C1Unit 55
Body idioms
Images and figurative meanings
3 lessons39 min60 words
Lessons
What you’ll learn
- Distinguish independence, mental strain and ways of seeing through head and eye idioms.
- Recognise expressions for silence, persuasion, anxiety and relief.
- Distinguish support, inaction and hidden interference through bodily imagery.
New words
on one's own responsibility
rack my brains
take liberties with someone
put ideas into someone's head
be mentally muddled
be beside myself
hold my head high
by a hair's breadth