merry as a cricket

merry as a cricket

old-fashioned Jubilant; especially carefree, lively, and full of fun. Tom is playing outside, merry as a cricket. Though he acts as merry as a cricket, he is dreadfully unhappy when he is all alone.
See also: cricket, merry
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*merry as a cricket

 and *merry as the day is long
very happy and carefree. (*Also: as ~.) Mary is as merry as a cricket whenever she has company come to call. The little children are as merry as the day is long.
See also: cricket, merry
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • merry as a grig
  • merry as the day is long
  • the goose hangs high
  • Merry Christmas
  • in merry pin
  • a cricket on the hearth
  • cricket
  • cricket on the hearth
  • hearth
  • romp around