tickled pink

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"When he wrote his autobiography, quite a few years ago, my grandmother was still alive and he does mention Mrs Breen's shop and she was tickled pink," she added.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2022

“I’m generally not tickled pink by things,” Bloom said.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2021

“She would shift a shoulder, settle her mouth, change behind the eyes. And some deep, daughterly part of me was tickled pink by it.”

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020

“Until they can find a newer formulation, then I‘m completely tickled pink with the decision,” he said.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2018

“Why, I would have been tickled pink just to go over to St. Clair when I was a girl.”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney