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

"I'm as happy as the day is long," and then he flew off to the orchard to sing to Mrs. Robin.

From Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk by Cory, David

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.

King Pierrot was delighted with Fiorimonde's beauty, and was happy as the day is long; and all things went merrily till the evening before the marriage.

From The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories by Morgan, Mary de

"And ef it weren't for thinking of you, Grannie, and missing you," said David, "why, I'd be as happy as the day is long."

From Good Luck by Meade, L. T.

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