Health & body idioms and expressions | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Learn and/or review some idioms and expressions about health & the body

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If you kick the _____, you die.

brass

bacon

bucket

battle

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If you're feeling out of sorts, you...

are about to die

aren't feeling weak anymore

are on the mend

aren't feeling well

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If you get a charley horse, you...

look sick

are about to die

develop a cramp in your arm/leg

need to undergo surgery

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If you look ____ around the gills, you look sick.

grin

guilty

good

green

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If you're joined at the hip...

You're very close to someone

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What does "blood is thicker than water" mean?

That family relationships take precedence over others

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Brain drain refers to...

The departure of talented well-educated individuals from a country/region

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When we say someone/something is built like a brick shit-house...

We mean they're strong/well-built

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If you bust someone's balls...

You're teasing them

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If you're told "Don't hold your breath", they want you

to relax and chill

not to panic

not to expect what's under discussion to happen soon

to breathe deeply and slowly

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If someone eats, sleeps and breathes something....

They're very passionate about it

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Elbow grease refers to...

Encouragement to someone for doing something

Forcing your way through i.e. a crowd

Physical effort

Studying hard

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What are "Forty winks"?

Short naps

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What does "Get blood from a stone" mean?

To try to perform an impossible task

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If you get your ass in gear, you...

Get moving/begin working on something

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"You take more ownership of something when you have some skin in the game." What does "to have skin in the game" mean?

To be risking something in undertaking.

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