Happy As A Lark .... No this is not how to love a black woman.

Today's Idiom is : Happy As A Lark


No this has nothing to do with How To Love A Black Woman, but intellectual conversation turns me on.


Today, My friend Tavi asked me what does that mean?


Now why, you ask, would Tavi ask me that?


Just like I am, Tavi is just as complicated.


Moving on...


First off, I want to say how hard it is to find meanings of idioms on the Internet. There are books at goenglish.com or at Amazon with the idioms dictionary.


Luckily, I turned to the place I know the best. Wikipedia.org. The best thing since apple pie or Brian McKnight!!


According the the Wiki page:


HAPPY AS A LARK FROM WIKI
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/happy_as_a_lark


Etymology
Derived from comparison to the seemingly cheerful birdsong of a lark.
Adjective

happy as a lark

   1. (idiomatic) Very happy (sometimes with the extra connotations of being carefree or unaware of grimmer realities).

          She's happy as a lark with her ten dollar pay raise, even though the long-term prospects for the business are not good.



Just thought I'd drop a little knowledge here and there. Hope you enjoyed it. On to the rest of the day