Under your thumb = control someone: “She’s got him under her thumb – he won’t do anything without asking her first.” Arms Keep your fingers crossed = wish something for someone: “Keep your fingers crossed for me tomorrow – it’s my job interview.” Have someone in the palm of your hand = have influence over someone: “He’s got her in the palm of his hand.”īe caught red-handed = be caught doing something bad: “The children were caught red-handed picking the flowers.” Fingersīutter fingers = be clumsy and drop things: “You’ve dropped my vase! Butter fingers!” Give someone a hand = help someone: “He always gives me a hand with the housework.” Live hand to mouth = only earn enough money for food: “After he lost his job, he had to live hand to mouth for a couple of months.” In hand = under control: “The company report is in hand – you’ll have it next week.”
#Keep an eye out full
Have your hands full = be very busy: “I can’t do anything about it now – my hands are full.”
Know something like the back of your hand = know something extremely well: “He knows London like the back of his hand.” Get out of hand = become impossible to manage: “You’ll have to deal with this problem before it gets out of hand.” Hand over = pass on something: “Before I leave, I have to hand over all my work.” Have the heart = be able to give someone bad news: “I didn’t have the heart to tell him he’d failed.”Ī heart of gold = be a very kind person: “She’ll always help – she has a heart of gold.” Hands Hand on heart = promise with sincerity: “Hand on heart, it’s the honest truth.” You’re all heart! = when you tell someone sarcastically how kind they are: “Thanks for giving me all this work – you’re all heart!” Learn something off by heart = learn something completely: “I’ve learnt this off by heart – I’m bound to pass the exam!” The heartīreak someone’s heart = upset someone greatly: “She broke his heart when she left him.” There are many English idioms connected with parts of the body.
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