Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Body Part Metaphors

Our language is replete with familiar metaphor. All of the following are common metaphorical terms referring to body parts. Can you fill in the blanks? I'll post the answers in a comment.
Hint: There are no repeats.
Note: I got manyof these from Richard Lederer's The Play of Words.

1. ________ of lettuce
2. ________ of a needle
3. ________ of a relay race
4. wet behind the ______
5. long _________ of the law
6. ________ of drawers
7. ________ of the matter
8. ________ of your shoe
9. ________ of contention
10. _______ of a river
11. to go _____ to _____
12. turn the other __________
13. _______ service
14. to split ________
15. save _______
16. a main _________ of traffic
17. fight _______ and _______
18. get off my ______
19. _______ grease
20. _______ under
21. _______ laugh
22. _______ reaction
23. take it on the _______
24. chip on your _______
25. _______ punch
26. shove it down your _______
27. shout at the top of your ______
28. it fell right into my _______
29. that _______ of the woods
30. under one's _______

There are plenty of others. Feel free to post some.





1 comment:

Brian said...

Answers: 1)head 2)eye 3)leg 4)ears 5)arm 6)chest 7)heart 8)tongue 9)bone 10)mouth 11)toe 12)cheek 13)lip 14)hair 15)face 16)artery 17)tooth, nail 18)back 19)elbow 20)knuckle 21)belly 22)gut 23)chin 24)shoulder 25)kidney 26)throat 27) lungs 28)lap 29)neck 30)thumb