Idiomatic Expression.

[Karim_Rap_4_life]

Hi every body wish you doing good now here we have a very interesting topic about the Idiomatic Expression.
The noun IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION has 1 sense:
1. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up. this expressions are widely used among native speakers maybe we need them one day.
and here we have the most well known examples about Idiomatic expressions and I hope it helps you lil bit so let's Go :

Eye :

- To catch someone’s eye = attract someone’s attention, make someone notice
Eg. If you would catch waiter’s eye, I’d like some more bread.
- To be up to one’s eyes (in something) = be extremely busy.
Eg. I’m sorry I didn’t call you yesterday, but I was up to my eyes in work.
- To cast/run an eye over something = look quickly over something.
- To cry one’s eye out = cry a lot.
- To have eyes in the back of one’s head = be alert, notice everything going on around one.
Eg. The teacher knows everything we do, she must have eyes in the back of her head!
- To keep an eye on something/ somebody = look at something/ somebody continually and carefully.
Eg. Would you keep an eye on the children while I go to the doctor’s?
- To see eye to eye (with someone) (on something) = agree.
Eg. They are a perfect couple, they see eye to eye on most things.
- To turn a blind eye to something = ignore something very easily.
Eg. He knows I always get late, but he just turns a blind eye to it.
- To do something with one’s eyes closed = do something very easily.
Eg. Using this fax machine is really easy, you can do It with your eyes closed!
-To keep one’s eyes skinned/ peeled = remain alert.
Eg. Nobody should see that I’m doing this, so keep your eyes peeled and tell me if someone’s coming.

Ear:

- All ears = very eager to listen to what someone is going to say.
Eg. I’m all ears, waiting to hear your latest excuse for not getting this job done!
- Be out on your ear (informal) = to be forced to leave your job because you have done something wrong, or because your work is not good enough.
Eg. You will be out on your ear if you don’t start doing some work around here.
- Be up to your ears/ eyeballs/ eyes in something (British, American & Australian) = to have too much of something especially work.
Eg. We’re up to our eyeballs in decorating at the moment.
- Be wet behind the ears = to be young and not very experienced.
Eg. He’s fresh out of college, still wet behind the ears.
- Bend someone’s ear = to talk to someone for a long time.
Eg. She spent the day at a conference bending the ears of some high school teachers.
- Listen with half an ear = have half an ear or something – to listen to something without giving it all your attention.
Eg. I listened with half an ear as she explained what she’d been doing.
- Turn a deaf ear = to ignore someone when they complain or ask for something.
Eg. In the past they’ve tended to turn a deaf ear to such requests.

Mouth:

- Bad-mouth someone/ something = to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people’s opinions of them.
Eg. She’s always bad-mouthing her colleagues.
- Be down in the mouth (informal) = to be sad.
Eg. Jake looks a bit down in the mouth. Shall we try to find out what’s wrong?
- Foam at the mouth = 1- to be uncontrollably excited.
Eg. The band’s high-energy music left the crowd foaming at the mouth for more.
2- to be uncontrollably angry.
Eg. And there was my mom, still foaming at the mouth, still shouting at my brother.

Nose:

- Have your nose in a book = to be reading
Eg. My daughter reads all the time. She’s always got her nose in a book.
- lead someone by the nose = to control someone so that they do exactly what you want them to do. Eg. He thinks she’s perfect, and she leads him around by the nose.
- With your nose in the air = behaving as if you think you are better than other people and do not want to speak to them.
Eg. I quite often see him in the street and he always walks past with his nose in the air.


Leg:

- An arm and a leg = a lot of money.
Eg. Everything the restaurant offers tastes good, and it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. (usage notes : usually used with the verbs cost, pay, and charge).
- Put someone’s leg = to tell something that it’s not true as a way of joking with them.
Eg. Is he really angry with me or do you think he’s just pulling my leg?
- Stretch your legs = to move around after having to be in one place or position for a long time. Eg. We drove there in five hours, including a couple of stops to stretch our legs.
- Can talk the legs off an iron pot = If someone can talk the lags off an iron pot, they talk a lot.
Eg. I dread getting in a conversation with Gillian – She can talk the legs off an iron pot.

Chest:

- Get it off your chest = to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or making you feel guilty for a long time, in order to make you feel better.
Eg. It was something that had been bothering me for some time and it felt good to get it off my chest.
- Keep/play your cards close to your chest = to not tell anyone what you plan to do.
Eg. I never know what Martin’s next move will be. He plays cards close to his chest.

Fingers:

- Cross your fingers = to hope that things will happen in the way you want them to.
Eg. We’re crossing fingers and hoping that the weather stays fine.
- Cross your fingers = to hope for good luck.
Eg. At this point, they can only stand back, cross their fingers and wait to see if the fireworks go off perfectly.
- Have a finger in every pie = to be involved in and have influence over many different activities, often in a way that other people could not approve of.
Eg.you can’t make a decision on any kind of funding without consulting him – he has a finger in every pie.
- Wear/ work your fingers to the bone = to work very hard for a very long time.
Eg. I’ve been working my fingers to the bone to get the dress ready in time for the wedding.
- Twist/ wrap someone around/ round your little finger = to be able to persuade someone to do something you want, usually because they like you so much.
Eg. He’d do anything you asked to. You’ve got him wrapped around your little finger!

[miss.cool]

thanks brother karim so much

very useful
yeah sure one day we'll need this


keep it up

peace

[Karim_Rap_4_life]

you're welcome

[Black_Poison]

things are not exactly what they look like
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great and helpful
top as always
keep it up

break a leg hhhhhh

[Karim_Rap_4_life]

yeah thank you for passing I wish that help a lil bit wait for more topics

[faucon1982]

شكرا لك يا اخي

[amel nina]

thanks

it would definitely help me enhancing my english


espicially that idioms are frequently used

[rola.29]

Oh Karim , i really don't know what to tell u

i like this kind of expressions,

i swear, i have a copybook, on which, i write these wonderful things

i have ( pas mal de phrases / comment le dire en Anglais .. hhhh) .. thanks very much brother

i'll keep this page in my bookmarks , to never forget it

[Karim_Rap_4_life]

Okey welcome and I advice you to do it whenver you learn an idomatic expression try to memorize them good luck and I'm happy coz you like them coz you will need them one day

[rola.29]

how did u learn them karim ??is there any solution to remember them easily ?? hein

[Karim_Rap_4_life]

listen I downloaded the book firstly then read it page by page and I did exercises one by one and I did them right all self corrected I got excellent mark in each unit there were 5 units and the last test I got as excellent and the tests were a puzzles and crosswords not filling the gaps and I finished the book just in 10 days but I was studying it day and night 6 hours at least in a day.....but this was a three years ago and now I just remember only a few list coz I don't use them and I'm going to study it again mybe we'll make it as a section here who knows and thank you or interesting see ya