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