like a kid with a new toy
like a kid with a new toy
Excessively excited about or fixated on something, typically something new one has acquired. Janet's like a kid with a new toy whenever she upgrades her phone—she's been there fiddling with it all day long. Would you quit messing around with the controls of the car—you're like a kid with a new toy!
See also: kid, like, new, toy
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
like a kid with a new toy
Fig. very pleased; happily playing with something. Every time Bill gets a new gadget for his kitchen, he's like a kid with a new toy. Jane is absorbed in that computer. Just like a kid with a new toy.
See also: kid, like, new, toy
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (one) could use (something)
- a slew of (something)
- a bird in hand
- a bird in the hand
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- a/the feel of (something)
- all right
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- a crack at (someone or something)
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