happy as the day is long

Idioms  

1. Also, happy as a lark; happy as a clam (at high tide). Extremely glad, delighted, very cheerful, as in He was happy as the day is long, or When she heard the news she was happy as a lark, or Once I got the test results I was happy as a clam at high tide. The first of these similes dates from the late 1700s. The second alludes to the lark's beautiful, seemingly very happy, song. The third, from the early 1800s, alludes to the fact that clams can only be dug at low tide and therefore are safe at high tide; it is often shortened to happy as a clam.

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Example Sentences

He has entirely reformed, has become a member of a temperance society, and his wife and family are as happy as the day is long.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

Aleck has been regenerated through and through by "bird lore," happy as the day is long, and growing acquainted with the country all about Boston.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

We are to be happy as the day is long while you are here.

From Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

She said you was as happy as the day is long, and I said you wasn't.

From A Young Mutineer by Meade, L. T.

"I say that the sun has come out, and I am as happy as the day is long," replied Marjorie.

From The Children of Wilton Chase by Meade, L. T.