parts of the body II

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ENGLISH  IDIOMS    IDIOMATIC  EXPRESSIONS

• parts of the body II

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Back

•   Get off my back!
•    To tell somebody to get off your back means to
  ask them to stop finding faults or criticizing
  you .
• Have your back to the wall
• If you have your back to the wall, you are in
  serious difficulty.
• "With his back to the wall, the supplier had to
  accept the deal."

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Shoulders

• A chip (odštepek) on the shoulder
• If someone has a chip on their shoulder, they
  feel resentful (nesoucí nelibe) because they feel
  they are being treated unfairly, especially
  because of their background, their sex or their
  colour.
• Give someone the cold shoulder
• To give somebody the cold shoulder means to
  deliberately (úmyslne, schválne) ignore them. 
• "After giving my opinion, he gave me the cold
  shoulder."

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Blood bones - skin

• That makes my blood boil!
• If something makes your blood boil, it makes you
  really angry.
• "His condescending attitude (blahosklonnost) made
  my blood boil!"
• To make no bones about something
• If you make no bones about something, you do not
  hesitate to express your thoughts or feelings
  about it, even if it is embarrassing.

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Blood bones - skin

• Work your fingers to the bone
• A person who works their fingers to the bone is
  extremely hardworking.
• "He deserves his success he worked his fingers
  to the bone when he started the business.
• All skin and bone
• If someone is all skin and bone, they are very
  thin, or too thin.
• "After trekking in the Himalayas, he was all skin
  and bone.

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Lips - Mouth

• Keep a stiff upper lip
• If a person keeps a stiff upper lip, they contain
  their emotion and do not let other people see
  their feelings.  
• "When she heard the bad news, she kept a stiff
  upper lip."
• Make your mouth water
• Food can make your mouth water when it looks and
  smells extremely good. 
• "That delicious smell from the kitchen is making
  my mouth water."

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Mouth

• Butter wouldn't melt in your mouth.
• If you say that somebody looks as if butter
  wouldn't melt in their mouth, you are saying that
  they look completely innocent, but that they are
  capable of doing unpleasant things.
• Foam at the mouth
• Someone who foams at the mouth is extremely angry
  about something. 
• "The director was foaming at the mouth when he
  saw a picture of his children in the newspaper."

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Brain

• Brain like a sieve
• Someone who has a brain like a sieve has a very
  bad memory and forgets things easily. 
• "Oh, I forgot to buy bread - I've got a brain
  like a sieve these days!"
• Have something on the brain
• If you have something on the brain, you think or
  talk about it constantly.  
• "Stop talking about golf.  You've got golf on the
  brain!"

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Brain

• Pick someone's brains
• If you pick someone's brains, you ask questions
  about a particular subject in order to obtain
  advice or information.  
• "Could we have lunch together? I'd like to pick
  your brains about something."
• Rack one's brains
• If you rack your brains, you try very hard to
  think of something or to remember something. 
• "Christmas is always a hassle for me.  I have to
  rack my brains every year to find ideas for
  presents."

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Head

• Bang your head against a brick wall
• If you bang your head against a brick wall, you
  continue vainly to try and achieve something  in
  spite of several unsuccessful attempts. 
• "I've been banging my head against a brick wall
  trying to explain the internet to my
  grandmother."
• Bite someone's head off
• If you bite someone's head off, you criticize
  them strongly (and perhaps unfairly). 
• "I worked 10 hours a day all week and my boss bit
  my head off for not doing my share of the work!"

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Head

• Bury one's head in the sand
• If you bury your head in the sand, you refuse to
  face the unpleasant reality by pretending that it
  doesn't exist. 
• "It's no good burying your head in the sand. 
  We've got a problem on our hands."
• Come to a head
• If a problem or difficult situation comes to
  head, it reaches a point where action has to be
  taken.  
• "The problem came to a head yesterday when
  rioting broke out in the streets."

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