Guess the cheerful thing was too much of a strain.

I never knew before that religion was such a cheerful thing.

"You were the most cheerful thing we had around that place, until lately."

What a cheerful thing to see just before hitting the sack!

That was the last cheerful thing that happened for the next hour and a half.

I think we'd all better start looking for cheerful things to talk about,' she told them.

Never very cheerful first thing in the morning, she had just about managed to nod and say hello to the others.

And I look forward to making jokes and to talking of the most cheerful things.

It was just about the last cheerful thing she said to either of us that afternoon.

"Don't you just hate people who say cheerful things like that?"