B1idiomemotionsIELTS-friendly
get carried away
USUK
to become so excited that you lose control and do too much
Often 'a bit carried away' or 'Don't get carried away'. 'Be carried away' is also used.
In context
I got carried away at the night market and spent my whole week's money.
Let's not get carried away; one good test doesn't mean we'll win the contest.
More idioms about emotions
- a bitter pill to swallowan unpleasant fact or situation that is hard to accept
- a bundle of nervesvery nervous and worried
- a chip on your shouldera lasting anger because you feel you were treated unfairly in the past
- a knot in your stomacha tight, sick feeling in your body caused by worry or fear
- a lump in your throata tight feeling in your throat because you are so moved that you might cry