Couple With Heart - Man: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Woman: Medium-Dark Skin Tone

Feeling 'down in the dumps' is like when your energy tank's on empty and you can't find the switch to turn it back on, like when your dog gets lost and your phone's out of battery at the same time

In some workplaces, calling someone 'left in the cold' isn't just a metaphor , it means they're excluded from meetings and decisions, like they're not even part of the team anymore, even if they still show up to work every day

On social media, being called 'sideways' about something is like when you try to be neutral but everyone takes it as you picking a side, even if you never officially said which one you were on

When teenagers say they're 'going sideways', they don't mean they're falling over , it means their life is in a bit of a mess and they can't really explain it, but it feels like everything's tilted and not right anymore

For older folks, being called 'side-eying' something is like when you don't trust someone's intentions, like when your neighbor looks at your garden every day and you start wondering if they want to take it over