idiomy związane z częściami ciała — j. angielski

slip of the tongue                                                                   an accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking

pay through the nose                               

to pay excessively.

 

look down your nose at something/somebody 

to think that someone is less important than                        

you or that something is not good enough for you

 

make someone's blood boil                                      to make someone very angry.

 

head over heels (in love)                                                        to be in love with someone very much

 

give somebody a hand                                 to help someone do something, especially something that involves  physical effort (often + with )

 

head and shoulders above [the others/the rest etc.] much better than other similar people or things

 

 

can't make head or tail of something                           to not be able to understand something at all

 

to have cold feet                                         to be afraid of doing something; cowardice at the moment of action.

 

on its last legs                                                                       about to stop working

 

have one foot in the grave                                                  to be almost dead.

 

take something to heart                                                          to consider that some comment is significant to oneself

 

put words in (to) someone's mouth                                         to interpret what someone said so that the words mean what you want and not what the speaker wanted.

 

be under somebody's thumb                                                   to be under someone’s control

lose your nerve                                                         to fear doing something

 

your feet on the ground                                                           a realistic understanding of your own ideas, actions, and decisions

 

get something off one's chest                             to confess something; to criticize or make a personal complaint to someone.

 

to get a big hand (for something)                                            to get lots of applause for something.

 

see eye to eye (on something) (with someone)             to agree about someone or something with someone else

 

have your head in the clouds                                                 to not know what is really happening around you because

 you are paying too much attention to your own ideas

 

put your foot in it                                                                    to say something by accident which embarrasses or upsets someone

 

get off on the wrong foot also                           to begin doing something in a way that is likely to fail

 

pull the wool over somebody's eyes                        to deceive someone in order to prevent them from knowing what you are really doing

 

have your fingers/hand in the till                         to steal money from the place where you work, usually from a shop

 

caught in the act /caught red-handed                                   seen doing something illegal or private.

 

up to my eyes in (work)                                                         very busy with something

 

bring someone to his knees                                                   to force someone into submission

Katarzyna Sidorska