burst with joy

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burst with (an emotion)

Of an emotion, to be so filled up with something as to be unable to contain it. I was bursting with anger after they fired me from my job. My kids burst with joy when we told them we were going to the theme park over the weekend.

burst with joy

To be so filled up with happiness as to be unable to contain it. My kids burst with joy when we told them we were going to the theme park over the weekend.

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.

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Indeed, Capra's esteem and even love of Panormita, though the two have never met, make Panormita nearly burst with joy, as he compares himself rather facetiously to a bloated skin which, if pricked by a fingernail, would explode.

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And it is hard, Mandela, Mandela Six hours offered you with family with Winnie and your daughters six hours to hold each other gulp in every detailed facet talk with hands eyes ears mouth nose smiles tears as if the heart of the very mother earth would burst with joy at such a moment

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I gave birth to Georgia in June 2003 and two months later I was ready to burst with joy when I found out I was pregnant again.

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I was so happy to see her that I felt my heart would burst with joy.

It's been 20 years since my husband stole my kids.. at last they are back in my life; TEARS OF JOY AS MOTHER IS FINALLY REUNITED WITH HER SNATCHED YOUNGSTERS