walking on sunshine
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8.1
- idiom
- Informal
:
estar radiante
- After receiving her promotion, Maria felt like she was walking on sunshine!
- Whoa, I'm walking on sunshine
Examples
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Maria is walking on sunshine!
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After winning the lottery, he was walking on sunshine for days.
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Ever since their engagement, they've both been walking on sunshine.
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She felt like she was walking on sunshine after getting accepted to her dream university.
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After receiving the good news, she felt like she was walking on sunshine.
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When he won the championship, he was walking on sunshine all day.
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Seeing her friends again made him feel as if he were walking on sunshine.
Synonyms
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Bright with sunlight or cheerful and pleasant like sunshine
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Feeling or showing great happiness
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Feeling very happy and excited
Antonyms
How Happy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase uses a vivid metaphor: 'sunshine' evokes brightness and happiness and 'walking on' suggests being uplifted or carried, so a learner who knows the constituents can probably infer a strong positive feeling but only via figurative interpretation rather than literal composition. Because the meaning depends on a metaphorical extension rather than straightforward compositional rules, it is partially predictable but still idiomatic for learners.
Etymology
Walking on sunshine creates a clear picture: imagine walking on warm sunshine, feeling light and bright as if you could float with every step. So, the phrase means 'feeling extremely happy or joyful'.