Top 5 Happy Expressions Idioms British English Vocabulary

hello everyone and welcome back to

english with lucy i am in a really good

mood today so i decided to make a video

about expressions english expressions

related to happiness now if you’re

wondering why I’m so happy honestly

there’s no single reason is this life is

really fun right now the channels going

well I think we’re just about to hit 300

thousand subscribers which is amazing

and I’m moving house soon the Sun is

coming out the days are going to start

getting longer just really happy so

those the reasons I’m happy when you

finish watching this video please do

comment below and tell me something

that’s made you happy recently and if

you want to use one of these expressions

you are more than welcome now a lot of

you have been asking where is your

250,000 subscriber Q&A video with your

dad ha that was a mouthful and the

answer is my dad is an extremely busy

man I didn’t realize how busy he was and

so it’s been hard to pin him down it’s

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be able to film it with him so it should

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all of the questions that you ask on the

original Instagram post so look forward

to that quickly before we get started

this video is going to help your

speaking and your listening it’s going

to help your speaking because I’m going

to teach you new phrases when you

expression to use and it will improve

your listening because you’ll be able to

understand what natives mean when they

use these expressions but if you want to

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right let’s get started with the video

the first expression relating to

happiness is to be over the moon and to

be over the moon means to be really

really happy believe it or not so I can

say that last Thursday I passed my

driving test and I was over the moon

because I had to try three times yes

that was my third text yeah I was

completely over the moon because driving

is not something that had come naturally

to me

and it really bothered me for a long

time that I couldn’t drive but now I can

so I’m over the moon the next expression

related to happiness is to have a whale

of a time and to have a whale of a time

well you guess what this will mean let

me use this one in an example and see if

you can guess what it means it’s a clue

it has nothing to do with whales so I

went to a ball on Saturday and a ball is

like a posh party you normally have

dinner and then you can dance I went to

a ball on Saturday with a group of

friends and I had a whale of a time

okay so to have a whale of a time means

to have a fantastic time nothing to do

with whales now the next one number

three is actually a slang expression but

I think it’s really important you guys

know this one we definitely use it a lot

in England it is to be buzzing now if

you say are I’m spotting it means I’m

really accelerated really enthusiastic

really happy really excited about

something so it means I’ve got positive

emotions in my body and it is a good

feeling okay so I could say I’ve just

booked my ticket for La Feria de city

yeah which I seem to mention all the

time but I am buzzing I cannot wait to

go so that is a

situation perfect example of the word

buzzing because I literally am buzzing

coffee to speak up okay number four okay

number four is to be happy as Larry who

is Larry

it doesn’t matter not relevant I don’t

know hilarious I’m sure one of you will

google the etymology of happier valerian

find the help but to be happy as Larry

means to be really really happy so I

might ask you know does John like his

new job and you can reply saying yes he

is happy as Larry he is as happy as

Larry meaning he is as happy as can be

the final expression relating to

happiness is to be on top of the world

to be on top of the world and to be on

top of the world means you guessed it

guys it means to be really really happy

to be just in ated so delighted so happy

and yes so I would say when I found out

that I graduated from university with a

first-class degree I was on top of the

world I was really really amazed happy

and just buzzing right guys that is it

for today’s lesson I hope it brought in

a bit of happiness into your life and as

I said before I would love to hear about

something that made you happy recently

maybe using one of the expressions that

we discussed today put it in the

comments I really am keen to hear about

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