delight (someone) by (doing something)
delight (someone) by (doing something)
To please someone by doing something. My husband delighted me by throwing a surprise party for my birthday.
See also: by, delight
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
delight someone by something
to please someone with something; to please someone by doing something. (See also delight someone with something.) You delighted me by agreeing to join us. I was delighted by your proposal.
See also: by, delight
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- do someone or something justice
- helluva someone/something
- hit someone for something
- monkey's uncle, I'll be/am a
- go out of
- go through someone like a dose of salts
- do a job on someone From do a number on something.
- ain’t 1
- other than
- other than (something)