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I heard a friend of mine say she was "happier than a cold pig in warm mud"! What an image! What are you happier than?
 
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"happier than a cold pig in warm mud"


Boy, is that cleaned up! I've never heard it put that way. I've always heard it as, "happier than a pig in shit".

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Usually it's as happy as... rather than happier than... when I've heard the expression - tinman's version, that is. Is this an example of American competiveness? wink
 
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I've heard "happy as a house cat" which has a nice ring to it. Or "as happy as a child with a new toy."

Also, I once heard of a sexually inexperienced young man who had just wed as being "as happy as a child with three new toys" but that's another thread entirely.
 
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I've always heard, as happy as a clam, though I've never really thought about it. Are clams happy?
 
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I've always heard, _as happy as a clam_, though I've never really thought about it. Are clams happy?


The Word Detective discusses "Happy as a clam" here.

You will need to scroll down quite a way.

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Happier than two peas in a pod.

Feeling fine as frog hair, split five times!
 
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Actually, Angel, I don't think the two peas in a pod are as happy as they are close.

I would refer you to the Laurel & Hardy classic "Sons of the Desert" for further explination. (Stan: "We're as cozy as two peas in a pot!")

I'm smiling just thinking about Ollie's reaction...
 
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