Emotion
Category Idioms:
Referring to a natural feeling such as joy, sadness, happiness,
love or hate |
| all fired up |
all shook up |
an attitude |
| an even keel |
as drunk as a skunk |
at my wit’s end |
| bad taste in my mouth |
bad taste in my mouth |
beside one’s self |
| bide one’s time |
bite the bullet |
blow me down |
| blow me over |
blow up |
blue in the face |
| boiling mad |
break his/her/my heart |
bring the house down |
| bring to mind |
bundle of nerves |
calm down |
| carried away |
castles in the air |
chicken out |
| climb the wall |
close to home |
come alive |
| come down to earth |
come to grief |
come to grips with |
| conk out |
cool as a cucumber |
crack a smile |
| crack up |
crocodile tears |
cross one's heart and hope to die |
| cross one's mind |
cross to bear/carry |
cry out for |
| cry over spilt milk |
cry your eyes out |
devil-may-care |
| down in the dumps |
drive someone up a wall |
drive you/ me crazy |
| drive you/me nuts |
dwell on |
eat one’s heart out |
| eating someone |
end of one’s rope |
fall in love with |
| feel like a million dollars |
feel sorry for |
feel up to (do something) |
| fit to be tied |
flare up |
flash a smile |
| flip one’s lid |
flip out |
fly off the handle |
| flying high |
foam at the mouth |
footloose and fancy free |
| for crying out loud |
for dear life |
frame of mind |
| freak / freak out |
frightened to death |
from the bottom of one’s heart |
| from the heart |
full of beans |
gee whiz |
| get (someone) down |
get (someone’s) goat |
get a grip of oneself |
| get a grip of oneself |
get a kick out of |
get a laugh |
| get a rise out of someone |
get back at |
get cold feet |
| get going |
get in the swing of things |
get on one’s high horse |
| get on one’s nerves |
get one’s dander up |
get out of bed on the wrong side |
| get out of hand |
get under one’s skin |
get up on the wrong side of the bed |
| get up the nerve |
get-up-and-go |
gnashing of teeth |
| go ape |
go ballistic |
go bananas |
| go for the jugular |
go hog wild |
go into orbit |
| go off the deep end |
go to pieces |
go to town |
| go to town |
Good grief! |
green with envy |
| guard is down |
gung-ho |
hair stand on end |
| ham it up |
hang by a thread |
hang in (there) |
| Hang it! |
hang-up |
hard feelings |
| hate one’s guts |
have a ball |
have a crush on |
| have a fit |
have a heart |
have a meltdown |
| have a time |
have egg on one’s face |
have eyes only for |
| have had it (with someone or something) |
have it out with someone |
have one’s heart set on something |
| have the last laugh |
heart goes out to someone |
heart is in the right place |
| heart skip a beat |
heart stands still |
heavy heart |
| higher than a kite |
hit the ceiling |
hit the roof |
| hold a grudge |
hold one’s breath |
hold up |
| holy cats |
holy cow |
holy mackerel |
| holy Moses |
hope against hope |
hopping mad |
| hot and bothered |
hue and cry |
hyped-up |
| ill at ease |
in cold blood |
in seventh heaven |
| in stitches |
jump at |
jump out of one’s skin |
| keel over |
keep a stiff upper lip |
keep one’s chin up |
| keep one’s head |
keep one’s shirt on |
keyed up |
| lash out |
let down one’s hair |
let off steam |
| light up |
like hell |
long face |
| lose face |
lose heart |
lose one’s marbles |
| lose one’s temper |
mad as a hornet |
make merry |
| make one’s blood boil |
nervous Nellie |
no love lost |
| not give someone the time of day |
nurse a grudge |
nuts about |
| off one’s high horse |
on cloud nine |
on edge |
| on one’s chest |
on pins and needles |
on the edge of one’s seat |
| on the warpath |
out of sorts |
perk up |
| plastered |
pluck up |
poker face (a) |
| psych out |
psyched up |
push the panic button |
| put through the wringer |
put up a good front |
raise eyebrows |
| riding high |
royal pain (a) |
run wild |
| scare out of one’s wits |
scare the daylights out of someone |
screw around |
| see red |
set one’s mind at rest |
seventh heaven |
| shook up |
shot in the arm (a) |
simmer down |
| snap out of it |
sob story |
soft spot for someone / something |
| somebody up there loves/hates me |
sore loser |
spaced out |
| stars in one’s eyes |
stir up a hornet’s nest |
stuck on |
| swallow one’s pride |
swamped |
sweat bullets / blood |
| sweat out |
sweep off one’s feet |
sweet on |
| swelled head |
tail between one’s legs |
take heart |
| take it easy |
take it out on |
take something lying down |
| take to task |
taken aback |
tempest in a teapot |
| think nothing of something |
three sheets to the wind |
throw cold water on |
| tickled pink |
tie up in knots |
too bad |
| too big for one’s breeches / boots |
torn down |
tread on one’s toes |
| tune in |
turn (someone) off |
turn (someone) on |
| turn over in one’s grave |
under a cloud |
up in arms |
| up to here with |
ups and downs |
upset the applecart |
| walk on air |
walk the floor |
warm one’s blood/heart |
| warm up |
wear on |
wear thin |
| wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve |
weigh on/upon |
wind up |
| work up |
worked up |
you don’t say |
