Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Happy Valley

in Dr. Johnson's tale of Rasselas, is placed in the kingdom of Amhara, and was inaccessible except in one spot through a cave in a rock. It was a Garden of Paradise where resided the princes of Abyssinia.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Happy as a Clam at High Tide
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