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Idioms for Happiness

Fill the blanks in these idioms that mean "happy".
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First submittedAugust 6, 2013
Times taken38,043
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Idiom
Walking on air
On top of the world
On cloud nine
In seventh heaven
Happy as a pig in mud
Tickled pink
Over the moon
Grinning from ear to ear
Idiom
Pleased as punch
Thrilled to bits
Jumping for joy
Happy go lucky
Life is a bowl of cherries
Stars in one's eyes
Had the time of one's life
Beside oneself with joy
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45 Comments
lindudes
+3
Level 49
Aug 16, 2013
Pleased as punch? Never heard of that. I only know it as proud as punch
postwaste
+1
Level 85
Oct 20, 2013
Hubert Humphrey used to say it all the time.
blinky
+1
Level 58
Dec 3, 2016
He ran for President against Nixon. Geeze.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jan 5, 2017
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (HHH) was also VP under Johnson.
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
Jan 17, 2018
I think it was a saying long before some obscure politician mumbled it.
Fifteen
+1
Level 27
Jun 30, 2019
Never heard proud as punch. Pleased as punch, heard lots. From western US
Kobrah
+4
Level 15
Oct 20, 2013
never heard of a bowl of cherries
ander217
+3
Level 75
Dec 12, 2014
Reminds me of the Erma Bombeck book, _If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What am I Doing in the Pits?_
cdguy24
+1
Level 52
Oct 20, 2013
It's probably a generational thing, but I've never heard of a third of these.
Trackles13
+4
Level 57
Oct 20, 2013
Thrilled to bits and pleased as punch are common in my neck of the woods.
cariad
+3
Level 42
May 27, 2015
Agreed, you a Brit too?
nettybet
+3
Level 75
Oct 20, 2013
These sayings sound British to me - all used here.
Baltimorean
+1
Level 67
Oct 20, 2013
And if you want to see a version of "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries," lip-synched by Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters and Jessica Harper, from the movie "Pennies From Heaven," go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHyWFWJV61k.
Susie222
+2
Level 59
Oct 20, 2013
Thrilled to death and a sparkle or gleam in one's eye ought to be equally accepted.
cp0793
+3
Level 45
Oct 20, 2013
Gleam in one's eyes?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Oct 20, 2013
I did a search. "Stars in one'e eyes" has 10x the Google results as "gleam in one's eyes".
Malbaby
+1
Level 70
May 27, 2016
The show was named after the saying, not the other way around.
HappyQuizzer
+2
Level 67
Jul 10, 2022
It's not a term for happiness though, more naive optimism
Doenutty
+2
Level 45
Oct 21, 2013
I have heard of the majority except for Life is a bowl of cherries! I think there is a British slant from the sounds of it as thrilled to bits is very common where I live in the UK, also pleased as punch.
waiting4
+1
Level 25
May 10, 2014
have heard it as "thrilled to the max"
stockiebasher97
+1
Level 60
Dec 12, 2014
Never heard of In seventh heaven or pig in mud
Ariiii
+1
Level 56
Mar 15, 2021
there's a tv series titled 7th heaven
ruftytufty
+1
Level 79
May 30, 2022
and 'mud' is usually replaced by another word
evilpenguin
+1
Level 70
Feb 1, 2015
Missed "beside one's self with joy" and the one about stars in the eyes. They don't sound familiar to me at all. I'm from the US and the others were all known to me. (Might be an age thing, too, as I'm 40+)
zaba2048
+1
Level 72
Nov 5, 2015
Happy go lucky isn't so much happy as careless
Malbaby
+2
Level 70
May 27, 2016
I don't think it means 'careless', I think it refers to someone who goes along not worrying about things and not getting stressed.
Sifhraven
+4
Level 71
Apr 5, 2019
Carefree
PearlJoyster
+1
Level 22
Jun 12, 2016
Why cloud nine? Why not cloud eight? Seven? What's the deal?
ander217
+4
Level 75
Jan 5, 2017
One theory is that in official cloud classifications, cloud #9 is the cumulonimbus, which is the highest cloud. Another theory (my favorite) is that it was formerly cloud seven that was used, derived from "seventh heaven" but inflation raised it to nine.
DolphinQuizzer
+1
Level 6
Mar 21, 2017
I said cloud 10
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 85
Jun 1, 2017
Surprised that "happy as a clam" wasn't on here.

Side note: I always wondered why it was that clams somehow were the touchstone for happiness. Then I saw an old interview with a WWI vet, who in describing how pleased he and his fellow soldiers were over something, used what apparently is the complete phrase. He said they were "happy as clams at high tide."

Now I understand the phrase. We have just lazily truncated the phrase to where we only use a meaningless portion of it.

cornflakesfu
+3
Level 87
Oct 10, 2017
Laziness is responsible for like 90% of changes in language over time.
barnawhat
+1
Level 38
Dec 13, 2017
Can "9" be an accepted answer for cloud nine?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 14, 2017
Yes
Cheviot
+1
Level 88
Jul 19, 2018
Don’t want to wear out those fingers typing the extra three characters!
stanley7149
+1
Level 48
Jan 25, 2019
Great quiz! Got it all in one try, and learned new idioms
uscmissinglink
+3
Level 45
May 31, 2019
____ in one's eyes could be: tears, gleam, twinkle, spark...
MarieDS
+1
Level 60
Jun 30, 2019
but it's not
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 89
Apr 4, 2020
I tried sparkle, twinkle, light, and smile before giving up on it. I've never heard the version with the accepted answer, but maybe it's a British expression.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jun 30, 2019
I tried thrilled to death but that was an acceptable type-in
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Jun 30, 2019
'Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries' by Jack Hylton and His Band (1931) is one of my favourite songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4U1NiJ7PI
JayWing1218
+1
Level 35
Jun 30, 2019
Great quiz! Nice and easy, just how I like it - one of the few that I've got 100% on!
blizzrd33
+1
Level 80
Jan 16, 2020
Suggestions: Having a whale of a time; going to paint the town red;
Antimatter
+1
Level 45
Apr 30, 2020
Love these! Made me grin like a Cheshire cat :) ;)
ConradBrunstrom
+1
Level 79
Apr 30, 2020
"Mud" is not the substance that I've usually referred to with reference to pigs being happy. However vulgar language is strictly forbidden on these posts.
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