make one's day

Give one great pleasure, as in Hearing you won first prize just made my day. This phrase, which uses make in the sense of "secure success in," was first recorded in 1909.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Macy	MAY-see	English
Paule	-	French
Kreine	-	Yiddish
MaŠA	-	Slovene, Croatian
Stine	-	Danish, Norwegian
Bagrat	-	Armenian, Georgian (Rare)