feeling blue,down in the dumps, feel under the weather

"feel under the weather" is used when someone is feeling sick or ill.

"feeling blue" is the better idiom to describe when someone is feeling sad or down in the dumps.

"feel down in the dumps " = " feeling blue "

 

아래 문장들을 네이티브들이 쓰는 다양한 표현으로 바꿔보자!!

Normally when they feel under the weather at first I try to listen to them.

--> Normally when my friends are feeling blue, I first try to listen to them.

I don't think that is a good way to respond so I think try to listen and sometimes I try to make them laugh with other stuff so that they can forget or they can think in other things.

--> Explaining why your life is worse is not a great way to respond. I prefer to be a good listener, make my friends laugh, and help them to think about other things

If I am very good at math and i am boasting they will feel very uncomfortable with it. Thats why i get a lot of calls from my friends.

--> Bragging often makes other uncomfortable. I try to only share my life empathetically and that is why my friends like to call me for help or advice

For example, I am not rich. If I were very rich and i had a very expensive house they would not talk to me but when they have some money problems.

--> For example, I am not rich, If i were very rich with very expensive house, my friends would not be comfortable coming to me when they experienced financial hardhsip.

I think i pick my priority first about my job because we have to do work.

--> Because I have to work, my job is my first priority.

 

With that priority I can balance it.

--> prioritizing exercise helps me maintain balance in the rest of my life

I feel very close to them and that gives me energy for the week.

--> I feel very close to them so spending time with them helps me recharge and prepare for the week ahead.

When I was young when it was 6:00 I said I have to go I have to leave it was like a song or chord but I look back at that time and i sometimes regret that i shouldn't have done it because i could spend more time at work sometimes.

--> Sometimes I regret always leaving work at 6:00 when I was young because I think I could have achieved more if I spent more time working.

 

But our government doesn't know how much effort they are putting on and they just say 'oh the doctors just want to earn big money" they have different opinions and when they have some opertaions at the hospital many people sue them for the kind of accident.

--> The government thinks doctors are just in it for the money and does't understand how much work they put in. Additionally, doctors have the added stress of patients who sue the hospital for any kind of accident related to their care.

 

I just got a message from my best friend she was driving but the car in front of her stopped so she just stopped and a boy who was riding a bicycle hit her car so she sent me the video but I didn't want to see because I was afraid so she explained to me he just hit the car and his head hit the back of her car so he got hurt and his teeth got hurt.

--> I received a messgae from my best friend that a boy on a bicycle ran into her car! She was driving and the car in front of her stopped suddenly so she stopped too and the boy hit her! She sent me a video but I was too afraid to watch it. My friend told me that when the boy smashed into the car, his head and teeth were injured.