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Idiom: bar none (used idiomatically: yes)
This summer , why not take advantage of our £ 10 set price Light ‘ n ' Early family meal ? See back page for details . The best bar none The Beefeater Bar gives you a thoroughly relaxed , informal setting for a fine choice of meals from our new Beefeater Range bar menu . Take your pick from a choice of hot or cold dishes such as Steak & Kidney Pie , Cumberland Curls and a variety of fresh salads .
Idiom: in the doghouse (used idiomatically: yes)
As for the flowers , the Dutch delegation will be calling for a total ban on trade in some rare slipper orchids , which they say face extinction in 10 years unless something drastic is done . The presidents of seven Latin American contries ( Peru , Argentina , Uruguay , Brazil , Venezuela , Colombia and Mexico ) gather on Wednesday in Ica , an oasis in the desert south of Lima , for two days of talks focusing on the foreign debt and drug trafficking . Panama 's President Francisco Rodriguez should have been there , too ( it is a Group of Eight meeting , after all ) , but his country is in the doghouse because of the controversial behaviour of his boss , General Manuel Noriega . President Alan Garcia will take the opportunity to host a mini - summit on drug policy with the leaders of the other two big cocaine - producing countries , Virgilio Barco of Colombia and Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia . Security will be tight : Peru 's Maoist guerrillas , Sendero Luminoso , expressed their disapproval of the whole business by setting off a number of bombs in Ica last week and murdering the wife of the rector of the local university .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
She could versify , play the harp , ride horseback , and sing . The only activity Gerald had forbidden her was the embroidery of tapestry , which he had declared too menial an occupation for a young lady of her intelligence , preferring her to accompany him on his visits to neighbouring landlords as she had done that day . They sat in their saddles , and for a few minutes there was a great peace , as if the world held its breath at the beauty of this Irish evening . " I have something I must tell you , " he said suddenly . She was surprised to see that he was struggling for words — something he had not done since the day two years before when her brother Thomas had been murdered by the English .
Idiom: every which way (used idiomatically: yes)
Is it real crocodile skin , by the way?’ Cornelius was stumbling along behind , marvelling at the Edinburgh Mercury . He shook his head in wonder and his hair went every which way . The newspaper spoke of hidden station security cameras , faxed photographs , network identification computers , instant Press access to newsworthy material and the Edinburgh Mercury always being first with the news . Cornelius leafed through the remaining pages .
Idiom: streets ahead (used idiomatically: yes)
But how can they meet ? Will they have to wait until the starship completes its ten - year journey ? Streets Ahead The one - way route to the top . Serious fun for adult beginners
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
We understand the company may reapply on the basis that Flue - Gas Desulphurisation ( FDG ) equipment will be fitted . This may itself cause environmental problems , so we will be insisting on a full Environmental Assessment . Turning the tables on opencast coal Despite widespread agreement that opencast coal mining is among the most environmentally destructive activities carried out in Wales , the Government has until recently tried to increase output from this method . We joined embattled coalfield communities in South Wales , who have suffered decades of dirt , noise and heavy traffic , in a call for a complete overhaul of Minerals Planning Guidance Note 3 which currently tells planning authorities that opencast mining should be permitted in the national interest .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps it 's just because you do n't like her ? More daughters than would admit it hate their mothers.’ Flavia put her hands under the table and crossed her fingers . ‘ Or is it that you think so highly of her that you ca n't bring yourself to cast her pearls before swine ? That would be your English side coming out ; I rather prefer you when you are being Italian .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
After some centuries of independent statehood it became a part of the Ottoman Empire and then came under Russian influence from the early nineteenth century . Bessarabia , a part of historic Moldavia between the Prut and Dniester rivers , came under Romanian rather than Soviet control from 1918 up to 1940 and again from 1941 to 1944 , when it was incorporated into the USSR together with other Moldavian territories as a constituent republic . Of the major non - Slavic groups , the Baltic nations had a particularly distinctive inheritance , having come under strong German , Polish and Swedish influence from early medieval times . The nationalities concerned are generally Lutheran ( Estonians and Latvians ) or Roman Catholic ( Lithuanians ) by religion , not Orthodox , and they have been under Soviet rule for a much shorter period of time than most other nationalities , since 1940 rather than the immediate post - revolutionary period ( when communist - led governments were briefly established in all three republics ) . Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania had been conquered from Sweden in the eighteenth century and incorporated as ' Baltic provinces ' into the Russian Empire in the early nineteenth century , although a German landowning and commercial class retained substantial influence .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
