Health & body idioms and expressions | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

If you turn a blind eye...

You don't notice something deliberately

You can't see properly

You need to do something

you have to wake up early

If you tear your hair out...

You're extremely worried or frustrated

You're going bald

You're really hungry

You've just been dumped

To rub your elbows refers to...

Mingle with/meet in a group

Work hard

Study a lot

An elbow ache

If you're on the rag...

You're menstruating

You've got a cold

You're feeling great

You're feeling poorly

If the computer is working on the blink...

It's not working/working intermittently

It's working so fast

It needs a new battery

You're going to replace it

If you don't know your ass from your elbow, you...

Are stupid/ignorant

Are clever

Are happy

Are educated

If you jump down someone's throat, you...

Strongly attack them verbally

You don't trust them

You attempt to make someone agree with something

They don't trust you

"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.

Have family in an industry

Have a lot of money

Have a good idea

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

Get moving/begin working on something

Sleep early tonight

Drive somewhere

Are talented at something

What does "Get blood from a stone" mean?

To try to perform an impossible task

Drink wine at a party

Speak another language

Do something easy

What are "Forty winks"?

Short naps

Elbow grease refers to...

Physical effort

Studying hard

Encouragement to someone for doing something

Forcing your way through i.e. a crowd

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

They're very passionate about it

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

not to expect what's under discussion to happen soon

to relax and chill

not to panic

to breathe deeply and slowly

If you bust someone's balls...

You're teasing them

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

We mean they're strong/well-built

Brain drain refers to...

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

What does "blood is thicker than water" mean?

That family relationships take precedence over others

If you're joined at the hip...

You're very close to someone

You love someone

You hate someone

You're jealous of someone

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

green

guilty

good

grin

If you get a charley horse, you...

develop a cramp in your arm/leg

are about to die

need to undergo surgery

look sick

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

aren't feeling well

are on the mend

are about to die

aren't feeling weak anymore

If you kick the _____, you die.

bucket

battle

brass

bacon

Snake oil refers to...

a substance with no real medicinal value sold as a remedy

a wake up call

an unpleasant fact you must accept

a common family characteristic

If you're feeling as sick as a ______, you're feeling poorly.

dog

dad

dead

disease

If you have a ____ in your throat, you're unable to speak clearly.

frog

foot

fact

feast

If you have a spring in your ____, it means you're energetic and without worry.

step

shoe

sea

sack

If you're ____ of shape, you're physically unfit.

out

away

never

nowhere

A bitter pill to swallow refers to...

a difficult or uncomfortable realization

that you need to take medication

that you're not feeling well

a great physical condition

If you're back on your ____, you have successfully recovered from an injury or sickness.

feet

health

shape

step

I think I won't be going to the party tonight, I'm feeling a bit under the _____.

weather

warmth

window

wagon

If someone is going under the knife...

they're having surgery or an operation

they're going to die soon

they're going to be a surgeon

they're not feeling very well

- Are you reading for going for a run? - Ready? I'm feeling as fit as a ______.

fiddle

fact

face

fan

If someone is on their last legs...

they won't live much longer

they won't be able to use their legs much longer

their legs hurt

they are unfit

If you get a shot in the arm...

you receive an encouraging stimulus

you've been betrayed

you've got to accept something unpleasant

you look unhealthy

Helen's being a pain in the neck this morning, so...

I'll try to avoid him

I'll give him a hand with his work

I'll give him a massage

he should go to the hospital

If you have a new lease of life, you...

are going to live to the full

are going to change your life

are going to get well soon

are going to die

Last week I felt like I _________

had one foot in the grave

have one leg in the grave

have one feet in the grave

have one body in the grave

Hey Joseph, are you ok? You look like you are going to _____.

pass out

pass up

pass by

pass