| 单词 | as happy as a clam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasas happy as a clam e. as happy as a clam, etc.: well pleased, quite contented. U.S. colloquial. ΚΠ 1834 Harvardiana Dec. 121 That peculiar degree of satisfaction, usually denoted by the phrase ‘as happy as a clam’. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. xi. 179 They seemed as happy as clams in high water. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) ‘As happy as a clam at high water’, is a very common expression in those parts of the coast of New England where clams are found. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West 799 A thousand or more negroes thronged the streets ‘happy as clams at high tide’. 1940 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches xix. 494 Happy as a clam in high water. < as lemmas |
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