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Japanese proverbs help

Davey

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Trying to find out the meaning of these proverbs, but it's kind of hard to find English or simple Japanese meanings of them. Anyone can help me finding out what they mean, or a link to a nice website.

顔が広い
to know a lot of people?
顔がきく
顔から火が出る
to feel ashamed about something big?
目が高い
to know if something is good or bad?
目がない
目をかける
目にあまる
耳がいたい
耳にはさむ
耳を貸す
鼻が高い
proud?
鼻にかける
鼻につく
口が軽い
口がかたい
able to keep a secret?
口がすべる
to make a slip of the tongue?
口にあう
口がうまい
舌がまわる
舌をまく
歯がまわらない
歯がうく
首がまわらない
首になる
首をひねる
手につかない
手を貸す
手がつけられない
足が出る
to exceed the budget
足をひっぱる
足をむけられない

I will keep searching for them by myself, but any help is appreciated. And I tough these might be helpful for some as well.
 
Japanese idioms with a part of body can be very interesting.

Have you tried goo 辞書?

Input the word and check 和英 and hit 辞書検索 button.

かお(顔)
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%B8%FD&kind=je&mode=0&kwassist=0
め(目)
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%A4%E1&kind=je&mode=0&base=1&row=1
みみ(耳)
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%A4%DF%A4%DF&kind=je&mode=0&kwassist=0
はな(鼻)
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=ɡ&kind=je&mode=0&kwassist=0
くち(口)
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=%B8%FD&kind=je&mode=0&kwassist=0
あし(足)
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php?MT=­&kind=je&mode=0&base=1&row=2

You can try the rest yourself.
When you try with a kanji and do not get the result you expected, try with hiragana. Sometimes several choices are shown on the left of the screen, then click the one you want.
 
That sure helped a lot.

They only ones I couldn't find were 手 and 歯
 
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*ahem* I noticed earlier today that they both go to the entry for 手. Here is 歯. Sorry about that.
 
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