Feel elated or exuberantly joyful, as in She was walking on air after she found out she'd won the teaching award. This metaphoric term likens feeling happy to floating. [Late 1800s]
walk on air
| Idioms: walk on air |
| WordNet: walk on air |
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
feel extreme happiness or elation
Synonyms: exult, be on cloud nine, jump for joy
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