merry as a cricket

*merry as a cricket

and *merry as the day is long

very happy and carefree. (*Also: as ~.) Mary is as merry as a cricket whenever she has company come to call. The little children are as merry as the day is long.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maura (2)	MAWR-ə	Irish, Scottish, English
OfÉLia	-	Portuguese
Aeolus	EE-ə-ləs (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Bernardino	ber-nahr-DEE-no (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Amalia	ah-MAH-lee-ah (Dutch, German)	Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Pope	[pu:p]