tickled pink

Idioms  

1. Also, tickled to death. Delighted, as in I was tickled pink when I got his autograph, or His parents were tickled to death when he decided to marry her. The first term, first recorded in 1922, alludes to one's face turning pink with laughter when one is being tickled. The variant, clearly a hyperbole, dates from about 1800.

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Example Sentences

"When he wrote his autobiography, quite a few years ago, my grandmother was still alive and he does mention Mrs Breen's shop and she was tickled pink," she added.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2022

“She would shift a shoulder, settle her mouth, change behind the eyes. And some deep, daughterly part of me was tickled pink by it.”

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020

“Until they can find a newer formulation, then I‘m completely tickled pink with the decision,” he said.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2018

“I’m tickled pink, man,” said Jimmy McDonald, an assistant bank vice president, from Tazewell County, Virginia.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2016

I was tickled pink last week with the birthday gift she sent all the way from Jefferson City.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool