Meanings
- idiomaticvulgarExtremely happy; obviously satisfied and carefree.
He's "happy as a pig in shit". "This is what I really enjoy, working with film-makers," he says.
1998 March 6, Nick Hasted, “Film: Will movies kill the soundtrack star?”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 06 Aug 20143 more examples
And he pays generous tribute to Noble who, he says, actively encouraged him . . . to venture further into the classics with Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Henry IV. "Speaking purely as a director, I was happy as a pig in shit."
2002 January 12, Michael Billington, “Culture: ‘It's like being in love’”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 06 Aug 2014"I am as happy as a pig in shit—you can quote me on that—doing what I'm doing at the moment."
2013 September 6, David Wroe, “Abbott adviser handed new paid role as envoy”, in The Age, Australia, retrieved 06 Aug 2014Beauty products are the one thing that I waste my money on. Give me a hundred bucks and plop me in the nearest Duane Reade, and I’m happy as a pig in shit.
2014 August 5, Megan Reynolds, “Tried & Tested: 10 Hippie Beauty Treatments”, in The Frisky, US, retrieved 06 Aug 2014Synonyms: happy as a pig in mud, like a pig in clover
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseExtremely happy; obviously satisfied and carefree.
Translations
French insouciant
- insouciantextremely happy
Polish cieszy się jak łysy w pokrzywach, cieszy się, jakby mu kto w kieszeń nakakał
- cieszy się jak łysy w pokrzywachextremely happy
- cieszy się, jakby mu kto w kieszeń nakakałextremely happy
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