Body idioms

1

200

help someone: lend someone a _______

hand

300

be ready to pay attention to what someone says: be all ______

ears

400

refuse very firmly to do or accept something: put your _______ down

foot

500

make someone feel annoyed or nervous: get on someone’s _______

nerves

600

you interfere with matters that others feel are not your concern: poke your _____ into something

nose

2

200

treat someone in an unfriendly way: give someone the cold ______

shoulder

300

ask someone for advice or information: pick someone’s ________

brains

400

have complete control over someone: have someone under your _______

thumb

500

tell someone about something that has been worrying you: get something off your _____

chest

600

very old: long in the _____

tooth

3

200

do something without someone knowing about it: do something behind someone’s _____

back

300

tell someone something that is not true, as a joke: pull someone’s ______

leg

400

take a risk because you believe in someone: stick your neck _____ out for someone

neck

500

argue in an angry way with another person: be at each other’s ______

throats

600

it is embarrassing, shaming or horrifying: make your ______ curl

toes