| 词组 | walk on air |
| 释义 | Idiom walk on air Theme: HAPPINESS 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. Idiom walk on air to be very happy.Editors of the school's newspaper were walking on air when they heard that the "Tigers News" was judged the best in the country. walk on airTo be in a state of extreme happiness. I've been walking on air ever since I got engaged! walk on airFig. 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. walk on airFeel 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] walk on airfeel elated. 1977 Bernard MacLaverty Secrets ‘I'm sure you're walking on air,’ my mother said to Paul at his wedding. float/walk on ˈair(informal) be very happy about something: When I passed my driving test, I was walking on air for days.walk on air To feel elated. walk on air, toTo feel exuberantly joyful. The expression calls up the image of floating, perhaps (originally) like an angel. John Keats, in his romantic poem “Isabella,” describes two lovers, “Parting they seemed to tread upon the air, Twin roses by the zephyr blown apart only to meet again more close.” |
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