a load off (one's) mind
a load off (one's) mind
The relief felt after sharing what one is thinking or feeling with others, or upon no longer having a particular problem. Having a night out to talk over my problem with my close friend helped me get a load off my mind. I finally completed my tax return for this year. That's a load off my mind!
See also: load, mind, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*a load off one's mind
and *a weight off one's mindFig. the relief from a mental burden gained by saying what one is thinking or by speaking one's mind. (*Typically: get ~; take ~.) I think you'll feel better after you get a load off your mind.
See also: load, mind, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
load off one's mind, a
Relief from a mental burden or anxiety, as in Good news about the baby took a load off my mind. This expression uses load in the sense of "a figurative burden." [Mid-1800s]
See also: load, off
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
(take) a load/weight off somebody’s mind
great relief, because a problem has been solved: Selling the house was an enormous weight off my mind. ‘I’ve finished all my essays.’ ‘I bet that’s a load off your mind.’ It took a load off my mind when the doctor said I was free from infection.See also: load, mind, off, weight
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
load off one's mind, a
A great relief. This cliché, transferring a physical burden to mental anxiety or anguish, dates from the mid-nineteenth century. In slightly different guise, however, Shakespeare used load in this figurative sense, as in “Those that wring under the load of sorrow” (Much Ado about Nothing, 5.1).
See also: load, off
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- a load off mind
- a load/weight off somebody's mind
- a weight off (one's) mind
- a weight off your mind
- load off one's mind, a
- be a load off (one's) mind
- be a weight off (one's) mind
- be a weight off (one's) shoulders
- be a weight off your mind
- be a weight off your shoulders