IDIOMS – ARE PHRASES THAT YOU CAN NOT TRANSLATE INTO YOUR OWN LANGUAGE, BECAUSE

THEY MEAN SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN YOU THINK. FOR EXAMPLE – ‘RAINING CATS AND
DOGS’ DOES NOT MEAN THAT ANIMALS FALL FROM THE SKY, BUT THAT IT IS ‘A VERY HEAVY RAIN’. YOU CAN
LEARN IDIOMS BY MEMORIZING THEM, OR YOU CAN … DRAW THEM AND LEARN FASTER AND HAVE MORE
FUN!

CAN YOU IDENTIFY THE IDIOMS CONNECTED WITH PARTS OF THE BODY? MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE
IDIOMS.
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1. FOOT THE BILL

2. SHOULDER TO CRY ON
3. BACK AGAINST THE WALL
4. KNEE HIGH TO A GRASSHOPPER
5. PLAY BY EAR
6. SHOOT ONESELF IN THE FOOT
7. GREEN-EYED MONSTER
8. WEAR ONE’S HEART ON ONE’S
SLEEVE
C 9. BIRD BRAIN
10. ELBOW GREASE
11. HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE
THE REST
12. FINGERS CROSSED
13. DON’T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN D
THE MOUTH
14. HEAD OVER HEELS
15. WET BEHIND THE EARS
16. EYEBALL TO EYEBALL
17. EGGHEAD
18. BROKEN HEART
19. YOU SCRATCH MY BACK AND I’LL
SCRATCH YOURS
20. HAND OVER FIST
21. FROG IN THE THROAT
22. TOOTH AND NAIL F
23. GET YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR
24. TONGUE IN CHEEK
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