See pleased as Punch on Wiktionary
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"text": "\"[…]Now,—what'll the old woman say?\"\n\"She'll be pleased as Punch, I should think,\" said Stanbury.",
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"text": "Then with a little start of remembrance he said, “Mary, write and give up that school. Stay and help your mother. I’m as pleased as Punch, now I’ve thought of that.”",
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"text": "Sally looked at him with her clear eyes. “Aren’t you glad?” she asked again. “I thought you’d be as pleased as Punch.”",
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"sense": "idiom: pleased with one's achievements",
"word": "iloinen kuin peipponen"
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"sense": "idiom: pleased with one's achievements",
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"word": "iloinen kuin peipponen"
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"note": "somewhat",
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"sense": "idiom: pleased with one's achievements",
"word": "сияет как начищенный пята́к"
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