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give one's right arm to do something

Meaning: To want something very much.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: The expression suggests that one wants something so much that one is willing to give an essential part of one's body for it.

More idioms — Body & Senses

  • give someone the shirt off one's back — To give (figuratively) someone all one's possessions; to be very generous.
  • gray matter — Brain tissue and, by extension, intelligence.
  • green around the gills — Sick to one's stomach; nauseated.
  • green thumb — Natural ability to grow plants.
  • hand in glove — Close or intimate.
  • hand over fist — Extremely quickly.

More English idioms

  • hand to mouth — To live in poor conditions from day to day; to be impoverished.
  • head and shoulders above — At a much higher level.
  • have one's head in the clouds — To be impractical or absent-minded; to be unaware of what is going on around one.
  • head over heels in love — Very much in love; uncontrollably in love.
  • heart to heart — Serious and intimate.
  • hit the nail on the head — To come to the right conclusion.

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