float/walk on air
float on air
To be extremely happy. I've been floating on air ever since I got engaged!
See also: air, float, on
walk on air
To be in a state of extreme happiness. I've been walking on air ever since I got engaged!
See also: air, on, walk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
float on air
Fig. [for someone] to feel free and euphoric. I was so happy, I was floating on air. Mary was floating on air after she won first prize.
See also: air, float, on
walk on air
Fig. to be very happy; to be euphoric. Ann was walking on air when she got the job. On the last day of school, all the children are walking on air.
See also: air, on, walk
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
walk on air
Feel elated or exuberantly joyful, as in She was walking on air after she found out she'd won the teaching award. This metaphoric term likens feeling happy to floating. [Late 1800s]
See also: air, on, walk
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
walk on air
feel elated. 1977 Bernard MacLaverty Secrets ‘I'm sure you're walking on air,’ my mother said to Paul at his wedding.
See also: air, on, walk
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
float/walk on ˈair
(informal) be very happy about something: When I passed my driving test, I was walking on air for days.See also: air, float, on, walk
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
walk on air
To feel elated.
See also: air, on, walk
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- float on air
- walk on air
- walk on air, to
- be floating on air
- be walking on air
- floating
- dance on air
- tread on air
- air (one's) grievances
- air grievances