pleased as Punch
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Said Director Mack, pleased as Punch: "I don't know how they do it."
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The people inside his picture frames looked desperate on the whole, not ecstatic, but people on the outside looking in were generally pleased as Punch.
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When he steams into second base, say, on a long double, he invariably hoists up his pants to his bulging waistline and stands on the base looking pleased as Punch.
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As photographers swarmed into his office, Avery playfully rubbed Beck's bald head, looked pleased as Punch when the union leader said: "You've got more hair than I have."
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Now they’re as pleased as Punch, and ready to go anywhere.”
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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