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Idiom

happy as a pig in mud

Meaning

Very happy or content.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He is happy as a pig in mud with his new job.”

“The children were happy as a pig in mud playing in the garden after the rain.”

“After years of city stress, she found herself happy as a pig in mud while tending to her quiet country garden.”

Examples

simple

“He is happy as a pig in mud with his new job.”

contextual

“The children were happy as a pig in mud playing in the garden after the rain.”

complex

“After years of city stress, she found herself happy as a pig in mud while tending to her quiet country garden.”

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