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Idiom: for keeps (used idiomatically: no)
The suggestion is often made that a couple should not be treated as if they were living as husband and wife unless the man is actually giving the woman financial support . We can not accept this as a reasonable test . Apart from the very great difficulty of establishing how a couple manage their finances ( in effect one would have to take their word for it ) and the strong incentive they would have to arrange their affairs so as to safeguard the woman 's claim to benefit , the fact that she is receiving benefit may itself make it unnecessary for the man to give her more than is required for his own keep . The suggestion that he is not supporting her while she is receiving benefit can not therefore be taken as positive evidence that their relationship is not comparable to that of husband and wife . ( DHSS / SBC , 1976a , p. 16 )
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
Medved 's own figures show that while weekly attendances fell to 17.5 million in 1969 , they then levelled off and the figure for 1991 was 18.9 million . Hollywood vs America is a thought - provoking polemic , but Medved 's use of material is so selective that he 's in danger of undermining his own credibility . He tends to jump to conclusions with feats of illogicality worthy of Sir Nicholas Fairbairn . While citing Home Alone as an example of ‘ kids know best’ syndrome , he attributes its phenomenal box - office performance to ‘ the public 's powerful hunger for movies that portray reasonably well - adjusted , happy middle - class families’ . Many commentators would argue Fatal Attraction marked a dramatic return to family values , with the family defeating the menace of the predatory single woman .
Idiom: in the sticks (used idiomatically: no)
Contrary to what was to happen in the modern period ( and still continues ) , the first objects of trade were not logs but what are sometimes rather dismissively referred to as ' minor forest products ' . Intensively studied in this respect has been the Malay Peninsula , where there was trade with China , particularly in ivory and incense wood ( Aquilaria malaccensis , Thymelaeaceae ) , the decaying heartwood of which is saturated with resin ( the aloe or ahaloth of the Bible ) , in the period AD 420–589 . By 960–1126 there was trade in these between China and south - east Asia generally and it was extended to caradamons , which had been exported to Europe from India since Roman times , rattans , camphor , dammars , bananas and Dalheroia parviflora ( Leguminosae ) a liane with heartwood used in joss sticks ; the seeds of Adenanthera pavonina ( Leguminosae ) came into use as weights for goldsmiths and a system ( Ganda ) based on seeds half as heavy ( another legume , Abrus precatorius ) in India is derived from it . With the arrival of the first Europeans , the Portuguese , the all - important spices were traded at source : pepper from the Malabar Coast of India , cinnamon from Sri Lanka and cloves , nutmeg and mace from the Moluccas . With trading settlements and ports of call at Goa , the Cape and Lisbon , the Portuguese undermined the economy of the Mameluke Empire to such an extent that it was taken over by the Ottomans in 1517 .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: no)
Now it was Ferreira 's turn to show his frustration , often slamming his racket to the ground in anger as he could only muster 11 points in a set lasting only 20 minutes . Afterwards Leconte , who only resumed training a week ago after injuring himself in the Paris Open , admitted he was surprised at the way Ferreira had fallen to pieces . ‘ In the first set , I was just trying to get the ball back in play but in the third set my confidence really came back , ’ he said . Australia 's Wally Masur also flew home with $100,000 under his belt after going out to seventh-seeded Czech Petr Korda 2-6 , 7-5 , 6-4 . Meanwhile , to the organisers ' relief , American Davis Cup heroes Andre Agassi , Pete Sampras and John McEnroe flew in after a complicated , half-Concorde , half-private jet dash following their Fort Worth final triumph over Switzerland .
Idiom: foam at the mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Although not exactly a religious person , she was pained to think that a senior member of the Church of England should get ( albeit by moonlight ) a good glimpse of her sexual organs in their present somewhat engorged state . Abashed , she tried to shrink behind the sacrificial stone , and hid her eyes . ' Get inside , the lot of you , or I 'll call the police , ' shouted the prebendary , foaming at the mouth . ' The gardens of North Oxford are designed for peaceful horticulture , not these heathen goings - on . Besides , it 's gone midnight . '
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
But facing me in the nets for two winters , he got to know my bowling inside out and by the end of our stay in Cape Town he was hammering me all around the practice area . Therefore , I suppose I should claim some credit for Graham currently being one of the best batsmen against spin in the world . He is not quite as good as Mike Gatting , who works the ball all along the ground on both sides of the wicket , but Graham now has no fear of stepping down the track to any spinner and planting the ball firmly over long-on . If Graham has one irritating trait it is his obstinacy . The public got a very early taste of it in the late 1970s when he was invited to play in the World International single wicket competition at The Oval .
