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Today, we're going to discover ten fantastic ways to say somebody is happy without using the same old word, "Happy".

I mean, I like the word happy, but there are better ways to describe being happy.

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Alright, so, how do we first say that we are happy?

"Over the moon".

If you are over the moon, then you are just really, really happy.

So, for example, I might use this if I say I've just got a new job.

I'm absolutely over the moon; I'm so happy.

So, over the moon when you are extremely happy.

Number two, "pleased as punch".

Of course, you could just be pleased; you're very happy about something, you're pleased.

Like you might be pleased with your exam results or you might be pleased with your child who's won a competition.

But you can extend it into this fun phrase, pleased as punch.

I'm as pleased as punch.

"Tickled pink".

Now tickled pink means that you are just extremely pleased about something; you've had some good news, and it's made you feel very, very happy so much so you have a big smile on your face like you've been tickled.

I'm tickled pink. I'm so happy.

You could use the phrase "on cloud nine".

If you're on cloud nine, you would be floating up very, very high.

You would be blissfully calm and satisfied and content.

And, so, to be on cloud nine is just to be euphoric with happiness.

Similar to on cloud nine, you might say, "I'm 'walking on air'."

Ah, I feel like I'm walking on air.

She was so happy she was walking on air.

It's when you feel so content and relieved that you feel light in your body.

And you're just, like, floating down the street; you're walking on air.

If you're really enjoying yourself, perhaps at work or at the funfair or at a party or dinner, then you could say that "I'm having a 'whale of a time'."

I'm having a whale of a time.

I guess that means that you're having a big, happy time because whales are big.

I don't know; I don't know the origin of that phrase.

But if you know, then please put it in the comments box below.

And make sure you have a whale of a time while you're writing it.

And I'll have a whale of a time while reading it.

Now if something has been irritating you or annoying you for a long time and finally, it's over.

Perhaps you've been struggling in a job, and finally, you get to leave that position and start a new role or a new job altogether, or maybe it's a person who's annoying you.

Then you could say, "I'm 'glad to see the back of' them or her or it."

I'm so glad to see the back of that job; I'm just relieved.

So glad to see the back of her; she's really irritated me for a very long time and now she left. Woo-hoo!

So, "glad to see the back of".

If you're wearing a big smile because you're very happy, then other people might say, "You look 'like the cat that got the cream'."

You look like the cat that got the cream.

Obviously, a cat with cream is a very content and happy cat who will be purring away.

I can't purr, but you know what I mean; a cat with cream is very happy.

And, so, if you are happy, I might say you look like the cat that got the cream.

Just like with most of the other phrases, if you are really, really, really, really, really happy, then you can say, "I am on top of the world."

Just like you've conquered the world, you're stood on top of it, and you're shouting, "I'm on top of the world! Woo-hoo!"

And, that, ladies and gentlemen, brings us to the end of that English lesson.

I hope that you're feeling happy; it's certainly the right month for happiness.

When it's dark and dismal, we have to maintain the inner joy.

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