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bundle of joy	A newborn baby.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
tears of joy	To express general happiness through tears.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
jump for joy	Exalt, [rejoice]], feel elation.	Rate it: (4.50 / 2 votes)
jump for joy	An expression of extreme happiness for any reason.	Rate it: (3.33 / 3 votes)
no joy	A negative outcome.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
a thing of beauty is a joy forever	Beauty always brings enjoyment to those looking at it	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bundle of joy	A pet.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
holy mackinaw	Interjection of joy and astonishment (akin to WOW! or Stupendous!)	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
獨樂樂不如眾樂樂	It is much more joyful to share the joy than enjoy alone.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
little pitchers have big ears	Small children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).	Rate it: (2.33 / 3 votes)
gaudio lacrimare	to weep for joy.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
tickled pink	An expression vouchsafing, joy, extreme happiness:	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
c'est un trouble-fête	He is a mar-joy, a wet blanket.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cumulum gaudii alicui afferre (vid. sect. V. 6) (Fam. 16. 21. 1)	to add the crowning point to a person's joy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
eat your face off	to eat huge quantities of delicious food for the pure joy of eating	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
effusa laetitia	a transport of joy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gaudio, laetitia efferri	to be beside oneself with joy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gaudio, laetitia exsultare	to utter cries of joy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
je ne me sens pas de joie	I am beside myself with joy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
laetitia gestiens	a transport of joy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
laetitia gestire (Tusc. 4. 6. 13)	to be transported with joy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
life's a bitch	An expression of acceptance of misfortune.1950, Joy Davidman, Weeping Bay, page 184:She'd have been willing enough to use them, poor dead little bitch. Life's a bitch. Life's a bad joke.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mal comune mezzo gaudio	shared trouble is a half joy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nimio gaudio paene desipere	to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pleased as punch	an expression of gratitude, joy, appreciation for some gift, service, reward, special treatment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rainbow baby	A baby born following a miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of an infant. Also known as a 'sunshine' baby or an 'angel' baby. They bring joy to a grieving family following stillbirth or infant loss.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
un rabat-joie	A mar-joy; A wet blanket.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
you beauty	A general exclamation of happiness and joy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
you beauty	An exclamation of joy or enthusiasm, often said in response to a player taking a specky or kicking a great goal.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)