Name the five sensory organs and provide phrases / idioms / proverbs related to them.

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The five sensory organs are: eyes, ears, nose, skin and tongue. 

The five senses are: sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste.

Phrases / Idioms / Proverbs:

(a) To turn a deaf ear (refuse to listen) / Lend an ear (to listen to)

(b) Beauty lies in the eyes of a beholder, (different people have different opinion)

(c) Pay through your nose (pay a lot of money) / Under the nose (directly in front of someone)

(d) Tongue in cheek (not serious) / Bite your tongue (to take back something that you have said.)

(e) Hand in glove (working together, often to do something dishonest) / Put your finger on something (to find out something correctly) / A thick skin (ability to ignore criticism)

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