Meanings and examples of idioms to describe personality.

1. Idioms to describe personality
Diana L. Portillo
UNAM FES Iztacala
June 2016

2. To be a pain in the neck
 Fig. A bother, an
annoyance.
 Your little brother is
a pain in the neck.
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3. To have eyes like a hawk
 Fig. Someone who
has eyes like a
hawk notices
everything.
 The supervisor has
eyes like a hawk.
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4. To have one´s head in the clouds
 Fig. Be
absentminded,
impractical or
unaware of what is
going on.
 He had her head in
the clouds when
she was attending
the meeting.  Image source:
https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/1/5294755/il_
170x135.263914926.jpg

5. To have nerves of steel
 Fig. Someone who
has nerves of steel
is brave and has
great patience and
courage.
 You should have
nerves of steel to
talk in front of a
crowd.
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6. To have a big mouth
 Fig. To be a
gossiper, a person
who tells secrets.
 She has a big
mouth; she spoiled
my sister´s surprise
party.
 Image source:
http://www.idiomexamples.com/img/pics/2013
0911_212530_.jpg

7. To be a couch potato
 Fig. A lazy
individual, addicted
to television
watching.
 Couch potatoes
tend to be fatter
than many people.
 Image source: http://zexchanges.com/wp-
content/uploads/2016/04/Couch-potato-
300x286-150x143.gif

8. To be down to earth
 Fig.Realistic,
sensible, practical.
 He´s the most
down-to-earth
person I´ve ever
met.
 Image source:
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/ima
ges/mahatma-gandhi-33.jpg

9. To be a social butterfly
 Fig. Someone who
is very social and
easygoing.
 She´s a real social
butterfly! She was
in five parties last
weekend!
 Image source:
http://mediaresources.idiva.com/media//conte
nt/2014/Nov/the_challenging_life_of_a_social
_butterfly.jpg

10.  dnospraka@yahoo.com

11. Sources:
 The free dictionary by Farlex:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be
+easy+on+the+eye (Retrieved on
June 2nd, 2016).
 Urban dictionary:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.
php?term=social%20butterfly
(Retrieved on June 4th, 2016).