pleased as punch
Example Sentences
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I think it’s good for the sport and I would be pleased as punch if you could join us in attending the play one of these days.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023
Why, he’d be pleased as punch and proud as proud can be.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2016
“He was pleased as punch to have that glove again,” Lonetti said.
From Washington Times • Jan. 30, 2016
But I would be as pleased as punch if anyone of them got it.
From Forbes • Oct. 22, 2014
He was happy, relaxed, self-assured, pleased as punch, like someone who had been terminally ill and, when all seemed lost, had been cured by some wonder drug and was now ready to conquer the world.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
