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English Idioms on Feelings and Emotions

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English Idioms on Feelings English Idioms on Feelings Be on cloud nine to be very happy about something It was a lovely journey across Europe and they were on cloud nine. Bent out of shape very angry or upset He was bent out of shape over the way his boss treated him. Work like a dream To work or go extremely well, without any problems He let me drive his...

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  1. Spaced out: not concentrating on what is happening around you because of tiredness or drugs
    Jim was totally spaced out after cleaning and ordering carpentry workshop.

    • * … ordering the carpentry workshop

  2. Be on cloud nine: to be very happy about something
    It was a lovely journey across Europe and they have been on cloud nine.

    • * and they were on cloud nine – Use simple past tense.

  3. Bent out of shape: Very angry or upset
    He was bent out of shape over the way him boss treated him.

    • Sorry, correct myself mistake:
      He was bent out of shape over the way his boss treated him.

      • Glad to see you correcting yourself.

  4. My favorite “take home” idiom was fall into place, I like to play with it in the following sentence:

    I believe that every effort I make in my life, will fall into place one day!

    Thanks!

    • 🤞 I’m sure this goal of yours will be accomplished pretty soon.

  5. Did you notice the teacher making a blatant mistake by saying: “speaking in another language”?

  6. New economical conditions are such nightmares, that is all we needed.

    • Glad to see you’re using your creativity to make sentences with these new idioms!

  7. “Worked like a dream”
    To work or go extremely well, without any problems.
    • He let me drive his new car last night – it goes like a dream.
    “Up and running”
    “Functioning properly”
    • As soon as we can get the tractor up and running, we will plant the corn crop.
    “Fall into place”
    1. If parts of a situation that you have been trying to understand fall into place, you start to understand how they are connected with each other.
    • Suddenly, all details started falling into place.
    2. If parts of something that you want to happen fall into place, they start to happen in a way that you want.
    • I was lucky because everything fell into place at exactly the right time.
    “Looking up”
    If a situation is looking up, it is improving and getting better.
    • In this season everything is looking up.

    • Thank you so much.
      There is a clear difference between “seed” and “crop”. You should write: … plant corn seeds.

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