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Body Idioms

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BACK - BELLY - BODY - SHOULDERS - SPINE

Idiom	Meaning
Back - Belly
Break your back	If you work extremely hard, or put a lot of effort into achieving something, you break your back to do it. "If you want the job done well, you should accept to pay more. He's not going to break his back for such a low price!"
Get off my back!	To tell somebody to get off your back means to ask them to stop finding faults or criticizing you.
Have your back to the wall	If you have your back to the wall, you are in serious difficulty. "With his back to the wall, the supplier had to accept the deal."
Keep your back covered	If you do something in case a problem arises later for which you might be blamed, you keep your back covered. "You'd better make a copy of that letter to keep your back covered."
Stab in the back	If someone stabs you in the back, they betray you by doing something harmful to you when you thought you could trust them. "His best friend stabbed him in the back by voting against him."
Go belly up	If a business or project goes belly up, it is unsuccessful or goes bankrupt. "The restaurant went belly up before the end of the first year."

Body
Over my dead body	This expression is used when you absolutely refuse to allow someone to do something. "Mum, can I get my nose pierced?" "Over my dead body!"
Shoulders
A chip on the shoulder	If someone has a chip on their shoulder, they feel resentful because they feel they are being treated unfairly, especially because of their background, their sex or their colour.
Give someone the cold shoulder	To give somebody the cold shoulder means to deliberately ignore them. "After giving my opinion, he gave me the cold shoulder."
Old head on young shoulders	This expression is used to refer to a child or young person who thinks and expresses themselves like an older more-experienced person. "When she heard Emily warning her little brother to stay out of trouble, her mum thought : "That's an old head on young shoulders".
Rub shoulders	If you rub shoulders with someone, you have an opportunity to meet and talk to a person who is wealthy, famous or distinguished. "In her job in public relations, she sometimes rubs shoulders with famous people."
Shoulder surfing	The practice of looking over somebody's shoulder when they are using a computer, cash dispenser or other electronic device in order to obtain personal information (identification, account number, password, etc.) is called shoulder-surfing.
Put your shoulder to the wheel	If you put your shoulder to the wheel, you start putting a lot of effort into a difficult task. "We'll have to put our shoulders to the wheel to get the store ready for the opening day."
Spine
Send a shiver down one's spine	If something sends a shiver down your spine, it makes you feel anxious, nervous or excited. "That song always sends a shiver down my spine."
Stomach
Cast iron stomach	If you can eat all sorts of food and drink what you like, without any indigestion, discomfort or bad effects, it can be said that you have a cast iron stomach. "I don't know how you can eat that spicy food. You must have a cast iron stomach!"