Cutting Edge Advanced Unit 4 Idioms

Question	Answer
all ears	fully listening
break a leg	good-luck
cold feet	nervous just before a big event
cost an arm and a leg	be very expensive
cry your heart out	cry very hard
face the music	meet, stand up to unpleasant consequences, for example criticism or punishment
(my) flesh and blood	relative
get something off one's chest	tell someone your problems
give a hand, lend a hand	help (someone) do something
have one's head in the clouds	be unaware or unrealistic about something
head over heels	deeply in love
head start	an earlier start
in over one's head	taking on a task that you can't handle
keep an eye on	take care of, watch in order to protect
learn by heart, know by heart	memeorize
let one's hair down	relax, have fun
(my) lips are sealed	promise to keep a secret
makes my blood boil	makes me very angry
neck of the woods	nearby location or region
(an) old hand	an experienced person
over my dead body	not unless I'm dead and can't stop you
pat on the back	recognition or a thank-you
play something by ear	do something without a plan
pull one's leg	joke or tease someone
rule of thumb	basic rule (not always followed)
see eye to eye	agree
(by the) skin of one's teeth	just barely
stick your neck out	help someone a lot, with possible bad consequences for oneself
sweet tooth	a love of sugar or sweet things
thick in the head	not very intelligent
wash one's hands of something	stop dealing with an issue or problem

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