Idioms with body parts
Body part
|
Idiom
|
Meaning
|
finger
| ||
head
| ||
foot/leg
| ||
hair
| ||
tooth
| ||
hand
| ||
eye
| ||
ears
| ||
shoulder
| ||
heart
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Idioms with body parts
Body part
|
Idiom
|
Meaning
|
finger
|
to burn one’s fingers
to have a finger in the pie
|
to get into trouble by meddling
to take part in doing something
|
head
|
to hit the nail on the head
thick in the head
|
to be right
stupid
|
foot/leg
|
to put one’s foot in it
to pull someone’s leg
|
to make a blunder
to play a trick
|
hair
|
not turn a hair
|
to remain calm
|
tooth
|
to have a sweet tooth
|
to like eating sweet things
|
hand
|
to lend a hand
to live from hand to mouth
|
to help
to live in hardship
|
eye
|
apple of one’s eye
in the twinkling of an eye
|
somebody’s favourite
very fast
|
ears
|
all ears
|
paying close attention
|
shoulder
|
to give the cold shoulder
to put one’s shoulder to the wheel
|
to ignore or show indifference
to work very hard
|
heart
|
lion-hearted
to have one’s heart in one’s mouth
|
of great courage
to be frightened
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