bundle of joy
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- noun
- /ˈbʌndl əv dʒɔɪ/
- Informal
:
paquete de alegría
- We named our precious bundle of joy Jaspa in 2002! She is now nearly 9!
- a little bundle of joy
- a new bundle of joy
- the first bundle of joy
And Sam is our resident bundle of joy on the team.
- And Sam is our resident bundle of joy on the team.
- Every baby comes to this world as a bundle of joy, bundle of bliss.
Examples
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Here's your little bundle of joy.
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Visit you in the hospital or when you arrive home with your new bundle of joy.
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You know, the baby, the baby, this little bundle of joy.
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Now, I see you guys got a new bundle of joy, and I wanna say congratulations.
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And Sam is our resident bundle of joy on the team.
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Oh, look at that gorgeous little bundle of joy!
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Enjoy these last few days; soon you will be welcoming your little bundle of joy.
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Mazel tov on the bundle of joy.
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Liz was with a young lady who came into the clinic months ago, scared and abortion-minded, and now comes to visit with her little bundle of joy!
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After months of anticipation, we finally welcomed our little bundle of joy into the world.
Synonyms
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A person or thing that brings happiness to others
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A sweet, innocent-looking baby or young child
A person or thing that brings a lot of joy
Antonyms
How Joyful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'bundle' (a wrapped group) with 'joy' (happiness), so the general idea of a wrapped thing that brings happiness is inferable from the parts. However, mapping that image specifically to 'a newborn baby' relies on a conventionalized metaphor and cultural knowledge (babies wrapped in blankets), so the exact meaning is not fully predictable for a B1 learner encountering it first.
Etymology
The phrase bundle of joy comes from the image of a newborn wrapped up like a small bundle of cloth, and the child brings great joy to the family. So people call a new baby 'a bundle of joy' to say the baby brings a lot of 'happiness'.