Question of the Day #1255

How Baby Boomer ‘Boommates’ are beating inflation and loneliness: ‘I’m happy as a clam’

From the headline of this article at the New York Post.

  上記の文で、happy as a clamの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "happy as a clam" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

とても幸せで［満足して

なお、英辞郎はas happy as a clamの定義です。文法的にこの方が正しいと思いますが、口語ではhappy as a clamで使用することが多いように感じます。

 

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

very happy

 

Examples

1. She spent the afternoon reading and was (as) happy as a clam.
2. The carpenter got the job, completed it in two weeks, and the woman was happy as a clam. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2025
3. Get as happy as a clam at one of Northeast Ohio’s seasonal clambake dinner events this weekend. — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2021
4. “Once I get Mittens back, I’ll be as happy as a clam, and my life can get back to normal. I just need my baby back.” From Washington Post
5. “I was happy as a clam,” Kaiser told me, “just sitting up there, just being where he was.” From New York Times

   

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