Hell, she ought to be happy as a lark today.

People have no idea - they think I'm happy as a lark."

In fact, discounting his physical woes, he was happy as a lark.

No matter, I was happy as a lark.

You're happy as a lark, not to mention that you're a detective."

"Man, I have to admit, I'm happy as a lark," he said.

"And Buddy's happy as a lark in spring with jura bucks to nose around rather than cbooks.

I'm happy as a lark."

"And while I'm talking nonsense to five hundred deputies, I suppose you'd be happy as a lark buying silks and antiques!"

I'm well aware that if you feed a man enough of that Happiness drug, he'll be happy as a lark even if you cut off his arms and legs and then start on his head.

"Yeah, well," Hermes continued, "Uranus says he's too old to keep up with all the details, so he's been happy as a lark playing on his own computer and letting Zeus iron out the bugs.

"Governor Kean is resolutely ensconced at Drew University, and Mr. Franks is happy as a lark as a lobbyist," said Ross K. Baker, a political scientist at Rutgers.

I've wild camped a couple of times; loved the idea, was happy as a lark walking all day with gear, but found I couldn't cope with the idea that someone might turn up and yell at me, however far away from civilisation I might be and however unlikely that was.