Body idioms - Drawing games
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Two fuin drawing activities to practise idioms which have body parts in them.
Lesson Plan Content:
Body idioms - Drawing gamesBody idioms drawing competition
Choose one of the body idioms below. Everyone will draw something to represent both the wording of the idiom and its meaning, e.g. drawing both something coming off someone’s chest and someone moving from having a stressed face to a happy face. Vote on the best picture(s), then take turns doing the same for other idioms below.
When your teacher stops you, ask about body idioms any which you don’t understand, were not sure how to draw, are not sure that anyone drew well, etc, working together to make suitable drawings as a class each time.
Body idioms drawing guessing game
Choose one of the idioms below but don’t say which. Draw the wording of the idiom and/ or the meaning until someone can say both the idiom and its meaning. Discuss how suitable the pictures are, then take turns doing the same with other idioms below.
When your teacher stops you, ask about body idioms any which you don’t understand, were not sure how to draw, are not sure that anyone drew well, etc, working together to make suitable drawings as a class each time.
Test each other on the idioms in other ways:
- say the meaning and then say the idiom with a missing word, and see if your partner can complete it
- say an idiom and see if your partner can say its meaning
- say the meaning and a key word, and see if your partner can make the idiom
- say a key word and help your partner make a related idiom
- say an idiom and see if your partner can use it in an example sentence
- say a meaning and see if your partner can say a related idiom in an example sentence
Body idioms and meanings to draw
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have a shoulder to cry on
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have someone you can talk to about your problems such as a sympathetic friend |
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put your foot in it
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say something insensitive that you should have avoided saying |
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get it off my chest
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feel relieved because I talked about something that was worrying me such as something I wanted to complain about |
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up to my eyes in work
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almost overwhelmed by work, as if I am nearly drowning |
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thick skinned/ like water off a duck’s back
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criticism has no effect or is not even noticed |
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look down your nose at
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feel no respect for/ think is inferior to you/ feel snobbish about |
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give someone a big hand
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clap/ give a round of applause to congratulate etc |
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keep an eye on
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supervise/ check carefully to make sure nothing bad happens |
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see eye to eye (on…) |
have the same opinion about something
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stretch your legs
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go for a walk, such as a quick walk after sitting for too long |
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hold your tongue
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not say something that you want to say, for example keeping a secret |
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caught red handed
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seen actually doing something wrong, so that there is no doubt that you did it |
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put your foot down
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insist that someone does what you say/ that they do what they don’t want to do |
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head over heels (in love)
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instantly and/ or passionately in love |
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your eyes are bigger than your stomach
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think you want more than you really need, e.g. a dish that is too big for you to eat |
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powder your nose
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go to the toilet |
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two left feet
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a bad and/ or clumsy dancer |
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head in the clouds
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with unrealistic dreams |
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cost an arm and a leg/ pay through the nose |
be very expensive/ pay a lot
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win hands down
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easily win/ win by a wide margin |
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