only too happy
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This shows how efficient the brain is: once it has found a solution to a certain problem, it is only too happy to use it for other, similar tasks as well.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
Sir Bobby's mother, Cissie, was a football fanatic only too happy to encourage her sons.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023
Iran has been isolated and only too happy to have new trading partners and some source of international legitimacy.
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2023
But for now, with his country locked in a war against Russia, he is only too happy to feed the troops as an army cook.
From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2023
While unicorns and merpeople are only too happy to stay within the territories designated for their use, dragons will seek any opportunity to set forth in search of prey beyond the reservation borders.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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