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Idiom

tickled pink

Meaning

Very pleased; delighted; thrilled.

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

Examples

“She was tickled pink by the surprise party.”

“My grandmother was tickled pink when all her grandchildren came to visit.”

“The struggling artist, tickled pink by his first gallery acceptance, stood speechless before the modest crowd that had gathered.”

Examples

simple

“She was tickled pink by the surprise party.”

contextual

“My grandmother was tickled pink when all her grandchildren came to visit.”

complex

“The struggling artist, tickled pink by his first gallery acceptance, stood speechless before the modest crowd that had gathered.”

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