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Figures of Speech #11A The Body Looking at language is one of the strand units of the revised English curriculum. Figures of Speech are an area of language that could be looked at by children in the middle and senior classes in the school. Figures of speech often confuse children as they only view the phrases in their literal sense. Here is a short list of figures of speech with reference to the body in the phrase. How many other body phrases can your pupils add to the list? Can they find out what each one means? To head for somewhere To get a head start To come to a head To be over your head To be on your head To be off your head To have a head for something To hold your head up high To keep a level head To lose your head To keep your head down To bite someone’s head off To take a head count To put your heads together To knock heads together To get something into your head To put ideas into someone’s head To make headway To knock something on the head To be soft in the head To be hot-headed To be at loggerheads To go to one’s head To have a swelled head For something to raise its ugly head Heads will roll To have something hanging over your head “You need your head examined” To bury your head in the sand To put your head on the chopping block To keep your head above water To have a head-on collision To fall head over heels in love To be head and shoulders above To have a good head on your shoulders To make neither head nor tail of something To hear a hair-raising story “Keep your hair on!” To be tearing your hair out To let your hair down To make your hair curl To split hairs To escape by a hair’s breadth To be two-faced To put a bold face on To put a brave face on “That is a bare-faced lie” To look someone in the face To make faces To make a long face To keep a straight face “Let’s face it” To face up to something To show your face At face value A slap in the face To lose face To save face To wipe the smile off someone’s face To fall flat on your face To see some