happy as a pig in mud |
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| Vrste leksičkih jedinica: | simile |
| Teme: | feelings |
| Izvorne domene: | animals |
| Čestice: | - |
| Usporedba: | as |
| Glagoli: | - |
| ZEROJ razine: | - | Sinonimi: | - | Antonimi: | - | Definicija: | very happy | Primjeri: |
I am happy as a pig in mud. The three boys were as happy as pigs in mud.
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Motivacija: |
the conceptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS Kövecses, Zoltán. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. 2nd Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. |
Similar lexical units: feel low, in low spirits, walk on air, in seventh heaven, on cloud nine, on top of the world, over the moon, feel down