(as) pleased as punch
idiom
informal
: very happy or satisfied
We were pleased as punch that he decided to visit.
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Of course, despite being audibly pleased as punch, Berry does not expect to take home the Emmy in September.
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Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 18 July 2024
Commandant Rudolf Höss and wife Hedwig are pleased as punch.
—Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
The Row Fall Winter 2023 RTW Daniel Roseberry, of Schiaparelli, is another designer who’s pleased as punch to do his own thing.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
Abacela’s owners, who also happen to be Jones’ parents, are pleased as punch.
—Michael Alberty | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 July 2021
Next, the former exes were spotted looking pleased as punch in Miami.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 5 June 2021
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Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 18 July 2024
Commandant Rudolf Höss and wife Hedwig are pleased as punch.
—Hazlitt, 6 Mar. 2024
The Row Fall Winter 2023 RTW Daniel Roseberry, of Schiaparelli, is another designer who’s pleased as punch to do his own thing.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
Abacela’s owners, who also happen to be Jones’ parents, are pleased as punch.
—Michael Alberty | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 July 2021
Next, the former exes were spotted looking pleased as punch in Miami.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 5 June 2021
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“(as) pleased as punch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%28as%29%20pleased%20as%20punch. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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