WEEK 18: WHO WE ARE (Pilar Victoria Martínez)


Five additional idioms with body parts:
  •       to put one's foot in it = do or say something foolish.

Why did you tell her about it? You always put your foot in it!
  •       cry your heart out = cry very hard

I cried my heart out when my best friend moved away.
  •       play something by ear = do something without a plan

We don't know if the weather will be good enough for camping. We'll have to play it by ear.
  •       wash one’s hands of something = stop dealing with an issue or problem

I'm washing my hands of Mary's addiction. She is going to have to get some professional help.
  •       stick your neck out = help someone a lot, with possible bad consequences to oneself

I stuck my neck out for Bessie when she was thrown out of her house.


Some useful websites I have found in which inversions are explained:
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion.html
https://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/verbs/inversion.html
https://www.englishgrammar.org/inversion/


To improve my English, this week I started a new poetry book.

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