she made my day
she made me very happy
TRANSLATION
you made my day = Du hast meinen Tag gerettet, Du hast mich glücklich gemacht --- GOOGLE INDEX you made my day: approximately 3,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"But then I saw her smiling and so cheerful – it MADE MY DAY and the following days."
(People magazine)
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To be starting was even greater for me and to get an assist [for Anderson's goal] just MADE MY DAY.
(Edinburgh Evening News)
(People magazine)
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To be starting was even greater for me and to get an assist [for Anderson's goal] just MADE MY DAY.
(Edinburgh Evening News)
Did you
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to make someone's day
idiom
- to make someone feel very happy
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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The expression "you made my day" has been around for about a century. In this case made - the past tense of make - is used in the context of achieving success. Thus if you have made someone's day, you have managed to transform their day into a success. You've made them happy.
This phrase is also used to tell someone that you have turned a bad day into a good one or done them a big favour (Thanks for answering the phone while I was out. You made my day!).
And then there is the imperative expression "make my day," which means something completely different. This form was popularized in the 1983 Clint Eastwood movie Sudden Impact. Eastwood's character Harry Callahan runs down a bank robber who is holding a gun to the head of hostage.
He then points his own gun at the robber and says, "Go ahead punk. Make my day." In other words, Callahan is sarcastically reminding the robber that if he harms the hostage, Callahan will have a reason to shoot, which would make his day.
For that reason, it's best to avoid the imperative form of this phrase: make my day. Instead, we recommend that you stick with "you made my day." That will make your own day.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Thanks for those wonderful flowers. They really made my day."
idiom
- to make someone feel very happy
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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The expression "you made my day" has been around for about a century. In this case made - the past tense of make - is used in the context of achieving success. Thus if you have made someone's day, you have managed to transform their day into a success. You've made them happy.
This phrase is also used to tell someone that you have turned a bad day into a good one or done them a big favour (Thanks for answering the phone while I was out. You made my day!).
And then there is the imperative expression "make my day," which means something completely different. This form was popularized in the 1983 Clint Eastwood movie Sudden Impact. Eastwood's character Harry Callahan runs down a bank robber who is holding a gun to the head of hostage.
He then points his own gun at the robber and says, "Go ahead punk. Make my day." In other words, Callahan is sarcastically reminding the robber that if he harms the hostage, Callahan will have a reason to shoot, which would make his day.
For that reason, it's best to avoid the imperative form of this phrase: make my day. Instead, we recommend that you stick with "you made my day." That will make your own day.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Thanks for those wonderful flowers. They really made my day."
