English Idioms - The Human Body

To the boys' surprise, Miranda pulled...

Matt only made matters worse. Miranda had a sinking feeling in the pit of her ________.

Miranda's classmates were generally very kind to her. Many of them had a...

Her father, however, was not at all sympathetic. He wanted Miranda to work harder, so he said:

Miranda was inconsolable. She said: "I'm going to fail - I feel it in my _______".

Miranda's best friend, Matt, was very confident. He was quite an arrogant boy. He had a big...

The answers simply sprang to her _______.

"I need more _______," she said.

"I am brilliant at Maths," he said. "Can I give you a ______?"

Hearing these remarks from her parents made Miranda roll her _________.

Matt's friend saw Miranda's expression and said to him: "Now you've really put your ___ in it."

From that moment on, Miranda kept a stiff upper _____.

Miranda's mother was tired of her daughter's woes. "My words fall on deaf _______," she said.

"My soothing words go in one _____ and out the other."

"I'm sick of being ____less and ____less," she added.

The next day, Ms Willshire began to explain long division. "Oh no," cried Miranda, "this is..."

She seemed to have resolved her anxiety in the blink of an ______.

She put her __________ to the wheel.

Her performance was __________ above that of the other students, including Matt's.

She kept her ______ on the prize.

Miranda was terrified about the upcoming maths test. She had...

On the day of the test, Miranda had _______ of steel.

Her parents, teacher and friends were proud of her. They said to her: "You showed a lot of...".

Her teacher, Ms Willshire, reassured her kindly: ...

Matt groaned at Miranda's complaints. "You're starting to get on my _______!" he cried.