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walk on air

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  1. Feel elated or exuberantly joyful, as in She was walking on air after she found out she'd won the teaching award. This metaphoric term likens feeling happy to floating. [Late 1800s]


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The show tells the story of Khan, played by Pakistani Canadian actor Iman Vellani, getting her powers from a magical bangle that allows her to walk on air and conjure glowing light shields.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

People who gloat feel physically invigorated, almost as if they "walk on air" over their defeated rivals.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2021

Countless times the man has charged off the cliff face and walked blissfully unharmed across the open air of a gorge because he’s decided that he can walk on air and refuses to look down.

From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2016

"We will all walk on air if we win because it will be us showing the world what a fabulous place Dundee is."

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2013

I would like to be able to walk on air like that.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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