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look over one’s shoulder; to look over smb’s shoulder; to put on
smb’s shoulder.
Skin - 1.Near is my shirt but nearer is my skin. 2.Can you get into
another man’s skin?; to escape/get off with a whole skin; to get
under smb’s skin; to have a thick skin; to have a thin skin; in one’s
skin; to the skin.
Teeth - If you cannot bite, never show your teeth; to be fed to the teeth;
to cast/fling/throw smth in smb’s teeth; to have a sweet tooth;
long in the tooth; as scarce as hen’s teeth; to set one’s teeth; as
sharp as serpent’s tooth; to show one’s teeth; tooth and nail.
Tongue – to call smb everything one can lay one’s tongue to; a good
tongue is a good weapon; to have a glib/ready tongue; to have a
long/loose tongue; to have an oily tongue; to have a sharp tongue;
to have a smooth tongue; to have a tongue in one’s head; to have
lost one’s tongue; to have one’s tongue in one’s cheek; a honey
tongue, a heart of gall; to keep a still tongue in one’s head; to keep
one’s tongue between one’s teeth; to loosen smb’s tongue; one
could bite one’s tongue off; one’s tongue runs before one’s wit;
one’s tongue runs nineteen to the dozen; a still tongue makes a
wise head; the tongue is not steel but it cuts.
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