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Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Any additional out - of - pocket expenses are reimbursed by the home association on the referee 's return — again by cheque . Appeal ‘ Money never changes hands . ‘ I applaud the courage of the Turkish referee in bringing the matter to UEFA 's attention.’ Tbilisi 's appeal will be heard by UEFA next Saturday — but Linfield seem certain to take their place in a money - spinning first round tie against FC Copenhagen .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Alright Tom — back to the studio . And we 'll see Bob just a little later on . Well just down the road from the Shrewsbury Flower Festival there 's a very different kind of celebration taking place . The town of Telford has attracted a new £ 65,000,000 car components factory which will create 450 new jobs . Building will start in October with full production planned for two years ' time .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
It is available from council offices and veterinary surgeons or by telephoning Clacton 425501 extension 3146 . A roving exhibition is planned for the future along with a series of talks to schools and other groups by the council 's dog warden . Ruby helps her master , Chris Robson , get to grips with the Good Dog Owners Pack ‘ Penal prep schools ' plan New lock - up centres for young offenders are condemned
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
On the one hand , it has given rise to some exceptionally corrupt practices , such as organ trafficking , transplant tourism , and many other ugly phenomena associated with a black ~ market in organs . On the other hand , it has put transplant ethics under severe strain . Indeed , transplant ethics has been on a slippery slope almost since transplants began . The strategy of getting more organs has pushed , and continues to push , the ethical line to places that had previously been deemed immoral . To tackle insufficient supply from the dead , we first embraced an increasingly inclusive , and at any rate flexible , definition of death .
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
For the Falcons the main aim of this free falling detachment is to blood the 4 new jumpers on the team , basically to make them good enough for the start of the display season in the Spring and there 's no room for lack of concentration . Male speaker Yes , some people do n't make the grade . It is very tough . Male speaker
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Few of us will go through life without transgressing some rule of public law , the result of which will be the imposition of a financial penalty or perhaps , in more severe cases , deprivation of liberty . Such transgressions range from the socially acceptable parking on the ubiquitous yellow lines to the stigmatising drunken driving and eventually to offences which are generally regarded as morally reprehensible . As many practitioners know only too well , many pleas in mitigation would hardly get off the ground if they were not able to point to the possibility of the accused losing his job if he were sent to prison or were to have his driving licence suspended . The purpose of this paper is to indicate — by reference to cases coming before the industrial tribunals — that dismissal of a convicted and imprisoned employee is far from always fair and that some industrial tribunals ensure that employers are discouraged from adding a further punishment to the one already imposed by the proper authorities . It is neither socially nor economically desirable that convicted employees should generally be dismissed .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: no)
He was educated at The City of London School and did his National Service in the RAF , mainly overseas in Burma . In the early 1970s he became Manager Hops and continued in this role for the remainder of his career at Park Royal . He has played a leading part in representing the brewing industry and is acknowledged internationally as a world expert on hops . For his work in this field he was awarded the Order of the Hop medal at the International Hop Growers Congress in Tasmania in 1986 . Now Martin is looking forward to spending his retirement enjoying outside interests which will include travelling , walking and watching cricket .
Idiom: raise Cain (used idiomatically: yes)
A trawler - owning ancestor of mine bought the island , apparently convinced he could make a go of farming in a place surround by his beloved sea.’ ‘ Was he Penry , too?’ He stretched his long frame comfortably in the deep leather chair as he explained that the gentleman in question was his mother 's grandfather , a roistering old sea - dog by the name of Joshua Probert , more inclined to raising Cain than crops . The small - holding had failed to prosper due to the owner 's propensity for fishing off Lee Haven , or drinking in the pub across the sound in Brides Haven . ‘ Since old Josh 's time it 's been used as a holiday retreat by various Proberts down the years,’ he added , ‘ with some of the land let out for summer grazing to mainland farmers.’
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: yes)
A subsequent Gallup poll showed that 57 per cent of the people polled supported his actions . Everyone wants to see justice done . Now it seems that makes them sympathetic to those who — quite literally — get away with murder . CASE 1 : FURIOUS BUSINESSMAN NORMAN Waller was cleared of murder this week after he admitted stabbing to death a man he believed was trying to break into his neighbour 's car .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
Bound to help Everyone needs to refer to back issues of ACCOUNTANCY from time to time , and there are two ways we can help . ACCOUNTANCY binders are attractively presented in red with the ACCOUNTANCY logo and the Institute crest embossed in gold . With your binder you receive a tab with the volume numbers relevant to the issues in your binder ( 1991 or 1992 ) . We also offer bound volumes of the magazine .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
She could see that her remark had hit home . He had n't been hurt by it , probably not even insulted , but it had made him angry . She could see it in the black expression that crossed his face and the tightened lips . He walked across to the window , leaning back against it , surveying her with a mixture of contempt and distaste . ‘ That 's a particularly nasty thing to say , but maybe I should have expected it of you.’
