Body and bodily functions Idioms (Page 8)
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- Pull the wool over someone's eyes
- If you pull the wool over someone's eyes, you deceive or cheat them.
- Pull your finger out!
- (UK) If someone tells you to do this, they want you to hurry up. ('Get your finger out' is also used.)
- Put a bug in your ear
- If you put a bug in someone's ear, you give him or her a reminder or suggestion relating to a future event.
- Put on a brave face
- If you put on a brave face, or put a brave face on something, you behave confidently or cheerfully even though things are difficult. ('Brave front' is also used.)
- Put or get someone's back up
- If you put or get someone's back up, you annoy them.
- Put somebody's nose out of joint
- If you put someone's nose out of joint, you irritate them or make them angry with you.
- Put your best foot forward
- If you ut your best foot forward, you try your best to do something.
- Put your foot down
- When someone puts their foot down, they make a firm stand and establish their authority on an issue.
- Put your foot in it
- If you put your foot in it, you do or say something embarrassing and tactless or get yourself into trouble.
- Put your foot in your mouth
- If you put your foot in your mouth, you say something stupid or embarrassing.
- Put your hand on your heart
- If you can out your hand on your heart, then you can say something knowing it to be true.
- Put your heads together
- If people put their head together, they exchange ideas about something.
- Put your money where your mouth is
- If someone puts their money where their mouth is, they back up their words with action.
- Put your shoulder to the wheel
- When you put your shoulder to the wheel, you contribute to an effort.
- Put your thumb on the scales
- If you put your thumb on the scales, you try to influence the result of something in your favour.
- Rack your brain
- If you rack your brain, you think very hard when trying to remember something or think hard to solve a problem, findf and answer, etc. ('Rack your brains' is an alternative.)
- Raise eyebrows
- If something raises eyebrows, it shocks or surprises people.
- Rib tickler
- A rib tickler is a story or joke that will make you laugh a lot. Alternately, a joke might "tickle your ribs".
- Roll your eyes
- If you roll your eyes, you show with your eyes that you don't believe someone or aren't interested in what they're saying.
- Rub shoulders
- If you rub shoulders with people, you meet and spend time with them, especially when they are powerful or famous.
- Rule of thumb
- Rule of thumb means approximately.
- Run off your feet
- If you are run off your feet, you are extremely busy and don't have enough time to do everything.
- Run your mouth off
- If someone runs their mouth off, they talk too much.
- Safe pair of hands
- A person who can be trusted to do something without causing any trouble is a safe pair of hands.
- Save face
- If someone saves face, they manage to protect their reputation.
- Save your skin
- If someone saves their skin, they manage to avoid getting into serious trouble.
- Scales fall from your eyes
- When the scales fall from your eyes, you suddenly realise the truth about something.
- Scent blood
- If you can scent blood, you feel that a rival is having difficulties and you are going to beat them.
- Sea legs
- If you are getting your sea legs, it takes you a while to get used to something new.
- See eye to eye
- If people see eye to eye, they agree about everything.
- Set your teeth on edge
- If something, especially sounds, sets your teeth on edge, you react very negatively to it.
- Shake a leg
- If you shake a leg, you are out of bed and active. It can be used to tell someone to hurry up.
- Shoot yourself in the foot
- If you shoot yourself in the foot, you do something that damages your ambition, career, etc.
- Shot in the arm
- If something gives you a shot in the arm, it encourages you, gives you energy or improves morale.
- Sight for sore eyes
- Someone or something that is a sight for sore eyes is a pleasure to see.
- Skin and bones
- If someone is skin and bones, they are very underweight and look bad.
- Skin in the game
- A person who has skin in the game has invested in the company they are running.
- Skin someone alive
- If someone skins you alive, they admonish and punish you hard.
- Slap on the wrist
- If someone gets a slap on the wrist, they get a very minor punishment when they could have been punished more severely.
- Sleight of hand
- Sleight of hand is the ability to use your hands in a clever way, like a magician performing tricks you can't see.
- Slip of the tongue
- If you say something accidentally, it is a slip of the tongue.
- Slip through one's fingers
- If something slips through one’s fingers it escapes or is lost through carelessness.
- Smack in the face
- If something is a smack in the face, it is a shock, usually one that impedes progress.
- Smooth as a baby's bottom
- If something is smooth as a baby's bottom, it has a regular, flat surface.
- Speak with a forked tongue
- To say one thing and mean another, to lie, to be two-faced
- Spill your guts
- If you spill your guts, you confess or make your problems public.
- Spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
- If the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, someone lacks the willpower to change things they do because they derive too much pleasure from them.
- Spit blood
- If someone is spitting blood, they are absolutely furious.
- Spit it out
- People say this when someone has something to say but is too embarrassed, shy, etc, to say it.
- Split hairs
- If people split hairs, they concentrate on tiny and unimportant details to find fault with something.
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