On entering, he found the negro in the only dry spot in the house — the chimney corner — as happy as a clam, fiddling most merrily. Second from a book, The Harpe's Head: A Legend of …

Jul 8, 2011 · The North American version is happy as a clam, which apparently originated in the early 19th century on the east coast, where clams are plentiful: the full version happy as a …

Jan 22, 2021 · From memory, a catch-phrase was "Hi-de-hi, happy campers!" but pinning down a definite connection is a bit elusive. However, "happy campers" on its own became popular in …

Mar 31, 2014 · Here are some more... critical: expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments; marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws.

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Apr 17, 2019 · So if clam originated as a jazz term in the 1940s, rather than more broadly as an U.S. entertainment industry term by the early 1950s, a clam (wrong note) may have referred to …

May 19, 2019 · The content clause "that you are here" is not a complement of the verb "be" (like subjective/objective complements are), but a complement of the adjective "happy". The …

May 9, 2011 · The phrase is happy medium. Here is NOAD's take: happy medium noun a satisfactory compromise : you have to strike a happy medium between looking like royalty and …

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Jan 11, 2015 · If the sentence had no "so", it would mean that the speaker is happy due to the fact that he can sing. But since it has "so happy that" it occurs to me that it could have two …