Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Idioms with Body Parts

Idioms with body parts

Body part
Idiom

Meaning

finger





head





foot/leg





hair





tooth





hand





eye





ears





shoulder





heart








 Suggested Answers to RS11.5a

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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