a weight off your mind
/ə ˌweɪt ɒf jə ˈmaɪnd/NEUTRAL · B2
Meaning
a relief after a worry has gone
Examples
- 1Passing the driving test was a weight off my mind.
- 2Her offer to collect the children was a weight off my mind.
- 3That is a weight off my mind — I can finally sleep properly.
- 4When the results arrived, it was such a weight off her mind.
- 5The deposit came back last week, which was a weight off their minds.
Grammar
A noun phrase, normally after be. Keep the article a; the possessive matches the person, and minds is used for more than one person.
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