Englische Redewendungen sind wichtig

Versuchen Sie zuerst, die Lücken in diesen wichtigen englischen Redewendungen auszufüllen. Die deutsche Bedeutung finden Sie darunter.

arm, foot, heads, knees, leg (2x), legs, nose, noses

My PC is on its last _____. I really need a new one.
The country has been brought to its _____ by a series of strikes.
There’s much confusion and many people are scratching their _____ over what to do next.
They’re sending the HR managers to Tokyo on a training programme. It’s costing the company an _____ and a _____.
He told the team to get their _____ back to the grindstone and find a way of showing a profit.
You’ll pay through the _____ if you want to rent office space in London.
John was only pulling their _____ when he said he was marrying the boss’s sister.
You really put your _____ in it when you said the new sales manager was a loser. He’s the VP’s son-in-law.

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Die deutschen Bedeutungen:

to be on your last legs	auf dem letzten Loch pfeifen
to be brought to one’s knees	in die Knie gezwungen werden
to scratch one’s head	scharf nachdenken
to cost an arm and a leg	ein Vermögen kosten
to get / keep / put one’s nose to the grindstone	hart arbeiten (wörtlich: die Nase am Schleifstein halten)
to pay through the nose	tief in die Tasche greifen müssen
to pull somenone’s leg	jemanden auf die Schippe nehmen
to put your foot in	ins Fettnäpfchen treten

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