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Vocabulary: your head

A HEAD is, of course, a fundamental part of a body... It's normally what is first seen of an individual and what identifies individuals... Inside the skull is the brain which reacts to the outside world...(and to our inner world too!) Thanks to our brains sensations and emotions are expressed on our faces... A head can be hard ( a hard head), and it can be lost easily

(to lose your head/ to lose your mind). Many expressions mention this essential part of our anatomy.


To be bald (headed)	To be empty-headed	an egghead

a big head	To be a blockhead= hardheaded	To have a head cold

To hit a nail on the head	To bite your head off = get very angry	To have a splitting headache

To laugh one's head off	To toss heads or tails	To stand on one's head

To be head over heels in love	Two heads are better than one...	= you should really see a doctor!

Many words, expressions and proverbs...

To be over head and ears in work	To be off one's head
To go/ fall/ turn head over heels	To have no heads for heights
To hit one's head against the wall	To jump in head first/ foremost
To lift up one's head	To puzzle one's head (over stg)
To reckon in one's head	To shake one's head
I can't make head or tail of...	To stand head and shoulders over the rest
To toss heads or tails	Success has gone to his head
My head is spinning	... from head to foot
To be big/ thick/ wooden-headed	To be off one's head
To give sb a headache	To have a bad head/ a hangover


To have a head like a sieve [siv]	To have one's head in the sand	To have one's head in the clouds

The head of a dog? the tail of a lion?	To have eyes at the back of your head	To talk off the top of one's head

You don't have to remember all of them... (sigh of relief! ) Just try to use those which have managed to catch your attention, or have made you smile...

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