A: How was your little girl’s birthday party? Did your daughter like your birthday gift?

B: Oh, it was great. She was tickled pink to receive a Barbie doll for her birthday.

Note: Pink, Barbie’s statement-making shade, is bubbling up in the fashion world following the release of this year’s Hollywood live-action movie “Barbie.” In English, there are pink-related idioms that exude the same fun and joy as the colorful aesthetic of the iconic doll.

If you are tickled pink about something, you are extremely pleased about it. This phrase is meant to capture a state of joyful delight or extreme amusement, sometimes to the point of hysterical laughter. The imagery here is of someone’s face becoming pink or redder when they are being tickled.