Exercise 13

Rewrite the following sentences using a suitable idiom from the list. To help you, a part of the body is given in brackets after the sentences.

1. The mother was on the verge of tears as she tried to talk about her dead son. (throat)

2. Allright, all right! Calm down! There's no need to be so angry! (head)

3. He drove like a madman along the motorway and I was very frightened all the way to London, (mouth)

4. I hope she doesn't bring her kid brother this time - he was a real; the last time he was here, (neck)

5. What have I done to Pamela? She's been completely ignoring me in the morning. (shoulder)

6. She needs to eat more - she's so thin. (skin)

7. She saw the girl taking sweets from the shop, but pretended she hasn’t noticed her. (eye)

8. When she found out that he hadn't done what he had promised she really told him what she thought of him. (mind).

Exercise 14