英语里同身体各个部位连用的成语很多，有时用来做比喻；有时用来更为形象地表达一种意思。掌握好这些成语会大大丰富你的语言感染力。《英语小测验》考考你对身体成语知多少。

1: I finally told him how I really felt. It was good to __________.

a) get off my head

b) get it off my chest

c) let my hair down

d) give a hand

2: Don’t be downhearted because you failed the exam. You need to __________ and stay positive.

a) keep your chin up

b) keep your head down

c) keep an eye on

d) keep mum

3: I’m so angry about the way he behaves. It really __________.

a) cost an arm and a leg

b) makes my blood boil

c) is a pig’s ear

d) makes me cry my heart out

4: A: He’s so angry all the time. He thinks he’s been treated unfairly.
B: Yes, he certainly __________.

a) sees eye to eye

b) has the stomach for the fight

c) has his head in the clouds

d) has a chip on his shoulder

5: You have done this so many times now, you must be __________.

a) an old hand

b) a pig’s ear

c) a dog’s dinner

d) tall order

6: I always get __________ before I speak in public. I have to force myself to do it.

a) cold feet

b) hot feet

c) blue feet

d) sweaty feet

答案

1) b, 2) a, 3) b, 4) d, 5) a, 6) a.