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Vocabulary: idioms: emotions 2
Some idioms are full of imagery to express feelings and emotions. We studied a few of them in test. In this lesson, you'll be given a few more. They are very often used in daily conversation.
To get bent out of shape = to lose one's temper | "He's beside himself" = To be very angry... | To be cheesed off = (slang) idem. |
To be corked up = to control oneself | To be cut to the quick = cut to the sensitive flesh | To have a lump in your throat = symptom of strong emotions |
To get things flat = to clarify things | To get somebody's goat = to lose one's temper | To get the axe = to get fired |
and others...
To have cold feet =to be nervous, upset | To get off the ground = to start a process | To get the better of stg = to get an advantage over |
To have the jitters = to feel uneasy | To give the game away = reveal a secret | To give it a rest = Stop it ! |
The glass ceiling = the discrimination of minorities | To go haywire = to be out of control | To go overboard = to overdo something |
To be saddled with debt = Crushed by debt | To take a rain check =to postpone/ reschedule | Nothing ventured, nothing gained! = You have to take risks to succeed... |
There we are... You'll now have to make (easy! ) choices: I give you the FORCE for help!
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