body idioms Flashcards

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without someone’s knowledge, secretly

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behind (someone’s) back

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2
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to do something to protect yourself from criticism or future blame

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cover one’s back

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3
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praise congratulations

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a pat on the back

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4
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to do someone a favour in the hope that they will do something for you

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scratch (someone’s) back

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5
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to refuse to help someone who is in trouble or need

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turn one’s back on something/someone

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6
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if you do me a favour then i will do you a favour

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you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours

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7
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family members are closer to one another than others

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blood is thicker than water

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8
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terrified

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blood runs coold

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9
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a close relative, a living human body

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(one’s) flesh and blood

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10
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to make someone very angry

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make (someone’s) blood boil

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11
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great personal effort

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blood, sweat and tears

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12
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family line of a noble or aristocratic family

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blue blood

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13
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to do all one possibly can

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break one’s neck (to do something)

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14
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a burden for someone

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a millstone around (someone’s) neck

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15
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an annoying person or event

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a pain in the neck

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16
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to risk harm in order to so something

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risk one’s neck (to do something)

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17
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to save some one from danger or trouble

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save (someone’s) neck/skin

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18
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to ignore/reject someone

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give (someone) the cold shoulder

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19
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someone’s responsibility

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on (someone’s) shoulders

20
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someone to whom you can tell your problems to and then ask for sympathy or advice

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a shoulder to cry on

21
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to bother or irritate

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get under (someone’s) skin

22
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a persone or animal that is very skinny

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skin and bones

23
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the bumpy skin that one gets because of excitement or fear

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goose bumps

24
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not having any deep or honest meaning

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one's clothing is wet right through to the skin
soaked to the skin
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not easily upset or hurt
thick-skinned
27
easily upset or hurt
thin-skinned
28
to get a feeling of fear or anxiety
get butterflies in one's stomach
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fully listening
all ears
30
good-luck
break a leg
31
nervous just before a big event
cold feet
32
be very expensive
cost an arm and a leg
33
cry very hard
cry your heart out
34
help someone do smth
give a hand
35
be unrealistic about smth
have one's head in the clouds
36
deeply in love
head over heals
37
take care of
keep an eye on
38
try to be cheerful
keep one's chin up
39
memorise
learn(know) by heart
40
relax
let one's hair down
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promise to keep a secret
lips are sealed
42
not unless I'm dead and can't stop you
over my dead body
43
do smth without a plan
play something by ear
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joke or tease someone
pull one's leg
45
not very intelligent
thick in the head
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stop dealing with a problem
wash one's hands of something