Sammy, I want to talk to you about
something that’s been weighing on my
mind a lot lately.
* weigh (heavily) on one’s mind: to have
a continual and troublesome thought
ex> The way you’re staring at the
ceiling makes me think you have something weighing on your mind.
ex> Whenever something is weighing
heavily on my mind, I like to talk to my grandfather about it.
Sounds pretty serious. Here, take a load off and tell me what’s
wrong?
* take a load off: to sit down
ex> The backpackers dropped their
bags and collapsed to the floor, desperate to take a load off.
I think you’re making a mountain out of a molehill! So I bought a new TV without
asking you, big deal.
* make a mountain out of a molehill: to
falsely inflate the significance of something; exaggerate a problem
ex> People who always make
mountains out of molehills are never happy.
The vacation was supposed to be a
surprise for our anniversary and the back porch was falling apart. Why would I run it by you first?
* run sth by sb: to discuss a matter
with someone; ask for one’s opinion
ex> Let’s run these numbers by
the accountants again before we make our offer.
I guess we’re going to start with baby steps.
* take baby steps: to do easy and
insignificant things first
= take it one day at a time; do it step
by step; take it slow
ex> It took baby steps, but
eventually Brian conquered his fear of public speaking.
ex> Sometimes, you need to take
baby steps to regain the trust of someone you’ve hurt.
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