Idioms about body parts

Keep your ________ up

Stay cheerful and optimistic even when something bad has happened, or there are problems

• hand

• chin

• face

• leg

Let your ________down

Relax

• brain

• hair

• leg

• arm

Break a leg!

Used to wish someone good luck on an exam, test, or interview

• brain

• hair

• leg

• arm

Keep someone at _______’s length

Keep someone at a distance

• brain

• hair

• leg

• arm

Pick someone’s _____

Ask someone a lot of questions about something they are good at

• brain

• hair

• leg

• arm

Have butterflies in your ______

Feel excited or nervous about something, especially an important event or a date

• neck

• tongue

• stomach

• heart

Have a broken ______

Suffer because of a love disappointment

• neck

• tongue

• stomach

• heart

Have something on the tip of your _______

Almost remember something you want to say

• neck

• tongue

• stomach

• heart

Stick your ____ out

Accept a risk, usually to defend someone or something

• neck

• tongue

• stomach

• heart

Get something off your _________

Open up about something

• hand

• chest

• leg

• tongue