load off one's mind, a



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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yehonatan-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
TysonTIE-sənEnglish
Arnout-Dutch
Neda (1)-Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Rati-Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
Rajkumari-Indian, Hindi