Idiom: man of the cloth (used idiomatically: yes)
Rt Rev JEREMEY WALSH / Bishop of Tewkesbury Voice over As far as omens go , when a man of the cloth has to sign on , things must be getting bad . Reverend Leonard Hendry has joined the dole queues in Tewkesbury . And he says it took all his strength to make the journey from church to job centre .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Let the centre - right debate pacts and PR . Socialists should now be addressing how to build a new organisation rooted in the offices , factories and communities as Labour once was . Punch on the nose Jolyon Jenkins ' selective and tendentious ramblings through old news ( ‘ Crying out for Argentina’ , 3 April ) do little to provide your readership with the sort of balanced and impartial view of the Falklands they surely deserve . May I mention a selection of the many inaccuracies ?
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: no)
The plan , therefore , had been made by John and Astorre , Pesaro and himself while the Mamelukes kept to their camp , and the King and his other officers prepared to hold Christmas at Nicosia . The weakest stretch of the walls had been identified . Stone and clods and faggots were brought and by day , under murderous fire , were projected at three different points into the great ditch that surrounded the city . By night they were added to , using the trenches . By day , the defenders shot fire - bolts into the rising piles of brushwood , causing them to burst into flame and reducing their height by half .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
International Capital Markets : Accountants face hard task in search for global harmony By DAVID FRANK YESTERDAY was the last day for comments from the public on a paper issued in January entitled : ' Comparability of Financial Statements ' published by the International Accounting Standards Committee . This is hardly the sort of catchy title guaranteed to get most of us rushing to our desks in search of pen and paper , nor is it easy to imagine squeezing into packed village halls to listen to speeches demanding a rewrite of the rules on deferred taxation . In acknowledgement of this , IASC , which comprises the leading world accounting bodies , sent out a separate invitation to interested parties asking for their views on the subject .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Lee felt a little puffed ; the apartment was at the very top of a tall riverside block without a lift . The walls were maroon and the carpet was purple and the effect was expensive , but Lee felt as depressed as if she had found herself in the smelly hallway of a neglected and deprived residence . She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell . Terror suddenly hit her like an iron arrow in the breastbone and her throat seized up and she choked . Demons and monsters , she thought .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
" Then what brought this on ? A normal , healthy young woman like you - " " I ate some hot curry and then got lost in the fog and fell down … " And I suppose your conscience is perfectly clear ? " he said , good - humouredly . " There are more ways than one of ending an unwanted pregnancy , you know .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
So we went to the dining room . He dived gaily at my legs , like a football player . I thanked him in my head for so thoroughly putting paid to the past , at least for the moment . One of the Great Danes was simultaneously clambering into my lap , trying to get all four legs fitted into the available footage , under the delusion that she was some other size . It is a delusion that many of us have , including Boris and possibly myself .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: no)
Police Force ( or Constabulary)’ Assault means an act which intentionally or recklessly causes another person to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence ( Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [ 1968]3 All ER 445 ) . 3 . ‘ in the execution of his duty’ Means duties connected with protecting life and property , preventing and detecting crime and keeping the peace . The constable must not be exceeding his authority , such as detaining a person without a power of arrest . He must not act unlawfully in other ways such as remaining on premises after being lawfully requested to leave .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
The other three patients had visitors , and bunches of flowers lay on the counterpanes . Irene Avery lay with her eyes closed , and for a moment Juliet hoped she would stay asleep so they did n't have to talk . Then a visitor laughed , and Irene opened her eyes . She stared at Juliet for a second , then struggled to a sitting position . Juliet reached out to help her .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
The majority of the buildings were of post - hole or trench construction and display considerable variation in size and design ( Figure 2.5 ) . The walls of the buildings most commonly consisted of a single row of vertical timber planks or baulks with wattle panels inserted into grooves down their edges . Alternatively , pairs of vertical timbers in holes in the ground clasped horizontal members with wattle and daub infilling , or the uprights were staggered with panels of inter - woven wattles between them . The interpretation of the super - structures naturally presents greater problems , but it is argued that most had gabled roofs with rafters resting on wall plates below head height . The floor would be clear with crucks across the middle of most of the buildings supporting purlins and a ridge - piece .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
POTENCY The question remains , however , as to when a potency level is actually reached and how many succussions are needed to reach it and also whether different dilution factors need different amounts . For example if one succussion will turn a 29c into a 30c then extra succussions will simply intensify on the 30c level . If more shakes are needed then a gradual increase in potency occurs until a saturation point arrives and presumably only intensification takes place . In the sixth edition § 248 Hahnemann describes the daily succussion of the LM solutions as : ' altering and slightly increasing the degree of potency ' suggesting a gradual almost exponential curve of increasing potency which never actually reaches the next degree until a further dilution step in taken .
