Idioms about Mood and Feeling Idioms about Mood and Feeling

Idioms Meaning Idioms

1 on cloud nine extremely happy 1 on cloud nine

2 in high spirits enjoying things 2 in high spirits

3 keep your chin up happy despite bad things 3 keep your chin up

4 as happy as the day is long extremely content 4 as happy as the day is long

5 a face as long as a fiddle looked very depressed 5 a face as long as a fiddle

6 looked down in the dumps looked depressed 6 looked down in the dumps

7 in a black mood a bad mood 7 in a black mood

8 like a bear with a sore head extremely irritable 8 like a bear with a sore head

9 I could eat a horse very hungry 9 I could eat a horse

10 feeling all in exhausted 10 feeling all in

11 a bit under the weather ill 11 a bit under the weather

12 on top form in good physical condition 12 on top form

13 felt as if my head was going round dizzy 13 felt as if my head was going round

14 on pins and needles nervous 14 on pins and needles

15 as fit as a fiddle very fit 15 as fit as a fiddle

16 shaking in my shoes trembling with fear 16 shaking in my shoes

17 jumped out of my skin gave a big jump 17 jumped out of my skin

18 don't get carried away be fooled 18 don't get carried away

19 keep a cool head stay calm 19 keep a cool head

20 feel on top of the world very happy 20 feel on top of the world
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Meaning

extremely happy

enjoying things

happy despite bad things

extremely content

looked very depressed

looked depressed

a bad mood

extremely irritable

very hungry

exhausted

ill

in good physical condition

dizzy

nervous

very fit

trembling with fear

gave a big jump

be fooled

stay calm

very happy
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as black as night
as blind as a bat (to describe someone who sees badly)
as brown as a berry (when someone has a deep suntan)
as busy as a bee
as deaf as a post (to describe someone who hears badly)
as dry as a bone (when something is very or totally dry)
as light as a feather (when something weighs very little)
as mad as a hatter (to describe someone who is eccentric)
as quick as a flash (when something moves fast; someone does something quickly)
as quiet as a mouse (someone who is shy and untalkative)
as red as a beetroot (someone’s face when embarrassed)
as sick as a dog (sick in the sense of vomiting)
as sick as a parrot (sick in the sense of extremely disappointed)
as strong as an ox (about a person with great strength)
as white as a sheet (when somene’s face is white due to fear)
to eat like a horse (to describe someone who always has a big appetite)
to have a memory like a sieve (about a forgetful person – sieves have holes in them)
to have eyes like a hawk (describing someone who sees every small detail)
to sleep like a log (to sleep very deeply and for a long time)
to work like a dream (when something works perfectly, e.g. a plan, a machine)
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as black as night
as blind as a bat (to describe someone who sees badly)
as brown as a berry (when someone has a deep suntan)
as busy as a bee
as deaf as a post (to describe someone who hears badly)
as dry as a bone (when something is very or totally dry)
as light as a feather (when something weighs very little)
as mad as a hatter (to describe someone who is eccentric)
as quick as a flash (when something moves fast; someone does something quickly)
as quiet as a mouse (someone who is shy and untalkative)
as red as a beetroot (someone’s face when embarrassed)
as sick as a dog (sick in the sense of vomiting)
as sick as a parrot (sick in the sense of extremely disappointed)
as strong as an ox (about a person with great strength)
as white as a sheet (when somene’s face is white due to fear)
to eat like a horse (to describe someone who always has a big appetite)
to have a memory like a sieve (about a forgetful person – sieves have holes in them)
to have eyes like a hawk (describing someone who sees every small detail)
to sleep like a log (to sleep very deeply and for a long time)
to work like a dream (when something works perfectly, e.g. a plan, a machine)
 Idioms about Mood and Feeling

Idioms Meaning

1 on cloud nine extremely happy

2 in high spirits enjoying things

3 keep your chin up happy despite bad things

4 as happy as the day is long extremely content

5 a face as long as a fiddle looked very depressed

6 looked down in the dumps looked depressed

7 in a black mood a bad mood

8 like a bear with a sore head extremely irritable

9 I could eat a horse very hungry

10 feeling all in exhausted

11 a bit under the weather ill

12 on top form in good physical condition

13 felt as if my head was going round dizzy

14 on pins and needles nervous

15 as fit as a fiddle very fit

16 shaking in my shoes trembling with fear

17 jumped out of my skin gave a big jump

18 don't get carried away be fooled

19 keep a cool head stay calm

20 feel on top of the world very happy

 Idioms about Mood and Feeling

Idioms

1 on cloud nine

2 in high spirits

3 keep your chin up

4 as happy as the day is long

5 a face as long as a fiddle

6 looked down in the dumps

7 in a black mood

8 like a bear with a sore head

9 I could eat a horse

10 feeling all in

11 a bit under the weather

12 on top form

13 felt as if my head was going round

14 on pins and needles

15 as fit as a fiddle

16 shaking in my shoes

17 jumped out of my skin

18 don't get carried away

19 keep a cool head

20 feel on top of the world

d Feeling

Meaning

extremely happy

enjoying things

happy despite bad things

extremely content

looked very depressed

looked depressed

a bad mood

extremely irritable

very hungry

exhausted

ill

in good physical condition

dizzy

nervous

very fit

trembling with fear

gave a big jump

be fooled

stay calm

very happy