Body idioms

Question 1

at the foot of

Answer 1

at the bottom of (mountain, stairs)

Question 2

to cost an arm and a leg

Answer 2

to be very expensive

Question 3

to cry your eyes out

Answer 3

to cry a lot

Question 4

to face a team

Answer 4

to play against another team

Question 5

to fell head over heels in love with sb

Answer 5

to fall madly in love

Question 6

to foot the bill

Answer 6

to pay the bill at a restaurant or a hotel (used to emphasise that you thought sb else was going to pay)

Question 7

to get cold feet

Answer 7

to suddenly feel that you are not brave enough to do sth important

Question 8

to get up sb’s nose

Answer 8

to annoy sb

Question 9

to be glad to see the back of sb/smth

Answer 9

to be happy when sb leaves or smth is finished

Question 10

to have sth on the brain

Answer 10

to be obsessed about sht and only think of that

Question 11

I don’t know off-hand

Answer 11

not know until checked

Question 12

I’d give my right arm to

Answer 12

I would really like to

Question 13

in the eyes of the law

Answer 13

according to the laws of the land

Question 14

to earn/lose money hand over fist

Answer 14

rapidly

Question 15

off the top of one’s head

Answer 15

information given immediately, without full knowledge of the fact

Question 16

sth is on its own last legs

Answer 16

in very poor condition and will soon stop working

Question 17

to pull sb’s leg

Answer 17

to play a joke on sb and make them believe smth that is not true

Question 18

to put your foot down

Answer 18

to suddenly become strict and tell someone (a child) what they mustn’t do

Question 19

to set eyes on sb

Answer 19

to see sb, often for the first time

Question 20

to set your heart on sth

Answer 20

to really want

Question 21

to think on your own feet

Answer 21

to be able to give good answers to unexpected questions

Question 22

with an eye to

Answer 22

in order to (+ noun or -ing form)

Question 23

you have to hand it to sb

Answer 23

to admire and respect