Idiom: home and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Not to worry , chum!’ said the Lawrence youth benignly , puffing a little on the steps but indestructibly cool and amiable . ‘ See that nice , bright hole in the wall ? Aim for that , and you 're home and dry!’ The nice , bright hole in the wall stood wide , as they had left it , gleaming with the reflections of white paint within . They bore steadily down upon it .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed they stood there just outside the door , in the feeble light of an oil lamp , grouped around the Mayor and talking excitedly "
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
Paving stones stood up and were drawn into the new building . The process was silent . Susan opened her eyes , and surveyed her handiwork . It was crude , a trifle unfinished and unformed — in any other Dream , she would have researched the externals rather than built on a whim — but it was what she wanted . She willed the great wooden doors open , and crossed the street .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Sangenic The most hygienic way to dispose of disposables . As many parents have discovered , the problem with disposable nappies up to now has been with that word ' disposable ' . Yes , you can put them in bags and carry them out to the bin . But this is an old fashioned and potentially unhygienic method . Furthermore , mixing up used disposables with the rest of the household rubbish makes it difficult to recycle them afterwards .
Idiom: sitting duck (used idiomatically: yes)
More accurate , multiple - warhead Russian missiles undid that . In response President Carter chose to build a ten - warhead American missile , the MX . But Congress insisted the real solution was to make America 's missiles mobile , so they would n't be sitting ducks . A plethora of schemes was thought up . They would lurk somewhere within a system of tunnels ; no good : explosions anywhere in the tunnel would reach them .
Idiom: off the top of your head (used idiomatically: yes)
have you thought about it at all ? No Can you think about it just off the top of your head ? Do n't know . How do you see yourself , you 've , you 've actually left
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
With REMEMBRANCE I wanted to avoid the central figure , the hero . Each of several characters is followed through twenty - four hours and their lives touch only at certain points in the narrative . Is this flying in the face of what makes good cinema?’ Hugh Stoddart REMEMBRANCE was one of the first Film on Four projects .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
She was appalled at the idea of living in the ‘ wilds’ , as she put it . To expect her to bury herself in the back of beyond , away from all her friends with just Penry Vaughan for company , constituted adequate grounds for divorce in her view.’ ‘ How on earth did you come to marry her?’ asked Leonora before she could stop herself , then pulled a face . ‘ Sorry!’ ‘ Do n't be .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
Olga Craig It can get you legally sacked if you have an office affair . THE office Christmas party is in full swing and Mr Smith from accounts and Miss Jones from sales are canoodling under the mistletoe . When they turn up at the office next day looking as if they 've missed out on their sleep , however , they could get more than teasing comments from their colleagues . They could get their marching orders .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
Only after he dropped Hanger off did the driver realise who his passenger was . He says he saw his face on the television news and knew he could have been killed . People living near to the prison are releived Hanger is back behind bars . And people living at Simonds Yat in Gloucestershire want to know why Hanger was allowed out of the jail to go camping . The Forest of Dean police are also angry that they were n't warned .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
Banks therefore will have a head start over their non - banking rivals in selling competitive products across the EC . Instead of the single , level playing - field for financial services that the Community talks of , the field will indeed be single but still sloping from one end to the other . Senior commission officials say that it is up to national governments to get a move on . This is wishful thinking . On February 19th the British government began consulting with interested parties on last autumn 's non - life - insurance draft directive .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
After a spring and summer during which he was so busy with his ordinary duties that he had no time to himself at all— not even his evenings — he returned again to America in the late autumn of 1950 . These trips to the United States were to become a regular event , part of his routine as it were , and there was a sense in which he was returning home . He spent one night in New York and then , nursing a cold which he had contracted on the boat , he went straight to Boston — with his relatives , in particular his two sisters and his late brother 's family , and with old friends like Emily Hale and Djuna Barnes , he could still enjoy an affectionate intimacy which he seemed to lack in England . Willa Muir saw him in America and observed,"Tom Eliot is much more human here than in England . He was less cautious , smiling more easily , spontaneous in repartee , enjoying the teasing he was getting from Djuna …
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
And I tell you she 's got a different contract with me altogether . You read our contract did n't you , last night ? It 's there in black and white . Mm I know , that 's what she said . I do n't how she knows .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Villa had always been in command , but a combination of poor finishing and fine goalkeeping by David Seaman prevented them taking full advantage . Ray Houghton and Earl Barrett both squandered chances in the opening five minutes . And when Saunders was sent clear in the 40th minute , Seaman saved at point-blank range on the edge of his area . It seemed it might be one of those nights when frustration would creep in and undermine Villa 's supremacy . But deep into first-half stoppage time , O'Leary 's outstretched leg caught Yorke in full flight .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
