
Kenny, would you mind watching my line so i can go warm up my coffee?

Clouds in my coffee 

From Carly Simon's You're So Vain.

Coffee is awakening. Clouds block the sun and cloud your vision. Therefore, clouds in your coffee translates as not being able to see things clearly.

In the song, she was clouded by false love or infatuation and was not able to see the true character of whomever the song is about.
"I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee" (lyric)
Clouds in my coffee by mlh06 July 18, 2009

milk in my coffee 

Reference to interracial relationships... black people who like white people
Black guy: I prefer black women but every now and then I like a little bit of milk in my coffee.
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