Top 10 Happy Expressions in English | English Vocabulary & Idioms Lesson With Anna English

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Hello, happy camper, are you feeling happy, happy, happy?
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Good morning good afternoon or good evening depending where you are in the world.
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Today we're going to discover ten fantastic ways to say somebody is happy
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without using the same old word 'Happy'
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I mean I like the word happy but there are better ways to describe being happy
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Real quick before we start if you are not yet subscribed
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so you don't miss any of my future lessons
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Alright, so how do we first say that we are happy?
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Over the moon
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If you are over the moon then you are just really really happy
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so for example I might use this if I say I've just got a new job
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I'm absolutely over the moon I'm so happy
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So over the moon and you are extremely happy
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Number two pleased as punch
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Of course you could just be pleased, you're very happy about something, you're pleased
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like you might be pleased with your exam results or you might be pleased
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with your child who's won a competition
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But you can extend it into this fun phrase pleased as punch
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I'm as pleased as punch
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Tickled pink
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Now tickled pink means that you are just extremely pleased about something
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you've had some good news and it's made you feel very very happy so much
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so you have a big smile on your face like you've been tickled
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I'm tickled pink
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I'm so happy
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You could use the phrase on cloud nine
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If you're on cloud nine you would be floating up very very high
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you would be blissfully calm and satisfied and content
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And so to be on cloud nine is just to be euphoric with happiness
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Similar to on cloud nine you might say I'm walking on air
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Ah, I feel like I'm walking on air
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She was so happy she would walking on air
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It's when you feel so content and relieved that you feel light in your body
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And you're just like floating down the street you're walking on air
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If you're really enjoying yourself perhaps at work or at the funfair or at a party or dinner
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Then you could say that I'm having a whale of a time
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I'm having a whale of a time
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I guess that means that you're having a big happy time because whales are big
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I don't know. I don't know the origin of that phrase
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But if you know then please put it in the comments box below
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And make sure you have a whale of a time while you're writing it
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And I'll have a whale of a time while reading it
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Now if something has been irritating you or annoying you for a long time and finally it's over
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Perhaps, you've been struggling in a job and finally you get to leave that position
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and start a new role or a new job altogether or maybe it's a person who's annoying you
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Then you could say I'm glad to see the back of them or her or it
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I'm so glad to see the back of that job I'm just relieved
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So glad to see the back of her. She's really irritated me for a very long time and now she's left, whoa
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So Glad to see the back of
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If you're wearing a big smile because you're very happy then other people might say
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You look like the cat that got the cream. You look like the cat that got the cream
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Obviously a cat with cream is a very content and happy cat who will be purring away
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I can't purr but you know what I mean. A cat with cream is very happy
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And so if you are happy, I might say you look like the cat that got the cream
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Just like with most of the other phrases if you are really really really really really happy then you can say
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I am on top of the world just like you conquered the world, you're stood on top of it and you're shouting
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I'm on top of the world. Woohoo!
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And that ladies and gentlemen brings us to the end of that English lesson
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I hope that you're feeling happy. It's certainly the right month for happiness when it's dark and dismal
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We have to maintain the inner joy
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And so if you did enjoy it please show me your happiness by giving this a thumb
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and why not spread the happiness by pressing the share button
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There are lots of links in the description box below
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You can find me on social media, that's all down there
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Otherwise, I will see you very soon for another English lesson
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Take care and goodbye
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