This morning I was thinking about how we use body part words for other things. For example: A potato has “eyes” where the shoots grow. A toilet on a ship is called the “head.” A section of a large building is a “wing.” Can you think of other examples, in English or in your own language?

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Eye of a needle. Clock face. Clock hand. Tail light. Pinhead. Table/chair leg. There are a lot...

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River mouth

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The cards you hold in a card game are your hand. A rhythm unit in poetry is a foot. Wheat has ears.

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Oddly enough, two of your examples work for the Russian language too. Крыло (a wing) здания, глазкИ (little eyes) картошки.