Learn some idioms related to your body which could help you understand the other meanings.
Here are some of the examples.
Achilles’ heel
*a weakness in spite of overall strength.
An eye for an eye
*punishment should equal the crime.
Back on one’s feet
*a full recovery from an illness; fully adjusted to a new situation.
Behind one’s back
*talked about without somebody’s knowledge; secretly.
Bite your lip
*to make an effort not to react to something.
Bring to knees
*to destroy or defeat someone or something.
Burn one’s fingers
*to harm oneself; to suffer consequences of one’s actions.
Catch someone’s eye
*to get someone’s attention.
Cost a bomb
*very expensive.
Drag one’s feet
*to do something slowly because you do not want to do it.
Easy on the eye
*attractive.
Face the music
*to receive punishment; to accept the unpleasant results of one’s actions.
Feast for the eyes
*An especially attractive, pleasing sight, or visual experience.
Get in someone’s hair
*to annoy someone.
Get something off your chest
*to tell something that has been worrying you or bothering you.
Hands are tied
*unable to do or help anything about a situation.
Have a leg up on somebody
*to have an advantage over someone.
Head over heels
*definitely in love with someone.
Heart of gold
*a person who is very kind and has a good nature.
Keep your head above water
*be able to manage, especially when you have financial difficulties.
Learn by heart
*to learn something so well, to memorize something.
On the face of it
*describing how a situation seems on the surface.
Put a smile on someone’s face
*to please someone or make someone happy.
Rack one’s brain
*to think or recall very hard about something.
Shake a leg
*to hurry up, to get going.
Skin and bones
*a person who is very thin or skinny.
Tear your hair out
*to be extremely worried or stressed out about something.
Watch one’s mouth
*to not use offensive language.
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