Happy Hallowe'en everyone!!
If you want to know more about what Hallowe'en is all about, check out my post from last year at https://xamoyela.blogspot.gr/2016/10/happy-halloween.html ! Yes, I've used the same pictures... 😋😋 but THIS year I wanted to share something different for Spooky - Creepy HALLOWE'EN!!!
This year I thought we could check out some Idioms that have to do with FEAR and ANXIETY... Have you heard them before? Do you use any of them?
Let's begin!!!
1. to be afraid of your own shadow
e.g. I've never seen anyone get scared so easily! He's afraid of his own shadow!
Clearly understood, we use this idiom when describing someone who is very nervous and gets scared easily.
2. to break out in a cold sweat
e.g. While being interviewed, I broke out in a cold sweat trying to think of good answers.
We use this to express anxiety. People usually sweat when they get anxious or nervous so 'to break out in a cold sweat' describes that exact moment.
3. to make your blood run cold
e.g. The loud noise that struck suddenly in the middle of the night made my blood run cold!
If something makes your blood run cold, it means it scares you and shocks you!!
4. Something gives you the heebie-jeebies
e.g. Walking through an empty parking-lot at night gives me the heebie-jeebies!!
When something makes you nervous and frightened, it gives you the heebie-jeebies!
5. to jump out of your skin
e.g. When the telephone rang, I nearly jumped out of my skin!
So, to jump out of your skin means that you're extremely scared or shocked!
6. to scare the living daylights out of you
Same as 'jump out of your skin', this idiom means to be extremely scared or shocked!
e.g. The loud bang scared the living daylights out of me!!
7. to be scared stiff
Again, this means to be extremely frightened, only THIS TIME you can't move!!
e.g. When she reached the top of the tower, she was scared stiff!
8. to get/have the jitters
e.g. Whenever I have to speak in public, I get the jitters.
This is a state of being frightened or nervous, especially before doing something, which causes you anxiety.
9. to wait with bated breath
e.g. They all waited with bated breath for the winners to be announced.
This idiom shows the anticipation for something which makes you excited and anxious at the same time.
10. to shake like a leaf
e.g. The little girl was so frightened she was shaking like a leaf.
This describes how someone trembles when scared, like how a leaf shakes in the wind. It also shows nervousness and anxiety.
So that's it for today!!! 😊
Have a wonderful and fun Hallowe'en and I hope no one scares the living daylights out of you!!! 😱😱
Beware!!! 😲😆
If you want to know more about what Hallowe'en is all about, check out my post from last year at https://xamoyela.blogspot.gr/2016/10/happy-halloween.html ! Yes, I've used the same pictures... 😋😋 but THIS year I wanted to share something different for Spooky - Creepy HALLOWE'EN!!!
This year I thought we could check out some Idioms that have to do with FEAR and ANXIETY... Have you heard them before? Do you use any of them?
Let's begin!!!
1. to be afraid of your own shadow
e.g. I've never seen anyone get scared so easily! He's afraid of his own shadow!
Clearly understood, we use this idiom when describing someone who is very nervous and gets scared easily.
2. to break out in a cold sweat
e.g. While being interviewed, I broke out in a cold sweat trying to think of good answers.
We use this to express anxiety. People usually sweat when they get anxious or nervous so 'to break out in a cold sweat' describes that exact moment.
3. to make your blood run cold
e.g. The loud noise that struck suddenly in the middle of the night made my blood run cold!
If something makes your blood run cold, it means it scares you and shocks you!!
4. Something gives you the heebie-jeebies
e.g. Walking through an empty parking-lot at night gives me the heebie-jeebies!!
When something makes you nervous and frightened, it gives you the heebie-jeebies!
5. to jump out of your skin
e.g. When the telephone rang, I nearly jumped out of my skin!
So, to jump out of your skin means that you're extremely scared or shocked!
6. to scare the living daylights out of you
Same as 'jump out of your skin', this idiom means to be extremely scared or shocked!
e.g. The loud bang scared the living daylights out of me!!
7. to be scared stiff
Again, this means to be extremely frightened, only THIS TIME you can't move!!
e.g. When she reached the top of the tower, she was scared stiff!
8. to get/have the jitters
e.g. Whenever I have to speak in public, I get the jitters.
This is a state of being frightened or nervous, especially before doing something, which causes you anxiety.
9. to wait with bated breath
e.g. They all waited with bated breath for the winners to be announced.
This idiom shows the anticipation for something which makes you excited and anxious at the same time.
10. to shake like a leaf
e.g. The little girl was so frightened she was shaking like a leaf.
This describes how someone trembles when scared, like how a leaf shakes in the wind. It also shows nervousness and anxiety.
So that's it for today!!! 😊
Have a wonderful and fun Hallowe'en and I hope no one scares the living daylights out of you!!! 😱😱
Beware!!! 😲😆
