List of human body parts idioms beginning with T and meanings

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Human body parts idioms beginning with T

take (someone's) breath away

- to overwhelm someone with beauty or grandeur, to cause someone to be out of breath

The beauty of the mountain lake took my breath away.

take (someone's) pulse

- to measure the frequency of the beats of a person's pulse

The ambulance driver took the pulse of the woman.

tan (someone's) hide

- to spank or beat someone

The angry mother threatened to tan her child's hide.

taste blood

- to be able to harm an opponent and therefore want to try to do even more harm

I could taste blood when I discovered the weak points of my opponent.

tear (someone) limb from limb

- to attack someone in a violent way

The dogs attacked the cat and tore it limb from limb.

thick-skinned

- insensitive, not easily upset or hurt

You must be thick-skinned if you decide to get involved in politics.

thin-skinned

- easily upset or hurt, very sensitive

My friend is thin-skinned and is always upset about something that someone says to her.

a thorn in (someone's) side

- a constant bother or annoyance to someone

The teacher is a thorn in the principal's side and is always complaining about something.

throw one's weight around

- to give orders, to attempt to boss people around

The new supervisor likes to throw his weight around the company.

time to catch one's breath

- enough time to relax or behave normally

I did not have time to catch my breath while I was getting ready for the convention.

to the bone

- entirely, to the core

I was wet to the bone after walking in the rain for two hours.

too rich for (someone's) blood

- to be too expensive for someone's budget

The holiday in the expensive resort was too rich for our blood so we did not go.

touch a raw nerve

- to upset someone by talking about a subject that upsets or embarrasses him or her

The criticism from the supervisor touched a raw nerve in the secretary.

turn one`s back on (someone or something)

- to refuse to help someone who is in trouble or need

The woman turned her back on her friend when the friend asked her for money.

turn (someone`s) stomach

- to make someone feel sick, to disgust someone

The sight of the dead dog on the road turned my stomach.

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