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WorksheetsIdioms using body parts
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Anthony really likes Lulu, but she always _____. He feels rejected and sad.
is a bleeding heart
buries his head in the sand
gives him the cold shoulder
has her heart set on him
Would you be happy to pay through the ______ for one night in a fabulous hotel?
finger
nose
thumb
gut
To give someone the "cold shoulder" means?
old
stay serious
throw ice
ignore
Alex started getting _______________ the closer it was to the big day and he wished he could postpone it.
cold feet
cold shoulders
itchy feet
a bleeding heart
Students who are "all ears"....
have big ears
love q-tips
are listening carefully
are dreaming
He's got a chip on his shoulder really means...
He earns money chopping wood.
He is very angry and feels he is badly treated.
He has wounded his shoulder.
He has been fighting all the time
Sandra is as stubborn as an ox and refused to listen to her mum's advice. This has the same meaning as she ___________________.
paid through her nose
had a cast iron stomach
dug her heels in
has a cold shoulder
Kimberley loves animals and always volunteers at her local animal rescue shelter because it is _________________.
causing her to have a bleeding heart
close to her heart
making her become a bag of bones
digging its heels in her
Watch out! He is _________________ and dangerous.
cleaning his hands
cutting his nose to spite his face
a bag of bones
armed to the teeth
Don't __________________ just because you want to go on a holiday! There is a pandemic going on!
pay through your nose
cut your nose to spite your face
walk around with a chip on your shoulder
be all in your head
A person who has clean hands is a person who ______________
always breaks the law
cares a lot about the world
likes to be clean and hates dirt
is not involved in illegal activities
Bury your ___________ in the ______________
neck, sand
head, beach
neck, beach
head, sand
Please don't bring me to an exotic food restaurant full of strange dishes and spices - I don't have a __________________
cast iron stomach
lead stomach
glass stomach
iron gut
If you think everyone is out to get you, it is __________________
all in your brain
all in your head
all in your dreams
under your hair
What happened to you? You used to be ______________________, but now, you look pleasantly plump!
a long noodle
a box of bones
a bag of bones
a sack of fingers
Timothy has _______________ and cannot stay still for long.
cold feet
cold shoulders
itchy feet
a bleeding heart
______________________ means "to ignore something that is obviously wrong"
Bleeding heart
Bury your head in the sand
Cut your nose to spite your face
Dig your heels in
______________________ means "to do something silly that ends up making things worse"
Bleeding heart
Bury your head in the sand
Cut your nose to spite your face
Dig your heels in
