on top of the world
Feeling absolutely triumphant
On top of the world describes a state of extreme happiness or elation, as if you've climbed to the highest point and can see everything below.
The phrase suggests triumph, success, or simply feeling wonderful: She got the promotion and felt on top of the world.
After the wedding, they were on top of the world.
- golden touchGift for gaining riches
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- joyIntense positive emotion
- blissPerfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
seventh heaven · admiration · triumph · charmed life · cloud nine · victory · on cloud nine · flying high · ecstasy · accomplishment · sky · recognition · walking on air · praise · excellence · mastery · peak · summit
on top of the worlddown in the dumps
Sad and dispirited
miserable · devastated · crushed · despondent · dejected
on top of the worlddown and out
Lacking money and hope
in the gutter · hitting bottom · in the pits · ruined · down on one's luck
world, topped, topmost, worlds, worldly, worldliness, unworldly, otherworldly