fat and happy

fat and happy

Pleased; content. That cat is definitely fat and happy now that you guys have taken her in. Well, you two newlyweds certainly seem fat and happy!
See also: and, fat, happy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fat and happy

Fig. content, as if from being well-fed. Since all the employees were fat and happy, there was little incentive to improve productivity. You look fat and happy. Has life been treating you well?
See also: and, fat, happy
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • fat and sassy
  • baby fat
  • puppy fat
  • lard
  • lard (something) with (something)
  • lard with
  • fat chance
  • a fat lot
References in periodicals archive
And people look at her and think - well, if she's fat and happy and has all that, I can too.
Dawn's tale yo-yos more than her diet
According to pre-op Fern, she didn't care about being big, she was fat and happy. Now we learn that wasn't strictly true.
This has turned into a PC fat and happy mantra, one that all overweight people must repeat, while smiling, obviously, whenever asked about their weight.
Fat and happy and skinny and confused are both cons and Fern has now exposed them as such.
Fern's big lesson for us is to tell the truth
I've decided just to let things go and be fat and happy. Will that do me any harm?
Dr Miriam: HAPPY TO PILE ON THE POUNDS
And before the "I'm Fat and Happy Brigade" start screaming, "What do you know, you fat cow?" let me say that, yes, I am QUITE a fat cow but I've been a VERY fat cow in my time, which is why I can say with absolute authority that being grossly overweight matters - a lot.
Carole Malone's column: Michelle's slim hope of winning