Arbeitsblatt: idioms all around the head solution

Head idioms idiom Beat your brains out 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. Pick sbs brains To ask sb who knows lot about subject for information or their opinion was picking Simons brains about which computer to buy. Rack your brains To think very hard Ive been racking my brains all day but cant remember her name. Brain Be all ears Be music to somebodys ears To be waiting eagerly to hear about sth. It makes you very happy. Im all ears – tell us what they said. The news that my husband has booked two week holiday in Australia for us is music to my ears! Not believe your ears (eyes) To be so surprised by what you see or hear that you think you are imagining it. couldnt believe my ears when she said they were getting divorced. Go in one ear and out the other To quickly forget it If have to listen to something dont understand, it just goes in one ear and out the other. Weve had fantastic response! he said, grinning from ear to ear. Ear To look extremely happy Grin/smile from ear to ear Have word in sbs ear Have an ear for sth To give someone piece of advice or information secretly If sb has an ear for music or languages, they are good at hearing, repeating, and The boss had word in his ear after the last meeting and dont think hell be raising the subject again. Shes never had much of an ear for languages. understanding these sounds. Ear Have half an ear on something To listen to something without giving it all your attention had half an ear on the radio as he was talking to me. Turn deaf ear To ignore sb when they complain or ask for sth. In the past theyve tended to turn deaf ear to such requests. Wet behind the ears To be young and without experience Youll never win the case with him as your lawyer – hes just out of law school and still wet behind the ears! Its not always easy being in the public eye. Be in the public eye To be famous and written about in newspapers and magazines and seen on television Catch sbs eye To get someones attention Clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth To see sb or sth for the first time Close/shut your eyes to sth To pretend that sth bad does not exist because you do not want to deal with it Cry your eyes out sudden movement caught my eye. Everyone keeps talking about Patrick, but Ive never clapped eyes on the man. To cry lot She was besotted with him and closed her eyes to his character defects. To look quickly at the whole of sth. was so upset that day, cried my eyes out. Run your eye over sth Have an eye for sth Have eyes in the back of your head To be good at noticing particular type of thing To know everything that is happening around you In sbs eyes Can have copy of the article to run my eye over, before its printed? She has an eye for detail. In someones opinion In the blink of an eye Extremely quickly Parents of young children need to have eyes in the back of their heads In the twinkling of an eye Sth happens very quickly In your minds eye And although she was probably just an ordinary-looking kid, in my eyes she was the most beautiful child in the world. In your imagination or memory In the blink of an eye, he was gone. Meet sbs eyes To look at someone directly while they are looking at you Microprocessors do the calculations in the twinkling of an eye. To make sb understand sth for the first time and know how difficult or unpleasant it is. In my minds eye, she is still little girl of six, although shes actually grown woman. tried to avoid meeting his eye. The apple of sbs eye To move your eyes upwards as way of showing that you are annoyed or bored after sb has done or said sth Turn blind eye to sth The person who someone loves most and is very proud of Open sbs eyes to sth Roll your eyes To ignore something that you know is wrong Having children of my own opened my eyes to the hurt had caused to my parents. just rolled my eyes as my dad told another one of his corny jokes. With your eyes closed/shut The naked eye a) To do sth very easily because you have done it many times b) Noticing nothing Sth that can be seen without the His youngest daughter was the apple of his eye. Management often turn blind eye to bullying in the workplace. help of an instrument a) could do that journey with my eyes shut. b) Half the time you go around with your eyes shut. The police found traces of blood on his jacket to that were invisible to the naked eye. Be (right) under your nose To be in place that you can clearly see Get up sbs nose To annoy sb Have (good) nose for sth To be good at finding things of the stated type The book was looking for was right under my nose. People who drive like that really get up my nose. As reporter, he had nose for good story. Have your nose in book To be reading She always has her nose in book. To avoid getting into trouble Id only been out of prison three months, so was trying to keep my nose clean. Keep your nose clean Keep/put your nose to the grindstone Nose To work very hard for long time Keep your nose out of sth Look down your nose at sb To not become involved in other peoples activities or relationships. Nose in the air To think that you are better than sb Stick/poke your nose into sth The way sb behaves when they think they are better than other people and do not want to speak to them She kept her nose to the grindstone all year and got the exam results she wanted. She cant keep her nose out of her business. They rather looked down their noses at anyone who couldnt speak French. She walked past me with her nose in the air. Win by nose To try to discover things that are not really related to you To win race or competition by very little wish hed stop sticking his nose into my personal life! It was very exciting race. My horse won but only by nose. Why do you have such long face? My boyfriend doesnt want to see me anymore. long face To look sad slap in the face An action that insults or upsets sb. It was real slap in the face for him when she refused to go out to dinner with him. Directly, meeting sb in the same place Weve spoken on the phone but never face-to-face. Face-to-face Get out of my face! said no! Now get out of my face! Have face like thunder rude way of telling sb that they are annoying you und should stop. She suddenly came into the room with face like thunder. Keep straight face Face To look extremely angry Laugh in sbs face To manage to stop yourself from smiling or laughing Look sb in the face To make it obvious to sb that you do not respect them Sbs face falls To talk to sb in direct and confident way that shows you are honest or not ashamed She tried to keep straight face but, unable to contain herself, burst into laughter. Theyd laugh in your face if you suggest me for the post. cant believe you can look me in the face and lie to me like that. Her face fell when she heard he Put on brave face put brave face on it To suddenly look very disappointed She seems all right but think shes just putting on brave face. Throw sth back in sbs face To behave as if problem is not important or does not worry you Written all over sbs face wasnt coming. She threw all her failures back in his face. To say unkind things about someones behaviour in the past during an argument Guilt was written all over her face. It is clear what sb is feeling