I'm so relieved I don't have to give a speech - it's a real load off my mind.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
(a) load off your mind — a load off (your) mind a big problem you do not have to worry about any more. Finally getting a job was a huge load off my mind. Usage notes: sometimes used with real: I m so relieved I don t have to give a speech it s a real load off my mind … New idioms dictionary
load/weight off your mind — If something takes a load off your mind, it brings great relief because a problem has been solved. When the company closed down, finding a new job took a load off Tom s mind … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
be a weight off your mind — be a load/weight off (your) mind if something is a weight off your mind, you have been worrying about it and you are pleased that the problem has now been solved. I m so relieved I don t have to give a speech it s a real load off my mind … New idioms dictionary
take a load/weight off your mind — to make you stop worrying about something Hearing that she s safe has really taken a load off my mind! • • • Main Entry: ↑mind … Useful english dictionary
(a) load off mind — a load off (your) mind a big problem you do not have to worry about any more. Finally getting a job was a huge load off my mind. Usage notes: sometimes used with real: I m so relieved I don t have to give a speech it s a real load off my mind … New idioms dictionary
get a load off one’s mind — tv. to say what one is thinking; to speak one’s mind; to talk something out. □ I’m sorry, but I just had to get a load off my mind. □ I think you’ll feel better after you get a load off your mind … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
be a load off mind — be a load/weight off (your) mind if something is a weight off your mind, you have been worrying about it and you are pleased that the problem has now been solved. I m so relieved I don t have to give a speech it s a real load off my mind … New idioms dictionary
mind — I [[t]ma͟ɪnd[/t]] NOUN USES ♦ minds (Please look at category 45 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) N COUNT: with poss You refer to someone s mind when talking about their thoughts. For example, if… … English dictionary
load — [[t]lo͟ʊd[/t]] ♦♦♦ loads, loading, loaded 1) VERB If you load a vehicle or a container, you put a large quantity of things into it. [V n] The three men seemed to have finished loading the truck... [V n with n] Mr. Dambar had loaded his plate with … English dictionary
mind — 1 /maInd/ noun BRAIN/THINKING PROCESS 1 (C, U) the part of a person, usually considered to be their brain, that they use to think and imagine things: I have a picture of him in my mind tall, blond and handsome. | I don t know what s going on in… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