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
He came to see this play last week . Told me and Caroline to come . But dear Caroline 's got an almighty hangover , sick as a dog , so I brought him over on the back of the bike to see it again . He 's up there . " He gestured vaguely at the upper reaches of seats .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
More important , perhaps , he was in normal uniform , which grounded him as surely as if he had been chained to the nearest hangar door . Without his pressurized flying suit , the supreme aerial technology of the MiG was useless , utterly wasted . Vologsky might as well try to take off and escape in a hot air balloon . Without the suit , supersonic flight was an impossibility , high - speed evasive action out of the question . Long before he could goad the aircraft to anywhere near its optimum ceiling , Vologsky would be frozen , evacuated or crushed to death .
Idiom: pull your punches (used idiomatically: yes)
Avoid apologizing if you 've made a criticism in good faith . If you find yourself offering justifications and elaborate explanations for your opinions about the employee 's performance then you will have lost control over the meeting . Yet another major error is to pull your punches . Most people hate unpleasantness and the prospect of hurting someone 's feelings is abhorrent . So instead they hedge their comments and the end result is the person being appraised still does not know what the organization thinks of them .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
To others it is a new experience in a country rich in religious history . Either way , the contract represents a repeat performance for Wimpey International returning to construct an extension to the original plant built by the company in 1979 . ‘ It 's heartening to know that the refinery has stood the test of time despite the harsh climate,’ reports chief engineer Tony Ferdinand . ‘ So much so that the client wants to retain many of its original features.’ Originally Wimpey constructed the dykes , pumping stations , canal and Aquaba facilities at the plant where Potash , a valuable fertilizer , is produced .
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: no)
In contrast , he provided passages of descending chords for Kostchei . These two themes illustrate the conflict between life and death , love and hate , youth and age — all three topics being an essential part of any Russian fairy tale . In addition to the two leitmotifs , Stravinsky used traditional songs and dances backed by a mysterious rhythmic sound which helps to heighten the tension . It can be said to be the wind rustling through the trees , when first heard as the Tsarevich climbs over the wall to find his Princess . It keeps the tension going until the Tsarevich breaks the egg and thus signifies the death of Kostchei .
Idiom: brownie point (used idiomatically: no)
It reduces the likelihood of split ends by 30–40 % , slows down hair ageing , is a penetrating hair moisturizer , conditions without build up and reduces tangling . Acts as a powerful skin moisturizer and is anti - inflammatory ( especially with sunburn ) . BROWNIE POINTS A new autumn hair shade for a hint of rich brown is Crystal ( above ) from L'Oréal 's ' Precious Naturals ' range . It combines earth tones with gloss and natural movement .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
' They 're my Dad 's . He 'll kill me if he finds out I took them . ' ' Here you are then , ' said the boy , taking the wire - cutters out of his pocket and giving them to Philip . ' What did you take them for ? ' said Philip . The boy did n't answer .
Idiom: pop the question (used idiomatically: yes)
As Kevin reached her office window 40 ft up , Catherine spotted him . The onlookers in the office and on the ground joined in the applause . Then Kevin popped the question : Female speaker She was very embarassed but very happy .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: no)
A tall man in a cloth cap came after , hurrying to catch them up . Tabitha heard his bootheels tap up the steps behind her . She winced as long black claws met in the flesh above her elbow . It was like being wrapped in barbed wire by a gang of fox terriers . She heard something rip .
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: yes)
I commend to you , therefore , a delightful little paperback entitled Rear Gunner Pathfinder . Here is a story of a very ordinary sort of chap who , when the cut - off time was 60 , became a Gunnery Leader . That meant he carried on and when someone at the last moment dropped out , he dropped in ; it was more or less par for the course that , by the end of 1944 , a very large number of Pathfinders had notched up 70 or more sorties . But now I shall leave you with one final anecdote which impinges on both issues of morale and moral fibre . The Commander - in - Chief in 1939 felt it necessary to review his"troops ' ; and when he came to Driffield he obviously felt that the Occasion was so important that he spoke to the officers in one corner of the hangar and spoke to the sergeant pilots in another .
