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float/walk on air float on airTo be extremely happy. I've been floating on air ever since I got engaged!See also: air, float, onwalk on airTo be in a state of extreme happiness. I've been walking on air ever since I got engaged!See also: air, on, walkfloat on airFig. [for someone] to feel free and euphoric. I was so happy, I was floating on air. Mary was floating on air after she won first prize.See also: air, float, onwalk on airFig. to be very happy; to be euphoric. Ann was walking on air when she got the job. On the last day of school, all the children are walking on air.See also: air, on, walkwalk on airFeel elated or exuberantly joyful, as in She was walking on air after she found out she'd won the teaching award. This metaphoric term likens feeling happy to floating. [Late 1800s] See also: air, on, walkwalk on air feel elated. 1977 Bernard MacLaverty Secrets ‘I'm sure you're walking on air,’ my mother said to Paul at his wedding. See also: air, on, walkfloat/walk on ˈair (informal) be very happy about something: When I passed my driving test, I was walking on air for days.See also: air, float, on, walk walk on air To feel elated.See also: air, on, walk |