happy-go-lucky

happy-go-lucky

Always happy or in a pleasant mood; carefree. Arya is so happy-go-lucky that I doubt any negative thing you say would bother her.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • the happy day
  • happy days
  • (as) happy as the day is long
  • happy as the day is long
  • many happy returns of the day
  • the disease to please
  • disease to please
  • (I'd be) happy to (do something)
  • happy to
  • happy as a lark
References in periodicals archive
Ms Roberts added: "Jordan loved to play jokes and was a happy-go-lucky boy who loved to ride about on his bike with his friends.
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She was happy-go-lucky and would do anything for anyone.
Lesley's battle ended by fatal hit of heroin
FRIENDS and relatives of a Birmingham schoolboy killed in a bus accident will gather to remember the "happy-go-lucky" teenager a year after his death.
MEMORIAL FOR TRAGIC MICHAEL
THE widow of a "happy-go-lucky" bomb disposal expert wept yesterday as his body was repatriated to the UK.
Tributes to bomb disposal officer
sport require more Happy-go-lucky = time and effort.
Just do it! We hope you've learned that no matter your dog's breed, size, or age, there is a sport that you can enjoy together
Professor Geoff Beattie of Manchester University, who produced the research, said: "People are usually in a happy-go-lucky holiday mood when they hire a car or moped abroad.
Lethal hour for drivers on holiday
Happy-Go-Lucky features what has got to be one of the most brilliantly nuanced performances in recent years.
Happy Go Lucky
THE family of a motorcyclist killed in a smash four days ago has paid tribute to a young man who was "well-loved and happy-go-lucky".
wales news bulletin: Tributes to bike death man
'Hunger', artist Steve McQueen's widely acclaimed directorial debut, also picked up three awards, followed by Mike Leigh's uncharacteristically upbeat 'Happy-Go-Lucky', which took both the best supporting actor and actress prizes.
BoyleAEs film is red hot
"HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, " five-time Oscar nominee Mike Leigh's "quirky" and "offbeat" comedy about a young London schoolteacher who is, yes, happy-go-lucky, has enjoyed the most unanimous critical acclaim of any film this year.
Unbearable lightness: Happy-Go-Lucky
Leigh's appearance will precede a 7.30pm screening of his last film Happy-Go-Lucky (15), the life-affirming story of an irrepressibly happy primary school teacher called Poppy who falls in love with a dour driving instructor.
PREVIEW; echo live
So his latest observational slice of London life, the aptly titled Happy-Go-Lucky, will come as a pleasant shock.
culture films: Nothing can stop Poppy flowering
THE family of a murdered father-of-two have spoken of their grief at losing the "happy-go-lucky" Liverpool fan.
We will all miss him so much
Yet, he is troubled and in spite of his happy-go-lucky manner he is in emotional turmoil.
Schneider, Robyn. Better than yesterday
A supplementary section of fun facts about the animals featured in Tudley Didn't Know and a simple craft project for creating a Tudley of one's own round out this happy-go-lucky story.
Tudley Didn't Know