Advanced Idioms - Parts of the Body (nouns)
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Complete the following sentences with the nouns from the box.
ANSWERS
chest | eyes | teeth | arm | brain | face | heart | nose | leg | back
1)
Ann's mother-in-law is always poking her
into other people’s business.
2)
Ever since Megan and Tom had set
on each other they had been wondrously happy.
3)
His exam results were disappointing but he tried to put a brave
on it.
4)
Why don't you tell him how you feel? It might do you good to get it off your
.
5)
Five kilometres across the mountains could be done in ten hours walking, if he put his
into it.
6)
The taxi broke down on the way to the airport and we just caught the plane by the skin of our
.
7)
Stop pulling my
, I know there isn't a Hollywood director calling me right now.
8)
In the beginning, she was going to marry David, but recently she’s had a change of
.
9)
I can't believe this laptop has broken already; it cost me an
and a leg.
10)
I know dinner is at five, but I just have food on the
— so do you want pizza or maybe kebab?
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Answers
1)
poke one's nose into sth
try to become involved in sth that does not concern you
2)
set eyes on sth/sb
see someone or something, especially for the first time
3)
put a brave face on sth
try to hide the fact that you are feeling upset
4)
get sth off your chest
talk to sb about something that has been worrying you
5)
put your back into sth
use a lot of effort and energy on a particular task
6)
by the skin of one's teeth
by a very narrow margin, only just
7)
pull somebody’s leg
tell somebody something that is not true, as a joke
8)
have a change of heart
have a change in one's opinion or feelings
9)
cost an arm and a leg
be extremely expensive
10)
have sth on the brain
be always thinking about something
