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
Yehoyakhin-Biblical Hebrew
Tobias[tə'baiəs]
Salima-Arabic
Anselmo-Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Hurley['hə:li]
Zhirayr-Armenian