tickle pink
tickle pink · tickles pink · tickled pink · tickling pink
To thoroughly delight or amuseTo thoroughly delight or amuse; to elate.
» Tom will be tickled pink when he sees you.
Том будет безумно рад, когда тебя увидит.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To thoroughly delight or amuse; to elate.
It tickles me pink that they chose me for the award.
More definitions
- fill with sublime emotion
Examples
6 sentencesTom will be tickled pink when he sees you.
ruТом будет безумно рад, когда тебя увидит. — odexed
Tom is going to be tickled pink to see you.
deTom wird sich riesig freuen, dich zu sehen! — Waldelfe
I'm tickled pink to be here.
Tom was tickled pink.
ruТом был доволен как слон. — sharptoothed
deTom war ganz aus dem Häuschen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He's tickled pink.
ruОн доволен как слон. — sharptoothed
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From tickle and pink.From tickle and pink.
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Forms
tickles pink, tickling pink, tickled pink, tickled pink| Base form | tickle pink · to tickle pink |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tickles pink |
| Present participle | tickling pink |
| Past simple | tickled pink |
| Past participle | tickled pink |
irregular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- fill with sublime emotion:exhilarateinebriatethrillexaltbeatify
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle