on top of the world

Idioms  

1. Feeling very happy, delighted, as in She was on top of the world after her roses won first prize. This idiom alludes to the peak of success or happiness. [c. 1920]

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Example Sentences

From the view below, Larry Ellison is on top of the world.

From Slate

Waugh said he was feeling "on top of the world" after a total of 250 days at sea.

From BBC

Our voices ring out and, for just a second, I feel like I’m on top of the world instead of on a moderately sized mound of dirt.

From Literature

These men are literally and figuratively on top of the world, yet, as Mr. Fischer tells it in his triple biography of the directors, the only thing they can talk about is how depressed they are.

From The Wall Street Journal

"But here he is, on top of the world, the UK's number 1 album artist -- of all time!"

From Barron's