Emotions & feelings

make someone's day

make someone especially happy

To make someone feel especially happy or pleased.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

I left some cake in the fridge for you.

You made my day!

Play the conversation

Seeing my old teacher at the concert really made my day.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Your message made me my day.

Say: Your message made my day.

In this fixed expression, put the person's possessive word before 'day'; do not add 'me' as a second object.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

make someone's day; made someone's day

Your turn: say it out loud

Seeing my old teacher at the concert really made my day.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

make someone's day

make someone especially happy

“Seeing my old teacher at the concert really made my day.”

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