Unit4BehindbeliefsSection2BackgroundinformationI.MoreEnglishidioms:1.EnglishidiomsaremorecommoninspokenEnglish.Theycanbedifficulttoremember,sohere'saguidetosomecommonEnglishidiomstodowithpartsofyourbody.Hearttobreaksomeone'sheart=toupsetsomeoneagreatdeal"Shebrokehisheartwhenshelefthim".tolearnsomethingbyheart=tolearnsomethinguntilyouknowitperfectly"I'velearnttheHighwayCodebyheart-theycanaskmeanyquestiontheylikeintheexam-I'mboundtopass!"you'reallheart!=whenyoutellsomeonesarcasticallyhowkindtheyare"Thanksforgivingmeallthisextrawork-you'reallheart!"handonheart=topromisewithsincerity"Handonheart,it'sthehonesttruth."havetheheart=tobeabletobreakbadnewstosomeone"Ididn'thavethehearttotellhimhe'dfailedhisexam."aheartofgold=tobeaverykindperson"She'lldoanythingtohelp-shehasaheartofgold."Handhandover=passonsomething"BeforeIleavethecompany,Ihavetohandoveralltheresponsibilitiestomysuccessor."togetoutofhand=tobecomeimpossibletomanage"You'llhavetodealwiththisproblembeforeitgetsoutofhand."toknowsomethinglikethebackofyourhand=toknowsomethingextremelywell"HeknowsLondonlikethebackofhishand"toknowsomethinglikethebackofyourhand=toknowsomethingextremelywell"HeknowsLondonlikethebackofhishand"haveyourhandsfull=tobeverybusy"Ican'tdoanythingaboutitnow-myhandsarefull."inhand=undercontrol"Thecompanyreportisinhand-you'llhaveitnextweek."livehandtomouth=toonlyearnenoughmoneyforfood"Afterhelosthisjob,hehadtolivehandtomouthforacoupleofmonths."givesomeoneahand=tohelpsomeone"Canyougivemeahandwiththehousework,please?"tohavesomeoneinthepalmofyourhand=tohavealotofinfluenceoversomeone"He'sgotherinthepalmofhishand-hecanmakeherdoanythinghewants!"tobecaughtred-handed=tobecaughtdoingsomethingbad"Thechildrenwerecaughtred-handedpickingtheneighbor'sflowers."Fingers用心爱心专心tohavegreenfingers=tobegoodatgardening"Myfathercangrowanythinginhisgarden-he'sgotgreenfingers"tohavestickyfingers=tohaveatendencytosteal"Don'ttrusthimnearyourmoney-he'sgotstickyfingers."butterfingers=tobeclumsysothatyoualwaysdropthings"You'vedroppedmyvase!Butterfingers!"keepyourfingerscrossed=towishsomethingforsomeone"Keepyourfingerscrossedformetomorrow-it'smyjobinterview."underyourthumb=tocontrolsomeone"She'sgothimunderherthumb-hewon'tdoanythingwithoutaskingherfirst."Armtwistsomeone'sarm=topersuadesomeone"Ididn'treallywanttogoout,buthetwistedmyarm."costanarmandaleg=tocostafortune"Thiscarcostanarmandaleg-it'lltakethemagestopaybacktheloan."Feetputyourfootinit=sayordosomethingyoushouldn't."Thepartywassupposedtobeasurprise-you'vereallyputyourfootinitbytellingher."tohaveitchyfeet=notabletosettledowninoneplace"She'sgoingofftravellingagain-she'sgotreallyitchyfeet."tokeepsomeoneontheirtoes=tokeepsomeonealert"Ournewteacherlikestokeeppeopleontheirtoes-weneverknowwhatshewillaskustodonext."standonyourowntwofeet=beindependent"Idon'tneedyourhelp-Icanstandonmyowntwofeet."tohavetwoleftfeet=beclumsywithyourbody"He'saterribledancer-he'sgottwoleftfeet!"walkoneggshells=tobecarefulaboutwhatyousayordo"She'sinaterriblemoodtoday-you'llhavetowalkoneggshellsaroundher."footthebill=paythebill"Hehadtofootthebillforthewholeparty-nooneelsepaidanythingtowardsit."alltalknotrousers=someonewhosayswhattheyaregoingtodo,butneverdoesit"Don'tlistentohim-he'salltalknotrousers!"Backtogobehindsomeone'sback=todosomethingsecretly"ShewentbehindmybackandtoldmybossIwantedanewjob."tohaveyour...
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