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A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Prov. Beautiful things give pleasure that lasts even longer than the beautiful things themselves. (This is a line from John Keats's poem "Endymion." Also a thing of beauty and a joy forever, used to describe something beautiful in lofty terms, often ironically.) Jill: I don't understand why someone would pay millions of dollars to have some old painting. Jane: Because a thing of beauty is a joy forever.

See also: beauty, forever, thing

bundle of joy and bundle from heaven

Fig. a baby. We are expecting a bundle of joy next September. When your little bundle from heaven arrives, things will be a little hectic for a while.

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burst with joy

Fig. [for someone] to be full to the bursting point with happiness. (To be so filled with joy as if to burst.) When I got my grades, I could have burst with joy. Bill was not exactly bursting with joy when he got the news.

See also: burst

leap for joy and jump for joy

Fig. to jump up because one is happy; to be very happy. Tommy leapt for joy because he had won the race. We all leapt for joy when we heard the news.

See also: leap

pride and joy

Fig. something or someone that one is very proud of. (Often in reference to a baby, a car, a house, etc. Fixed order.) And this is our little pride and joy, Roger. Fred pulled up in his pride and joy and asked if I wanted a ride.

See also: and, pride

weep for joy

Fig. to cry out of happiness. She was so happy, she wept for joy. We all wept for joy at the safe return of the child.

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a bundle of joy  (informal)

a baby Three days after the birth, Sandra took home her little bundle of joy.

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be full of the joys of spring  (British & Australian humorous)

to be very happy He bounced into the office, full of the joys of spring.

See also: full, spring

be in a transport of delight/joy  (literary)

to feel extremely happy or pleased I looked up to the heavens and praised God, in a transport of delight.

See also: delight, transport

jump for joy

to be very happy about something good that has happened Tina jumped for joy when she found out she'd be in the team.

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jump for joy

to show great happiness or excitement The blood tests so far show my mother doesn't have cancer, but it's still too early to jump for joy because she has to have more tests.

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pride and joy

a person or thing that gives great pleasure and satisfaction Her garden is her pride and joy.

See also: and, pride