happy as the day is long
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You'll be as happy as the day is long when we're married.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah
I don’t say this isn’t grand, and that we oughtn’t to be as happy as the day is long in a place like this, but we didn’t come out here only to enjoy a hunting-party.
From The Peril Finders by Piffard, Harold
Take heart now; I tell thee all is going well with her; her father hath taken her home again, and she is as happy as the day is long.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William
The truth is that they were as happy as the day is long.
From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace
They are as happy as the day is long.
From Harper's Round Table, October 22, 1895 by Various
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