But this new mat has given the spinners a lot more encouragement and , over the week , some of the batsmen have improved their technique against spin . ’ The mat , bought from a Huddersfield manufacturer by Fletcher , also won praise from Mike Gatting . He said : ‘ It 's been great , the ball really did turn and I really had to concentrate on every ball . ’ Schofield 's happy return Barry Lucas
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: yes)
From here it makes its way down the coast — an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty — to the holiday resort of Cromer . Another lowland National Trail that 's worth a try at this time of year is the Wolds Way , stretching for 79 miles from Hessle Haven just west of Hull to Filey Brig in North Yorkshire . It goes west along the river Humber before passing north around the western edge of the Yorkshire Wolds . The route then heads north to the medieval village of Wharram Percy before cutting east towards the coast at Filey Brigg . Just the other side of the Humber estuary another long distance path heads through the flat lands of the Lincolnshire Wolds .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
A couple from Woodlands Terrace in the town had collected baby clothes and equipment . Housekeeper and companion Muriel Fryatt was on her knees cleaning out a fire grate on the morning of February 6 , 1952 . News of King George 's death came out of the blue . ‘ I had the radio on , heard the announcement and ran upstairs to tell my employer , Mrs Webster of West Tanfield , near Ripon,’ writes Mrs Fryatt , of Hambleton Close , Thirsk . Beatrice Futter , Brafferton Village , Darlington : I was working at C. Nelson and Son , Northgate , Darlington .
Idiom: make someone's day (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's been so good about it and I love being with him . But I do get tired with all the fetching and carrying’ . For some women there are both parents and a partner to care for , making their day revolve around caring . Jill is 60 , and , since she retired early from her job as a dinner lady , has been caring full - time for her 90-year - old bedridden mother and for her husband who has Parkinson 's disease . Jill 's life revolves round them both , and there have been times when she has even had difficulty getting to the shops , let alone keeping up her own interests and going out in the evenings .
Idiom: talk shop (used idiomatically: yes)
The Joint Co - ordinating Committee to be set up to maintain standards countrywide is now to have an independent chairman . This is only a marginal improvement , for even if a government stooge is avoided , the separate agency chairmen and members may still win control on important issues . In any case , standards in conservation science can not be managed by a committee which will become a bureaucratic talking shop , needing endless feeding with papers and briefings , and will doubtless spawn sub - committees . There needs above all to be a consistency in the whole chain linking nature conservation policy with action on the ground . Practice needs to be as strong as possible , not levelled down to a lowest common denominator .
Idiom: down the drain (used idiomatically: yes)
What they get did n't even mention it ! Eight hundred quid just like that , down the drain ! We we went racing Saturday . Penny went in and had a twenty to one
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus for Williams there is no difference between the right to enter a competition and the right to win that competition . Flew ( 1981)(3.2 ) , in the extract from his book The Politics of Procrustes , differs from Williams . For Flew , the track which leads from equality of opportunity ( a phrase which he finds ambiguous ) to equality of outcome is not a slippery slope at all . Rather , Flew claims that the idea of ‘ open competition for scarce opportunities’ is less ambiguous than that of ‘ equality of opportunity’ ; that it is , in our metaphor , a level piece of ground rather than a slippery slope ; and that it is clearly distinct from that of absolute equality of outcome . Williams , Flew therefore claims , has failed to show that equality of opportunity entails even a prima facie commitment to equality of outcome .
Idiom: on the mend (used idiomatically: yes)
His timing could not have been worse . The outlook for Ukraine has been more cheerful in the past few weeks . Relations with America are on the mend after months in which the two countries had been arguing about the fate of nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil . The IMF was beginning to think that Ukraine 's economic reforms might be worth supporting . And the government seemed to be growing up : when Russia announced it would start charging world prices for oil , the Ukrainian government , instead of moaning about injustice , said it was time to free prices and begin real reforms .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: no)
At this point , the venue or the promoter will raise the issue with the band or their management . The event 's promoter will pay an agreed fee to the PRS for the works which are to be performed , and a payment is then made by the PRS to the writers and publishers for the works listed as being played . For live performances at smaller venues there is no need for an itemized PRS form because no payment is made for each individual song . A fee is collected by the PRS from the management of the venue and this is put into a fund called the General Distribution pool . This fund is paid out to all members of the society .
