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Health & body idioms and expressions

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  • If you're ____ of shape, you're physically unfit.
    nowhere
    away
    out
    never
  • If you bust someone's balls...
    You're teasing them
  • If you're feeling out of sorts, you...
    are on the mend
    aren't feeling weak anymore
    are about to die
    aren't feeling well
  • Snake oil refers to...
    an unpleasant fact you must accept
    a common family characteristic
    a substance with no real medicinal value sold as a remedy
    a wake up call
  • If you jump down someone's throat, you...
    You attempt to make someone agree with something
    Strongly attack them verbally
    They don't trust you
    You don't trust them
  • If you don't know your ass from your elbow, you...
    Are stupid/ignorant
  • If you get a shot in the arm...
    you've got to accept something unpleasant
    you receive an encouraging stimulus
    you've been betrayed
    you look unhealthy
  • If someone eats, sleeps and breathes something....
    They're very passionate about it
  • A bitter pill to swallow refers to...
    that you need to take medication
    a great physical condition
    a difficult or uncomfortable realization
    that you're not feeling well
  • If the computer is working on the blink...
    It's not working/working intermittently
  • If someone is going under the knife...
    they're going to die soon
    they're going to be a surgeon
    they're not feeling very well
    they're having surgery or an operation
  • If you tear your hair out...
    You're extremely worried or frustrated
  • If you get your ass in gear, you...
    Get moving/begin working on something
  • When we say someone/something is built like a brick shit-house...
    We mean they're strong/well-built
  • Hey Joseph, are you ok? You look like you are going to _____.
    pass up
    pass by
    pass out
    pass
  • I think I won't be going to the party tonight, I'm feeling a bit under the _____.
    wagon
    window
    warmth
    weather
  • - Are you reading for going for a run? - Ready? I'm feeling as fit as a ______.
    fact
    fan
    face
    fiddle
  • If you're feeling as sick as a ______, you're feeling poorly.
    dead
    dog
    disease
    dad
  • What does "Get blood from a stone" mean?
    To try to perform an impossible task
  • What does "blood is thicker than water" mean?
    That family relationships take precedence over others
  • If you have a spring in your ____, it means you're energetic and without worry.
    step
    shoe
    sack
    sea
  • If you look ____ around the gills, you look sick.
    grin
    green
    guilty
    good
  • If you're told "Don't hold your breath", they want you
    to breathe deeply and slowly
    not to expect what's under discussion to happen soon
    to relax and chill
    not to panic
  • If you're joined at the hip...
    You're very close to someone
  • If you're on the rag...
    You're menstruating
    You've got a cold
    You're feeling great
    You're feeling poorly
  • If you get a charley horse, you...
    are about to die
    need to undergo surgery
    develop a cramp in your arm/leg
    look sick
  • "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.
  • If someone is on their last legs...
    they won't be able to use their legs much longer
    they are unfit
    they won't live much longer
    their legs hurt
  • If you turn a blind eye...
    You don't notice something deliberately
  • What are "Forty winks"?
    Short naps
  • Brain drain refers to...
    The departure of talented well-educated individuals from a country/region
  • If you have a ____ in your throat, you're unable to speak clearly.
    frog
    feast
    fact
    foot
  • Elbow grease refers to...
    Encouragement to someone for doing something
    Studying hard
    Forcing your way through i.e. a crowd
    Physical effort
  • If you kick the _____, you die.
    brass
    bucket
    battle
    bacon
  • To rub your elbows refers to...
    An elbow ache
    Study a lot
    Mingle with/meet in a group
    Work hard
  • Last week I felt like I _________
    have one feet in the grave
    have one body in the grave
    had one foot in the grave
    have one leg in the grave
  • If you have a new lease of life, you...
    are going to live to the full
    are going to get well soon
    are going to die
    are going to change your life
  • If you're back on your ____, you have successfully recovered from an injury or sickness.
    step
    shape
    feet
    health
  • Helen's being a pain in the neck this morning, so...
    he should go to the hospital
    I'll try to avoid him
    I'll give him a massage
    I'll give him a hand with his work
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