What does the saying pleased as punch mean?
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What does the saying pleased as punch mean?
Definition of (as) pleased as punch informal. : very happy or satisfied We were pleased as punch that he decided to visit.
Who said pleased as punch?
The idiom pleased as Punch is found in William Gifford’s, “The Baviad, and Maeviad,” published in 1797. Oh! how my fingers itch to pull thy nose! As pleased as Punch, I’d hold it in my gripe.
What is the saying proud as punch?
Idiom: pleased as Punch. Highly pleased; gratified. [Short for Punchinello.]
Is pleased as punch a simile?
The simile, first recorded in the late 1700s, was in common use for any kind of extreme satisfaction by the mid-nineteenth century. Dickens used it in Hard Times (1854): “When Sissy got into the school . . . her father was pleased as Punch.”
What does it mean to get browned off?
Definition of browned off British, informal. : annoyed and unhappy about something feeling thoroughly browned off.
What does it mean happy as a clam?
US, informal. : very happy She spent the afternoon reading and was (as) happy as a clam.
What does happy as pie mean?
very kind, friendly, and charming. You usually say this when someone’s behaviour is not what you expect, or when it contrasts with their behaviour at other times. He is nice as pie when you meet him, then you hear he is going around bad-mouthing you. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary.
What is the meaning of the idiom whole nine yards?
[US] to do something to the fullest extent possible. She’s been the whole nine yards with the disease, has come through it, and has now taken up sailing. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary.
What does rose tinted inclinations mean?
excessively optimistic
excessively optimistic. 2. See see through rose-tinted glasses.
Why do we say fit as a fiddle?
The violin was picked out as the exemplar because of the alliteration of fit and fiddle, and because the violin is a beautifully shaped instrument producing a very particular sound. But then fit came to mean ‘in good physical shape’ and so fit as a fiddle came to mean ‘in good condition physically’.