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you which is all about ten expressions idioms and adjectives which all describe
the feeling of happiness now happiness they say is the key to a
long and healthy life so let's learn these key phrases which are used daily
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Ok guys expression number 1 is to be over the moon I am over the moon
so guys obviously this is an idiom but if you think about it it kind of makes
sense because when we feel really really happy we feel we could fly up into the
air and we could almost go over the moon so to be over the moon we do tend to use
this expression for things that we're really happy about things like getting
into university passing an exam buying a house getting married hearing great news
about our friends or our family things like that we'll say huh I'm over the
moon so my sentence for you guys if I was over than me when I passed my
driving test which I recently passed and I definitely was over the moon okay the
ok the next one is also an idiom it is to be on cloud nine to be on cloud nine I'm on
cloud nine about this sometimes we use this when we feel particularly in a
dream state of happiness almost like for example when you start
dating somebody and you're so happy that you have a date with them you could say
I'm on cloud nine now the meaning behind this idiom is that the US government
apparently named the very fluffy clouds that look like this they're kind of the
clouds that we might associate with heaven almost and so this expression
came out of that that we feel like we are on cloud nine
a heavenly kind of happiness so my example sentence for you today guys is
Leila was on cloud nine when she found out she got a new job she was on cloud
nine Leila is also on cloud nine every time she eats chocolate she's a little
bit of a chocoholic number three this one is an adjective to be thrilled to be
thrilled pronunciation is a little bit difficult of that one guys so make sure
you're getting the sound so your tongue between your teeth and r together to
be thrilled now a thrill which is the noun is a burst of sudden excitement
an exciting moment for example the state of being in that excited moment
continues I'm thrilled that my daughter is getting married for example you might
say so it means to be very happy or excited a great sentence that I have for
you guys is our students would be thrilled if we could upload a lesson
every day I'm sure you guys would be thrilled if we could do that sadly we
can't so conditional sentence for you there guys as well number four number
four is delighted to be delighted very pleased very happy not as strong as for
example on cloud nine over the moon or thrilled but if you're delighted you're
very pleased about something I'm delighted that she's coming for dinner
for example it's almost Valentine's Day in the UK so here's a great example
sentence I was delighted by the flowers he sent me I was delighted by the
flowers he sent me number five is to be glad to be glad glad means to be pleased
you're pleased about something if you're glad like I'm glad that you're feeling
better so glad I didn't forget my mobile phone today I'm glad to see you for
example it means that you're pleased it's not as strong as the previous four
numbers six is to be ecstatic to be ecstatic ecstatic means to be very very
happy you're over the moon you're almost crazy with happiness
if you feel ecstatic ecstasy is the noun so you can say to be in a state of
ecstasy again it's almost delirium I'm sure Latin language speakers will know
this word I think it has a Latin root so it's almost crazy with happiness to be
in a state of ecstasy I'm ecstatic so you need to use this word only when
you're really crazy happy otherwise it can sound too much or too exaggerated
I've got a great example sentence for you guys
Lela was ecstatic when her boyfriend proposed to her yes sorry guys our
lovely Laila is not single she's engaged which you would know if you saw our Q&A
video recently which tells you guys a little bit more about us but yes she was
ecstatic Laila was ecstatic number 7 is beaming to be beaming this actually
means that there's almost light coming off your face a beam means a shard of
light so when light falls on something so when you're so happy that you're
almost beaming so light is coming from your face we can also say to be glowing
with happiness as well it's another common expression so to be beaming your
radiant with happiness the happiness is coming off you so an example sentence
would be the barcelona fan was beaming when barcelona won the Champions League
the Barcelona fan was beaming when barcelona won the Champions League
number 8 is cheerful or cheery this means that you're in a good mood if you're
cheerful you're full of cheer cheer means a good feeling a warm feeling so
to be cheerful so you might say I've woken up in a cheerful mood this morning
because the sun is shining I've woken up in a cheerful mood this morning because
the sun is shining cheerful or cheery are you guys in a cheerful mood today? do
tell me below in the comments number 9 overjoyed or joyful overjoyed or joyful
again a similar level to ecstatic overjoyed joy means happiness it's a
synonym of happiness so if you're overjoyed it means you're you're over
happy you're really really really happy so to be overjoyed joyful means full of
joy full of happiness but not as strong as overjoyed a good example would be he
was overjoyed to pass his IELTS exam with 6.5 he was overjoyed to pass his
IELTS exam with 6.5 number 10 the last one this is to be walking on air to be
walking on air and this means again to feel very very
happy to feel in a state of almost ecstasy you feel like you could walk on
the air very similar to over the moon so to be walking on air so great example
for you on this one is Sabrah and Leila will be walking on air when we get a
hundred thousand subscribers we will be walking on air right guys I hope you enjoyed
this happy less than I hope you're glad to have learnt these new words do please
try and use them in a sentence below and also tell us what is making you happy
tell us what is making you cheerful at the moment thanks very much for watching
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