"walk on sunshine" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-walk on sunshine.ogg [Australia] Forms: walks on sunshine [present, singular, third-person], walking on sunshine [participle, present], walked on sunshine [participle, past], walked on sunshine [past]
Etymology: Popularised by the 1983 Katrina and the Waves song Walking on Sunshine Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} walk on sunshine (third-person singular simple present walks on sunshine, present participle walking on sunshine, simple past and past participle walked on sunshine)
  1. (idiomatic) To be extremely happy. Wikipedia link: Katrina and the Waves Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Happiness

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014, Sean Reid, Love Thy Soccer: The Fan Rewrites the Book on the American Game",
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