happy days
Nostalgic golden era
Happy days is an exclamation expressing satisfaction or pleased surprise at good news or a fortunate turn of events: I got the job! Happy days!
More common in British and Irish English, it conveys cheerful relief.
The phrase also refers nostalgically to a pleasant past era: Those were happy days.
- sit on itSuppress or delay action
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- hugTight, affectionate clasp
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- contentmentPeaceful satisfaction with circumstances
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emotional quality of time period
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Period of gloom
hard times · bad times · tough times · lean times · dire straits
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