Emotions & feelings
be in your element
be happy doing what you do well
If you are in your element, you feel happy and confident because you are doing something you are good at.
Hear it in real life
How was Tom at the party?
He was in his element, telling jokes to everyone.
Once the meeting turned into a practical discussion, she was in her element.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She is in her elements when she teaches.
Say: She is in her element when she teaches.
The expression uses singular "element," even when talking about a person.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be in your element; put someone in their element
Your turn: say it out loud
Once the meeting turned into a practical discussion, she was in her element.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be in your element
be happy doing what you do well
“Once the meeting turned into a practical discussion, she was in her element.”
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