List of human body parts idioms beginning with P and meanings

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Human body parts idioms beginning with P

a pain in the neck

- an annoying or bothersome person or event

Our customer is a pain in the neck and is always complaining about something.

pare (something) to the bone

- to cut down severely on something, to severely reduce something

We recently pared our household expenses to the bone.

a pat on the back

- praise, congratulations, encouragement

The man was given a pat on the back for his efforts to stop pollution in the river.

play one's cards close to one's chest

- to negotiate in a careful and private manner

I played my cards close to my chest when I went to talk to my supervisor about changing jobs.

press the flesh

- to shake hands with people in order to become more popular (often used for a politician)

The politician spent most of the weekend pressing the flesh in the shopping mall.

pull one's (own) weight

- to do one's share of something

The woman at the bank will not pull her own weight so nobody likes her.

put flesh on (something)

- to add details to something so that it becomes clearer and more detailed

I worked all weekend to try and put flesh on my ideas for a company proposal.

put hair on one's chest

- to be good for someone (something that you eat or drink)

I told my friend that vegetable juice will put hair on his chest.

put one's back into (something)

- to use great physical or mental energy to do something

We put our backs into trying to move the freezer out of the basement.

put one's shoulder to the wheel

- to get busy and do some work

We must put our shoulders to the wheel and get our work done early.

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