be dancing in the streets
informalDefinition
› to be extremely happy about something that has happened: Few people will be dancing in the streets about a two percent pay rise.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something
(Definition of be dancing in the streets from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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