BODY IDIOMS

Susan has been baking for years. She's an old _________ at making cakes.

I know you've interacted a lot with people from Japan and I'd like to pick your _____ about entertaining my Japanese guests this evening.

When we met at the company party, everybody let their ____ down and spoke with amazing frankness.

He's not a very trustworthy person. If I were you I'd keep him at _______ length.

I need special approval from my line manager to lend you one of the people in my team. Sorry, my ___ are tied.

I'm afraid the new trainee can be quite a pain in the ____ sometimes. He keeps asking the same questions and cannot deal with his tasks properly.

He has been working for this company for five years. He knows its policies and procedures like the back of his ____.

My work mates and I had a good time at the company party, but the following week, they kept giving me the cold ______. I wonder why.

She had spent months worrying about the conflict with her family and, when her friend visited her yesterday, she finally got it off her _____.

I have never met anybody like him. He manages to keep his ____ up despite all his health problems

It's so difficult to get the students to do their homework. It's like pulling _________.

I have been assigned to this project because they were one person short, but I really don't know how to deal with my tasks. I guess I'll have to play it by ____.

The people in my team just can't agree on anything. It looks like they are at each other's ____ in every single meeting.

Our new colleague seemed superficial and uninteresting at first, but now, after working together for five months I can say there is more to her than meets the ______.

If you are considering setting up your own company, start small and don’t get in over your _____.

Originally, we were just a little behind schedule, but two people in my team got sick and we couldn't find anybody to stand in for them. I'm afraid the situation is getting out of ____.

I had an accident and I'll be a little late this evening. Just keep your ____ on! I'm not hurt and the car is barely scratched.

I'm going to try and persuade Henry to come to the meeting. I'll reall have to twist his _______.

I'm afraid I can't remember the word the trainer used when he talked about these new strategies. It's on the tip of my ____.

I bought a new smart phone last week and I must tell you it wasn't cheap at all. It cost me _____.

I had planned to try bungee jumping, but I got cold ____ at the last moment and I didn't do it in the end.

Finally paying off my debts was a great weight off my _____ .

Our colleague's patronizing approach makes my _____ boil.

Id like to pick your ___________ about this maths problem. You know so much more about it than me.

My best friend is very wealthy, but I know he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his _____. He worked hard to get where he is.

I really can't remember his name off the top of my _____, I'll have to get to the office and check my diary.

I can't join you at the pub this evening, I'm afraid. I'm up to my ____ in reports.

Our manager knows how to keep people on their ______ . He does random checks in the department.

How did you find out about this course: did you see an advert online or or did you hear about it from word of ____?