Body Idioms

1. . He had prepared the talk very well, but on the day of the presentation he ___

• let his hair down.

• got cold feet.

• was up tp hid e

Answer explanation

To get cold feeth means to lose courage at the last moment.

When I think about how hard you've worked and how badly they've treated you it ___.

• makes my blood boil

• is a pain in the neck

• is a weight off my shoulders

Answer explanation

To make your blood boil means to make you angry.

Sorry I can't help you this week. I'm ___ with work.

• a pain in the neck

• a weight off your shoulders

• up to my eyeballs

Answer explanation

To be up to your eyeballs means to have a lot to do.

I'm trying to ___ , but that's the fourth rejection I've had in a row.

• get cold feet

• keep my chin up

• let my hair down

Answer explanation

To keep your chin up is to stay positive.

 I'm sorry you have to rewrite the article or at least cut it down. It is ___ , I know, but the magazine insists that it can't be over 300 words.

• a pain in the neck

• a weight off my shoulders

• elbow room

Answer explanation

To be a pain in the neck is to be an annoyance.

Sorry to bore you about my troubles at work. I just had to get it ___ .

• off the top of my head

• off my shoulders

• off my chest

Answer explanation

To get something off your chest means to tell someone how you feel.

At the end of a long year's training and participating in competitions, she can now finally go out and ___ .

• keep my chin up

• let her hair down

• stick her neck out

Answer explanation

To let your hair down means to enjoy yourself without inhibitions!

Paying the final instalment on the car last week was a ___ . I'll actually have a bit of spare cash now.

• cold shoulder

• eye-catching

• weight off my shoulders

Answer explanation

To be a weight off your shoulders means to be a relief.