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Michaelting Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Tired/happy

What are some common idioms used to describe tiredness and happiness?

I can think of

I am on cloud nine.

I shed tears of joy.
  

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Can you give the scenarios?

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Can you give the scenarios?
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You just got promoted. -Happy

You worked for an entire day. -Tired
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michaeltingYou just got promoted. -Happy

You worked for an entire day. -Tired
A lot of those phrases depend on the regional slang...

"I just got promoted. I'm so stoked!"

"I just got promoted. This is awesome!"

"Sweet! I just got promoted."

"I worked 14 hours today. I'm bushed."

"I worked 14 hours today. I'
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Thank you!

I would prefer some idioms as I cannot use some of those expressions in my compositions.

Would you perhaps know of some?
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michaeltingThank you!
I would prefer some idioms as I cannot use some of those expressions in my compositions.
Would you perhaps know of some?
Are you looking for synonyms, in a formal way or is this conversational?

Can you paste a portion of a paragraph in yoru composition?
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I am looking for idioms/proverbs as they would help me to express my ideas better.

I am not writting a composition but I am preparing ideas for one.
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michaeltingI am looking for idioms/proverbs as they would help me to express my ideas better.
I am not writting a composition but I am preparing ideas for one.
worn out (over exertion)

burnt out (over exertion)

sluggish (slow moving, but not soecific to tired necessarily)

haggard (physical description, not necessarily linked to t
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"I'm dog-tired."

"I can't run anymore, I'm out of gas."

"I worked all day, got home and zonked out." (Fell asleep, because of being tired)

"I'm fed up with her." (Tired, in an emotional sense)

"I'm dead tired." (Adjective)

"I'm sick and tired of my school classes." (Idiom)
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Hi michaelting. Why do you never vote? You can vote by clicking on top of the answers you find useful.

I am not saying for myself, but that's the least you can do for thoes experts who answer your questions.

I am telling this because you seem new to this forum.

For being Hap
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For happiness:

1.I felt very content

2.I couldn't believe my luck

3. I was having the time of my life

4.I was over the moon

5.I went like a dream

For tiredness:

1.be sick to death of something/doing something

2.dog-tired

Iman

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