Body idioms by CRISTINA ROBLES VALERO https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd Share with us a common idiom based on the human body. Each entry must include the meaning of the idiom and show the idiom in context in an example sentence. Do not repeat the idiom! en-us 2021-04-05 08:29:52 UTC 2023-12-12 23:17:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/527470198/78c109b966b6e6ef287d6dff55fa33a9/descarga.jpeg To be/fall head over heels crisrovalero https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1382506273 MEANING: To be deeply in love with someone.
EXAMPLE: "My brother feels head over heels for his new girlfriend."]]> 2021-04-05 09:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1382506273 Cold Shoulder adriandanielmecinasdumitru https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1386391912 MEANING: To ignore someone
EXAMPLE:  thought she really liked me, but the next day she gave me the cold shoulder.]]> 2021-04-06 09:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1386391912 Long arm of the law Alejandromartinezparra32 https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1387143977 MEANING: Describes how efficient the law system can be.
EXAMPLE:Tony was caught by the police for speeding. He could not escape the long arm of the law.]]> 2021-04-06 13:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1387143977 Play something by ear msolebonillo https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1387313235 MEANING: Do something without a plan.
EXAMPLE: We don’t know if the weather will be good enough for camping. We’ll have to play it by ear. ]]> 2021-04-06 14:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1387313235 Have one's head in the clouds anaplazacastillo https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1388419745 MEANING: Be unaware or unrealistic about something.
EXAMPLE: Amy has her head in the clouds if she thinks she's going to pass her exams without studying.]]> 2021-04-06 17:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1388419745 Keep one's chin up danielaguijavargas https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1388735010 MEANING: Try to be cheerful.
EXAMPLE: Keep your chin up. I'm sure you'll make some friends soon.

]]> 2021-04-06 19:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1388735010 Itchy feet Ceciliaespinar https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1388872208 MEANING: To move around a lot.
EXAMPLE: Julie could not wait to go on her travels. She has itchy feet.

]]> 2021-04-06 19:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1388872208 "I´m all ears" nuria2005nam https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1388913022 MEANING: Means you are ready to listen someone,
EXAMPLE: Tell me I´m all ears.]]> 2021-04-06 19:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1388913022 An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth angelmartinez19551 https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1392801469 MEANING: It's like getting revenge on someone who had hurt you.
EXAMPLE: My brother and I always do an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth when we hurt each other.]]> 2021-04-07 18:16:49 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1392801469 foot the bill pilarcarreto957 https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1393267515 MEANING: To pay for something expensive
EXAMPLE: No way they foot the bill for a brand-new Mercedes.]]> 2021-04-07 20:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1393267515 Be down in the mouth danielalmansa05 https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1396417718 MEANINg: For say you feel sad.
EAMPLE: She’s a bit down in the mouth because she failed one of her exams.]]> 2021-04-08 15:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1396417718 A Chip On Your Shoulder sevillanogarciajairo https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1396699016 MEANING: It's to bear a grudge to someone.
EXAMPLE: he still with a chip on his shoulder for that words.

]]> 2021-04-08 16:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1396699016 To look down your nose https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1403294807 MEANING: to be an arrogant person/ to think that you are superior to the rest of the people.
EXAMPLE: I'm not her friend anymore, I can't stand that she's always looking down her nose.


]]> 2021-04-10 23:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1403294807 Feel on the top of the world https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1403909694 meaning: to feel very healthy .
Example: you are very strong , you feel on the top of the world]]> 2021-04-11 10:13:57 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1403909694 Bite your lip https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1404217294 MEANING: to prevent yourself from showing your reaction to something by speaking or laughing
EXAMPLE: I really wanted to laugh - I had to bite my lip

]]> 2021-04-11 13:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1404217294 Butter Fingers https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1404609230 MEANING: Be clumsy and drop things.
EXAMPLE: You´ve dropped my vase! Butter fingers!]]> 2021-04-11 17:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1404609230 Cry one's eye a lot alvarocamval https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1406632315
Meaning:
Yo cry a lot
Example:
Daniel Fáil the examen andar he cry cristina's eye out


]]> 2021-04-12 10:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1406632315 To have an eye for something https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1406638292 MEANING: Have a good taste for something 
EXAMPLE: Alvaro have an eye for girls 
José Parra]]> 2021-04-12 10:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1406638292 Idiom Alfonso Parreño https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1406645538 To do something with one's eyes closed.
Meaning: do something easily.
Example: my mum scrub something with one's eyes closed

]]> 2021-04-12 10:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1406645538 Idiom Bernardo Ballesteros https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1409669863 Many hands make light work:
In a project or in a work, if more People work in the project, more easiest it will be.]]> 2021-04-12 23:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1409669863 Back someone up https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1410934431  MEANING: support someone or something
EXAMPLE: Adolfo fail The exam and i support back adolfo up
Manuel Armiñana😎]]> 2021-04-13 08:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1410934431 brain drain https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1417239866 meaning: the situation in which large numbers of educated and very skilled people leave their own country to live and work in another one where pay and conditions are better.
example: Britain has suffered a huge brain drain in recent years.
Laura Castellanos.]]> 2021-04-14 16:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1417239866 https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1421327425 Idiom Rubén 
Thick in the heard.
Meaning: nto ver intelligent
Example: I am thick in the head when it comes to reading a map.]]> 2021-04-15 14:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/crisrovalero/b6dr3cv6p6m2qfmd/wish/1421327425