Festive Phrases

Phrases

• A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple
• A political carnival
• All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way (the opening line of Anna Karenina)
• Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
• As happy as Larry
• As happy as a clam
• As happy as a dog with two tails
• As happy as a lark
• As happy as a pig in muck
• As happy as a sandboy
• As merry as the day is long
• Bachelorette party (Hen night)
• Canada's Festival City (Nickname of Edmonton Alberta)
• Cheap and cheerful
• Colour me happy
• Come to the aid of the party
• Come to the party
• Cuddle party
• Don't worry, be happy
• Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die
• Fairytale ending (a happy simplistic ending to a story similar to those found in fairy tales)
• Fight For The Right To Party (Beastie Boys song)
• Happy Birthday To You
• Happy Christmas
• Happy New Year
• Happy Together (The Turtles song)
• Happy accident
• Happy campers
• Happy clappy
• Happy event
• Happy ever after
• Happy families
• Happy go lucky
• Happy happy joy joy (A catchphrase from Ren And Stimpy)
• Happy holidays
• Happy hour
• Happy hunting ground
• Happy is the bride the sun shines on
• Happy landings
• Happy medium
• Happy place
• Happy sad (a bitterweet feeling combining both happiness and sadness)
• Happy slapping
• Happy trails to you
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Judy Garland song)
• Hen party
• I took my harp to the party but no one asked me to play
• I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (The Beatles song)
• I'm happy for you
• If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands
• Injured party
• It's My Party And I'll Cry If I Want To (Lesley Gore song)
• Lead a merry dance

• Let's party
• Life and soul of the party
• Make merry
• Make someone happy with a phone call (British Telecom advertising slogan)
• Many happy returns (IBM Electric Typewriters advertising slogan)
• Many happy returns (a toast given to someone on their birthday)
• Merry Christmas
• Merry England
• Necktie party
• Not a happy bunny
• Not a happy camper
• Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party
• Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he (line from nursery rhyme)
• Party Like It's 1999 (Prince song)
• Party Like a Rock Star (Shop Boyz song)
• Party Rock Anthem (LMFAO with Lauren Bennett and GoonRock song)
• Party animal
• Party down
• Party girl
• Party hearty
• Party in the U.S.A. (Miley Cyrus song)
• Party line
• Party on
• Party on! (A catchphrase from Wayne's World In Saturday Night Live)
• Party political broadcast
• Party pooper
• Party season
• Party till dawn
• Party time
• Party wall
• Sit on it (A catchphrase from Happy Days)
• Slap happy
• Slumber party
• Snap happy
• Tailgate party
• Tea Party Express
• Tea party Taliban
• The Boston Tea Party (historical event where chests of tea were dumped into Boston harbour)
• The Conservative Party at prayer (The Church of England)
• The Esso sign means happy motoring (Esso advertising slogan)
• The Merry Monarch (Nickname of Charles II)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor
• The festive season
• The party's over
• This Happy Breed (David Lean movie)
• Trigger happy
• We few, we happy few, we band of brothers (from Henry V by Shakespeare)
• We're Just One Big Happy Family (Richard Hawley song)
• We're just one big happy family
• Whistle A Happy Tune
• Working party
• You know what? I'm happy (A catchphrase from Droopy)
• You've made an old man very happy