happy as the day is long

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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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happy as the day is long

Now you must be as happy as the day is long until—until—you know when,” she added, restraining with an effort the thrill of tenderness in her voice.

From Fordham's Feud by Bertram Mitford

You have helped it, daddy; I am as happy as the day is long.

From A Life For a Love A Novel by L. T. Meade

We should be as happy as the day is long.

From The Landleaguers by Anthony Trollope

They are as happy as the day is long.

From Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 by Various

The truth is that they were as happy as the day is long.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace James

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