Thursday Thirteen #4: Body Part Cliches

13 Body Part Cliches

1. As plain as the nose on your face--depending on how large your nose is, this is an insult or a compliment.

2. No skin off my nose--not sure how this one came about, unless there was a lot of skidding face first along concrete sometime in the past.

3. By the skin of my teeth--skin? of teeth?!

4. Keep your eyes peeled--eyes? peeled?!

5. I have a gut feeling--bad meal at a fast food joint?!

6. I don't have the stomach for it--as a result of #5?

7. It costs an arm and a leg--we used to add: 'and a foot and a toe' to connote something really expensive!

8. Turn the other cheek--not going to touch that with the proverbial 10-foot pole.

9. On the tip of my tongue--where many words reside, refusing to move to my brain.

10. Butter wouldn't melt in her mouth--an old-fashioned one; I was never quite sure what this actually meant.

11. Straight from the horse's mouth--clearly, a Mr. Ed reference, isn't it?!

12. I need it like a hole in the head--applies to many things, but what a grisly image!

13. Off the top of my head--lots of things hover here, too (see #9)

Happy TT, everyone!