Phrase guide

make someone's day

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • Thank you for the unexpected gift. It really made my day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cheer up, perk up, beatify, enrapture, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer, fetch, cherish, content, delight, elate, elevate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, please, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 使某人心花怒放 (shǐ mǒurén xīnhuānùfàng) — make someone happy
  • Finnish: ilahduttaa — make someone happy
  • Finnish: tehdä joku iloiseksi — make someone happy
  • French: faire plaisir à quelqu'un — make someone happy
  • French: rendre quelqu'un heureux (pour la journée) — make someone happy
  • French: faire sa journée — make someone happy
  • German: jemanden glücklich machen — make someone happy
  • German: jemandem Freude machen — make someone happy
  • German: jemandem den Tag retten — make someone happy
  • Hungarian: feldobja/bearanyozza a napját — make someone happy
  • Icelandic: gleðja einhvern — make someone happy
  • Italian: far felice qualcuno — make someone happy
  • Italian: rallegrare la giornata a qualcuno — make someone happy
  • Italian: migliorare la giornata a qualcuno — make someone happy
  • Polish: upiększać komuś dzień — make someone happy
  • Polish: upiększyć komuś dzień — make someone happy
  • Russian: осчастли́вить кого́-то (osčastlívitʹ kovó-to) — make someone happy
  • Russian: пора́довать кого́-то (porádovatʹ kovó-to) — make someone happy
  • Spanish: alegrarle el día a alguien — make someone happy
  • Spanish: hacérsela buena a alguien — make someone happy
  • Spanish: darle el gusto a alguien — make someone happy