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What is the origin of the idiom out on a limb?
To be exposed
What does idiom go out on a limb mean?
it means to take a chance or risk
What is the origin of Keep an eye out?
It is just an idiom and has no history.
What is the meaning of the idiom 'foot went to sleep'?
It's a figure of speech rather than an idiom. When standing for a long length of time, your own weight can put pressure on the nerves of your legs. It can also put pressure on the blood vessels and restrict normal flow of blood to the nerves. Either way it makes the nerves act erratically.This is characterised in a loss of feeling or movement in the affected limb, and hence, the limb has 'gone to sleep'.
What is the history of the idiom lend your ear?
Shakespeare used this in his play Julius Caesar.
How many soldiers in American history returned with loss of limb?
Hold on.... Let me count......
How do you say cut you from limb to limb in old English?
Perhaps the expression you want is "limb from limb" and not "from limb to limb."
What is the history of the idiom 'jump out of your skin'?
The idiom, 'jump out of your skin,' was first seen in England in the 1800s. It refers to a person being so scared that they 'jump out of their skin,' by dying and becoming a ghost.
What is the meaning of the idiom going out on a limb?
Possibly a (woodsy) proverb say of Daniel Boone or Boy Scouts, a limb being an unsafe support for, say an iprovised swing. Has a backwoods twang. Also a book title by Shirley Maclaine, the actress turned psychic.
How do you spell idiom?
Idiom is correct.
What is the history of the idiom cost an arm and a leg?
American slang from 1960's, possibly from Vietnam, meaning 'costing a lot.'
What name is given to an artificial limb?
A prosthetic limb or "prosthetic"