Idiom: on a shoestring (used idiomatically: yes)
Sean Cubitt MIPCOM ' 90 : US AND THEM ; AN OUTSIDER 'S VIEW US is a very small production outfit that produces — on a shoestring — one of the UK 's most successful ‘ youth’ music shows : SNUB TV . The basic premise of the show is that music programming , by and large , patronizes the audience and seems to be made by people who stopped actually being interested in music , especially new and underground forms , long ago — TV people . We think we do it better .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
Very often the packaging is too heavily branded to be able to use a straight pack shot and a picture of a plate of soup or a bowl of cornflakes is not going to stun the readership ! However , if these items are made up into attractive dishes they can be photographed and used to good effect with features on " Supper Dishes with Soup " or"Crunchy Toppings ' . Some of this work should be in black and white for use in regional media and certain magazines , but the majority will need to be in colour . For economic reasons many consumer magazines are increasing their use of outside photographs . Sometimes these are commissioned for specific features following an approach from the PRO .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
Chance meeting led to hijack confession , court is told A YOUNG policeman helped to crack a lorry hijacking , the Crown claimed yesterday , because he had been in school with the man accused of abducting the driver and stealing spirits , food and tobacco . The High Court in Inverness heard that PC John Smith 's curiosity had got the better of him when he learned that a Murdo MacIver from his home town of Stornoway was in custody . He had gone down to the cells to have a look and discovered that the prisoner was his former schoolmate . It was alleged that MacIver , who gave his address as c / o 471 Maryhill Road , Glasgow , had told PC Smith he wanted to give a full statement .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
You see the individual patient 's dilemma , we 've got no problem with the loner who comes for individual psychoanalysis they have been on their own th there 's no problem there , but but what about the group analytic situation ? What , what 's the problem there ? Well yes , I mean th this is certainly the was born in fact I , I commented on this in my in my book when I was talking about this book before group psychology I I made one or two erm fairly erm critical comments about , about group , group , group psychotherapy . I would like to think that if Freud were alive today , he would have said the same thing , of course when Freud wrote this book in nineteen twenty one er there was no such thing as group psychotherapy it had n't been invented yet , it was to become very much after World War Two but partly existed before and perhaps it 's past its peak now , but erm it did become very much a after World War Two and the point I made was and this is really wh wh what Heather ha h has just said , that if you take Freud 's book on , on group seriously , how can you do group psychoanalysis ? You can certainly do group suggestive therapy and here we touch on another point that erm Joy reminds us of and Freud makes quite a bit on the book the parallel between being in a group and being hypnotized , because the , the , the role of the hypnotist is to take over completely
Idiom: tired and emotional (used idiomatically: yes)
Among the celebs busting to catch a glimpse of Nick 's end - of - the - pier nostalgia show were CLING POPPIE , JOHN from the NED 'S , SUEDE drummer SIMON , PAVEMENT , SEAN HUGHES ( cor , have n't seen him out for ages ) , ALAN and DAVE from the ROCKING BIRDS ( Hey ! Controversial ! The ‘ Birds were due to play , but thanks to ‘ the wrong kind of snow’ or something erm , did n't ) , a tired and emotional GRAHAM from BLUR , JUSTIN from SPITFIRE and BOBBY GILLESPIE , who , frankly , impressed no - one when he turned up surrounded by a bevy of rock lovelies , swanned through onto the T&C balcony , watched Nick C for a full 12 seconds and then swanned back out again . Wanker . Lastly , positively the last Reading gossip … après gig , KINKY MACHINE got goaded by THE WONDER STUFF into having a series of marathon challenges which involved one roadie eating 70 pickled onions in an hour .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: no)
Laws were passed to make it easier for women to participate filly in the development of their country as well as maintaining their family life . Perhaps the most radical of these is the Family Code , adopted in February 1975 . This is one of the most progressive pieces of legislation in the world in attempting to establish equality between men and women as the rule in marriage . According to this law , both partners in a marriage have a duty to help each other , must share the housework and have the same obligations and duties concerning the raising and education of their children . The Code particularly guarantees the participation of both men and women in the economic , cultural and political order of the country ( Latin America and Caribbean Women 's Collective 1980 ) .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr de Klerk visited several African countries last year , despite an OAU motion to continue boycotting South Africa . Mr Pik Botha , South Africa 's Foreign Minister , said on arrival in Abuja this week that Pretoria would seek OAU membership . Preparations for a Nigerian visit by Mr de Klerk last year were put on ice because of ANC pressure on Mr Babangida , diplomatic sources said . Nigeria 's term in the OAU chair is due to expire in a few months , and Mr Babangida is determined to contribute to a South African settlement before leaving office . International : Iran election feeds debate on ‘ Islamic solution’ Iranians vote today for the first time since Khomeini died .
Idiom: in the same breath (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps that is why I 'm not all that much attached to being part of a permanent company for too long — I get bored by being around in one place for too long . I think you need a great variety of experience to build your work and need to fail as well as succeed sometimes . New actors need to try and widen their range all the time and in the same breath find a way of being commercially as well as artistically viable . I have been very lucky ; the right opportunities have come along and yet every time you take them you are looking forward immediately to the next challenge . I mean the most exciting moment of all is when you are actually chosen for a part — after that initial excitement it 's a bit downhill — not because the work is n't marvellous but because the first challenge is the peak .
