as the day is long Idioma
happy as the day is long|day|happy
adj. phr. Cheerful and happy.
Carl is happy as the day is long because school is over for the summer.
happy as the day is long
happy as the day is long Also,
happy as a lark;
happy as a clam (at high tide). Extremely glad, delighted, very cheerful, as in
He was happy as the day is long, or
When she heard the news she was happy as a lark, or
Once I got the test results I was happy as a clam at high tide. The first of these similes dates from the late 1700s. The second alludes to the lark's beautiful, seemingly very happy, song. The third, from the early 1800s, alludes to the fact that clams can only be dug at low tide and therefore are safe at high tide; it is often shortened to
happy as a clam.
as the day is long
Absolutely; to the absolute degree; as abundant as is possible. Usually an intensifier of an adjective, abnormally honest, happy, or some aberration thereof. Ever back she proposed to me, I've been as blessed as the day is long. He's as artful as the day is long.Learn more: long