20 Idioms about “Mind”

20 Idioms about “Mind”

No.	Idioms	Chinese Meaning	English Meaning
1.	know your own mind	有自己明確的想法(或願望)、有主見	to be certain about what you believe or want
2.	speak your mind	說出心裡話、坦言直說	to say what you think about something very directly
3.	open-minded	開明的、開通的、心胸開闊的	willing to consider ideas and opinions that are new or different from your own
4.	cross your mind	掠過心頭、突然想起、無意中想起	to come into someone’s mind or to be thought of by someone
5.	take my mind off	使（某人）暫時忘記（憂慮之事）	to stop you from thinking about something unpleasant
6.	put/set my mind at ease/rest	讓（某人）放心、使（某人）安心	to stop someone from worrying about something
7.	get a one-track mind	思維單一、思維褊狹	to think about one particular thing and nothing else
8.	give sb. a piece of my mind	嚴厲責備、斥責（某人）	to speak angrily to someone about something they have done wrong
9.	mind your own business	多管閒事、管好你自己的事	used to tell someone in a rude way that you do not want them to ask about something private
10.	slipped one’s mind/memory	一不留神忘了、忘記	to be forgotten, especially of an obligation
11.	be (in) two minds about	猶豫不決、拿不定主意	to be unable to decide about something
12.	mind your own business	多管閒事、管好你自己的事	used to tell someone in a rude way that you do not want them to ask about something private
13.	close-minded	思想保守的、不易接受新鮮事物的	not willing to try new things or consider other opinions
14.	make up one’s mind	下定決心、打定主意	to decide
15.	take a load/weight off one’s mind	卸下了思想的重負、放下了心頭大石	an occasion when a problem that has been worrying you stops or is dealt with
16.	have a lot on my mind	有心事、牽掛、擔心	to have many things to worry about or to be preoccupied
17.	change one’s mind	改變主意	to form an opinion or make a decision about something that is not the same as the one you first had
18.	peace of mind	心平氣和	a feeling of calm or not being worried
19.	out of one’s mind	精神錯亂、發狂	unable to behave or deal with things normally because something has made you very worried, unhappy, or angry
20.	mind goes blank	腦海裡一片空白、記不起	one suddenly forgets or is unable to think of something

※   Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej0oRtfcOGA