Hey, there!<\/p>\n
Body parts give us a great deal to work on, linguistically speaking, because there are so many idiomatic expressions related to them.<\/p>\n
So I chose ten (SFW!) very useful and common body parts idioms to share with you guys today. Are you ready?<\/p>\n
Let’s do this!<\/p>\n
01. Estar hasta las narices<\/strong> = estar harto (to be fed up)<\/p>\n Estoy harto de tus estupideces. [I’m fed up with your stupid actions.]<\/em><\/p>\n 02. Ponerse los pelos de punta<\/strong> = asustarse, impresionarse (to make one’s hair stand on end, to be very scared)<\/p>\n Me puso los pelos de punta cuando entr\u00f3 sin avisar. [I was very scared when she sneaked into the room.]<\/em><\/p>\n 03. Hacerse la boca agua<\/strong> = tener muchas ganas de comer (to water – mouth)<\/p>\n Mi hizo la boca agua cuando vi que la paella ya estaba lista. [My mouth watered when I saw that the paella was ready.]<\/em><\/p>\n 04. Tener mucha cara<\/strong> = tener poca verg\u00fcenza (to be shameless)<\/p>\n Hace falta tener mucha para que decir lo que ha dicho. [He has the nerve to say what he has just said.]<\/em><\/p>\n 05. Tener mucho ojo con<\/strong> = tener mucho cuidado con (to be very careful about)<\/p>\n Ten mucho ojo cuando vayas a cruzar la calle. [Be very careful when you cross the street.]<\/em><\/p>\n 06. No tener pelos en la lengua<\/strong> = decir siempre lo que se piensa (to be outspoken, not to mince words)<\/p>\n No tiene pelos en la lengua. Siempre dice lo que piensa. [She doesn’t mince words. She always says what she thinks.]<\/em><\/p>\n 07. No tener dos dedos de frente<\/strong> = ser muy poco inteligente (to be as dumb as a post)<\/p>\n Julio no tiene dos dedos de frente. Si le cuentas un chiste, tarda much\u00edsimo para comprenderlo. [Julio is not very smart. If you tell him a joke, it takes forever for him to get it.]<\/em><\/p>\n 08. Echar en cara<\/strong> = culpar a alguien de algo (throw something in someone’s face)<\/p>\n Me ech\u00f3 en la cara que el culpable por el fracaso de nuestro matrimonio fui yo. [She threw me in the face that I was to blame for the failure of our marriagem.]<\/em><\/p>\n 09. Tener la mosca detr\u00e1s de la oreja<\/strong> = sospechar (to smell a rat, to be suspicious)<\/p>\n Tengo la mosca detr\u00e1s de la oreja. Algo serio est\u00e1 pasando. [I smell a rat. Something serious is going on.]<\/em><\/p>\n 10. Dar en la nariz<\/strong> = tener sospechas de algo o alguien (to suspect)<\/p>\n \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 me da en la nariz que s\u00e9 qu\u00e9 vas a hacer? [Why do I have the feeling that I know what you are going to do?]<\/em><\/p>\n