HAPPY AS A PEACOCK

Meaning of HAPPY AS A PEACOCK in English

very happy, very pleased

If you tell Alice she's beautiful, she'll be happy as a peacock!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

PEACOCK — Any of three species (family Phasianidae) of resplendent birds of open lowland forests. Blue, or Indian ( Pavo cristatus ), …
Английский словарь Британика
PEACOCK — I. ˈpēˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English pecok, pocok, from pe- (from Old English pēa peafowl) & po- (from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAPPY — I. ˈhapē, -pi adjective ( usually -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from hap, happe hap + -y — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAPPY — (superl.) Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; …
Английский словарь Webster
HAPPY — ( superl. ) Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PEACOCK — — peacockery, peacockism , n. — peacockish, peacocky , adj. — peacockishly , adv. — peacockishness , n. /pee"kok'/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAPPY — /hap"ee/ , adj., happier, happiest . 1. delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PEACOCK — I. ˈpē-ˌkäk noun Etymology: Middle English pecok, from pe- (from Old English pēa peafowl, from Latin pavon-, pavo peacock) + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAPPY — adjective ( hap·pi·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English, from hap Date: 14th century 1. : favored by luck or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PEACOCK — noun in common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl. 2. peacock ·noun the male of any pheasant …
Webster English vocab
HAPPY — superl dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous. 2. happy ·superl favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; …
Webster English vocab
PEACOCK — [pea.cock] n [ME pecok, fr. pe- (fr. OE pea peafowl, fr. L pavon-, pavo peacock) + cok cock] (14c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAPPY — [hap.py] adj hap.pi.er ; -est [ME, fr. hap] (14c) 1: favored by luck or fortune: fortunate 2: notably fitting, effective, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PEACOCK — any of several resplendent birds of the pheasant family, Phasianidae (order Galliformes). Strictly, the male is a peacock, and the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PEACOCK — peacock, P~ BrE AmE ˈpiːk ɒk ˈpiː kɒk AmE ˈpiː kɑːk ▷ peacock|s s ▶ ˌ peacock ˈ blue ◂ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HAPPY — happ|y, Happy BrE AmE ˈhæp |i ▷ happ|ier i‿ə AmE \ i‿ ə r ▷ happ|iest i‿ɪst i‿əst ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PEACOCK — / ˈpiːkɒk; NAmE -kɑːk/ noun a large male bird with long blue and green tail feathers that it can spread …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAPPY — / ˈhæpi; NAmE / adjective ( hap·pier , hap·pi·est ) FEELING / GIVING PLEASURE 1. happy (to do sth) | …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEACOCK — Peacock, Thomas Love BrE AmE (1785–1866) a British writer and poet who used ↑ satire (=a way of writing in …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEACOCK — pea ‧ cock /ˈpiːkɒk $ -kɑːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: pea 'peacock' (900-1000) (from Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAPPY — hap ‧ py S1 W1 /ˈhæpi/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative happier , superlative happiest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PEACOCK — n. 1 a male peafowl, having brilliant plumage and a tail (with eyelike markings) that can be expanded erect in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HAPPY — adj. (happier, happiest) 1 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. 2 a fortunate; characterized by happiness. b (of words, behaviour, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PEACOCK — n. 1 a male peafowl, having brilliant plumage and a tail (with eyelike markings) that can be expanded erect in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HAPPY — adj. (happier, happiest) 1 feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. 2 a fortunate; characterized by happiness. b (of words, behaviour, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PEACOCK — n.1 a male peafowl, having brilliant plumage and a tail (with eyelike markings) that can be expanded erect in display …
Oxford English vocab
HAPPY — adj. (happier, happiest) 1. feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. 2 a fortunate; characterized by happiness. b (of words, behaviour, …
Oxford English vocab
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PEACOCK — ( peacocks) A peacock is a large bird. The male has a very large tail covered with blue and green …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAPPY — ( happier, happiest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAPPY — (happier, happiest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PEACOCK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN feather ▪ A vase full of peacock feathers smashed to the floor. ▪ After …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAPPY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a happy home (= a happy family ) ▪ We had a happy home. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AS — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a critic hails sth/sb as sth (= describes someone or something as very good …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PEACOCK — male, female peahen [noun] [C] - a large bird, the male of which has very long tail feathers which it …
Cambridge English vocab
PEACOCK — n. Any of three species (family Phasianidae) of resplendent birds of open lowland forests. Blue, or Indian ( Pavo cristatus …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PEACOCK — noun Peacock is used before these nouns: ↑ feather
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HAPPY — INDEX: 1. feeling happy 2. happy because something good has happened 3. very happy because something good has happened 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
HAPPY — See ↑ HAPPY 1,2,4,8,9, ↑ SATISFIED/NOT SATISFIED 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be glad/happy to see the back of • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
HAPPY — adj. 25B6; adjective Melissa looked happy and excited : CHEERFUL, cheery, merry, joyful, jovial, jolly, jocular, gleeful, carefree, untroubled, delighted, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAPPY — < tool > A dyslexic acronym for "A Yacc-like Haskell Parser generator". An LALR1 grammar parser generator for Haskell . …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
PEACOCK — 1. сущ.; зоол. 1) павлин; самец павлина peacock feathers ≈ перья павлина He introduced himself as 'the leader' and strutted …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAPPY — прил. 1) а) счастливый, довольный; испытывающий наслаждение, удовольствие (about; with; for) I am so happy that you are staying with …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AS — (полная форма); (редуцированные формы) 1. предл. 1) в качестве; как He was employed as a teacher ≈ Он служил учителем. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PEACOCK — peacock.ogg 1. ʹpi:kɒk n 1. зоол. 1> павлин ( Pavo cristatus ) 2> самец павлина 2. (Peacock) астр. Павлин ( …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HAPPY — a 1. счастливый happy man - счастливец happy laughter face, smile - счастливый смех -ое лицо, -ая улыбка happy tears …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AS — as.ogg _I 1. æz (полная форма); əz,z (редуцированные формы) rel pron 1. вводит придаточные определительные предложения или обороты с such …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PEACOCK — peacock сущ.; зоол.1) павлин; самец павлина peacock feathers — перья павлина He introduced himself as "the leader" and strutted up …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HAPPY — happy прил.1) а) счастливый, довольный; испытывающий наслаждение, удовольствие ( about; with; for) I am so happy that you are staying …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PEACOCK — 1. [ʹpi:kɒk] n 1. зоол. 1) павлин ( Pavo cristatus ) 2) самец павлина 2. (Peacock) астр. Павлин ( созвездие …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PEACOCK — 1. ʹpi:kɒk n 1. зоол. 1> павлин ( Pavo cristatus ) 2> самец павлина 2. (Peacock) астр. Павлин ( созвездие …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HAPPY — a 1. счастливый happy man - счастливец happy laughter face, smile - счастливый смех -ое лицо, -ая улыбка happy tears …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AS — _I 1. æz (полная форма); əz,z (редуцированные формы) rel pron 1. вводит придаточные определительные предложения или обороты с such , …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PEACOCK — 1. сущ. ; зоол. 1) павлин; самец павлина peacock feathers — перья павлина He introduced himself as "the leader" and …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HAPPY — прил. 1) счастливый, довольный, весёлый a happy face — счастливое лицо a happy smile — счастливая улыбка I'm very happy …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PEACOCK — 1. сущ.; зоол. 1) павлин; самец павлина peacock feathers — перья павлина He introduced himself as "the leader" and strutted up and down …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HAPPY — прил. 1) счастливый, довольный, весёлый a happy face — счастливое лицо a happy smile — счастливая улыбка I'm very happy for you. — Я …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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