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to feel like a million bucks

to feel like a million bucks

4 7.5
To be very healthy, happy, and full of energy
  • idiom
  • Informal
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  • Not only that, but I feel like a million bucks.
  • make you feel like a million bucks
  • feel like a million bucks today
  • feel like a million bucks, man

Examples

Synonyms

on top of the world
vsto feel like a million bucks
  • Informal
29 2.8

Feeling very happy and successful

focuses more on physical wellbeing and general good health
to feel like a million
vsto feel like a million bucks
  • Informal
6 7.1

Be full of energy and very happy

emphasizes feeling physically healthy as well as emotionally happy
high on life
vsto feel like a million bucks
  • Slang
2 7.5

Feeling very happy and excited for no clear reason

emphasizes bodily health and steady wellbeing rather than unexplained euphoria
to feel like a million dollars
vsto feel like a million bucks
  • Informal
1 6.1

Enjoy very good health and happiness

is the same meaning but uses a different phrasing
to feel peachy
vsto feel like a million bucks
  • Informal
1 8.4

To be very happy and well

expresses a stronger, more intense sense of health and happiness

Antonyms

to feel down
15 3.0

Be sad or unhappy

How Well

to feel like a million bucks
  • Informal
4 7.5
fit as a fiddle
  • Informal
6 4.2
well
142 1.0
all right
706 1.0

Surface Forms

feel like a million bucks infinitive
felt like a million bucks past
felt like a million bucks past participle
feeling like a million bucks present participle
feels like a million bucks third person singular

Morphology

feel + like + a + million + buck

The sense 'to feel extremely good' is metaphorically linked to being worth a large sum of money, so a learner who knows 'feel', 'like', 'million' and 'buck' could plausibly infer a hyperbolic positive meaning. However, the expression is conventionalized and relies on cultural/colloquial use of 'buck' (slang for dollar) and idiomatic exaggeration, so the exact idiomatic force may not be fully predictable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

The idiom feel like a million bucks comes from the picture of having a huge amount of money: a million bucks means lots of dollars, so you would feel rich and great. That's why it now means 'to feel extremely good or healthy'.