Idiom – Tickled pink

• Idiom – Tickled pink
• Meaning – Extremely pleased. To be delighted about something. Very amused or entertained by something.

Colour Idioms:

• Black market – Illegal trading of goods or services.
• Caught red-handed
• Green fingers – Somebody with green fingers (or green thumbs in the US) is good at gardening.
• Grey area – A situation where the rules are not clear.
• Once in a blue moon
• Paint the town red
• Silver spoon – Somebody born with a silver spoon (in their mouth) is born wealthy.
• White flag – To surrender.
• Yellow-belly – A person with a yellow-belly is afraid.

Usage:

When could you use this idiom?

• Your partner has proposed to you.
• Somebody has done something very nice for you.
• You won some money in a competition.
• You got an A+ in an English exam!

Example:

• “I was tickled pink when they bought me a wonderful graduation present!”

In The News:

Smith & Co. tickled pink to make second-straight all-star game trip

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