Some cheerful similes:

• as happy as a pig in mud
• as happy as can be
• as happy as a clam at high tide
• as happy as Larry
• as happy as the day is long
  

  The Cheshire Cat as depicted in American McGee’s Alice (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• as happy as a lark
• as happy as kings
• as happy as a box of birds
• as happy as a dog at the beach
• as happy as a sandboy
• as happy as a kid in a candy store
• as happy as a bag of wigs
• as happy as the cat that got into the cream
• as happy as a bull in a spring paddock
• as glad as a breeze
• as glad as a fox in his nest
• as glad as a bird in may
• as glad as adders
• as glad as a newborn kitten
• as glad as the shamrocks
• as pleased as a kitten with a ball of wool
• as pleased as a jay with a bean
• as pleased as a kid with a new toy
• as pleased as a peach
• as pleased as a fox in a henhouse
• as pleased as a Cheshire cat
• as pleased as a chickadee with a sunflower seed
• as pleased as a peacock
• as pleased as a dog with a bone
• as pleased as a sailor on his wedding day
• as pleased as a little dog with two tails
• as pleased as pie
• as pleased as a penny carrot
• as pleased as Punch
• as pleased as a pig in a poke
• as pleased as a brass ha’penny

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