smell something fishy; Definitions include: to detect that something is amiss. take time to smell the roses; Definitions include: to take the time to enjoy life. wake up and smell; Definitions include: to acknowledge. wake up and smell the coffee; Definitions include: a command/invitation to accept reality. wake up and smell the decaf
elated (at/by something) very happy and excited because of something good that has happened, or will happen They were elated at the result. I was elated by the prospect of the new job ahead.
Definition of melancholy [melâ¢anâ¢cholâ¢y] (noun) Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom: There is melancholy in the wind and sorrow in the grassâ ( Charles Kuralt). (noun) Pensive reflection or contemplation. (noun) Archaic Black bile. (noun) Archaic An emotional state characterized by sullenness and outbreaks of violent anger, believed to arise from black bile.