sweetshop

be like a child in a sweetshop

To be so excited about one's surroundings that one acts in a childlike or silly way. Liam loves football so much that he's like a child in a sweetshop any time he steps into the stadium.
See also: child, like, sweetshop

like a child in a sweetshop

So excited about one's surroundings that one acts in a childlike or silly way. Primarily heard in UK. Liam loves football so much that he's like a child in a sweetshop any time he steps into the stadium. She looked like a child in a sweetshop being able to look at so much world-class art in one place.
See also: child, like, sweetshop
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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  • be like a child in a sweetshop
  • like a child in a sweetshop
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  • like a kid in a candy store/shop
  • like a kid in a candy store
  • be like a kid in a candy store
  • get (one's) bearings
  • get one's bearings
  • lose one's bearings
  • lose your bearings
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Klima's one-act plays, such as Klara a dva pani (1968; "Klara"), Cukrarna Myriam (1971; "Sweetshop Myriam"), and Hry (1975; "Games"), are distinguished by tense plots and absurd situations.
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A walk to the park, a visit to the library, dropping by the local sweetshop for a tiptop or a quarter ounce bag of pineapple rock, followed by a few games of rounders with friends was all we really needed.
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