idiom · informal
feel like a new person
UK/fiːl laɪk ə njuː ˈpɜːsən/US/fil laɪk ə nu ˈpɜrsən/feel·LIKE·a·NEW·per·SON
speakingtask2
feel much healthier or happier than before
Examples
“After a week off and lots of sleep, I felt like a new person.”
“Once his medication started working, he felt like a new person.”
“A short walk in the fresh air made me feel like a new person.”
Band 8 sentence
“After two weeks of rest and proper medication, I genuinely felt like a new person and returned to my usual routines.”
Collocations
- feel like a new person after
- make someone feel like a new person
Word family
feel like a new person verb phrasefeel like a new man / new woman verb phrase (variant)
Common mistakes
I feel like new person→I feel like a new person
I feel new person→I feel like a new person
Say it for a higher band
5better→6healthy→7+feel like a new person
Synonyms
as good as new
Easily confused
in the pink
“After the treatment she looked in the pink and full of energy.”
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