happy as a pig in mud |
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| Lexical unit types: | simile |
| Topics: | feelings |
| Source domains: | animals |
| Particles: | - |
| Similes: | as |
| Verbs: | - |
| CEFR Levels: | - | Synomyms: | - | Antonyms: | - | Definition: | very happy | Examples: |
I am happy as a pig in mud. The three boys were as happy as pigs in mud.
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Motivation: |
the conceptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS Kövecses, Zoltán. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Slične leksičke jedinice: feel low, in low spirits, walk on air, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine, on top of the world, over the moon, feel down