Arbeitsblatt: idioms all around the head

Head idioms idiom Beat your brains out Pick sbs brains Rack your brains Brain Be all ears Be music to somebodys ears Not believe your ears (eyes) Go in one ear and out the other Grin/smile from ear to ear Ear Have word in sbs ear Have an ear for sth Explanation To spend lot of time worrying about problem and thinking about how to deal with it. Example Ive been beating my brains out trying to think of way of getting the money to her in time. Have half an ear on something Turn deaf ear Wet behind the ears Be in the public eye Catch sbs eye Clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth Close/shut your eyes to sth Cry your eyes out Run an eye over sth Have an eye for sth Have eyes in the back of your head Ear In sbs eyes In the blink of an eye In the twinkling of an eye In your minds eye Meet sbs eyes Open sbs eyes to sth Roll your eyes The apple of sbs eye Turn blind eye to sth With your eyes closed/shut The naked eye Be (right) under your nose Get up sbs nose Have (good) nose for sth Have your nose in book Keep your nose clean Keep/put your nose to the grindstone Keep your nose out of sth Look down your nose at sb Nose Nose in the air Stick/poke your nose into sth Win by nose To look sad An action that insults or upsets sb Face-to-face Face rude way of telling sb that they are annoying you und should stop To look extremely angry To manage to stop yourself from smiling or laughing To make it obvious to sb that you do not respect them To talk to sb in direct and confident way that shows you are honest or not ashamed To suddenly look very disappointed To behave as if problem is not important or does not worry you To say unkind things about someones behaviour in the past during an argument It is clear what sb is feeling