parts of the body III

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ENGLISH  IDIOMS    IDIOMATIC  EXPRESSIONS

• parts of the body III

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Hand

•   Bite the hand that feeds you
•    If you bite the hand that feeds you, you are
  unfriendly or do harm to someone who is kind to
  you.
• With a heavy hand
• Dealing with or treating people with a heavy hand
  means acting with discipline and severity, with
  little or no sensitivity.
• "He ran the juvenile delinquent centre with a
  heavy hand."
• Run - rídit

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Hand

• The left hand doesn't know what the right hand is
  doing
• This expression means that communication within a
  group or organization is so bad that people don't
  know what the others are doing. 
• The upper hand
• If a person or organization gains or gets the
  upper hand, they take control over something.

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Hand

• The devil makes work for idle hands
• This expression means that people who do not have
  enough to do are often tempted to do something
  wrong.
• "It's not good for kids to have nothing to do at
  the week-end - the devil makes work for idle
  hands!"
• Have your hands full
• If you have your hands full, you are very busy or
  you have a lot to do.

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Hand

• In safe (good) hands 
• If something is in safe (or good) hands, it is
  being looked after by a reliable person or
  organization, and is therefore at no risk.
• "I'll look after Jamie while you go shopping. 
  Don't worry - he'll be in safe hands.
• Play into someone's hands
• If you play into someone's hands, you do exactly
  what your opponent or enemy wants you to do, so
  that they gain an advantage over you.
• "When  the leaders of the protest movement became
  violent, they played right into the hands of the
  police."

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Hand

• Wash your hands of something
• To wash your hands of a problem or situation
  means that you refuse to deal with it any longer.
  
• Grease somebody's palm
• If you accuse someone of greasing somebody's
  palm, you are accusing them of giving money to
  someone in order to gain an unfair advantage, or
  to obtain something they want.
• "In some countries, it is common practice to
  grease government officials' palms."

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Neck

• Neck and neck
• In a contest or competition, when two competitors
  reach the same level, they are said to be neck
  and neck, so it is impossible to say who will
  win.
• "At the moment the two teams are neck and neck
  for the World Cup."
• A pain in the neck
• To refer to a person as a pain in the neck means
  that you think they are very irritating or
  annoying.

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Throat

• At each other's throats
• Two people who are at each other's throats are
  always fighting or arguing.
• "The two candidates are constantly at each
  other's throats."  
• Ram (zarazit, nacpat) something down
  someone's throat.
• To ram something down someone's throat means to
  force someone to accept something against their
  will.

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Ear

• All ears
• To say that you are all ears means that you are
  listening very attentively (pozorne, peclive).
• "Of course I want to know - I'm all ears!"
• Grin from ear to ear
• If somebody is grinning from ear to ear, they
  look very satisfied and happy.
• "When we saw Paul grinning from ear to ear, we
  knew he had passed the exam."

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Ear

• Keep your ear to the ground
• If you keep your ear to the ground , you make
  sure that you are aware of all that is happening
  and being said
• Lend an ear to someone
• If you lend an ear to someone, you listen
  carefully and sympathetically.

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Ear

• Music to your ears.
• To say that something is music to your ears,
  means that the information you receive makes you
  feel very happy.
• Turn a deaf ear to something
• If you turn a deaf ear to something, you refuse
  to listen.
• "Sandy turned a deaf ear to the guide's advice
  and got lost in the mountains."

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