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bluebirds of happiness

bluebirds of happiness is the plural of bluebird of happiness.

Meaning of bluebird of happiness

Noun

bluebird of happiness (plural bluebirds of happiness)

  1. (idiomatic) Happiness or contentment, especially as the elusive object of a quest or as a state of affairs which is difficult to achieve.
    • Tora (Kiyoshi Atsumi), our feckless itinerant peddler, dreams he's leading his relatives in a pursuit of the bluebird of happiness, which takes them to a veritable Shangri-La.1987 May 8, Kevin Thomas, “'Bluebird': Tora-san no. 37 is bittersweet”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 09 Feb 2022

Questions about bluebirds of happiness

What is bluebirds of happiness the plural of?
Bluebirds of happiness is the plural of bluebird of happiness.

Words near bluebirds of happiness in the dictionary

  1. bluebill
  2. bluebills
  3. bluebird
  4. bluebird of happiness
  5. bluebirds
  6. bluebirds of happiness
  7. blueblood
  8. blueblooded
  9. bluebloodedness
  10. bluebloods
  11. blueblossom

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