拒绝词穷，做个情感丰沛的“戏精”！|Ga姐带你看英伦

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日常跟人聊天时，往往最能感觉到自己词穷。因为聊来聊去也就是那些最生活和日常的东西，没有什么复杂概念，嘴里蹦出来的总是那些 “off the top of my head”（脑子里一下子能想到）的词语。时间久了，自己都觉得没有意思。积累了新的词汇，尤其是地道的表达或者idiom（习语），就得强迫自己有意识地用起来才行啊！

今天，我们就学着抛弃glad、sad、mad，一起来学习一波自我心情和状态的表达吧。

开  心

做人最重要的就是要开心嘛。

• Over the moon  

表示extremely happy、pleased，很常用的一个idiom。

E.g. I am feeling over the moon that Christmas is approaching.

E.g. They're going on holiday on Wednesday so they're all over the moon.

• Chuffed 

非正式英式俚语，表示满意的，开心的。既可以表达对某个事情开心，也可以形容对某个成就感到满意。程度更深一点的高兴，就用chuffed to bits。

E.g. He was chuffed with the new bike.

E.g. You enjoy the cider I recommended? I’m chuffed to bits.

• Have a whale of a time 

相当于have a great time、enjoy oneself, 表示玩得很开心。

E.g. We had a whale of a time on holiday.

• Buzzing 

表示非常兴奋的。buzz就是蜜蜂嗡嗡嗡的动静，buzzed就是很忙碌的意思。感受下buzzing，是不是有点突突突的小兴奋的感觉？

E.g. I'm so happy. I’m buzzing!

E.g. I'm buzzing for Alan's party on Friday!

表示电话一直震动也是用buzzing。

E.g. My phone won’t stop buzzing.

• On top of the world

都站在世界巅峰了，肯定是极度happy了。

E.g. She was feeling on top of the world after receiving the offer of her dream university.

E.g. I am feeling on top of the world right now with my baby born.

生  气

• Pissed off 

表示生气、不高兴、招人烦。这里需要解释下英式英语和美式英语的区别，美式英语中说someone is pissed，就是指这个人生气不高兴，但是这句话在英式英语里，指这个人喝醉了，而生气了是用someone is pissed off。

E.g. I was really pissed off when she stood me up yesterday.

E.g. Don’t talk like that. It will piss him off.

• Sulking

不高兴，生闷气，不理人 （男朋友们都懂得）。

E.g. Stop sulking. Talk to me!

E.g. He's sulking in his room because I wouldn't let him have any more chocolate.

• Fuming

特别生气，但也是不直接表达出来的，比如生闷气，或默默地愤怒。

E.g. I saw her a week after they'd had the argument and she was still fuming.

E.g. The whole episode left me fuming at the injustice of it all.

• I lost my cool. / I lost my temper. / I flipped out. 

气得没控制住自己。

E.g. I nearly flipped out when he told me he was going to get married.

E.g. I'm sorry I lost my cool yesterday. That wasn’t called for (不合适的，不应该的).

E.g. He tends to lose his temper. Don’t irritate him. 

• Livid 

表示非常非常生气。

E.g. The rude letter from his mother-in-law made him livid.

伤  心

• Gutted 

英式俚语，表示特别失望伤心。

E.g. He was gutted when she finished the relationship.

• Distraught

表示特别忧愁，焦虑，伤心。

E.g. We were all distraught over the loss of our homes in the flood.

• (Down) in the dumps / heart sinks

表示心情不好。

E.g. She's a bit down in the dumps because she failed one of her exams.

E.g. My heart sank when I saw that the meal I'd spent all day preparing had burned in the oven.

• A lump in your throat / cry one's eyes out

两个都是表示伤心到有具体反应，一个是嗓子里哽住了，一个是哭得稀里哗啦。

E.g. I had a huge lump in my throat as I watched my brother get on the plane.

《老友记》里当Monica和Chanlder要搬到一起住的时候，Joey就是”cry his eyes out ”。

• Have a meltdown

这个程度比较深，表示伤心到不能正常运作。

E.g. He had a meltdown after he cheated on his girlfriend.

• I have been through hell. / The darkest days of my life.

表示人生中最痛苦的时光。

E.g. Jennifer has gone through hell with all of her family issues this year, so please take that into consideration.

E.g. I am so happy for him when he walked out of his darkest days of his life.

专栏作者：Ga姐

英国布里斯托大学教育学博士在读。

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语言测试与评价。

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