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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happy as the day is long

You will be as happy as the day is long at that school.'

From Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief by Rainey, W. (William)

They had a magnificent wedding, and were for a short time as happy as the day is long.

From Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends Current in Southern India by Frere, M.

Here's a splendid home for him, where he'll be as happy as the day is long.

From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada

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

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

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace