BODY LANGUAGE

BODY LANGUAGE
MAY PARE, A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WAITRESS WHO EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM UCLA SPECIALIZING IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, WROTE A BOOK DEALING EXCLUSIVELY WITH BODY PART IDIOMS. HERE IS A SELECTION OF HER ENTRIES AND DEFINITIONS:
FIRE IN YOUR BELLY (EXPRESSION): ENTHUSIASM/DRIVING FORCE/PASSION FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
RUB ELBOWS WITH (VERB PHRASE): TO INTERACT SOCIALLY WITH.
FACE THE MUSIC (VERB PHRASE): TO SUFFER THE UNPLEASANT CONSEQUENCES, ESPECIALLY OF ONE'S OWN ACTIONS.
A HAIR-TRIGGER TEMPER (NOUN PHRASE): A TENDENCY TO BECOME ANGRY VERY EASILY.
LOSE YOUR HEAD (VERB PHRASE): TO BECOME CONFUSED OR CRAZY ABOUT, TO LOSE EMOTIONAL CONTROL OVER SOMETHING.
A SIX-PACK (NOUN): TONED STOMACH MUSCLES.
POWDER YOUR NOSE (VERB PHRASE): A POLITE OR HUMOROUS WAY OF SAYING "TO GO TO THE TOILET."
ON YOUR TOES (ADJECTIVE PHRASE): ALERT, READY TO ACT.
A SHARP TONGUE (NOUN PHRASE): A TENDENCY TO REPLY SHARPLY OR SARCASTICALLY.
LOVE HANDLES (NOUN PHRASE): EXTRA FLESH AROUND YOUR WAIST.