walking on sunshine
Feeling supremely joyful
Walking on sunshine describes a state of extreme happiness or elation—the feeling of being so buoyant that ordinary ground won't do.
The phrase comes from a 1985 pop song and now serves as shorthand for giddy, irrepressible joy: I got the promotion and I've been walking on sunshine all week.
- on cloud nineExtremely elated state
- walking on airExtremely happy, weightless feeling
- top of the worldState of supreme happiness
- gladPleased or willing
- happyFeeling pleasure or contentment
overjoyed · basking · elation · skipping · frolicking · joy · euphoria · pure joy · effervescent · glowing · jubilation · exhilaration · good vibes · uplifting · strolling · sparkling · buoyant · sauntering
- Weather Idiomsunder the weather, when it rains it pours, rain check, take a rain check, weather the storm
- joy expressionsjoy, happiness, delight, glee, mirth
- morning songsreveille, aubade, dawn chorus, matins
walking on sunshinedown in the dumps
Sad and dispirited
miserable · depressed · heartbroken · devastated · feeling blue
walking on sunshinein dire straits
down on one's luck · cursed · in the gutter · when it rains it pours · stuck in the mud
walked, walks, walker, walkers, walkable, sunshine, sunnier, sunniest, sunned