ledo coma un cuco
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “happy as a cuckoo”.
Adjective
[edit]- (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
[edit]- “ledo coma un cuco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.