be as happy as a sandboy
be as happy as a sandboy
To be in very good spirits. It is possible that sandboys (boys who sold sand in Victorian England) were said to be so happy because they were paid in alcoholic beverages. Primarily heard in UK. I was as happy as a sandboy when I found out that I'd gotten an A on my hardest exam. I've been happy as a sandboy ever since we moved to the countryside. I was happy as a sandboy in my sitting room surrounded by my three beautiful children.
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be as happy as a sandboy,'' he says, ``when I can do the computers!''
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