The best way is to ignore the ring structure and explore the city in chunks that are easy on the feet and brain , keeping in mind your position with respect to the old city plans where it is relevant . This book covers six journeys within the city , all of them — with a few minor exceptions — staying within the boundary of the old city walls . There is much to see , and hopefully the detailed instructions and maps will prevent you from getting lost . The city of Milan has also thoughtfully provided virtually all of its better buildings with name plates to help the visitor . These are bright yellow and usually mounted on poles outside the entrance to the building .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ There might have been.’ She had no intention of telling him about Ian White , the medical registrar she had dated for over a year and who she had once thought might have come to mean much more in her life . Instead , she felt faintly annoyed at the boldness of his questions and decided to turn the tables . ‘ And what about you?’ She tried to make it sound casual but was aware that her tone had risen slightly .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Nicolo 's mouth turned down . ' And who gave you all this priceless information , cara ? ' ' You 're breaking the girl 's heart , Nicolo . She loves you , and — ' ' She has a schoolgirl crush on me , for God 's sake ! '
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Good morning Leslie . Er , Good morning , Douglas . Em , much earlier you was on about this erm , erm , television licences , er , be it , an another extra twenty pound being added to any , another set over the top of what you 've got . Yes I just want to explain very quickly for people who do n't know what we 're talking about , Leslie , because a lot of people join us by the minute , er , MPs on the Commons ' Heritage Committee , have said , they think it 's a very good idea , that if you have more than one telly , you should pay twenty pounds for the second one , and who knows , twenty pounds for the third , and twenty pounds extra for the fourth . What do you feel ?
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever the case , the number one lesson to learn is that a horse can not be prevented from pulling by merely pulling back at him . Do not forget the old adage ‘ It takes two to pull’ . The only way to lighten a heavy forehand , which is basically the trouble , is by using a strong leg up to a giving and taking hand , thereby giving a series of strong half - halts . These coupled with transitions with a firm but quiet insistence that the horse should not pull is the correct approach . Sometimes the horse may need to be stopped quite firmly , but a yank will only aggravate the situation and make the horse anxious , so creating another problem of tension to cure .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't know who went off for Batty , I was just relieved when he did . As for the free kick well I never saw MOTD so I ca n't comment , though I can well believe Speed did f- up , he definitely had an off day . Also while in the club shop I NEARLY did ask if they 'd personalise a shirt with MUNICH 58 , I was THIS CLOSE … Tim From :
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: no)
These are probably the deepest divers , feeding mainly on fish and squid . Intensively hunted during the nineteenth century , they have more recently been managed and subject to controlled hunting on South Georgia ( Laws , 1960 ) . Ross and crabeater seals live solitary or in widely - dispersed communities on the pack ice , usually toward the outer edge , feeding largely on krill . With a total population estimated at 15–30 million , crabeaters are almost certainly the world 's most numerous seals ( Laws , 1984 ) ; their wide dispersal on pack ice protects them from human depredations . Leopard seals , which feed on krill , fish , squid , young seals of other species ( notably crabeaters ) , and penguins and other birds , also occupy the outer edge of the pack ice , but range widely from the cool temperate islands to Antarctica .
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: no)
I 'll make sure their heads do n't get on their chests . ‘ You only win things when you do what you think is right . We 'll put it right where we think it matters , on the training field and we 'll keep playing with the philosophy of working , training and competing . ’ MoM : Clive Baker , Ipswich : ( Two stunning saves ) Tel threat to Durie
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
As with China today , there would have been some feeble international condemnation , and some speculation about possible links between Kazakh militants and exile groups , or Islamic fundamentalists . Experts would remind us that Kazakhstan had never been a country , and that Ukrainian claims to independence are historically dubious . Substitute Xinjiang for Kazakhstan and Tibet for Ukraine and you get the picture . But that putsch , thankfully , ended as a farce . The decaying Soviet regime was unable to crush Russia ’s growing democratic movement – it would take Vladimir ~ Putin to do that a decade later .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
' Sponsors wish to supplement , not substitute , Government funding for the arts , ' he told the conference at London 's Barbican Centre . A mystery as dark as Druids ' Runes Tom and Jerry in the Flesh UNITY THEATRE Review by Lew Baxter
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over If you were on the new year 's Honours list you 'd be pretty chuffed too . Sheila Harrod certainly is … born and bred in Swindon she 's founder and director of the Kentwood Choir , which has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity , her efforts now rewarded with a British empire medal . Female speaker I just could n't believe it .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
Binyon looked steadily at Culley . ‘ You 've heard the name before.’ ‘ It rings a bell.’ ‘ Does it?’ Binyon seemed thoughtful .