Eve Sweetser (date), Mark Johnson (date)
Mental Fitness Is Physical Fitness
- 1 His mind is strong and supple.
- 2 His mind is decaying.
- 3 The famous professor could perform astonishing mental feats.
- 4 The textbook contained many excercises for the students to practise on in order to get them in shape for the final.
- 5 They practise drills all day long.
- 6 You have to go through long years of academic training in order to become strong in your field.
- 7 In the summer, the mind tends to go flabby.
AG & Nicole Maguire (185, '87)
Mental Control Is Physical Control
- 1 I can handle the situation
- 2 It's in the palm of my hand
- 3 He's like putty in my hands
- 4 She's got command of the situation (from root man=hand)
- 1 The idea just slipped through my fingers
- 2 It's getting out of hand
- 3 I dropped the ball (special case)
- 4 I washed my hands of it.
- 1 That topic is too hot to handle
- 2 I've got my hands full
- 3 My hands are tied
- 1 I've got a handle on it
- 2 Get a grip
- 1 Give (or lend) me a hand
- 2 Hired hand, deck hand, old hand
- 1 He's too heavy-handed
- 2 I'm all thumbs
- 3 Treat this with kid gloves
- 4 He's got the upper hand (with CONTROL IS UP)
Mark Eginton (185, '89), Tanya Zimmerli (185, '89), Alan Schwartz
-- 1 He overcame his anger.
-- 2 He wrestled with his feelings of jealousy.
-- 3 He struggled with his feelings.
-- 4 He conquered his resentment.
AG, examples from Nicole Maguire