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be like a child in a sweetshop
be like a child in a sweetshop
To be so excited about one's surroundings that one acts in a childlike or silly way. Primarily heard in UK. Liam loves football so much that he's like a child in a sweetshop any time he steps into the stadium.
be like a child in a sweetshop
(British) to be very happy and excited about the things around you, and often to react to them in a way which is silly and not controlled Give him a room full of old books and he's like a child in a sweetshop.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Vittore | | veet-TO-re | Italian |
Haamid | | - | Arabic |
Grigorijs | | - | Latvian |
Sigrid | | SEEG-reed (Finnish) | Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Estonian, Finnish (Archaic) |
Ami (3) | | ah-mee | Japanese |
Elihu | | i-LIE-hyoo (English), ee-LIE-hyoo (English) | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, English (Archaic) |