pleased as Punch

*pleased as Punch

delighted; very pleased. (*Also: as ~.) (This refers to Punch from the "Punch and Judy" shows.) Child: Do you think Grandma will like the picture I'm making for her? Father: I think she'll be as pleased as Punch. Fred was pleased as Punch to discover that Ellen was making lemon pie, his favorite, for dessert.

pleased as Punch

Delighted, as in We were pleased as Punch when they asked us to be god-parents. This term alludes to the character Punch in Punch and Judy shows, who is always very happy when his evil deeds succeed. [Mid-1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nikifor	-	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Chike	-	Western African, Igbo
Sudhir	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu
Eleanore	['elinə]
Danyal	-	Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish
Nikita (1)	nee-KEE-tah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian