Top of the world

พาดหัวข่าวในหน้าแรกของ เซ็คชั่น Weekend ที่แทรกใน The Nation เขียนไว้ว่า าTop of the Worldำ พาดหัวนี้ใช้ตามความหมายของวลี แต่วลีนี้ใช้เป็นสำนวนด้วย เช่นในสำนวน าto feel on top of the worldำ, หมายความว่า to feel extremely happy.
Iีve never dreamed of having a candle-lit dinner with a handsome movie star. Having been given this opportunity surely makes me feel on top of the world.

สำนวนอื่นๆ ที่คล้ายๆ กันก็มี เช่น
When you say someone is all the world to you or means the world to you, you mean they are greatly loved by you and more important to you than anyone else.
You may not think much of him but he is all the world to Mary.

ระวังอย่าใช้สับสนกับสำนวนต่อไป คือ
If you think the world of someone or something, you like or admire them or care about them very much.
He is just another guy to me but the boss thinks the world of him.

สำนวนต่อไปค่อนข้างตรงไปตรงมา If you say there is a world of difference between one thing and another, the two things are very different.
There is a world of difference between living in Bangkok and Mae Hong Son.

ถัดมา คือ If you say something has done or will do someone a world of good, you mean it has made them or will make them feel much better.
Take a break and book yourself in for a spa weekend, Rose. It will do you a world of good.

และสำนวนสุดท้าย
If you say someone wouldnีt do a particular thing for the world, you mean they definitely do not want to do it and would not change their mind under any circumstances.
You want to ask John to take care of your three pooches while youีre away? You still donีt know him. He wouldnีt do it for the world.

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Complete the sentences with the expressions explained above.

1. We were amazed to discover that Eva ... that down-and-out Simon. He can't even take care of his own life.
2. You can think of him any which way, but it doesnีt change the fact that he is ... Eva.
3. Our week-long trip to the country ... . It has brought us back together again.
4. Grandpa ... after hearing his grandson from a faraway country will visit him this Easter.
5. Patrick does not like children and he would not baby-sit any child ... .

Highlight this line to discover answer: 1. thinks the world of, 2. all the world to, 3. has done us a world of good, 4. felt on top of the world, 5. for the world