make my day

The defendant may nevertheless dare Merchan, as he did another judge threatening to jail him, to “make my day.”

He said his job had kept him motivated after his wife died and it was "the children that make my day".

“I just dislike the pressure of making it romantic when really, if somebody handed me a rose on the street, that would make my day. Like, that’s all it takes,” she said.

“This makes me so happy. No f— way. I know it’s hard to make my day on Emmy day, but you just made my day.”

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdelaziz bin Salman, OPEC's most influential minister, famously warned financial speculators against betting heavily in the oil market in 2020, challenging those looking to short the market to "make my day".