IDIOMS WITH PARTS OF THE BODY

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HUMAN

par Χρυσαυγή Μελέτη

менеджеры

par Елена Лапина

Speech Organs

par Zulfa Moufil

Physical description

par Maria Giulia Zappalà

IDIOMS WITH PARTS OF THE BODY

SHOULDER

Cold shoulder

To give someone the cold shoulder means to ignore someone.

TONGUE

To bite one's tongue

To try really hard not to say what you really feel.

MOUTH

To be down in the mouth

To be depressed.

NECK

Pain in the neck

A nuisance; an irritating, annoying person.

Up to one's neck

This is used to represent a time when we have a lot to do or we are in a lot of trouble.

BACK

Get off my back

We use this expression when someone is criticising you or telling what to do all the time.

EYES

To turn a blind eye

Not to notice something deliberately.

ARMS AND LEGS

Cost an arm and a leg

We use this phrase when we are surprises or staggered by the cost of something.

HAND

To sit on your hands

This usually is used to describe how someone decides to do nothing or is not allowed to do anything.

To lend a hand

When someone asks us for help or we offer help to others.