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Clams are a kind of shellfish that live in sand or mud.
蛤蜊是一种生活在沙子或泥土中的贝类。
They are also apparently very happy creatures.
它们也是一种非常快乐的生物。
Happy as a Clam
Happy as a Clam
So, how was your holiday weekend, Anna?
安娜，你的周末假期过得怎么样？
Jonathan, it was great.
乔纳森，太棒了。
I spent three whole days, alone, reading children's books.
我用整整三天的时间，一个人读儿童读物。
I was happy as a clam!
我高兴极了！
Wow! Okay. You still look happy as a clam just talking about it.
哇！好吧。你在描述的过程中就看起来还很开心。
To be "happy as a clam" means to be very joyful.
“happy as a clam”的意思是非常开心。
This idiom is a short form of an earlier expression: happy as a clam at high water.
这个习语是较早出现的一个短语“happy as a clam at high water”的缩写形式。
During high tide, clams are safe from predators digging them up.
涨潮时，蛤蜊是安全的，不会被捕食者挖出来。
