Body idioms | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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I'm finding it hard to get my __________ round these large numbers. (understand)

head

15

I've told him so many times but it goes in one _______ and out the other. (he forgets it immediately)

ear

15

Thanks for the advice, I'll bear it in ________. (remember & consider)

mind

15

I know this! No, no, don't tell me... it's on the tip of my __________.

tongue

15

I've been racking my __________ but I just can't remember his name. (thinking hard)

brain

15

We got off on the wrong _______ when we first met, but that's all forgotten now. (our relationship started badly)

foot

15

One of my colleagues has been giving me the cold _________. Sometimes he doesn't even acknowledge that I'm there! (acting unfriendly)

shoulder

15

If I had known you were having trouble, I would have lent you a _______. (helped you)

hand

15

Why did you have to go and poke your _______ in? It's none of your business! (interfere)

nose

15

I can't come this evening - I'm up to my _______ in work. (very busy)

ears

15

It's a really good job but my ________ just isn't in it so I'm going to look for something else. (I'm not enthusiastic)

heart

15

We were all rushing around organising the party but he didn't lift a _______! (he didn't do anything)

finger

15

She hasn't really got a new job in New York. She's just pulling your ________! (She is teasing)

leg

15

Don't bite my _______ off just because you are in a bad mood! (speak to me in an angry way)

head

15

I wasn't going to go out but she twisted my ________. (She persuaded me)

arm

15

My boss is a complete pain in the _______. Always changing things around and complaining about something. (annoying)

neck

15