Jump for Joy
What it means
Be so pleased about something that staying still stops being an option.
Where it comes from
The response is not learned. Small children and athletes both leave the ground when something goes right, so the phrase describes an old reflex rather than inventing an image.
The puzzle it came from
Jump for Joy was the answer to the Phrasicle of September 10, 2025. The clue read ____ for ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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gift
basket
case
law
firm
pure
joy
ride
share
price
cat
fight
club
soda
pop
knee
high
jump
rope
ladder
Phrasicle: Jump for Joy