BODY IDIOMS

Complete these idioms using the following parts of the body:

nose brain hand eyes

tongue head foot legs

1. I’ve had that song on the …………………… since I heard it yesterday at the pub.
2. All his friends pulled his …………………….. because he had a new girlfriend.
3. Don’t act impulsively, just keep your …………………. and finantially your future
will become more secure.
4. Keep a/an ……………… on the children while I cook dinner, please.
5. When he starts speaking like that he really gets up my …………………
6. It’s Christmas again. We’ll have to put a ……………….. in our pockets for the
presents.
7. . This weekend I really need to put my ……………. Up. I’m exhausted after this very
hard week.
8. She likes gossiping very much, she is always poking her ……………. Into
everybody’s lives.
9. I haven’t been able to put that train accident out of my ……………… since I heard
the news.
10. Please, lend me a ……………………, I’ve got plenty of ironing to do.
11. He came home with his ………………. Hanging out after running from school to see
his favourite TV series.
12. I didn’t know he was there and I put my ……………. In it when I mentioned his
birthday present.
13. My car is on its last ………………, I need a new one.
14. When he realized that he could not gain enough points to win, he threw his
……………….. in.
15. The children waited all …………………….. as their father carefully unwrapped the
parcel.
16. Hold your …………….. while I’m watching TV.
17. I can’t trust my sister with important matters, she has her ……………….. in the
clouds most of the time.

BODY IDIOMS

Complete these idioms using the following parts of the body:

 nose brain hand eyes
tongue head foot legs

1. I’ve had that song on the BRAIN since I heard it yesterday at the pub.
2. All his friends pulled his LEG because he had a new girlfriend.
3. Don’t act impulsively, just keep your HEAD and finantially your future will become
more secure.
4. Keep a/an EYE on the children while I cook dinner, please.
5. When he starts speaking like that he really gets up my NOSE
6. It’s Christmas again. We’ll have to put a HAND in our pockets for the presents.
7. . This weekend I really need to put my FEET Up. I’m exhausted after this very hard
week.
8. She likes gossiping very much, she is always poking her NOSE Into everybody’s
lives.
9. I haven’t been able to put that train accident out of my HEAD since I heard the news.
10. Please, lend me a HAND, I’ve got plenty of ironing to do.
11. He came home with his TONGUE hanging out after running from school to see his
favourite TV series.
12. I didn’t know he was there and I put my FOOT In it when I mentioned his birthday
present.
13. My car is on its last LEGS, I need a new one.
14. When he realized that he could not gain enough points to win, he threw his HAND in.
15. The children waited all EYES as their father carefully unwrapped the parcel.
16. Hold your TONGUE while I’m watching TV.
17. I can’t trust my sister with important matters, she has her HEAD in the clouds most of
the time.