Body Idioms

• Head And Shoulders Above (Someone Or Something)
  be superior to someone or something
  Our soccer coach is head and shoulders above the other coaches in the city.
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• Not Have The Stomach For (Something)
  have no desire to do something because you think that it is unpleasant or wrong
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• Have (Someone's) Hide
  scold or punish someone (a hide is the skin of an animal)
  The woman promised to have the little boy's hide if he didn't behave well.
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• Have One's Back To The Wall/Up Against The Wall
  be in a defensive position
  I have my back to the wall at work and I must decide how to deal with the criticism that I am receiving.
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• Have/Get Butterflies In One`S Stomach
  have/get a feeling of fear or anxiety in one's stomach
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• Have Broad Shoulders
  have the ability to work hard and take on responsibilities and accept criticism (because you are strong with broad shoulders)
  The man has broad shoulders and does much more than his share of work in our company.
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• Have A Chip On One's Shoulder
  have a tendency to try to get in a conflict with others
  Our supervisor has a chip on his shoulder and is not an easy person to work with.
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• Hate (Someone's) Guts
  hate someone very much
  I think that my neighbor hates my guts.
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• Hardly Have Time To Breathe
  be very busy
  I hardly had time to breathe while I was preparing for the summer barbecue.
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• Hard To Stomach (Someone Or Something)
  be unable to accept something or do something that you think is unpleasant or wrong
  I find some of my classmates and their attitude to studying hard to stomach.
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• A Gut Feeling/Reaction/Response
  a personal/intuitive feeling and response
  I had a gut feeling that my friend was not going to come to our meeting place at the right time.
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• Grate On (Someone's) Nerves
  annoy/bother someone
  The woman who I work with grates on my nerves.
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• Grab (Someone) By The Throat
  a performance/book/idea makes one feel very interested/excited/frightened
  The ballet performance grabbed the audience by the throat and everyone left the auditorium speechless.
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• Goose Bumps
  the bumpy skin (like a goose) that one gets because of excitement or fear
  I got goose bumps when the woman began to talk about her sick child.
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• Go For The Jugular
  attack someone in a way that you know will harm them most (the jugular is a large vein in the neck)
  As soon as the political candidate was having problems the other candidates decided to go for the jugular and attack.
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