Italian Body Parts in Common Expressions

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1. How do Italians express the idea of something costing a fortune or 'an arm and a leg' as per the common English expression? sognare ad occhi aperti costare un occhio della testa non chiudere occhio a quattr'occhi

2. How does an Italian express the idea of a person having 'guts' or being brave? mangiarsi il fegato aver fegato andare in fume come un fulmine

3. Let's look at how the foot, 'il piede' is used in the Italian language. How do Italian express the idea that a criminal is 'at large'? a piede libero cadere in piedi avere un piede nella bara un lavoro fatto con i piedi

4. How does an Italian express the idea of 'watching one's back', or 'being ready for anything'? guardarsi le spalle dietro le spalle vivere alle spalle di qualcuno alzare le spalle

5. How do Italians express the idea of 'catching someone red-handed'? sotto mano mordersi le mani prendere con le mani nel sacco rimanere a mani vuote

6. Now I will give you an expression in Italian which contains a body part and you select the closest English equivalent. What's the closest English equivalent to 'avere le mani bucate'? for money to burn a hole in one's pockets to have nothing to be ashamed of to change hands to give a hand

7. What is the nearest English equivalent to 'avere buon naso'? right under one's nose to know the score to lose one's life to make one's flesh crawl

8. How do Italians express the idea of someone being 'sulla bocca di tutti'? all ears the talk of the town thick-skinned skin and bones

9. What's the nearest English translation to 'piegare la schiena'? to try to look big to go to rack and ruin to admit defeat to be stark-naked

10. And finally, what is meant by 'alzare il gomito'? to twiddle one's thumbs to rub shoulders with to drink not to be all there