Feelings and Mood (2)

C. Physical feeling
C1. I could eat a horse! (very hungry)
C2. I’m feeling all in. (exhausted)
C3. You’re looking a bit under the weather. (not very well/ ill)
C4. She looked, and felt, on top form. (in good physical condition)
C5. I suddenly felt as if my head was going round. (dizzy)
C6. I was almost at death’s door last week! (very sick or ill)
C7. Old Nora’s as fit as a fiddle. (very fit indeed)

D. Fear/ fright
D1. She was scared stiff. (very scared)
D2. She frightened the life out of him. (frightened him a lot)
D3. We were all shaking in our shoes. (trembling with fear)
D4. The poor lad was scared out of his wits. (very scared indeed)
D5. I jumped out of my skin when I heard the bang, (gave a big jump)

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