Emotions & feelings
proud as punch
very pleased and proud
If you are proud as punch, you feel extremely pleased and proud about someone or something.
Hear it in real life
How did your parents react to your graduation?
They were proud as punch.
She was proud as punch when her son won the science prize.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She was proud as a punch when her son won.
Say: She was proud as punch when her son won.
The idiom uses “as punch” without an article.
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How it fits in a sentence.
be proud as punch; look proud as punch; feel proud as punch
Your turn: say it out loud
She was proud as punch when her son won the science prize.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
proud as punch
very pleased and proud
“She was proud as punch when her son won the science prize.”
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