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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 |
Zhivka | | - | Bulgarian, Macedonian |
Latisha | | lə-TISH-ə, lə-TEESH-ə | African American |
Tzivya | | - | Hebrew |
Giorgio | | JOR-jo | Italian |
Edvin | | ED-vin (Swedish), ED-veen (Finnish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian |
Severiano | | se-ve-RYAH-no | Italian, Spanish |