All in your head

All in your head• If something is all in your head, you have

imagined it and it is not real.Stop thinking that everybody hates you. It’s all in your head.

All ears

All ears• If you are all ears, you are very interested and

ready to listen to what another person wants to tell you.

Tell me what happened – I’m all ears.

Born with a silver spoon in your mouth

Born with a silver spoon in your mouth• If you are born with a silver spoon in your

mouth, you are born into a rich family.Alice doesn’t know what it’s like to be poor. She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

By heartBy heart• If you learn something by heart, you learn it

and later you can say it from memory.Repetition makes it easier to learn words by heart.

Cry your eyes out

Cry your eyes out• If you cry your eyes out, you cry a lot and for a

long time.Alison was so upset, she cried her eyes out.

Give someone a hand

Give someone a hand• If you give someone a hand, you help

someone. Alison decided to give her grandfather a hand with the dishes.

Hold your tongue

Hold your tongue• If you hold your tongue, you stop talking.Try not to speak. Hold your tongue until after the film has ended.

In one ear and out the other

In one ear and out the other• If something goes in one ear and out the

other, you hear it but you quickly forget it.Graham never listens to good advice. It goes in one ear and out the other.

Keep your fingers crossed

Keep your fingers crossedIf you keep your fingers crossed, you hope that things will happen in the way you want them to. I have my final exam tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

On the tip of your tongue

On the tip of your tongue• If a word is on the tip of your tongue, you

know the word, but you just cannot remember it at the particular moment.

I know the word but I can’t quite remember it. It’s on the tip of my tongue.

Pick someone’s brains

Pick someone’s brains• If you pick someone's brains, you ask the

person for advice, suggestions and information.

I need some ideas. Can I pick your brains?

Pull someone’s leg

Pull someone’s leg• If you pull someone's leg, you make someone

believe something that is not true, usually as a joke.

Don’t take her seriously. She’s just pulling your leg.

Blow your mind

Blow your mind• If something blows your mind, it is very

exciting and extraordinary.The film was amazing. Go and watch it. The 3D effects will really blow your mind.

Cost somebody an arm and a leg

Cost somebody an arm and a leg• If something costs an arm and a leg, it is very

expensive. This television set cost me an arm and leg.It wasn’t cheap at all..

Behind somebody’s back

• Behind somebody’s backIf you do something behind someone's back, you do it without the person knowing, in a way that is unfair.• You can’t trust Janet. You never know what

she will say about you behind your back.

Neck and neck

• If two competitors are neck and neck, they are in the same position and have an equal chance of winning.

The two cyclists were almost neck and neck at the finish.