Emotions & feelings
build something up in your head
make something seem worse
To build something up in your head means to imagine it as more serious, frightening, or important than it really is.
Hear it in real life
You look nervous about the presentation.
I've built it up in my head, I suppose.
I built the interview up in my head, but the questions were quite friendly.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I built the interview up on my head.
Say: I built the interview up in my head.
Use “in your head” for something you imagine or exaggerate mentally.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
build something up in your head; built something up in your head
Your turn: say it out loud
I built the interview up in my head, but the questions were quite friendly.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
build something up in your head
make something seem worse
“I built the interview up in my head, but the questions were quite friendly.”
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