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 a quattr'occhi non chiudere occhio costare un occhio della testa

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

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'? vivere alle spalle di qualcuno alzare le spalle dietro le spalle guardarsi le spalle

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

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'? to give a hand to change hands for money to burn a hole in one's pockets to have nothing to be ashamed of

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

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

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

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