Emotions & feelings

feel like a warm hug

deeply comforting

If something feels like a warm hug, it makes you feel deeply comforted and reassured.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Why do you keep watching that film?

It feels like a warm hug whenever I'm stressed.

Play the conversation

That old song feels like a warm hug when I have had a difficult day.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: This song feels me like a warm hug.

Say: This song feels like a warm hug.

“Feel like” takes the comparison directly; do not insert an object pronoun.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

feel like a warm hug; make something feel like a warm hug

Your turn: say it out loud

That old song feels like a warm hug when I have had a difficult day.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

feel like a warm hug

deeply comforting

“That old song feels like a warm hug when I have had a difficult day.”

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