Idiom: up to here (used idiomatically: yes)
Charles , Prince of Wales : Act 1 , Scene 1 . CHARLES : Well , frankly , the problem as I see it At this moment in time is whether I Should just lie down under all this hassle And let them walk all over me , Or , whether I should just say : ‘ OK , I get the message’ , and do myself in . I mean , let 's face it , I 'm in a no - win Situation , and quite honestly , I 'm so stuffed up to here with the whole Stupid mess that , I can tell you , I 've just Got a good mind to take the quick way out . That 's the bottom line . The only problem is : What happens if I find that when I 've bumped Myself off , there 's some kind of a , you know , All that mystical stuff about when you die , You might find you 're still — know what I mean ?
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Here 's our real little Welshman,’ Daddy Ni would say . The boy would reply in the language of the country , ‘ I am glad to be in your house , Daddy Ni.’ There were all the other brothers and sisters , Edith who was good at arithmetic and sorted things out for all and sundry , David who was to become a police inspector , Hilda and Cassie who delighted in their roguish little brother — threepence here , sixpence there . They were a remarkable family . Verdun was to lose half a foot in the pits and use the £ 300 compensation to buy an upright piano ( although he could not play it ) .
Idiom: teething troubles (used idiomatically: yes)
Councillor Begg continued : ‘ Although at first glance , the council tax does not appear to be as complicated as the community charge , it is still a very complex tax compared to the rates . The calculations of discount , rebates and transitional relief make administration difficult but with the co – operation of the payers , the Regional Council hopes to make the transitional arrangements as easy as possible . I have no doubt that , as with any new tax , there will be teething troubles , indeed we still await necessary regulations to complete our preparations , but our aim is to ensure a high percentage of accurate bills going out in April and to minimise the difficulties at the outset.’ END Notes for Editors
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
the soffits lagged with a fur of cobwebs . I burst in the other day ; kicked the door out of its warped frame , stood in the green light among nine years of unnatural growth and thought back to the morning we built it .
Idiom: step on someone's toes (used idiomatically: no)
Do they weigh heavily downwards as in MacMillan 's A Distant Drummer , where the pas marchés become a military exercise of horrific quality ? It is when discussing the many ways in which pas de bourrée can be danced that the uses of the feet are widely exposed . Dancers easily understand how a series of swift pas de bourrée courus ( i.e. running on the toes ) as danced by the Queen of the Wilis in Giselle , differs from the same step performed piqué ( i.e. each foot picked up sharply at each change of weight ) , as in many of petipa 's solos . But it is not always easy to decide which is the more appropriate , nor how the two ways mentioned can lead to other versions . for example , in her solo in Ashton 's Cinderella the Winter Fairy moves across the stage in a series of pas de bourrée en tournantà terre , the feet weaving their in-and-out pattern as the arms flick to and fro sparkling with frost .
Idiom: cost the earth (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's why we make all our own kitchens , so we can bring you a beautiful , individual designed collection for far less than any comparable kitchen . What 's more , every kitchen we sell is planned and designed free of charge , then expertly installed by our teams of specialist craftsmen . A well planned , well made kitchen that does n't cost the earth . In short a kitchen fit for a Floyd . FREE OVEN & HOB Right now with every kitchen we fit there 's a free oven and hob .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Anybody in the world can get me’ , and very soon they were all trying . Dennis Hopper , meanwhile , was resurrecting his own very personal project , The Last Movie , which again had as its theme an attack on the great American Dream . As the box - office grosses mounted , establishment Hollywood was beginning to talk in less insulting terms about him , and , one day out of the blue , he called Nicholson . The Last Movie was finally going into production . Hopper was showing all the emotions possible in his delight .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Since I began my Ph.D. , this need has been met by my research into cosmology . If you understand how the universe operates , you control it in a way . In 1950 my father 's place of work moved from Hampstead , near Highgate , to the newly constructed National Institute for Medical Research in Mill Hill , on the northern edge of London . Rather than travel out from Highgate , it seemed more sensible to move out of London and travel in to town . My parents therefore bought a house in the cathedral city of St. Albans , about ten miles north of Mill Hill and twenty miles north of London .
Idiom: out of the running (used idiomatically: yes)
Some of the near contemporary songs which have survived from the period describe Rodrigo himself as capturing Garcia and handing him over to the brothers . It may be that he saw this as the best means of curtailing a war that was tearing apart Christian Spain . With Garcia effectively out of the running , relations between Sancho and Alfonso worsened . Several border engagements took place , culminating in the battle of Golpejera . Here Sancho was heard to remark that he was the equal of a thousand men while Rodrigo was equal to another hundred .
Idiom: keep your options open (used idiomatically: yes)
I wondered about that.’ I tapped my nose like solitaire was the only game in town . ‘ It 's called keeping your options open . I never describe the bar , so I can use any bar any time without screwing up my contract . Pretty neat thinking , eh?’