Idioms About the Human Body

ashen-faced

lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed

what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)

to burst with joy (idiom)/to be over the moon/to be elated

to lose one's bearings/utterly confused

beaming/radiant with happiness

can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)/very few

a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)

strictly impartial and incorruptible (idiom)

(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing

to stand out among one's peers (idiom)/to excel

lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits/beside oneself

lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom)/fig. poverty-stricken

(of sound) to never stop/to fall incessantly on the ear/to linger on

(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible

lit. face yellow and body emaciated (idiom)/fig. malnourished and sickly in appearance

lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)/showering down

(saying) to be very scared and on edge

lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance/fig. to find fault in minor details/to remark upon a person's appearance/nitpicking/overcritical/judgmental

words from the bottom of one's heart

lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom); to say what you think/honest and straightforward

mere worldly possessions

lit. not putting a foot outside/to stay at home

lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless

to have a lot on one's mind/to be laden with anxiety

full of enthusiasm

to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)