Idioms with body parts

I'm all ears!

• I have big ears.

• I'm listening to you carefully.

• My ears are hurting.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Why are you splitting hairs?

• Why are you over-analysing?

• Why don't you let your hair down?

• Why are you cutting your hair?

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

She is my good friend, but we sometimes just don't see eye to eye.

• My good friend hasn't got beautiful eyes.

• We don't look at each other in the eyes.

• We don't agree sometimes.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Mom, you say you will pay for my trip to New York. Are you serious or are you only paying lip service?

• Mom, are you joking?

• Mom, are you willing to prove it?

• Mom, your lips are beautiful!

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

She got cold feet before the wedding!

• She had a cold.

• Her feet were cold and she couldn't wear shoes.

• She got scared.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

She didn't have the guts to face her parents and tell them about that F in English!

• She was sick and threw up.

• She wasn't brave enough.

• She had a gut feeling that she would faint.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

There were 6 of us at dinner. Noboy wanted to foot the bill.

• Nobody wanted to pay.

• Everybody wanted to pay.

• Nobody had shoes on their feet.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

I didn't write my homework so I'll have to face the music from my English teacher.

• I'll have to start playing English music.

• I'll have to listen to my teacher play.

• I'll have to listen to the teacher about the importance of writing homeworks.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I'm so tired. I can't wait for summer. I want to let my hair down and do nothing.

• I want to relax and enjoy myself.

• I want a new haircut.

• I want to dye my hair.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

I can't organize every single detail for the trip. We'll just have to play it by ear.

• We'll have to listen to the guide.

• We'll have to improvize.

• We'll have to stay longer.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B