Idioms related to sensory organs
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Idioms that refer to sense organs are:
A. Eyes- sight
1. See eye to eye (meaning, agree) - The twins are the same age, but they do not see eye to eye on anything.
2. Apple of the eye (meaning, favourite or very loved)- The little girl was full of energy, very helpful and the apple of her mother’s eye.
B. Nose- smell
1. To smell a rat (meaning, being suspicious)- He smelt a rat the minute the man at the railway station banged into him.
2. Under the nose (meaning, clearly in front of someone)- The helper stole money from the shop right under the owner’s nose.
C. Ears- hearing
1. Lend an ear (meaning, to listen to someone's sad story)- She patiently lends an ear to anyone who is upset.
2. Turn a deaf ear (meaning, ignore/not listen to)- The reckless boys turned a deaf ear to the villager's warning about the cheetah and went into the forest.
D. Tongue- taste
1. Leave a bad taste in the mouth (meaning, terribly disappointed by something)- Getting robbed while vacationing in Paris left a bad taste in his mouth.
2. Give someone a taste of their own medicine (meaning, behave with someone in the same mean way that they do)- The bully got a taste of his own medicine when all the boys of the class beat him up.
E. Skin- touch
1. Touch base with someone (meaning, to get in touch with someone to check the status of something)- I just touched base with my travel agent regarding any last minute changes in the flight timings.
2. Touch-and-go (meaning, a borderline case when one doesn’t know what will happen)- It was a touch-and-go moment, but luckily she qualified for the Olympics by one hundredth of a second.