📝 Created by: El Arby Ameur | 📅 August 2026 | 🌐 lesson.tn

📖 Estimated reading time: 8 minutes | Word count: ~1000 words

🧑 Body Idioms: Break a leg, Keep an eye on - Easy Guide

Level: B1 | Focus: Common idioms related to the human body

Vocabulary Idioms body idioms break a leg keep an eye

📌 Break a leg!

Meaning: Good luck! (used before performances)
Example: "Break a leg on your play tonight!"

📌 Keep an eye on

Meaning: Watch carefully or monitor.
Example: "Can you keep an eye on my bag while I get coffee?"

📌 Play it by ear

Meaning: Decide as you go, without a plan.
Example: "We don't have a schedule; let's play it by ear."

📌 Cost an arm and a leg

Meaning: Be very expensive.
Example: "That designer handbag cost an arm and a leg."

📌 Give someone the cold shoulder

Meaning: Ignore someone deliberately.
Example: "She gave me the cold shoulder after our argument."

📌 Pull someone's leg

Meaning: Joke or tease someone.
Example: "I'm just pulling your leg; it's not true!"

📌 See eye to eye

Meaning: Agree with someone.
Example: "We don't always see eye to eye, but we respect each other."

📌 Get off my back!

Meaning: Stop bothering me.
Example: "Get off my back! I'll do it later."

📌 Keep your chin up

Meaning: Stay positive and hopeful.
Example: "Keep your chin up; things will get better."

📌 Learn by heart

Meaning: Memorize completely.
Example: "I learned the poem by heart."
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