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Idioms are not only great fun, they also cast fresh light on the less rational workings of the human mind Why do we say "I'm not (1)______ your leg"? Or "he kicked the (2)______ "? I don't mean etymologically, I mean logically. Why do we use idioms? I became fascinated by that question when I discovered that Russians say "I'm not hanging noodles on your ears" when they're not (1)______ your leg. To us that sounds ridiculous. But let's face it, our idioms don't have a leg [...] to (3)______ on either. They're just as nonsensical.
The words that complete the English idioms correctly are: