Language: en
Meaning: (chieflyUKandIreland,idiomatic,vulgar,simile)Extremelyhappy; obviouslysatisfiedandcarefree.Synonyms:as happy as a pig in mud,happy as a pig in mud1998March 6, Nick Hasted, “Film: Will movies kill the soundtrack star?”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved6 August 2014:He's "happy as a pig in shit". "This is what I really enjoy, working with film-makers," he says.2002January 12,Michael Billington, “Culture: ‘It's like being in love’”, inGuardian, UK, retrieved6 August 2014:And he pays generous tribute to Noble who, he says, actively encouraged him . . . to venture further into the classics withRomeo and Juliet,OthelloandHenry IV. "Speaking purely as a director, I washappy as a pig in shit."2013September 6, David Wroe, “Abbott adviser handed new paid role as envoy”, inThe Age, Australia, retrieved6 August 2014:"I am ashappy as a pig in shit—you can quote me on that—doing what I'm doing at the moment."2014August 5, Megan Reynolds, “Tried & Tested: 10 Hippie Beauty Treatments”, inThe Frisky, US, retrieved6 August 2014:Beauty products are the one thing that I waste my money on. Give me a hundred bucks and plop me in the nearest Duane Reade, and I’mhappy as a pig in shit.
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