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
Jessie (1)JES-eeScottish, English
Veselko-Croatian, Serbian
PÄIvÄPIE-vaFinnish
Katsiaryna-Belarusian
Ladd['læd]
YuriyYOO-ree (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian