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be like a child in a sweetshop
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be like a child in a sweetshop  (British)
to be very happy and excited about the things around you, and often to react to them in a way which is silly and not controlled Give him a room full of old books and he's like a child in a sweetshop.
See also: child, like
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Looking like a cross between a roadie for a 70s prog rock band and a TV wrestler, Bailey set about the Philharmonic stage like the proverbial kid in a sweetshop, revelling in having such a huge wealth of musical possibility at his fingertips.
Review; BILL BAILEY Philharmonic Hall by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Rajiv Kumar Aggarwal owns a sweetshop at the Lajpat Nagar area of Chandowsi subdivision in Moradabad district.
Miniature Bhagwad Gita transcribed by UP sweet shop owner by Asian News International
uk Tickets are also available in Mold from Spavens Sweetshop in King Street and Siop Y Siswrn in New Street and in Ruthin from Siop Elfair in Clwyd Street.
Festival enlists army of helpers by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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