Idiom: jump for joy
Meaning
Idiom: jump for joy
- to be very excited and happy about something
Example sentences
— When the number of my YouTube subscribers grew to 1,000 people I was jumping for joy.
— We jumped for joy when we learned our parents were getting a puppy.
— We weren't exactly jumping for joy when our son quit his six-figure job to open a coffee shop because he still has $80,000 in student loan debt.
— Everyone jumped for joy when the rescuers pulled the toddler out of the well she'd fallen into 22 feet below the ground.
— My parents jumped for joy when they discovered I was pregnant with twins.
— Millions of people jumped for joy when Barack Obama was elected president of the United States.
— My kids jumped for joy when they found out school was closed today because of snow.
— I wanted to jump for joy when my boss finally told my co-worker to be quiet but I had to contain my excitement.
— We jumped for joy when Joe Biden and Kamal Harris defeated Donald Trump.
Synonyms
- be in seventh heaven
- be over the moon about something
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