Vocabulary: Body idioms

Fill out the sentences with a part of the body. Then match their meanings.

finger, ears, back, shoulder, eye, hand

1. I thought she really liked me, but the next day she gave me the cold ……………...
2. Management often turn a blind ………………….. to bullying in the workplace.
3. Journalists need to keep their ……………………. to the ground and always know
what’s going on in the world.
4. Unhappy tourists have pointed the ………………….. at unhelpful travel agents.
5. Things got a little out of ……………………. at the party and three windows were
broken.
6. What do they say about me behind my …………………….?

a. to pay attention to everything that is happening around you and to what people are
saying.
b. to get out of control.
c. to accuse someone of being responsible for something bad that has happened.
d. to speak about someone when they are not present.
e. to ignore something that you know is wrong.
f. to intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way.