Idioms describing Feelings and Mood

Idioms describing Feelings and Mood

Made by: Tanatarova Mukhaddas

Idioms describing Feelings and Mood

Idioms describing Feelings and Mood

Positive feelings

Physical feelings

Fear

Negative feelings

Be on cloud nine

Be on cloud nine

Or

Be over the moon

Means being extremely happy

Example: Tom sees to be on cloud nine these days. He got the scholarship

In high spirits

In high spirits

This means being lively or enjoying things

Example: Everyone seems to be in high spirits

Keeping his chin up

Keeping his chin up

This means being happy despite bad things

Example: He seems to be keeping his chin up

As happy as the day is long

As happy as the day is long

This means being extremely content/pleased

Example: They are as happy as the day is long

A face as long as a fiddle

A face as long as a fiddle

This means being unhappy/ sad/ very depressed

Example: George has a face as long as a fiddle

Be/ look down in the dumps

Be/ look down in the dumps

This means being/ looking/ unhappy/ sad/ depressed

Example: She looks like certainly down in the dumps

In a (black) mood

In a (black) mood

This means being in a bad mood/ temper

Example: She is in a black mood

Like a bear with a sore head

Like a bear with a sore head

This means being extremely irritable

Example: Martin was like a bear with a sore head.

Could eat a horse

Could eat a horse

This means being very hungry

Example: Mary could eat a horse

Feeling all in

Feeling all in

This means being very exhausted

Example: He’s feeling all in

A bit under the weather

A bit under the weather

This means not being very well/ ill

Example: He looks a bit under the weather

On top form

On top form

This means being in good physical condition

Example: He looked, and felt, on top form.

At death’s door

At death’s door

This means being very sick/ ill

Example: He was almost at death’s door

Scared stiff

Scared stiff

This means being very scared

Example: He was scared stiff

Frighten the life out of him

Frighten the life out of him

This means to frighten him a lot

Example: He frightened the life out of him

Scared out of wits

Scared out of wits

This means being very scared indeed

Example: The poor lad was scared out of his wits

Shaking in shoes

Shaking in shoes

This means being trembled with fear

Example: He is shaking in his shoes

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