Idioms On Body Parts

                                           IDIOMS ON PARTS OF THE BODY 

1.an arm and a leg

a lot of money.

Example:

These glasses cost me an arm and a leg.

2.an eye for an eye

(also, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.) said to suggest that punishment should equal the crime. At the root of this principle is that one of the purposes of the law is to provide equitable retribution for an offended party.

Example:

In some countries, justice operates on the principle of an eye for an eye. That is, if you kill someone, you deserve to die.

3.big mouth

said about someone who tend to say things which are meant to be kept secret.

Example:

He is such a big mouth. He told them everything.

4.bite your lip

to make an effort not to react to something.

Example:

He didn't like the management of the business but he had to bite his lip.

5. at your mother's knee

said about something that you learned when you were a child.

Example:

She learned to sing at her mother's knee.

6.bring to knees

to destroy or defeat someone or something.

Example:

Sanctions were imposed in an attempt to bring the country to its knees.
The strikes brought the economy to its knees.

7.. easy on the ear

something (music, voice...) pleasant to listen to.

Example:

His music is easy on the ear.

8. easy on the eye

attractive, pleasant to look at.

Example:

Her paintings are easy on the eye.

9. face the music

said when someone accepts to confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.

Example:

After failing to manage the crisis, the manager had to face the music.

10 fall on deaf ears

Of a request, complaint, etc, to be ignored.

Example:

Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.

11. get in someone's hair

Annoy someone.

Example:

I know that the children get in your hair, but you should try not to let it upset you so much.

12. get something off your chest

To reveal something that is worrying you or making you feel guilty in order to feel relieved.

Example:

She felt relieved when she got it off her chest. She had felt guilty for years.

13. give somebody a leg up

to help someone to achieve something, especially at work.

Example:

They agreed to give her a leg up.

14. Give your eye teeth for something

said when you want to have or do something very much.

Example:

She'd give her eye teeth for a straight blond hair.

15.  Tear your hair out

said when you are feeling a lot of anxiety over a problem.

Example:

He's been tearing his hair out over his deteriorated relationship with his wife.