happy+phrase

  • 41be happy for someone — phrase to be pleased because something good has happened to someone else Thesaurus: to be, or to become happy or happiersynonym Main entry: happy …

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  • 42more than happy — more than likely/happy/ready/etc phrase very likely, happy etc It’s more than likely that they will change the rules again next year. I’d be more than happy to show you round our factory. Thesaurus …

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  • 43as happy as Larry — Meaning Very happy. Origin Probably an Australian expression. Thought to refer to the Australian boxer Larry Foley (1847 1917). Why was he so happy? I ve no idea. An alternative explanation is that it relates to the Cornish and later Australian… …

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  • 44(a) happy hunting ground — a happy/​favourite hunting ground phrase a place where people can get a particular thing that they want a happy hunting ground for book lovers Thesaurus: places of a particular typehyponym general words for location and placesynonym Main entry:… …

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  • 45be only too happy (to do something) — be only too glad/pleased/happy/(to do something) phrase to be very willing to do something I’d be only too happy to help. Thesaurus: willingness and to be willingsynonym Main entry …

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  • 46less than happy — less than honest/satisfactory/happy/etc phrase not at all honest satisfactory happy etc The director admits that he was less than enthusiastic about the new school uniforms. It was obviously a less than perfect marriage …

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  • 47a\ happy\ Birthday — A phrase mostly used by guys when they catch themselves in a situation when a girl exposes some part of her anatomy without knowing it, clothed or not. Usually happens at the gym. Did you see that girl s shirt? Now that is a happy birthday …

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  • 48a\ happy\ Birthday — A phrase mostly used by guys when they catch themselves in a situation when a girl exposes some part of her anatomy without knowing it, clothed or not. Usually happens at the gym. Did you see that girl s shirt? Now that is a happy birthday …

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  • 49(the) happy event — the happy event informal phrase the birth of a baby Thesaurus: pregnancy and having a babyhyponym Main entry: event …

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  • 50Shane Maloney — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Maloney. Shane Maloney est un écrivain australien né en 1953 à Melbourne. Il est entre autres l auteur d une série de 5 romans policiers dont le héros principal est Murray Whelan, d abord attaché parlementaire,… …

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