So, looking pleased as punch, Hugh Rodham campaigned in heavily Democratic Broward County Saturday with the special out-of-town guest he introduced as " the first lady of the United States of America, my sister ."
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Payn later wrote, " I remember being very nervous, not having seen him for the best part of 10 years, though I was pleased as punch to be recognised in my own right . " Coward's verdict was, " Very good.
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The Howes, for whom the expression " pleased as punch " pops into mind, haven't even fully moved in yet; they bought the 140-acre property and the house _ a stagecoach inn built around 1770 _ two months ago.
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If the poll truly reflects public opinion in this country, it means that even as the president stands trial in the Senate on articles of impeachment voted by the House of Representatives, three out of every four Americans are pleased as punch with the job he's doing.
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With a guaranteed flow of workers here pleased as punch with the pittance now paid _ because, as many have noted, they will still earn more in an hour than they can earn in a day in Mexico _ where will the pressure come for those periodic minimum-wage increases that now occur?
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For example, Punch dispatches his foes each in turn and still squeaks his famous catchphrase : " " That's " the way to do it ! " The term " pleased as Punch " is derived from Punch and Judy; specifically, Mr . Punch's characteristic sense of gleeful self-satisfaction.
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In describing Mid-South Wresting, Cornette has offered the following example : " Two weeks of our lives, fourteen days, we did two one hour TV shows, fifteen house shows, two all day promo sets, drove 4700 miles in a car while doing that, and I can't speak for anybody else, but I made-and I was only 22 years old, and just pleased as punch to be there-$ 5600 for two weeks.
