tickled pink

idiom

informal
: very happy or amused
I was tickled pink to see her.

Examples of tickled pink in a Sentence

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“Tickled pink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tickled%20pink. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.

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