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bliss someone out Sl. to cause someone to be overcome with happiness. This kind of sunny weather just blisses me out. The lovely weather blissed out everyone after the long winter. See also: out bliss out Sl. to be overcome with happiness. She blissed out at the concert, because she loves that kind of music. See also: out Ignorance is bliss. Prov. Not knowing is better than knowing and worrying. A: I never knew that the kid who mows our lawn has been in trouble with the police. B: Ignorance is bliss! See also: ignorance Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. Prov. If knowing something makes you unhappy, it would be better not to know it. (Also the cliché: ignorance is bliss.) Ellen: The doctor didn't tell Dad that Mom probably won't recover from her illness. Do you think we should tell him? Bill: No. It would only make him unhappy and ruin their last months together. Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. Ignorance is bliss. something that you say which means if you do not know about a problem or an unpleasant fact, you do not worry about it I wish the newspapers would stop telling us about the dangers of eating meat. It seems to me ignorance is bliss. See also: ignorance How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Holmes looked adorable and blissed out in her Armani silver gown as she fielded questions about her new man and denied that their magical love affair was a business arrangement. Colwell concluded by saying she was ``totally blissed out by the verdict'' that saved her from her co-defendants' fate: life in prison. Merchant, who looked like a geek-chic version of a wholesome ingenue in her early-'60s pink party dress and white pumps, flung her long hair around and blissed out in trancelike, joyfully weird dances, as if to say, ``It's my party, and I'll fly if I want to. |
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