Emotions & feelings
300 idioms live on this lane.
Idioms about emotions & feelings
- adrenaline rush
- against the collar
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all heart
- all over oneself
- all there
- at a low ebb
- at peace
- autumn romance
- bane of someone's existence
- bang one's head against a brick wall
- bat an eyelid
- bawl one's eyes out
- beside oneself
- bite someone's head off
- blow off steam
- blue devils
- boiling mad
- bored out of one's mind
- bowl of cherries
- bowl over
- brassed off
- break someone's heart
- breathe a sigh of relief
- bring a lump to someone's throat
- bring to nought
- bubble over
- buck fever
- bundle of nerves
- burst into tears
- carried away
- carry a torch
- cast a chill
- catch napping
- catch someone napping
- caught with one's pants down
- cause a stir
- change of heart
- chase one's tail
- cheer up
- cheesed off
- chicken out
- cloud nine
- collect one's thoughts
- come home by weeping cross
- come to mind
- come unhinged
- comfort zone
- confront one's demons
- cool head
- crocodile tear
- cruel mistress
- cry in one's beer
- cry one's eyes out
- cry oneself to sleep
- cry someone a river
- cry the blues
- dead inside
- deep down
- Derangement Syndrome
- do a slow burn
- do someone's head in
- double taker
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- drive someone crazy
- drive someone up the wall
- drop a bombshell
- drop a brick
- dry eye
- dry one's eyes
- dummy spit
- eat crow
- eat one's feelings
- eat one's heart out
- emotional cripple
- enough to make the angels weep
- eternal triangle
- even keel
- fall on one's face
- fed up
- few cards shy of a full deck
- few sandwiches short of a picnic
- find it in one's heart
- fire in anger
- fit to be tied
- flame up
- flip out
- flutter the dovecote
- fret the gizzard
- get a rise out of
- get bent out of shape
- get one's head straight
- get one's knickers in a knot
- get one's panties in a bunch
- get one's panties in a pretzel
- get one's panties in a wad
- get someone's dander up
- get the wind up
- ghost from one's past
- give someone the creeps
- go ballistic
- go horribly right
- go wild
- good head on one's shoulders
- good life
- green with envy
- guess what
- guilty pleasure
- gut check
- gut-wrenched
- Hallmark moment
- happy place
- hard feelings
- harden someone's heart
- hate someone's guts
- have a fit
- have a head for
- have a heart
- have a tantrum
- have bats in one's belfry
- have had it up to here
- have one's heart in
- have the blues
- hear voices
- heart of hearts
- heart of stone
- heart-breaking
- hearts on sleeves
- heart-shattering
- heavy-hearted
- hit the roof
- hold a grudge
- hold it together
- hopping mad
- hot and bothered
- hot under the collar
- human touch
- hurt someone's feelings
- ice-calm
- I'll be danged
- in high dudgeon
- in one's head
- in one's right mind
- jump for joy
- keep a cool head
- keep one's cool
- keep one's hair on
- killer instinct
- kiss and cry
- knock for a loop
- knock someone down with a feather
- knock someone over with a feather
- lathered up
- lead nowhere
- leave a sour taste in one's mouth
- lift someone's spirits
- live rent-free in someone's head
- live rent-free in someone's mind
- lose face
- lose it
- lose one's cool
- lose one's mind
- lose one's temper
- lose one's wits
- lump in one's throat
- lump to one's throat
- make a monkey out of
- make a show of oneself
- make a spectacle of oneself
- make an ass of
- make an exhibition of oneself
- make someone's blood boil
- make someone's day
- make someone's ears sad
- make someone's jaw drop
- make the bald man cry
- milieu control
- move someone to tears
- nerves of steel
- nervous hit
- no hard feelings
- no sense no feeling
- nose out of joint
- off one's box
- off one's hinge
- off one's nut
- off the deep end
- on cloud nine
- on someone's mind
- on the brain
- on top of the world
- one brick short of a full load
- one's blood is up
- one's blood runs cold
- one's heart in one's mouth
- one-track mind
- out of one's mind
- out of sorts
- out of the blue
- over the moon
- padded cell
- Peter Pan syndrome
- pissed off
- play with a full deck
- poop one's pants
- poop oneself
- pour one's heart out
- press the panic button
- professional victim
- put one's heart in
- quake in one's boots
- raise eyebrows
- raise someone's hackles
- raise someone's spirits
- raise the spectre
- read someone's mind
- red face test
- reduce someone to tears
- refrigerator mother
- rend one's garments
- rip-snorting mad
- rub in
- ruffle someone's feathers
- run high
- run scared
- scare someone to death
- scare the living daylights out of
- scare the pants off
- scared shitless
- scared to death
- scream one's head off
- see red
- see yellow
- shed a tear
- short fuse
- short temper
- sick and tired
- sick as a parrot
- sick at heart
- sigh of relief
- simmer down
- skunk at a garden party
- slow burn
- smile from ear to ear
- snap someone's head off
- sock-knocking
- soft spot
- spare someone's blushes
- spin one's wheels
- spit nails
- stew in one's juices
- stick one's foot in it
- stick one's foot in one's mouth
- stiff upper lip
- storm off
- strike a chord
- suffer in silence
- swallow a bitter pill
- swallow one's pride
- sweat bricks
- take aback
- take delight in
- take huff
- take it out on
- take leave of one's senses
- take pride
- take someone's breath away
- take to heart
- talk to oneself
- tear one's hair out
- temper temper
- throw a fit
- throw a tantrum
- throw a wobbly
- throw off balance
- tickle pink
- tired and emotional
- To have butterflies in your stomach
- to the moon and back
- torqued off
- touch a nerve
- toys in the attic
- up the wall
- up the walls
- ups and downs
- vale of tears
- walk on sunshine
- warm the cockles of someone's heart
- wash one's dirty laundry in public
- wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- weep Irish
- wet one's pants
- what, me worry
- what's eating you
- whistle past the graveyard
- white-knuckle
- with one's jaw in one's lap
- worked up
- you'll never guess