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- happy as a clam
happy as a clam
*happy as a clam (at high tide)
and *happy as a clam (in butter sauce); *happy as a lark; *happy as can becontented; very happy. (*Also: as ~.) I've been as happy as a clam since I moved to the country. I don't need much. Just somewhere to live, some work to do, and a TV to watch, and I'm happy as a clam at high tide. Matthew was happy as a lark throughout his whole vacation. Bob was happy as can be when he won the lottery.
(as) happy as a clam
very happy I am happy as a clam living all by myself in this little house by the sea.
Etymology: based on the full form of the phrase happy as a clam in mud at high tide (a clam that cannot be dug up and eaten, which therefore could be considered happy)
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Laura | | ['lɔ:rə] | |
| Iairus | | - | Biblical Latin |
| Bernike | | - | Biblical Greek |
| Celsus | | - | Ancient Roman |
| Peppe | | - | Italian |
| Clio | | KLEE-o (Italian) | Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian |