"Your English ticket to life" Project by English teacher Iuliana Pienoiu. Body Idioms. http://meditatii-engleza.ro/ You can also find me on Skype at: meditatii-engleza.

1. all fingers and thumbs
 clumsy
E.g. I am all fingers and thumbs whenever I
wash the dishes. I always break something.

2. to pull someone’s leg
 to joke around with someone, to try to fool
someone
E.g. John told his little sister that there was a
ghost in the wardrobe. It took him an hour to
convince her that he was just pulling her leg
afterwards.

3. stick one’s neck out
 take a risk, to expose yourself to danger or
failure
E.g. He stuck his neck out for her when he
defended her point of view in front of his boss.

4. get in someone’s hair
 bother or annoy someone
E.g. Mary tried to do the house cleaning but the
children just kept getting in her hair so she
asked her husband to take them out for a walk
in the park.

5. shake a leg
 to hurry, to move faster or to dance
E.g. Our bus leaves in 20 minutes so you had
better shake a leg if you want to catch it.
E.g. There are three dance floors in this disco for
people who love to shake a leg.

6. jump down someone’s throat
 become angry with someone, criticize or
disagree with someone
E.g. Before you jump down my throat and
accuse me of something I didn’t do I think you
had better look into the matter thoroughly.

7. pay through the nose
 pay too high a price
E.g. We have to pay through the nose if we want
to park our car in the center of the town at this
hour.

8. get off someone’s back
 stop nagging or criticizing someone
E.g. Most of the teenagers complain about the
fact that their mothers don’t get off their back.

9. tongue in cheek
 to say something jokingly while appearing to
be serious
E.g. The man was drunk so he responded to his
wife’s questions with tongue in cheek
answers.

10. shoot your mouth off
 to boast or talk too much
E.g. It is poor taste to shoot your mouth off about
how much money you make with your new
business.

11. play it by ear
 improvise as one goes along
E.g. I haven’t made any plans for my holiday,
yet. I am just going to play it by ear this year.
It’s more exciting that way!

12. to not have a leg to stand on
 to have no support for an argument or a case,
to be unable to prove something
E.g. If you sued him you would win for sure. He
would not have a leg to stand on when it
comes to accusations against you.

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