Body idioms

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NOSE

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look down one´s nose – to think, that you are better than somebody else, to think, that something is not good enough for you

pay through the nose – to pay an exorbitant (big) prize put someone´s nose uot of joint – to offend someone

under someone´s nose – something very close to you or them but they cannot see it.

BRAIN

have something on the brain – to think about something all the time

HAND

have your hands full with – to be very busy by hand – something made manually be a good hand at doing something – to be skillful

be an old hand at doing something – somebody who is skillful at doing something longer

give someone a big hand – to make a big applause give/lend a hand – to help/assist to somebody get out of hand – when something gets out of control

have a matter well in hand – have something under control / opposite of “get out of hand“

at first hand – obtained directly to hand/on hand/ - near, avaliable at second hand – previously owned by somebody else change hands – to pass into different ownership

keep one´s hand in – to keep practising something so do you not lose your skill at something

give somebody a free hand – to help somebody with something he is doing, especially in bad or illegal meaning

go hand in hand – to be closely connected, holding each other= s hand especially to show love

to have a hand in something – to influence or be involved in something on hand – close by and ready when needed

on the one hand/ on the other hand – used for giving two different opinions about something

play into somebody´s hand – to do something, that helps someone that you are competing against

to hand – to give something near you are/ therefor avaliable to use turn one´s hand to – to start doing something new, especially something that involves skill

wait on somebody hand and foot – to do everything for someone so that don´t have to do for themselves / to attend to all somebody´s needs

EYE see eye to eye – be in full agreement in the eyes of somebody – acconrding to what somebody thinks or feels keep an eye on – take care of someone, make sefe keep an eye out for – to look for someone keep one´s eyes open – pay attention under/before one´s very eyes – something is around you and you don´t see it up to one´s eyes in – deeply involved in something to something yith one´s eyes open – do something intentionally ( by purpose) open eyed – elert to possible danger

LEG on one´s last legs – very near to failing down or collapsing with exhausting pull someone´s leg – to tease, to poke fun at somebody strech one´s leg – to go for a walk

TOUNGE

hold one´s tounge – stop talking in order not to upset or offend with one´s tounge in one´s cheek – not intended seriously, ironic

HEAD

take something into he´s head – to decide something suddenly

get something into one´s head – to understand fully, to relize. To begin believing something

put our heads together – to discussa satan/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: essay">essay/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: problem">problem together, make haed or tail of something

above one´s gead – too difficult to understand bringin something to a head – to finish something, bring something go to somebody´s head – to make somebody pizzy have one´s head in the clouds – to dream to head over heals – loving somebody very much

keep one´s head – to remain calm and sensible under a state of pressure, be unable to something

make head or tail of something – unable to understand something off your head – crazy, very foolish

FOOT

set foot in – to visit, to come, to enter

find one´s feet in something – to be enough self/confident, to have enough courage to do something

get cold feet – to be affraid or nervous about doing something risky or dangerous

have one foot in the grave – when someone is very unhealthy or is very sick, he can did every day

on foot – to walk, not to go with a car or with the bus

get off on the wrong foot – to do something wrong, make something wrong, to make a mistake

put one´s best foot forward – begin something with the best start put one´s feet up – rest or relax in a chair or on a bed put one´s foot down – be very firm in opposing something something which somebody whishes to do strait

put one´s foot in it – say or do something that upsets, offends or embarrasses somebody

be run off one´s feet – make somebody work very hard or move about a lot, so making him exhausted, be extremly busy