Body Idioms quiz

List of the
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idioms
 Guess the idiom

“Hold
“Hold your
your tongue”
“Hold
“Hold your
tongue” your ____________”
____________”
Meaning:
Meaning: to to remain
remain silent
silent although
although you
you would
would
like
like to
to tell
tell your
your opinion.
opinion.
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“shoulder
“shoulder to shoulder”
to“__________
shoulder” to
“__________ to __________”
__________”
Meaning:
Meaning: 1)
1) physically
physically close;
close; 2)
2) as
as one
one group
group that
that
has
has the
the same
same aims,
aims, opinions,
opinions, etc.
etc.
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“be
“be up to
to your
up“be your eyeballs/neck
eyeballs/neck in
in something
something (e.g.
(e.g.
up to your _______ in something”
“be up to your _______ in something”
work)”
work)”
Meaning:
Meaning: to to have
have aa lot
lot of
of something
something to to deal
deal
with.
with.
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“to
“to give (someone)
give“To give
(someone)
“To the
the cold
give (someone)
(someone) shoulder”
coldthe ____*
____* _______”
shoulder”
the _______”
Meaning:
Meaning: to
to ignore
*look
*look at
at the someone
the right
ignore picturein
picture
someone
right in aa rude
rude way.
way.
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“fall
“fall // land
land on your
your feet”
on“fall/land
feet”on
“fall/land on your
your ______”
______”
Meaning:
Meaning: to to be
be lucky
lucky finding
finding yourself
yourself in
in aa good
good
situation
situation or or getting
getting out
out of
of aa difficult
difficult situation.
situation.
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“have
“have feet
feet of
of clay”
“have
“have _____
clay” _____ of
of clay”
clay”
Meaning:
Meaning: toto have
have fault
fault or
or weakness
weakness inin your
your
character.
character.
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“not
“not bat
bat an
an eyelid”
“not
“not bat
eyelid” bat an_____”
an_____”
Meaning:
Meaning: to
to no
no surprise
surprise or
or embarrassment
embarrassment when
when
something
something unusual
unusual happens.
happens.
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“play
“play into
into someone’s
someone’s hands”
hands”
Meaning:
Meaning: to do
to“play exactly
do into
“play exactly
into what an
an enemy,
what_____”
someone’s
someone’s _____”enemy,
opponent,
opponent, etc.etc. wants
wants so so that
that they
they gain
gain the
the
advantage
advantage in in aa particular
particular situation.
situation.
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“be
“be rushed/
rushed/ run
“be
“berun off
off your
rushed/ runfeet”
run
your
rushed/ off
off your
feet” your _____”
_____”
Meaning:
Meaning: toto be
be extremely
extremely busy;
busy; to
to have
have too
too
many
many things
things to
to do.
do.
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“have
“have your
your back
back to
to the
the wall”
wall”
Meaning: “have
“have your
your ____
____ to
to the
the wall”
wall”
Meaning: to be in a difficult situation in
to be in a difficult situation in which
which
you
you are
are forced
forced to
to do
do something
something but but are
are unable
unable to
to
make
make the
the choices
choices that
that you
you would
would like.
like.
 List of the idioms
Hold your tongue
Shoulder to shoulder
Be up to your eyeballs in something
To give someone the cold shoulder
Land on your feet
Have feet of clay
Not bat an eyelid*
Play into someone’s hands
Be rushed/ run off your feet
Have your back to the wall*
*these idioms are marked as informal in the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

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