a load off one's mind

Preview（腕試し）

Yukie: I'm glad that we don't have any homework this week.

Yumiko: It's a load off my mind--I've got a lot of other things to do this week.

　

A. Yumiko is relieved that there is no homework this week.

B. Yumiko is sorry that there is no homework this week.

C. Yumiko is upset that there is no homework this week.

D. Yumiko wants a lot of homework this week.

　

Examples（例文）

This idiom means that something that you have worried about is not a problem now. If you are under some stress, or if you have some worry, you can use this phrase when you no longer have that problem.

Example 1:

Taka: Good news, Nobuko! I found your keys--they were under the chair.

Nobuko: Thanks, Taka! That's a load off my mind.

Example 2:

Jorge: Have you heard that the English test has been moved back a week?

Jose: That's really a load off my mind! I haven't had time to study, so I've been worrying about it all week.　

　

Exercises （練習）

Choose the best answer.

1. If you had a big report that you had to finish this week, which would be a load off your mind?

A. Your boss asks for the report early.

B. Your boss says you can finish your report one week later.

C. Your boss asks you to write two more reports next week.

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2. Which conversation is most natural?

A.

Charlie: It took some time, but I was able to fix your computer.

Buster: That does a load off my mind! I need to use it this afternoon.

B.

Charlie: It took some time, but I was able to fix your computer.

Buster: That's a load off my mind! I need to use it this afternoon.

C.

Charlie: It took some time, but I was able to fix your computer.

Buster: That was a load off my mind! I need to use it this afternoon.