(as) pleased as Punch
old-fashionedDefinition
› very pleased: She was as pleased as Punch about the news.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something
(Definition of (as) pleased as Punch from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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(as) large as life idiom
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(as) light as a feather idiom
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(as) long as your arm idiom
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(as) mad as a hatter/March hare idiom
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(as) man to man idiom
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
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(as) proud as Lucifer idiom
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(as) regular as clockwork idiom
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(as) stiff/straight as a ramrod idiom
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(as) straight as a die idiom
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(as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
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- thrilled adjective
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- wrapped adjective (HAPPY)
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