A. Positive feelings
1. Mary seems to be on cloud nine these days. (extremely pleased/ happy)
2. Everyone seemed to be in high spirits. (lively, enjoying things)
3. She seems to be keeping her chin up. (happy despite bad things)
4. Jo’s as happy as the day is long. (extremely content)

B. Negative feeling
1. He had a face as long as a fiddle. (looked very depressed/ sad)
2. She certainly looked down in the dumps. (looked depressed/ sad)
3. Gerry is in a (black) mood. (a bad mood/ temper)
4. Martin was like a bear with a sore head. (extremely irritable)

C. Physical feeling
1. I could eat a horse! (very hungry)
2. I’m feeling all in. (exhausted)
3. You’re looking a bit under the weather. (not very well/ ill)
4. She looked, and felt, on top form. (in good physical condition)
5. I suddenly felt as if my head was going round. (dizzy)
6. I was almost at death’s door last week! (very sick or ill)
7. Old Nora’s as fit as a fiddle. (very fit indeed)

D. Fear/ fright
1. She was scared stiff. (very scared)
2. She frightened the life out of him. (frightened him a lot)
3. We were all shaking in our shoes. (trembling with fear)
4. The poor lad was scared out of his wits. (very scared indeed)
5. I jumped out of my skin when I heard the bang, (gave a big jump)

(Source: English Vocabulary in Use, Cambridge University Press)