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BODY PART IDIOMS

Many idioms contain the names of body parts. Look the following idioms up in the dictionary. Absence makes the heart grow fonder (saying) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (saying) Achilles heel All mouth All thumbs Beauty is in the eye of the beholder (saying) Beauty is only skin-deep (saying) Bite the hand that feeds you Bite your tongue Bite your lip Bleeding heart Blood is thicker than water (saying) Born with a silver spoon in your mouth (saying) Break a leg Bring/Come to a head Bury your head in the sand By the skin of your teeth Cheek by jowl Chip on your shoulder Cool your heels Cost an arm and a leg Cut off your nose to spite your face Down at heel Down in the mouth Eat out of your hand Eat your heart out Elbow grease Elbow room An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth (saying) Face doesnt fit Feast your eyes on Feel ones ears burning Fight tooth and nail Foam at the mouth Get something off your chest Get under your skin Get your back up Get your feet wet Give somebody the cold shoulder Give your eye/teeth for something/to do something Give your right arm for something/to do something Grin from ear to ear

2 Grit your teeth Hand-to-mouth existence Have/Get cold feet Have the face to do something Have time on your hands Have one foot in the grave Have your head in the clouds Have your heart in your mouth Head and shoulders above someone/something Hearts in the right place Hold something at arms length Home is where the heart is (saying) In cold blood Jump down your throat Keep a stiff upper lip Keep a straight face Keep body and soul together Keep someone at arms length Keep your chin up Keep your ear to the ground Keep your fingers crossed Lead someone by the nose Lose face opp. Save face Make your mouth water Make your skin crawl Many hands make light work (saying) Skin and bone The devil makes work for idle hands (saying) The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak (saying) Theres many a slip twixt cup and lip (saying) Turn your stomach Two heads are better than one (saying) Walls have ears (saying) What the eye doesnt see, the heart doesnt grieve over (saying) You scratch my back and Ill scratch yours (saying)