Floating clouds means clouds floating in the sky; erratic.
Floating clouds are a metaphor for things that can be seen but not obtained. It can also mean things that have no practical meaning. A metaphor for not taking something seriously. Ethereal and fleeting. Mostly used for things you don't care about. Floating clouds can be understood as "things not worth mentioning". On the other hand, floating clouds mean something that you want but can't get. Some people make this metaphor and pretend to ignore it, but in fact they just don't want to face it.
Poetry of floating clouds:
1. Don’t be afraid of floating clouds covering your eyes, because your body is at the highest level. ——Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty, "Climbing Feilai Peak"?
Meaning: I am not afraid that the floating clouds will block my sight, just because I am at the top now.
2. The feeling of wandering in the floating clouds, the love of old friends in the setting sun. ——"Send Off a Friend" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty?
Meaning: The floating clouds are as unpredictable as a wanderer, and the setting sun slowly sets down the mountain, seeming to be nostalgic.
3. Zhongnan has beautiful Yin ridges and snowy clouds. ——An ancestral chant from the Tang Dynasty, "Looking at the remaining snow in the south"
Meaning: Looking at the south in the distance, the North Mountain is beautiful, covered with white snow, like floating clouds.