Words index  Vivian Cook

Parts of body in metaphors  

  1. Which part of the body do you bury?
  2. Which part of the body do you pull?
  3. Which part of the body do you breathe down?
  4. Which part of the body do you twist?
  5. Which part of the body do you shake?
  6. Which part of the body do you pay through?
  7. Which part of the body do you give?
  8. Which part of the body do you declare?
  9. Which part of the body do you put down?
  10. Which part of the body do you have in the clouds?

 Arms
I’d give an arm and a leg/my right arm
The strong/long arm of the law
You’d have to twist my arm
At arm’s length
Greet with open arms

Legs
Show a clean pair of legs/leg it
Pull your leg
On your last legs
Shake a leg
Get a leg over (Brit)

Hands
Get a big hand
A safe pair of hands
live hand to mouth
Win hands down
Give your hand

Feet
Land feet first
Stand upon your own two feet
Put your foot down
Catch on the wrong foot
Get your foot in the door

Heads
Two heads are better than one
To have your head in the clouds
Do someone’s head in
Keep your head above water
Do it standing on your head

Necks
Get it in the neck
Breathe down someone’s neck
Neck and neck
Neck of the woods

Nose
Nose in the air
See beyond one’s nose
Pay through the nose
Keep your nose clean
Bury one’s nose in