pleased as Punch

See also: pleased as punch

English

WOTD – 15 May 2010

Alternative forms

pleased as punch

Etymology

From Punch of the Punch and Judy puppet shows.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pleased as Punch (not comparable)

(colloquial, simile, idiomatic, old-fashioned, dated) Pleased with one's actions or achievements

Synonyms

(pleased with one's actions): complacent, smug

Translations

idiom: pleased with one's achievements

Finnish: iloinen kuin peipponen

Russian: (somewhat) сияет как начищенный пята́к (sijajet kak načiščennyj pjaták), рад-радёшенек (rad-radjóšenek)

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