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to feel like magic

to feel like magic

1 6.0
To feel very surprising and wonderful, like something impossible happened
  • idiom
translation icon : sentir como si fuera magia
  • Like, what are those moments for you when you start to feel like magic is happening?

Like, what are those moments for you when you start to feel like magic is happening?

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Examples

  • When she solved the puzzle in seconds, it really felt like magic to everyone watching.

  • LEXUS: Feels like magic.

  • - It feels like magic.

  • - It feels like magic.

  • Like all sufficiently advanced technologies, Wi-Fi can feel like magic.

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  • They might even feel like magic and the trauma bond as a result slowly gets thicker and thicker.

  • The first time I saw the magician perform, it felt like magic had come to life right before me.

  • The way the flowers bloom in the spring always feels like magic to me.

Antonyms

721 1.0

Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient

80 4.3

Ordinary daily things or events that are not special and often feel boring

How Magical

to feel like magic
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magical
239 3.7
delightful
202 2.0
wonderful
1.0
pleasant
314 1.0

Surface Forms

feel like magic infinitive
felt like magic past participle
feeling like magic present participle
feels like magic third person singular

Morphology

feel + like + magic

The meaning 'to seem wonderfully surprising or extraordinary' is directly derivable from composing 'feel' (to experience) + 'like' (similar to) + 'magic' (supernatural power): i.e. 'feel similar to magic' → 'seem magical'. This is a straightforward simile using the common 'feel like X' pattern, which is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words can readily infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Feel like magic brings to mind a magician waving a hand and making something ordinary suddenly amazing, linking feel (how something seems) with magic (a surprising change). That's why it means 'to seem wonderfully surprising or extraordinary'.