Body Idioms
Break a leg
Good luck
Love at first sight!
To love someone quickly/the first time you see them
something is easy
To kill two birds with one stone
Get two things done at once
What does it mean to "get a grip"?
= to get control over your emotions.
What does it mean to 'see eye to eye' with someone?
To have the same opinion or have the same point of view
To tie the knot
A couch potato
= someone who is lazy/inactive
Be patient or wait
You've twisted my arm!
You've been convinced to do something you wouldn’t have done otherwise.
What does it mean, 'to bite your tongue' when you are talking to someone?
It means to force yourself not say something.
To wear your heart on your sleeve
To show emotions easily/freely
"‘It's so unfair.’ I cried.
He replied ‘That's the way the cookie crumbles.’"
= That's the way the situation is, and it must be accepted, even if you don't like it.
I was like a fish out of water at that party last week.
when you feel uncomfortable or out of place in a situation/environment
Rome wasn't built in a day.
It takes time to do something important/worth doing
What does it mean to 'wrap your head around something'?
to fully understand something
My relationship is on the rocks!
A child is 'the apple of their parent's eye'
= the person who someone loves most and is very proud of
To smell a rat
To detect something is wrong/to be suspicious
Put your money where your mouth is
= to do something rather than just to talk about it
Accidently saying something that makes you look bad or hurts someone's feelings
What does it mean for people to have a "heart to heart"?
To have a very deep and open conversation, like when you share your feelings with someone
What does it mean if "you have bigger fish to fry"?
= you have more important things to do
You look like the cat that got the cream!
You look happy/pleased
You will earn a lot of money