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like a kid in a candy store

like a kid in a candy store prepositional phrase: extremely excited as a result of having many options to choose from.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (simile) Extremely excited as a result of having many options to choose from.

Questions about like a kid in a candy store

What does like a kid in a candy store mean?
Like a kid in a candy store means extremely excited as a result of having many options to choose from.
What part of speech is like a kid in a candy store?
Like a kid in a candy store is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a kid in a candy store in the dictionary

  1. like a hole in one's head
  2. like a hole in the head
  3. like a hot knife through butter
  4. like a house afire
  5. like a kid at Christmas
  6. like a kid in a candy store
  7. like a kid on Christmas morning
  8. like a knife through butter
  9. like a lamb to the slaughter
  10. like a man
  11. like a man possessed

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