To all you idiom lovers, here’s a treat for you! After our previous post on hand idioms, we’re taking things one step further, or should we say, one body part further? 😄
This time, we’re turning our attention to another fascinating source of English idioms: the head!
From keeping your head to having your head in the clouds, English has plenty of colourful expressions involving this all-important body part. So, let’s see how many of these idioms you know!
Idioms From the Intro
- to keep one’s head – to stay calm and think clearly in a difficult situation: There are plenty of idioms worth remembering, and one may wonder how to start using them naturally. But let’s keep our heads and not get carried away by the sheer number of expressions out there. Instead, let’s focus on memorizing and using the most practical and commonly used ones.
- to have one’s head in the clouds – to be unrealistic, impractical, or lost in daydreams: Why is it that people often seem to think having their head in the clouds is a bad thing?
