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
Indianain-dee-AN-əEnglish
Diannadie-AN-əEnglish
FachtnaFAKHT-naIrish, Irish Mythology
Phaenna-Greek Mythology
Sheona-Scottish
GiannaJAHN-nah (Italian), YAH-nah (Greek)Italian, Greek