float on air
To be extremely happy. I've been floating on air ever since I got engaged! Of course the kids are floating on air—as of noon today, they're out of school for the summer. When I saw my favorite band perform live, I was floating on air from beginning to end.
walk on air
To be in a state of extreme happiness. I've been walking on air ever since I got engaged!
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float on air
Fig. [for someone] to feel free and euphoric. I was so happy, I was floating on air. Mary was floating on air after she won first prize.
walk on air
Fig. to be very happy; to be euphoric. Ann was walking on air when she got the job. On the last day of school, all the children are walking on air.
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walk on air
Feel elated or exuberantly joyful, as in She was walking on air after she found out she'd won the teaching award. This metaphoric term likens feeling happy to floating. [Late 1800s]
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walk on air
feel elated. 1977 Bernard MacLaverty Secrets ‘I'm sure you're walking on air,’ my mother said to Paul at his wedding.
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float/walk on ˈair
(informal) be very happy about something: When I passed my driving test, I was walking on air for days.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
walk on air
To feel elated.
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