English Idioms About Human Body, List of Human Body Idioms
There are many different idioms about the human body.The idioms are listed in 3 parts: the idiom, what it means,an example of how to use it.
Here are common idioms which are related to body parts and examples:
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Family relationships take precedence over others.
Example: No matter how much I’ve fought with my brother, but blood is thicker than water.
Departure of talented, well-educated individuals from a place.
Example: Venezuela is experiencing a brain drain right now, with many professionals leaving for other countries because of bad conditions at home.
Something that not requires thought.
Example: If the salary offered to me is more than my current salary, the decision is a no-brainer.
Not working, intermittently not working.
Example: We have work piling up, the computer’s on the blink.
You make every effort to achieve something, especially you should to be fair or helpful.
Example: I’ve bent over backwards to please you. But it never seems to be good enough.
A very small distance or space.
Example: He was going to set a more successful a hair’s breadth than his predecessors, unfortunately he got tired in the last kilometer of the race.
Someone who is extremely nervous.
Example: Since the robbery, I’ve been a bundle of nerves.
Example: I was a bundle of nerves before my exam, but I calmed down once we got the questions and started to work.
Engage in an activity that’s so futile as to be a complete waste of time.
Example: Don’t waste your time trying to talk to Wanda about her spending habits. You’re pissing into the wind.
Nakedness.
Example: You should see who you want to see people, do things you want to do, and at the end of the day, just fall asleep with my birthday-suit.
A person’s desire to say something, but not to say it.
Example: When Sheila started talking about the failure of the sales campaign, I had to bite my tongue, it failed because the materials she was responsible for weren’t ready!
To follow regulations or moral principles closely
Example: During my freshman year I was pretty willd, but now I toe the line, and I haven’t been in trouble.
All ears
Fully listening
Take care of, watch in order to protect
To be exceptionally close to someone
Recognition or a thank-you
Agree
Precisely, at an exact time
Someone that you’re pleased to see
Be very expensive
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