ledo coma un cuco

Galician

Etymology

Literally, “happy as a cuckoo”.

Adjective

ledo coma un cuco

1. (simile) happy as a lark

   Synonym: alegre coma un cuco

   • 1813, anonymous author, Conversa no adro da igrexa:

     Dixêronme que asta á besta que trouxêra á balixâ con tan boa notisea, chegara mais sedo do que habia doito leda coma un cuco.

     They told me that even the horse that brought the postbag with such good news arrived earlier than usual, happy as a lark.

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ledo coma un cuco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega