I'm tickled pink?
I saw the expression, "to be tickled pink" in a article.
It seems like "delighted", "happy" or "thrilled".
Here is my question, :
How does this expression,"to be tickled pink" sound to you? , Is there particular situation suitable to the expression, or not ?
"I'm tickled pink to be here today. "
How does this sound to you ,compared to I'm happy or I'm delighted?
Casual, polite, poetic, childish, cute, or the same as the others?
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Answers · 16
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It's a bit old fashioned. Other ways of saying it are : I'm rapt, that's so cool or if you are a teenager you say "That's so sick".
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To be tickled so much you go pink from laughing.
But say it when they're very happy about something, "I lost 5 pounds then I found 100!! I'm tickled pink!!".
It means, "I'm very happy with something".
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「ticked pink」という意味は「すごく嬉しくなった」です。でも、あまり男の人はこの英語の表現を使わない。ちょっとフェミニンみたいと思います。男の人が使うなら、「女の人」とか「同性愛者」 みたいと思います。気を付けてくださいね。笑。も、この表現はちょっと古いです。あまり聞かないんです。
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If you are 'ticked pink' you are very happy about something
Its just a funny thing to say in fact i was tickled pink to see this question :-D
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It much more informal than "delighted" or "happy", and it's not really something a man would say - probably more a woman. A lot of the time it is used in a humorous way.
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