{"id":20259,"date":"2023-02-12T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T22:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=20259"},"modified":"2024-06-05T02:18:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T10:18:32","slug":"bep-394-english-idioms-about-body-parts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2023\/02\/12\/bep-394-english-idioms-about-body-parts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 394 &#8211; English Idioms about Body Parts (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20259-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP394-Body-Idioms-2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP394-Body-Idioms-2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/bizpod\/BEP394-Body-Idioms-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"BEP 394 - English Idioms about Body Parts (2)\" href=\"https:\/\/businessenglishpod.com\/quiz\/BEP394POD\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP394-LESSON-English-Idioms-Body-2-600x257.jpg\" alt=\"BEP 394 - English Idioms about Body Parts (2)\" width=\"600\" height=\"257\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-20142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP394-LESSON-English-Idioms-Body-2-600x257.jpg 600w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP394-LESSON-English-Idioms-Body-2-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP394-LESSON-English-Idioms-Body-2-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/BEP394-LESSON-English-Idioms-Body-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Business English Pod for today\u2019s lesson on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-idioms\/\" title=\"English idioms\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business English idioms<\/a> based on the human body.<\/p>\n<p>In your time studying English have you ever heard the expression \u201cto learn something by heart?\u201d Maybe you had to learn an English song by heart. Or maybe it was verb conjugations, or a list of vocabulary that your teacher made you learn \u201cby heart.\u201d And maybe you know that learning something by heart means memorizing it, which is kind of strange when you consider our memory is in our brain, not our heart!<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cto learn by heart\u201d is an idiom. And English has thousands and thousands of idioms. It\u2019s one thing that makes English really hard to learn. But you\u2019ll find that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-idioms\/\" title=\"English idioms\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English idioms<\/a> tend to rely on certain themes or metaphors, like body parts. And today we\u2019ll look at some idioms that refer to brains, ears, hearts, hands, lips, fingers, and even heels. <\/p>\n<p>In this lesson, we\u2019ll rejoin a conversation between Maria and Trevor. They are friends and former colleagues who are meeting for coffee to chat about their work situations. In their conversation they use many different idioms related to human body parts. See if you can spot some of these idioms as you listen, and I\u2019ll explain them later in the debrief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listening Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\tHow does Maria describe her CEO?<br \/>\n2.\tWhat does Trevor say when Maria tells him she has a secret?<br \/>\n3.\tWhat has Maria seen happen to other companies that makes her afraid of starting her own?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Premium Members: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9to5english.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP394SN-Body-Idioms-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PDF Transcript<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9to5english.com\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP394QIZ\/presentation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quizzes<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/learningcenter\/Premium2008\/content18\/BEP394PC.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: 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