¿Qué son “Idioms”?
Un “idiom” es una expresión idiomática que tiene un significado diferente al de las palabras individuales que la componen; por ejemplo: “to hit the roof” significa estar muy enojado.
A continuación, les dejamos expresiones idiomáticas que contienen palabras relacionada con el rostro. (Face Idioms).
¿Qué expresión idiomática usarías para describir un día complicado? 👇🏻
About the hair:
Get in someone's hair = to annoy or bother someone.
Hang by a hair = be in a very uncertain situation.
Pull your hair out =To show signs of exasperation when trying to deal
with a difficult situation.
Bad hair day = A bad day.
About the eyes:
Apple of one’s eyes = something or someone very precious or dear.
See eye to eye = agree with someone about something.
Catch one’s eye = to get someone’s attention.
Cry your eyes out = to cry very hard.
Turn a blind eye = to ignore something intentionally.
About the nose:
Pay through the nose = pay much more than a fair price.
Turn up one’s nose = To refuse to take or accept something because it is not good enough.
Keep nose out of business = used for telling someone that you do not want them to know about things that are private.
About the ears:
Be all ears = means you are ready to listen.
Turn a deaf ear to = to refuse to listen or ignore what someone says.
Music to my ears = good news.
Play it by ear = If you play it by ear, you don’t plan ahead but you do whatever seems best at the time depending on the situation.
About the mouth:
Have a big mouth = if you have a big mouth you can’t keep a secret.
Live from hand to mouth = to have just enough money or food to stay alive.
Take the words out of mouth = If you say exactly what someone else was going to say, you take the words out of their mouth.
About the chin:
Keep one’s chin up = don’t get depressed keep your chin up. Things will get better.
Take it on the chin = accept misfortune courageously or stoically.
Wag one’s chin = To talk or chat, especially idly or at length. To talk for hours.
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