burst with joy



burst with joy

Fig. [for someone] to be full to the bursting point with happiness. (To be so filled with joy as if to burst.) When I got my grades, I could have burst with joy. Bill was not exactly bursting with joy when he got the news.
See also: burst, joy

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Clotho-Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Shalev-Hebrew
Billie['bili]
Hazan-Turkish
JasperJAS-pər (English), YAHS-pər (Dutch)English, Dutch, Judeo-Christian Legend
Raiden-Far Eastern Mythology