PARTS OF THE BODY IDIOMS

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PARTS OF THE BODY IDIOMS by Mind Map: PARTS OF THE BODY IDIOMS

1. ARM

1.1. Give one`s right arm

1.1.1. When you want that thing so much that you would pay a lot to get it,

1.2. With open arms

1.2.1. with happiness or enthusiasm

1.3. Keep someone at arm`s legth

1.3.1. to avoid becoming connected with someone or something

2. BLOOD

2.1. Get someone`s blood

2.1.1. Catch of the nerves, hate something

2.2. Get someone`s blood up

2.2.1. carry something in the blood

3. BONE

3.1. Make no bones about something

3.1.1. to say clearly what you think or feel although you may embarrass or offend someone

3.2. Have got a bone to pick with someone

3.2.1. a small disagreement with someone

3.3. feel (something) in one's bones

3.3.1. sense something, have an intuition about something

3.3.1.1. Nuevo nodo

3.4. chilled to the bone

3.4.1. very cold.

4. FACE

4.1. face the music

4.1.1. to receive punishment; to accept the unpleasant results of one's actions

4.2. Lose face

4.2.1. to do something which makes other people stop respecting you.

4.3. Be staring someone in the face

4.3.1. if a solution to a problem is staring you in the face, it is very obvious.

4.3.1.1. f an unpleasant experience is staring you in the face, it is very likely to happen to you

5. FINGER

5.1. Keep one`s fingers crossed

5.1.1. wish for luck

5.2. Put one`s fingeron something

5.2.1. be able to explain what is wrong or unusual about something.

5.3. Have got a finger in every pie

5.3.1. be involved in many activities.

6. HAIR

6.1. Let one`s hair down

6.1.1. to undo one's hair and let it fall freely

6.1.1.1. to tell [someone] everything; to tell one's innermost feelings and secrets.

6.2. No turn a hair

6.2.1. to not show any emotion when you are told something bad or when something bad happens

6.3. Keep your hair on!

6.3.1. a slightly impolite way of telling someone who is angry to try to be calm and patient

7. HAND

7.1. to be hand in glove with someone

7.1.1. be in close relationship with someone.

7.2. to be an old hand at something

7.2.1. be very experienced at something.

7.3. to live from hand to mouth

7.3.1. satisfy one one's present basic needs.

7.4. to show one's hand

7.4.1. let others know one's intentions.

8. MOUTH

8.1. have one's heart in one's mouth

8.1.1. to feel strongly emotional about someone or something

8.2. hold one's mouth the right way

8.2.1. do something very carefully under optimal conditions

8.3. keep your mouth shut

8.3.1. to keep something secret

9. BRAIN

9.1. Pick her brain

9.1.1. to talk with someone to find out information about something

9.2. Rack her brain

9.2.1. to try very hard to remember or think of something.

9.3. Brain drain

9.3.1. depletion or loss of intellectual and technical personnel

10. EAR

10.1. Up to my ears

10.1.1. be extremely busy

10.2. Out of his ears

10.2.1. be forced to leave a place because something wrong has been done.

10.3. Play it by ear

10.3.1. play an instrument from memory

11. BACK

11.1. Put one`s back into something

11.1.1. use great physical or mental energy to do something

11.2. Puts my back up

11.2.1. make someone become angry

11.3. behind one`s back

11.3.1. do something when one is absent or without one's knowledge, secretly

12. CHEST

12.1. Get it off my chest

12.1.1. to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time, in order to make you feel better

12.2. put hair on someone's chest

12.2.1. if you say that food or drink will put hair on someone's chest, you mean that the food will make them strong and healthy or that the drink is very alcoholic

12.3. keep/play your cards close to your chest

12.3.1. to not tell anyone what you plan to do

13. EYES

13.1. See eye to eye

13.1.1. agree.(something/someone)

13.2. Cry one`seyes out

13.2.1. cry a lot.

13.3. Be up to the eyes

13.3.1. be extremely busy.

13.4. catch someone's eye

13.4.1. attract someone's attention, make someone notice.

14. FEET

14.1. Get back on one`s feet

14.1.1. able to move around after having been unable to walk tdue to sickness or injury

14.2. Fall on one`s feet

14.2.1. Overcome difficulties, be restored to a sound or stable condition

14.3. Get one's feet wet

14.3.1. to get a little first-time experience with something

15. FOOT

15.1. Put one`s food in it

15.1.1. do or say something foolish.

15.2. Get off on wrong foot

15.2.1. make a bad start.

15.3. to wait on someone hand and foot

15.3.1. serve somebody by attending to all his needs.