like a kid in a candy store
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7.2
- idiom
- Informal
:
como un niño en una tienda de dulces
- I felt like a kid in a candy store when I entered the toy store full of bright colors and fun games.
- feel like a kid in a candy store
- say like a kid in a candy store
And, and so I'm always like, like a kid in a candy store just going crazy.
- And, and so I'm always like, like a kid in a candy store just going crazy.
- There are some new people here that we're meeting and new ideas and, and so I'm like a kid in a candy store that loves candy.
Examples
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She is like a kid in a candy store in America.
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And after months of traveling with only a few pairs of shoes, I was like a kid in a candy store thanks to Luiza!
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You really did feel like a kid in a candy store.
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I was like a kid in a candy store.
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Look at you, you're like a kid in a candy store.
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For Romney's part, he almost looked like a kid in a candy store.
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I was once again like a kid in a candy store, seeing all these people reading and flipping pages of their printed papers.
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The best part is when Yela stands back and looks at the crowd and he has this smile on his face, like a kid in a candy store.
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I think this was everyone's first time on a moving Link train, so the reactions were pretty much universally like kids in a candy store.
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Seriously, I felt like a kid in a candy store—there were so many colors, textures, and shapes.
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Synonyms
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1.0
Feeling very happy and eager about something
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2.7
Very excited and interested in something
171
2.3
Feeling very excited and happy
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4.5
Feeling very happy and excited
9
5.9
Feeling very happy and excited
2
4.4
Feeling very happy and full of energy
1
8.3
Very excited and happy like a child who gets presents
1
8.2
Feeling very happy and content
Very excited and happy in an obvious way
Full of lively energy because people feel excited
Feeling very pleased and full of joy
Antonyms
How Excited
Surface Forms
Morphology
like + a + kid + in + a + candy + store
The phrase creates a clear, literal image—being like a child in a shop full of sweets—so a learner who knows 'kid', 'candy', and 'store' can infer it means feeling extremely excited about many appealing choices. This image-based composition is cross-linguistically common and follows straightforward compositional semantics, making the meaning accessible to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
The idiom like a kid in a candy store shows a picture of a kid in a candy store, happily surrounded by lots of sweets to choose from. So, the phrase means 'extremely excited and happy', especially when there are many good choices.