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walk on air

Idioms  
  1. Feel elated or exuberantly joyful, as in She was walking on air after she found out she'd won the teaching award. This metaphoric term likens feeling happy to floating. [Late 1800s]


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The show tells the story of Khan, played by Pakistani Canadian actor Iman Vellani, getting her powers from a magical bangle that allows her to walk on air and conjure glowing light shields.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

People who gloat feel physically invigorated, almost as if they "walk on air" over their defeated rivals.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2021

Countless times the man has charged off the cliff face and walked blissfully unharmed across the open air of a gorge because he’s decided that he can walk on air and refuses to look down.

From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2016

"We will all walk on air if we win because it will be us showing the world what a fabulous place Dundee is."

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2013

Who else could walk on air like that, who else would have a glowing heart?

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood