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Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
Charles , however , was determined to use the farm at Highgrove as a model to put his ideas into practice . After delivering his message of support to the organic movement at Cirencester , he held a seminar at Kensington Palace to air the issues , and he and John Higgs subsequently went down to Elm Farm to investigate the possibilities of employing organic methods on the home farm . The basic philosophy involves farming as far as possible within a closed system : in a nutshell , growing crops to feed the animals and using the manure those animals produce to fertilize the soil in order to grow more crops . The use of soluble chemical fertilizers is banned , as are hormone stimulants . The animals must be reared in humane conditions , which means that intensive operations — like battery henhouses or veal units — are forbidden .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Some of these are related to the costs of modern medicine and the limits to which efficiency savings can be made in nonclinical areas . The efficiency drive in the NHS in the 1980s , for example , left the clinical heartland of medicine relatively untouched , yet there is tremendous potential for redeploying resources from less effective to more effective therapies . In this case quality and efficiency , far from being alternatives , go hand in hand . Other reasons revolve around the changing demands and expectations of consumers and their agents . In 1948 an austerity NHS was born in an austerity Britain and people were grateful for what they received .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
I have seen our old matriarch walk between two younger antagonists and break up a fight with a snarl , even though she was aged and barely able to walk . The respect the younger dogs showed this bitch was quite amazing . I have been told by many other breeders that they have experienced a similar thing in their own kennels and so we can assume that the pecking order is not always maintained through physical strength . Age and experience also command great respect . Fights between dogs can start over the smallest thing .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
However , no evidence favouring such a contention has ever been produced . Harry MacAdoo , then the Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin , on several occasions put forward the argument that Southern protestants were a minority group with their own culture and traditions , and thus deserved to have schools for themselves in order to hand on their own traditions . When considering the merit of this argument , one does have to bear in mind the particularly precarious nature of the Southern protestant grouping . Protestant opposition to integrated schooling is sometimes heard in the North , particularly from the fundamentalist camp , who not only fear catholic infiltration of state schools but are opposed to anything other than Bible protestantism in religious education . But usually the opposite is the case and popular protestant support for integration is expressed .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
To put these figures in perspective , the Sun 's angular diameter is 32 minutes of arc , a little over half a degree . Its linear diameter is I 392 000 km ; it looks so small only because it is at a distance of nearly 150 million km from us . If the two papers had appeared out of the blue , with no preparation of the scientific ground , they would surely have made an enormous impact both among astronomers and in the wider world . Even if the Sun is shrinking at a rate of merely 0–01 per cent per century it would totally disappear in a million years ; and it would have been twice its present size a million years ago . ( Both these are ludicrous suggestions according to everything that has been learned over the past half century about how stars work . )
Idiom: knock it off (used idiomatically: yes)
I told him it was important to my defence to know if the old man had been blindfolded . Waddell is most emphatic that the old man was neither blindfolded nor gagged . Waddell says a blanket was thrown over the old man and several times the old man knocked it off and it had to be replaced . Waddell says the old man must have known it was daylight when they left , as the house lights were turned off by Waddell at dawn … Meehan talked to Waddell on several further occasions .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps they were not all love letters ? Perhaps she was making a mistake ? Her eyes slipped across and down to glimpse any words not covered by her fingers spread over the top page : ‘ hours’ , ‘ be with you’ , ‘ your name’ , ‘ love’ , ‘ last night’ . Before sleep Darling , darling , Here I am , with you again .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Southend striker Brett Angell has rejected the chance to join second division leaders Blackburn Rovers in a £ 1 million deal . And full - back Dean Austin , 21 , has turned down an £ 800,000 move to Derby . Angell , 23 , joined the club from Stockport for £ 100,000 . He has scored 22 League and Cup goals this season , the last against Blackburn in midweek . Southend await a late fitness test on Andy Ansah before naming today 's side .
Idiom: hack it (used idiomatically: yes)
Ward had his camera with him , and though he led me round at a breathless pace , talking all the time about the terrible religious cult of the Aztecs , he also took quite a few pictures , usually with myself or some other human in the foreground to give an indication of the scale of the place . In addition to Quetzalcoatl , the feathered serpent god of learning , he talked of Tezcatlipoca , the sky god , Tlaloc , the rain god , and the name I have most difficulty in pronouncing or even spelling , and the most terrible god of all — Huitzilopochtli . I have a picture in my mind still of endless queues of captives waiting under guard to mount the steps of the Aztec temples where the priests of Huitzilopochtli stood waiting with obsidian stone knives , hands and faces black with caked blood , their robes stiff with it , as they worked industriously to open up each human chest , extract the still - palpitating heart , offering it to their filthy god , then tossing the torn - open body back down the steps to the waiting warriors below , who hacked it into joints for the ritual cannibalism that ensured both the pleasures of the flesh and added prowess from the absorption of the captive joint into their own live bodies . It is a picture indelibly imprinted , Ward 's voice painting it in quiet words , neither excited nor repelled by the horror of it , but simply repeating information he had obtained from one of the books he had borrowed from his Glasgow library as soon as he knew the route he would be taking to Punta Arenas and the Antarctic . I have referred to it here because , to me , Mexico was a curtain - raiser to the horrors we were to uncover later .
Idiom: spill the beans (used idiomatically: yes)
Nurse jailed for hitting patient has conviction overturned . And the tears of a clown . The woman Gazza sacked spills the beans . Good Evening : ANNE DAWSON
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
" We are ready to die , if you have the heart to fire on Russians and comrades !
Idiom: below par (used idiomatically: yes)
Some of the guinea pigs stopped running for a week after a competitive marathon , while a second group jogged lightly for about 30 minutes every day the week after the race . All of the runners experienced muscle soreness and weakness for several days , but the resting group recovered much more quickly . Leg - muscle endurance capacity ( measured on a Cybex TM machine ) returned to normal within three days in the resting runners but was still below par after seven days for those who jogged in the recovery week . The resting runners also had greater muscle strength than their active counterparts . The Ball State researchers concluded that a one - week rest from running boosts the ability of leg muscles to recover quickly after a marathon .
Idiom: she'll be right (used idiomatically: no)
You know , you underrate that little girl , she 's not a naive miss , she 's funny , she 's witty . She 's even not bad - looking . I hope she 'll be all right in the country , it 's not much of a life for her , but she 'll look after herself . Are you still having those conversations with Marcus ? ' ' Yes . '
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
Scale length checks in at the Fender - like 25½″. The diminutive size of the headstock suits the overall slender appearance of this guitar perfectly . The inlaid mother - of - pearl crescent moon logo looks the part , too . The only thing that lets it down in this area is a slightly off - centre truss rod cover . The tuners are the Sperzel locking variety , finished in gold , and the nut is graphite .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
By contrast , production by what became in time the Co - operative Wholesale Society is , in principle at least , under the control of the general body of members of the consumers ' societies . So , the Pioneers must have been wrong : and to pronounce that judgment upon heroic founding fathers must have been difficult . Still , they were to be forgiven because the course they adopted , of ‘ setting out to be at one and the same time a Producers’ and a Consumers ' Society ' seemed natural to them . It is here that the explanation falters . It is one thing to recognise that the interests of producers and consumers are likely to be opposed : for the first will wish to sell at the highest , the second to buy at the lowest price .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Lawrence Weaver , whose work as an author had contributed much to Lutyens 's recognition as an architect , wrote of the Dolls ' House in 1924 that ' The planning of a strictly symmetrical house like this is one of the shrewdest tasks that can be set an architect . ' He went on to explain that the rules of the game could easily be encompassed if some rooms were left without windows , and if the facades did not accurately represent the layout of the interior . Apart , though , from one or two short cuts in the domestic offices — hardly surprising when basement space had to be taken up with loaded drawers of garage and garden — Sir Edwin Lutyens , Weaver declared , ' has played his most difficult game of planning with serious ingenuity and success ' . On the north side of the house the royal coat of arms is set into the classical pediment Interchangeable cedar - wood storage drawers on the north and south sides of the base
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's two pound at the shop . And it 's two pound in my village shop . So I said to Geoff I 'll get it up the village shop . That 'll get down the back of your throat , that 'll choke you . Yeah
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
Talk about or Mr has , er to to ask about anybody interested in violins playing . And I know you enjoy playing music . Er put your hands down for the moment . I 'll I promised Mr a list but I 've had a very busy week and have n't done him a list this week and I have promised and I 've broken a promise . So I 'm going to promise and you 've got to remind me about this promise that the next Tuesday , that 's when you 're or even Wednesday , but if I give it you Tuesday we can be organized for Wednesday ca n't we ?
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
In a sort of a a a a half shaped in the stack , you could see every layer , the way it had been built . That was the art of a good stack builder again . Was there ever any danger of those catching fire ? Oh yes , it you carried it too green . If you carried it too green , erm I ca n't remember that happening to our but I 've heard of some people , having to cut a shaft down into the stack you know .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
Even though the obvious explanation of the abnormal rhythmicity is that these people suffer from the loss of the light/dark cycle as a time-cue , the result also indicates that the other time-cues ( social factors , activity , and meal times ) are inadequate . Promoting adjustment to a 24-hour day For those examples that have been described so far , the best advice that can be given to individuals is to help them to strengthen their time-cues and to take more notice of them . ( Readers might be reminded of Now Try This — 2 , Chapter 2 ) . for example , an Individual with difficulty in adjusting to a 24-hour day should make every attempt to strengthen the rhythmic influence of social factors and meal times by adhering as rigidly as possible to a regular routine .
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
With a decent sleeping bag , a night under canvas in even the bleakest of winters is cosy and restful . But let 's face it , the sleeping bag that did you proud on those hot summer nights in Italy , and got you through the night on the floor after the party , is n't exactly going to be your best friend when the temperature drops below freezing . A good 4–5 season sleeping bag is a must for anyone who does n't throw in the towel the minute October dawns . Here eight sleeping bags have been put to the test , judged according to their performance and quality of construction . Necessarily , Dave Weatherley tested the bags in less then freezing conditions .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
Barnsley are not known for their fancy football or flair , but they 're well drilled and organised and Oxford just could n't find a way through . United 's best chances came in the first half , but Barnsley gave as good as they got and went close once or twice . Full marks again to keeper Paul Reece . He 's not let a league goal in yet . In the second half , Oxford brought on winger , Chrissy Allen in the hope of livening things up , but the game was as dead as a dodo .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
Other famous works are the first editions of John Florio 's translation of Montaigne ( 1603 ) , the 1498 Hortulus Animae , a popular German devotional work of which the Council of Trent did not wholly approve , and the 1514 Paris edition of Saxo Grammaticus ' twelfth - century History of Denmark . Among more modern works he owned Garrick 's copy of Drayton 's Polyolbion , a 1550 Piers Plowman , and the first edition of the works of Taylor , the Water Poet . The Kilmarnock Burns is in the library , and , for good measure , the manuscript of Tam o ' Shanter . But the collection is not limited to literary and historical works ; there are , for example , copies of Robert Stevenson 's Bell Rock Lighthouse , Lunardi on Ballooning , Patrick Miller on Steam Navigation , Sir William Hillary on Lifeboats , Robert Stevenson on canals and railways , and Elizabeth Cleland 's New and Best Method of Cookery , a rare Edinburgh work of 1755 . There are also unique association copies , the Office for Holy Week in the version of Urban VIII which belonged to James VII , and Swifts ' Bible .
Idiom: tread on someone's toes (used idiomatically: yes)
She said , in Swedish : ‘ Are you all right , Suzanne ? You look like death . Shall I tread on his toes for you?’ ‘ No,’ Suzanne replied . ‘ But take him over , will you ?
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
What is far more important is to work on creating an atmosphere , a climate , where running is the norm . In a small school it is possible for everyone to start their different distances together . If , when on a first ever run , the new runner , aged eight , finds himself or herself lined up next to another runner wearing a County vest the beginner begins to realise anything is possible . To create this small world where running is routine the coach must run too . It does n't matter where he / she finishes , but whether the coach is only asking the eight - year - olds to spring 50 m or trying to get all the senior team to really race hard over the first 1500 m , he or she must be seen to experience it too or the children simply wo n't believe the coach can know what he / she is talking about .
Idiom: bits and bobs (used idiomatically: yes)
What ? Thirty quid for . The thing that , you see I was going to send off for a pair of gloves cos I ca n't find my thermal , but when I looked on and saw all the bits and bobs of paper that come , there was n't erm , little slip you get with a pound off , for postage and packing , which I 've been getting recently have n't you ? for erm Oh yes , definitely . I mean about , what , recently I 've been getting it for ages and this time it was n't there , and I , and I thought to myself dam it I 'm not going
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
My first boyfriend seemed to like me , specs and all . I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . Mind you , he 'd come home from university one time to see me in bed with ‘ flu , glasses and no front teeth , so I guess he was pretty immune to my charmlessness — or was too shortsighted himself to notice . Or maybe love really is blind . During the Seventies , in my Lovin' Spoonful London Hippie period , I favoured tiny , blue - tinted , gold - rimmed Lennon specs like everyone else — and for the first time felt utterly at peace ( man ) with my bespectacled self .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Certain paths also had a teaching function . The custom of ‘ beating the bounds’ by taking children around the parish boundary and beating at significant points , in order that the children should remember them , is a reflection of this . Before people could generally read , learning was by word of mouth and much took place in the countryside along the paths , particular truths being imparted at certain places , which thereby took on special significance . Walking the paths was thus a ritual act , what the Buddhists might call ‘ walking meditation’ , and the paths themselves reflected this importance . A deeper understanding of the function of leys might emerge if they could be seen in ritual terms .
Idiom: grin and bear it (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Whatever you do , work at it with all your heart , as working for the Lord , not for men’(Col . 3:23 ) . I do n't know how a first - century slave would have taken this directive to regard work as service to Christ ; but I can imagine some twentieth - century slaves thinking such sentiments run sharply against the grain . Is Paul saying , now you are a Christian , you may be in a dead - end job , but you 'd better grin and bear it ? Is Paul just spiritualising the everyday drudgery ? Ca n't we smell the opiate of the people again ?
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
A survey is being carried out to measure and assess jockeys heart and metabolic rates while race riding and Graham Bradley went out to ride Goodshot Rich in the Fairview New Homes Novices Chase wearing an assortment of electronic measuring equipment . Even on ' Brad ' — not the most excitable jockey — they may have recorded some memorable figures . Because , after getting the best of a long hard duel with Urizen , Goodshot Rich flew the last to win a thrilling race all out . Sunset And Vine is owned by the independent television company of that name which provides Channel-4 Racing with much of its overseas material . A big grey five - year - old , Sunset And Vine jumped well in the Lily Tree Novice Hurdle and stormed home well clear looking a horse with a real future — some of it , I hope on the right channel .
Idiom: twist someone's arm (used idiomatically: yes)
It is that representation in my brain that is the immediate cause of my actions . Unfortunately , I can give no detailed physiological account of the ways in which my desire for coffee , and my knowledge of how to find the kitchen , boil a kettle , and so on , are actually represented . It is therefore natural to speak of my desire for coffee as the cause of my going to the kitchen ; a quite different kind of cause would be operating if someone twisted my arm behind my back and forced me to go . But to say that my desire for coffee is the cause is not to deny that there are physical structures in my brain that are the cause , or that those structures are present because of my previous experience . The physical events in my brain , and the feelings that I have , are not alternative and mutually exclusive causes of my actions : they are simply different aspects of the same cause .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
Amongst all the gloom there is of course the game of football . And Oxford fans will be taking heart that the side 's enjoying a good run at the moment and may yet avoid relegation . On and off the pitch United 's decade under the Maxwells has given them a brief but all too short taste of glory . The club 's now in a mess and it seems only someone with big money and the right intentions can prevent a desperate situation getting worse . ( Nick at OB+1 or 2 )
Idiom: body blow (used idiomatically: yes)
But not very loud . ) The effect of this is , curiously for a man who claims to have been ejected from the Library Theatre in Manchester for being overdue with his punchlines , to slow things down . Brown is n't a man with a big punch ; it 's those telling body - blows that sap your opponent , plus some sly head - butts in the clinch . Put him in the ring with an audience that you ca n't see , and he seems to be delivering butterfly - taps . The Law Game ( Radio 2 , Tuesday ) also has an audience response problem , perhaps because the format is tired ; after all , it is in its fourteenth series .
Idiom: dead to the world (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You , Ma ! Ma!’ he called . ‘ You know she 'll be dead to the world . Go on up and give her a shake.’ Meanwhile there was pandemonium in the kitchen .
Idiom: out of sorts (used idiomatically: yes)
At the end of a torrid first half , Heriot 's led 5 - 0 , though they had paid only a few fleeting visits to the Stirling 22 . The try came after good work by Gordon Lawrie and then a blindside move featuring Mike Allingham and Andy McRobbie which allowed Russell Adam to go over at the corner . But poor tactical kicking , especially by Jimmy Stewart , and stout Heriot 's defence , meant no more scores before half - time , though an out - of - sorts Kenny Logan dropped a scoring pass when in the clear and Brian Ireland had the ball knocked from his grasp as he dived over the line . In the 50th minute Logan made amends when he burst on to Stewart 's pop - up pass and touched down at the posts for the stand - off to convert . Then came the turning point of the match .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Well she could n't could she ? No , there 's no time . I er , I know , I , well I wrote to Marion and said er , I really think that erm if they do find something slightly amiss now erm the a is out of the question . I said Mhm .
Idiom: within living memory (used idiomatically: yes)
Limitations in children 's understanding of time need to be considered when delivering National Curriculum History . The transition from Key Stage 1 to the more structured and prescribed history curriculum for Key Stage 2 needs particularly careful handling . Stories and legends may have offered some sort of introduction to the more distant past , but it may well be necessary to use one of the school designed local history units as a " bridging " unit to work backwards in time , in a series of leaps , in order to bridge the chasm between history within living memory ( which will have been the natural focus for much work at Key Stage 1 ) and distant periods such as the age of Ancient Egyptians or Romans . One of the thematic optional units ( perhaps even taught backwards ) could serve the same purpose . Some teachers might even choose to teach the entire history syllabus by working backwards from the present .