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
RoldÃO-Portuguese
SaulĖ-Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology
JeremyJER-ə-mee (English), JER-mee (English)English, Biblical
Reina (1)-Spanish
Scheherazade-Literature
EfigÉNia-Portuguese