to make my day
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5.6
- idiom
- Informal
:
alegrarme el día
- Receiving a compliment from my friend really makes my day.
- Go ahead, make my day
- Thank you for making my day
- just made my day
Please, dear sweet baby Jesus, please make my day.
- Please, dear sweet baby Jesus, please make my day.
- A little bit of highlighter because that just makes my day more fun.
- Brooklyn's finest Brooklyn's finest made my day.
- We got bacon for the doggos and this made my day.
Examples
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Well, that really makes my day.
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You have made my day brighter.
Academic text (2016) -
You have really made my day.
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Oh you just made my day.
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You just made my day.
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You just about made my day for sure.
Fiction book (1999) -
I mean, you just completely made my day with this article.
Blog text (22) -
Thanks everyone for sharing your stuff; this post really made my day.
Blog text (6) -
You've absolutely made my day!
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I don't know who you are, Lamorne Morris, but you just made my day.
Blog text (2)
Synonyms
392
1.0
To make someone feel happier
329
1.5
Help someone feel happier when they are sad or sick
54
1.0
Cause someone to feel happy or amused
12
2.3
To make someone feel happy
8
2.8
To make someone feel happier or more cheerful
8
3.9
To make someone feel happier
1
3.9
To make someone feel happier when they are sad
Antonyms
How Happy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly inferable from 'make' (cause) + 'my' (possessive) + 'day' (the day): it literally means to cause someones day to be good or pleasant. This causal, compositional pattern is common across languages and follows ordinary English grammar, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Make my day may come from a famous movie line where a character said 'go ahead, make my day', and people began using it to mean 'do something that will please me'. The image is that one small kind act can brighten a whole day, so the phrase now means 'to do something that makes someone very happy'.