English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
make someone's day (third-person singular simple present makes someone's day, present participle making someone's day, simple past and past participle made someone's day)
- (idiomatic) To make someone happy, or be a source of satisfaction, for the rest of the day.
Thank you for the unexpected gift. It really made my day.
1983, Joseph Stinson, Sudden Impact (motion picture), spoken by Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood):Go ahead. Make my day.
Translations[edit]
make someone happy
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- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: ilahduttaa jotakuta (fi), tehdä joku iloiseksi
- French: faire plaisir à quelqu’un, rendre quelqu’un heureux (pour la journée)
- German: jemanden glücklich machen, jemandem Freude machen, jemandem den Tag retten
- Hungarian: feldobja/bearanyozza a napját
- Icelandic: gleðja einhvern
- Italian: far felice qualcuno, rallegrare la giornata a qualcuno, migliorare la giornata a qualcuno
- Polish: upiększać komuś dzień impf, upiększyć komuś dzień pf
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: осчастли́вить кого́-то (ru) pf (osčastlívitʹ kovó-to), пора́довать кого́-то (ru) pf (porádovatʹ kovó-to)
- Spanish: alegrarle el día a alguien, hacérsela buena a alguien, darle el gusto a alguien
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