smell something fishy; Definitions include: to detect that something is amiss. take time to smell the roses; Definitions include: to take the time to enjoy life. wake up and smell; Definitions include: to acknowledge. wake up and smell the coffee; Definitions include: a command/invitation to accept reality. wake up and smell the decaf
elated (at/by something) very happy and excited because of something good that has happened, or will happen They were elated at the result. I was elated by the prospect of the new job ahead.
a pervasive and sustained emotion that, when extreme, can color one's whole view of life; in psychiatry and psychology the term is generally used to refer to either elation or depression. See also mood disorders. mood-congruent consistent with one's mood, a term used particularly in the classification of mood disorders. pervasive and sustained emotion which can markedly colour oneâs perception of the world. Mood refers to a personâs pervasive and sustained emotional temperament; affect refers to the fluctuating changes in a personâs more immediate physio-emotional response(s). Examples, moods. Depression, elation, anger, anxiety.