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Can you think of some body part idioms?

Asked by 6rant6 (13700points) February 17th, 2011
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I’m looking for idioms that use human body part words in them: “knee deep” or “head in the game”.

Can you think of others?

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jaytkay's avatar

arm twisting
navel-gazing

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gailcalled's avatar

Pain in the neck
Hair raising
Toffee nosed
Ankle deep
Headstrong
Fingerlickin’
Thumbs up
Knee high to a grasshopper
Eye-level
Belly flop
Nose dive
Leg up

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Soubresaut's avatar

Knee slapper
Rubbernecker if that counts?
Green thumb
Toe curling
Elbow grease

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YARNLADY's avatar

Here’s a huge list of them

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the100thmonkey's avatar

Off the top of my head, I can’t. ;)

On the other hand, I might be talking bollocks, or talking out my ass (for the US contingent).

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Sunny2's avatar

Tongue in cheek
Rule of thumb
Ear splitting
Eye brow raising
Strong arm
Belly laugh
Nose about
Learn by Heart
Yell at the top of one’s lungs

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Brian1946's avatar

Lead footed.
Thick skinned.

Brian1946 (32283points)“Great Answer” (2points)
ilana's avatar

Gut-wrenching.
Spine tingling.

ilana (1072points)“Great Answer” (4points)
meiosis's avatar

Dickhead

Arsewipe

Bell-end

Muscle Mary

Shit For Brains

Knob Jockey

Can’t tell his arse from his elbow

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ucme's avatar

Arse licker
Fanny fart
Cock nose
Tit head (police)
Elbow grease
Finger lickin good (one for the wife there)

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LuckyGuy's avatar

Let me get my foot in the door before this thread closes.

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augustlan's avatar

All elbows and assholes.

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AstroChuck's avatar

Butt ugly.

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Seelix's avatar

@gailcalled – What does “toffee nosed” mean?

On the tip of your tongue
Having your nose in others’ business
All ears
A shoulder to cry on
Turning the other cheek
To have your hair stand on end
A gut feeling
My lips are sealed
Cross my heart
Up to your eyeballs in _________
By the skin of my teeth

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erichw1504's avatar

You’re the bee’s knees.

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gailcalled's avatar

Primarily British slang: snobbish, pretentious or supercilious
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Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin.
Sink my teeth into.

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erichw1504's avatar

Pointing fingers (declaring blame)

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nellybar's avatar

I wear my heart on my sleeve

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Kardamom's avatar

Going toe to toe with someone
Hand to hand combat
Mouth breather
Going ass over head for someone
Butt-ugly
Gaining a foot-hold
Gnashing my teeth
Holding my breath
Bosom-buddy
Tongue-lashing
I’m all ears
A real nail biter
A white-knuckle flight
Having a green thumb
Can’t see eye to eye
Has his finger on the pulse of the country
She has balls
She’s a ball buster

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AstroChuck's avatar

Shit faced.

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YARNLADY's avatar

nosey

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