In "Al Roosten", for instance, the title character, a "round bald guy", boils with jealousy and self-loathing as he considers a richer, happier, better-looking acquaintance.
They start over their courtship in the endearing duet "Happy to Make Your Acquaintance".
Tablemates who had forgotten how good prime rib could be were happy to make its acquaintance again at Morton's.
No matter who you are, he is invariably so happy to make your acquaintance, he will lie at your feet while you coo over him.
Ms. Goldberg's most ardent fans may be happy to make the acquaintance of the half-dozen characters she portrays here.
Ms. Goldberg's most ardent fans may be happy to make the acquaintance of the half-dozen different characters she portrays here.
The record of James Hogue's life is marked by blank spaces, which friends and acquaintances are happy to fill with theories of their own.
This time of year we automatically say "Happy New Year" to friends, acquaintances, and even strangers, days after the champagne corks have popped and the fireworks are but a memory.
Try getting deeply happy around any loved one, acquaintance or stranger.
Sian Brewis for the Leicester Mercury also considered this nostalgia angle, but concluded that: "Jonathan Creek is the sort of auld acquaintance you're happy to see once a year – any more than that, you feel, and his mannerisms would start to grate".
