Interesting Idioms on Body Parts not worth missing!

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In the video, you will learn how to build upon your lexical resources in an effective and productive manner. Touching upon the meaning of an idiom, the video entails what situation is appropriate to properly use them and then examples stating how to use them. The video also has illustrations for reference to relate the literal meanings of idioms to their figurative meaning to help memorize them better.

The idioms covered in this video deploy certain  attributes related to body parts to convey a message which includes

  • Foot in mouth - Unintentionally embarrassing or insulting someone else.
  • Cost an arm and a leg - To indicate something that’s expensive
  • Get off my back - Used when someone is giving advice or criticism.
  • Cold shoulder - To ignore someone
  • Cold feet - To experience anxiety and second-guessing a decision.
  • A sight for sore eyes - A person or thing that makes one feel incredibly happy or relieved.
  • A finger in every pie - To be involved in several activities
  • Off the top of my head - To speak anything off the top of head suggests you don't give it much thought.
  • Look down your nose - To treat someone with contempt and imply that you are superior to or more significant than them.
  • Play it by ear - To improvise or carry out an action without prior planning

Furthermore, the video consists of brief interactive exercises to help recall all the remembered idioms. 

Finally, the learnt idioms are then used to answer a few sample questions asked in daily life.

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