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Idioms Describing Feelings or Mood Aziz Salafi

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  • 1. Idioms DescribingFeelings or MoodAziz Salafi

2. Idioms Describing Feelings or Mood Positive Feelings IdiomsNegative DescribingPhysicalFeelings Feelings or FeelingsMoodFear 3. Positive Feelings, Moods and StatesBE ON CLOUD NINEOrBE OVER THE MOON 4. This means being extremely happy Example: Mary seems to be on cloud nine these days. She got a baby. 5. Positive Feelings, Moods and Statesin high spirits 6. This means being lively or enjoying things Example: Everyone seems to be in high spirits. 7. Positive Feelings, Moods and States keeping his chin up 8. This means being happy despite badthings Example: He seems to be keeping his chin up. 9. Positive Feelings, Moods and States as happy as the day is long 10. This means being extremely content/pleased.Example: They are ashappy as the day islong. 11. Negative Feelings, Moods and States a face as long as a fiddle . 12. This means being unhappy/ sad/ very depressed. Example: Bill has a face as long as a fiddle. 13. Negative Feelings, Moods and States be/ look down in the dumps . 14. This means being/ lookingunhappy/ sad/ depressed. Example: She looks certainly down in the dumps. 15. Negative Feelings, Moods and States in a (black) mood . 16. This means being in a bad mood/ temper.Example: She is in ablack mood. 17. Negative Feelings, Moods and States like a bear with a sore head . 18. This means being extremely irritable.Example: Martin was likea bear with a sore head. 19. Physical Feelings and Statescould eat a horse. 20. This means being very hungry. Example: She could eat a horse. 21. Physical Feelings and States.feeling all in 22. This means being veryexhausted. Example: Hes feeling all in. 23. Physical Feelings and States.a bit under the weather 24. This means not being very well/ill. Example: He looks a bit under the weather. 25. Physical Feelings and States.on top form 26. This means being in good physical condition. Example: He looked, and felt, on top form. 27. Physical Feelings and States.feel as if head is going round 28. This means feeling dizzy. Example: He felt as if his head was going round. 29. Physical Feelings and States.at deaths door 30. This means being very sick/ ill. Example: He was almost at deaths door. 31. Physical Feelings and States.as fit as a fiddle 32. This means being very fit indeed. Example: Old Noras as fit as a fiddle. 33. Fear Feelings Scared stiff 34. This means being very scared. Example: He was scared stiff. 35. Fear Feelings frighten the life out of him 36. This means to frighten him a lot. Example: He frightened the life out of him. 37. Fear Feelings shaking in shoes 38. This means being trembled withfear.Example: He is shaking inhis shoes. 39. Fear Feelings scared out of wits 40. This means being very scaredindeed. Example: The poor lad was scared out of his wits. 41. Fear Feelings Jump out of skin 42. This means giving a jump because of fear. Example: She jumped out of her skin when she saw the spider. 43. Idioms Describing Feelings orMoodAziz Salafi