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Body Idioms
1) All ears
a. As soon as he heard about the announcement of lottery results on the TV, he was all
ears as he himself had purchased five of them.
b. When the prime minister came on the stage and started his speech, the audience were all
ears with the noisy auditorium suddenly becoming quiet.
2) Break a leg
a. You have an exam tomorrow? Break a leg!

b. When the team went out for the final race, the coach shouted out to
them “break a leg!”
1) Cost an arm and a leg
a. I would have loved to go with my friends at cinema, but it would

have cost me an arm and a leg.
b. The show is excellent, but the tickets cost an arm and a leg.
1) Keep an eye
a. Keep an eye on the students. We don’t want them to cheat during the
exams.
b. Keep an eye on the road or we might miss the turn we need to take.
1) Face the music
a. He was part of an illegal racing gang, and had to face the music when
they were busted.
b. Having failed his English test, he had to go home and face the music.
1) Flesh and Blood
a. They are siblings and have a right to beat each other up silly. What is the point of being
each other’s flesh and blood otherwise?
b. I know people who do not help their own flesh and blood. To expect that we will get help
is futile.
2) Pull leg
a. Did he mean it when he said he’s leaving you or was he just pulling your leg?
b. I was just pulling your leg when I said that the company is going to shut down.
3) Button your lip
a. Although it was her turn to give her speech, Lisa buttoned her lip.
b. John is such a chatty person and so it is surprising that he has buttoned his lips this
evening.
Color Idioms
1) Blue blood
a. Don’t spend money like a blue blood rather save it for the future.
b. A blue blood probably could never understand the pain of being homeless.
2) Black out
a. From childhood, her daughter has frequent black outs. She is suffering from a
neurological disorder.
b. We don’t the reason but the whole city facing the blackout.
3) Black and white
a. He asked his old mother not to worry as the terms of the hand agreement were spelled out
in black and white.
b. Our boss always thinks that everything is straightforward, but he doesn’t realise that this
whole situation is not as black and white as he thinks!
4) In someone’s black books
a. After that argument yesterday, I assure you he will be in a lot of people’s black books for
quite some time!
b. I don't think I'll come to the party on Friday, I'm in Andrei's black books at the moment.
5) Pitch black
a. I was afraid to go downstairs, the whole house was pitch black, and very quiet.
b. It was still pitch black at that time of the morning.
6) Black sheep
a. Are twins to become the moral equivalent of black sheep?
b. Matei was a black sheep and was driven out of the Party.
7) Green belt
a. But I regret that nowhere has any formal green belt as yet been proposed.
b. Argues that it is being forced to loosen its green belt restrictions as a result.
Make PV
1) Make off with
a. He made off with all the old man's savings.
b. Two boys made off with our cases while we weren't looking.
c. He made off with the girl.
2) Make up
a. I have a lot of faults to make up for.
b. Children make up a large proportion of the world's population.
c. These arguments make up the case for the defence.
3) Make for
a. Both teams are on good form, which should make for a great game.
b. The plan might make for the friends.
c. No, happenstance will never make for beauty.
4) Make out
a. I could make out a dark figure in the twilight.
b. I could just make out the tiny points of a car's headlights far away.
c. I can't make out if she enjoys her job or not.
5) Make off
a. When the deer saw the hunter, it made off at once
b. I watched you make off along the cliff path, as if you were making for Otters' Bay.
c. They make off with other countries'raw materials at low prices.
Take PV
1) Take apart
a. Her second novel was taken apart by the critics.
b. How dare you take apart my letter?
c. Little boys tend to take apart their toys assemble them back again.
2) Take down
a. I'd take down your pants and tan your backside good proper.
b. Now that the sale is over someone needs to take down the notices.
c. Take down this book, and slowly read.
3) Take in
a. Do you take in your tea?
b. Several families take in foreign students.
c. They plan to take in $1.6 billion.
4) Take off
a. I take off my hat to his courage.
b. Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.
c. I'll take off now, and see you later.
5) Take on
a. He now felt ready to take on the role of director.
b. I don't want to take on any more commitments.
c. We stopped to take on fuel.

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Body Idioms

a. You have an exam tomorrow? Break a leg!

1) Cost an arm and a leg

a. I would have loved to go with my friends at cinema, but it would

1) Face the music

1) Flesh and Blood

3) Button your lip

a. He made off with all the old man's savings.

c. He made off with the girl.

a. I have a lot of faults to make up for.

b. Children make up a large proportion of the world's population.

c. These arguments make up the case for the defence.

b. The plan might make for the friends.

c. No, happenstance will never make for beauty.

a. I could make out a dark figure in the twilight.

c. I can't make out if she enjoys her job or not.

a. When the deer saw the hunter, it made off at once

c. They make off with other countries'raw materials at low prices.

a. Her second novel was taken apart by the critics.

b. How dare you take apart my letter?

c. Take down this book, and slowly read.

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