In this episode of The Teacher there are three idioms connected with the body and legs: I'm pulling your leg; It cost an arm and a leg;You haven't got a leg to stand on ...

To pull someone's leg. D on't take this phrase literally. It doesn't mean pulling someone's leg physically. Meaning: To tease or play a joke on someone.

The book's title comes from a Russian expression meaning "I'm not pulling your leg," and though Bhalla hasn't found any Russians who know the source of this amusing image, he says that's not ...

Bhalla alleges that it's a Russian idiom that means "I'm not kidding" or "I'm not pulling your leg." Both noodle-hanging and leg-pulling fall into the category of idioms that don't make sense.

I’m not pulling your leg. The French nationals gathered at the Plaza clearly had their butter, money for the butter and the woman who made it (had it all). But, some of them also had a glass up ...

Hindi has a lot of mango-based idioms: wind-fallen mangos are something easy or cheap; a mango at the price of a stone is a good deal; a ripe mango is a very old person; and to have mangos and ...

They Want Your Arm, or They're Pulling Your Leg. April 16, 2003. For a while, Jason Shiell thought his promotion was a prank.

SAN ANTONIO — Apologies to Tony Bennett, Santa Anna left his leg in Cerro Gordo in 1847 — during the Mexican-American War. It made its way to Illinois. And that doesn't sound even remotely ...

A few weeks ago I had the misfortune to severely strain my lumbar (not lumber) region. The emergency room near Stately Willard Manor West told me that among other things I had “lumbago.&#8221… ...

In this episode of The Teacher there are three idioms connected with the body and legs: I'm pulling your leg; It cost an arm and a leg;You haven't got a leg to stand on ...