Feelings
I love ...
- I really like
- I adore
- I'm keen on— interested in
- I am keen on + noun / I am keen on + verb-ing
- I’m fond of
- I fancy
- I’m into…
- I admire
- I look up to
I hate ...
- I loathe
- I detest
- I can’t stand
- I’m fed up with / I’m sick to the back teeth of him / her
- They are abhorrent — feel disgusting
- They wind me up — annoy me
Metaphors and Idioms
How do you feel today?
- U feel like a million dollars!
(Feel really healthy)
- I am worn up
(really tired / exhausted)
- I am burning up
(temperature / fever)
- I want to throw up
(vomit)
- I am tip top
(Feel great)
- I’m in the pink
(I am really healthy)
- I feel like death warmed up
(Feel terrible)
- I have a frog my throat
(Voice is sore and deep)
- I have pins and needles
(strange sensation in my body, loss of feeling)
- I am as fit as as a fiddle
(Feel really healthy)
- I am shattered
(really tired / exhausted)
- I feel like the room is spinning
(dizzy)
- I slept like a log
(Perfect nights sleep)
- I was nodding and turning all night
(Terrible nights sleep)
- My head is pounding
(I have a headache)
- I am bunged up
(I feel congested, flocked sinus)
- I have ants in my pants
(Can’t sit still)
- Don’t chicken out of going to the shops
(lose courage and act scared)