A head full of expressions
Interactive intermediate English game
Picturesque expressions based on the head or the face
English is full of colourful expressions using parts of the face or
head; here are just a few common ones! Add the missing word from the list below, to complete the expressions correctly.
Here are the parts of the head or face that you need to complete the sayings.
NB ! You'll need one of them twice ! Write the correct word into each box.
tongue / head / face /
eyes
/ nose / ear / mouth
- Keep
your
out
of it, will you!
Don't interfere! This is nothing to do with you! - It's on the
tip of
my
.
I can't quite remember what to say, but I'll think of it in a minute! - I can do that
with
my
shut.
I can do that very easily. - To keep
one's
above water
To just manage to survive in difficult conditions. - With him, it
goes in
one
and out the other!
He is incapable of remembering (or learning) anything ! - He fell flat
on
his
.
He failed miserably, he was not at all successful - You took the
words out
of my
!
You said just what I was going to say! - Don't believe
what he
tells you! He always has his
in the
clouds.
Don't' believe him: he's always imagining things.
Answers: No answers here; ask your teacher, or your classmates, or check up these expressions online.
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