to make someone's day
2
3.0
- idiom
- Informal
:
hacer feliz a alguien
- You never know when you can make someone's day.
What I love most about my is how I can make someone's day.
- What I love most about my is how I can make someone's day.
- It's waking up at the start of a day thinking I get to make someone's day better.
Examples
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It's such a simple and kind way to make someone's day, and it is the season for spreading cheer and love to others.
Blog text (27) -
Just the thing to make Crane's day.
Fiction book (1999) -
By using your imagination, you can make someone's day.
Blog text (10) -
This is a great way for students to think about others and make someone's day brighter just by doing something nice for them.
Blog text (34) -
If you are having an off day, smile at a stranger and not only lighten your mood but make someone else's day better.
Blog text (31) -
I love it when I can leave a good tip for a waitress/waiter; the joy of being able to make someone's day/night is overwhelming.
Blog text (10) -
It is an easy and simple way to make someone else's day brighter, especially around the holidays when individuals living in retirement homes might be lonely.
Blog text (17) -
Giving her a compliment really made someone's day.
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He brought her favorite flowers to work, which made her day.
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Sharing that funny joke made his friend's day.
Synonyms
392
1.0
To make someone feel happier
329
1.5
Help someone feel happier when they are sad or sick
252
1.0
Cause someone to feel amused by saying or doing something funny
234
1.4
To feel happier after being sad or to make someone feel happier
79
2.1
To please someone very much
54
1.0
Cause someone to feel happy or amused
23
5.6
To give someone great happiness
21
4.1
Make someone very happy
19
6.4
To make someone feel very happy and proud
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
2
7.5
To make someone feel happy and warm inside
1
3.5
To make someone feel happy
1
3.9
To make someone feel happier when they are sad
1
3.4
Help someone feel happier
Antonyms
How Happy
- Informal
2
3.0
79
2.1
- Informal
234
1.4
216
1.0
54
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense is largely derivable from 'make' (cause) + 'someone's day' (the person's day) so a learner can infer it means causing a person's day to be good or happy. However, this involves a metaphorical extension of 'day' to mean someone's overall mood and relies on collocational knowledge, so the exact positive nuance may not be fully predictable without exposure.
Etymology
Make someone's day comes from the simple image of doing a small kind act that brightens someone's whole day—when you make their day you change how they feel all day. That's why it means 'to make someone feel very happy or pleased'.