B1idiomemotionsIELTS-friendly
have mixed feelings
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to feel both good and bad about something at the same time
Usually with 'about'. Useful in IELTS Speaking when your honest answer is 'yes and no'.
In context
I have mixed feelings about leaving Hanoi; I'll miss my friends, but I love the new job.
Many parents had mixed feelings when online classes began.
Common mistake
Incorrect: I have mixed feeling about the new rule.
Correct: I have mixed feelings about the new rule.
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