make someone's day

English

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Verb

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)

1. (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

make someone happy

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• 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

See also

• daymaker
• not give someone the time of day