Idioms from the body
FoundationThe head stands for judgement, so these idioms are almost all about composure or its loss.
'Face the music' and 'save face' are opposites and are set as a pair: one accepts the consequence, the other avoids the shame.
| Idiom | Means |
|---|---|
| Keep one's head | Stay calm in a crisis |
| Lose one's head | Panic and act rashly |
| Bury one's head in the sand | Refuse to face an obvious danger |
| Head and shoulders above | Far superior to |
| Off one's head | Behaving irrationally |
| Put heads together | Confer in order to solve something |
| Face the music | Accept the unpleasant consequences |
| Save face | Avoid public humiliation |