1. Idioms Describing
Feelings or Mood
Aziz Salafi

2. Idioms Describing Feelings or Mood
Positive
Feelings
Idioms
Negative Describing Physical
Feelings Feelings or Feelings
Mood
Fear

3. Positive Feelings, Moods and States
BE ON CLOUD NINE
Or…
BE 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 States
in 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 bad
things
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 as
happy as the day is
long.

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/ looking
unhappy/ 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 a
black mood.

17. Negative Feelings, Moods and States
like a bear with a sore head
.

18. This means being extremely
irritable.
Example: Martin was like
a bear with a sore head.

19. Physical Feelings and States
could 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 very
exhausted.
Example: He’s 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 death’s door

30. This means being very sick/ ill.
Example: He was almost
at death’s door.

31. Physical Feelings and States
.
as fit as a fiddle

32. This means being very fit indeed.
Example: Old Nora’s 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 with
fear.
Example: He is shaking in
his shoes.

39. Fear Feelings
scared out of wits

40. This means being very scared
indeed.
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 or
Mood
Aziz Salafi