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like the cat that ate the canary idiom US(alsolike the cat that swallowed the canary); (UKlike the cat that got the cream) extremely happy or satisfied, or in a very happy or satisfied way: When he asked her on a date she was like the cat that ate the canary. They were smiling like the cat that swallowed the canary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Taking pleasure in something bask bask in something bask/bathe in reflected gloryidiom be a glutton for punishmentidiom be a great one for somethingidiom gad about/around (somewhere) get off on something get over something/someone get your jolliesidiom glory in something glutton live it upidiom luxuriate in something masochism masochistic masochistically savour slaver wallow whoop it upidiom |