ADVANCED VOCABULARY - IDIOMS - PARTS OF THE BODY 1

Advanced Idioms - Parts of the Body (nouns)

Complete the following sentences with the nouns from the box.
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1) Ann's mother-in-law is always poking her into other people’s business.

2) I was browsing through a magazine one day when a photograph caught my .

3) His exam results were disappointing but he tried to put a brave on it.

4) Why don't you tell him how you feel? It might do you good to get it off your .

5) The profits growth came on the of a 50 per cent rise in sales.

6) The taxi broke down on the way to the airport and we just caught the plane by the skin of our .

7) Stop pulling my , I know there isn't a Hollywood director calling me right now.

8) In the beginning, she was going to marry David, but recently she’s had a change of .

9) I can't believe this laptop has broken already; it cost me an and a leg.

10) I know dinner is at five, but I just have food on the — so do you want pizza or maybe kebab?

1)	poke one's nose into sth	try to become involved in sth that does not concern you
2)	catch sb's eye	be attractive or different enough to be noticed by someone
3)	put a brave face on sth	try to hide the fact that you are feeling upset
4)	get sth off your chest	talk to sb about something that has been worrying you
5)	off/on the back of sth	as a result of an achievement or a success
6)	by the skin of one's teeth	by a very narrow margin, only just
7)	pull somebody’s leg	tell somebody something that is not true, as a joke
8)	have a change of heart	have a change in one's opinion or feelings
9)	cost an arm and a leg	be extremely expensive
10)	have sth on the brain	be always thinking about something