like a dog with two tails

Morgan will be like a dog with two tails when he gets my report!'

Elizabeth glanced at her mother and saw she was like a dog with two tails at the praise Maria had received.

Patience was like a dog with two tails; duFeu seemed to have retreated within himself and hardly communicated at all.

'Paula can't be getting much fun with that old Norwegian Major, who is obviously her duty boyfriend at the moment, and Kuporovitch is like a dog with two tails to wag, he's so full of beans after his escape from the Soviets.