Idiom: kick the habit (used idiomatically: yes)
You would have done the same if you 'd known.’ As he opened his eyes and smiled at her strangely , she added , ‘ And it was worth it in the end . He kicked the habit , as his doctors must have told you . He 'd been off drugs for six months when he died in that fire.’ Jake nodded .
Idiom: at cross purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Thakin Nu 's journey ended near Moulmein , but Ba Maw pressed on and finally reached Tokyo where he went into hiding , eventually surrendering to the Allied occupation authorities . Aung San Confronts the British Meanwhile , the senior British military commanders were at cross - purposes over the treatment to be accorded to the BNA and the resistance identified as the AFO ( Anti - Fascist Organisation ) . Force 136 asked permission to arm the AFO . The military advice given to Mountbatten was that they should not be armed , but he overruled this and gave his recognition to the AFO .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
North ~ Korean invective and provocation against the South continued , and in November its military shelled a South ~ Korean - held island along the northern limit line , which has served as the North - South border since the 1953 armistice . More recently , the regime proudly unveiled a modern , high - tech uranium - enrichment facility . According to the American scientist who was invited to see it , the facility , in contrast to the regime 's aging plutonium technology , appeared to be state - of - the - art , thus reinforcing the suspicion that North ~ Korea has no genuine interest whatsoever in fulfilling its nuclear - disarmament responsibilities . When asked why they failed to include this facility in their declaration of nuclear programs , North ~ Korean officials responded cheerfully – and absurdly – that it had been built from scratch only after the collapse of the nuclear negotiations in 2008 . The North ~ Koreans lied in writing not only to the United ~ States , which it has done repeatedly in the past , but also to China , Russia , Japan , and South ~ Korea .
Idiom: in the soup (used idiomatically: yes)
If a women puts her hair hands through your hair Yeah right and it falls off in the soup it does n't fall off in the soup , it never falls off , it 's only the ones you see on the advertisements that fall off . Can can you can you run your hands
Idiom: stand up and be counted (used idiomatically: yes)
I ordered a newspaper which held the same viewpoint as my own and we sat , at breakfast , shielded by our own opinions , warily silent . I went to a protest meeting at the Albert Hall . There was a great crowd , singing , shouting , all very good - humoured — not , I think , because they were taking the situation lightly but because they were buoyed up by the feeling that here was something quite above ordinary political argument , a clearly defined moral issue on which people could stand up and be counted . As a result of this feeling there was a lot of high - spirited junketing . We cheered three Egyptians who stood up in the body of the hall and cried , ‘ We want Nasser’ .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Walking The main factor to remember about walking is to be aware of as much of your environment as possible . It is easy to walk down the road and to be thinking of something else completely . Without us noticing , this will affect our whole balance and coordination . This is because 40 per cent of all the information that is taken in through the eyes is for balance alone .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
He had his little peccadilloes , the quaint and rather Machiavellian ways to gain his little ends , but he knew me and I knew him , and in essentials he made good.’ And when Lugard came to look back on what had been accomplished in the early years of British administration he singled out the improved character of the native rulers , which he attributed to ‘ the unceasing efforts and devoted ability of the British staff , who have by precept and example made them what they are today’ . The inconsistency of demanding frankness and openness from the African while practising a form of government depending largely on influence wielded behind closed doors seems not to have troubled the British ; they assumed that it was precisely their own qualities of straightforwardness and transparent honesty which would effect the required transformation in the African character . As was usual with the rulers of the British empire , moral display served a dual purpose , being intended not only to improve native character but also to stimulate native loyalty . It was always Lugard 's assumption that his reception by the emir of Kano as his ‘ honoured friend’ owed as much to the emir 's respect for his qualities of character as to gratitude for the restoration of his own eminence .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Brando is like a creature from a different world and time , a lumbering dinosaur who can perhaps only survive in post - modern MTV Hollywood as a kind of comic carnival turn . Certainly Bergman treats Brando like one of the film 's endangered species . Just as he gets laughs by letting a komodo dragon loose in a shopping mall , so he puts the whalelike Brando on ice skates to humorous effect . But even treated as an inherently comic ‘ found object’ , even taking the piss out of himself , it 's clear that Brando could still blow most contemporary actors off the screen . Was n't Broderick worried about this ?
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
Will you allow me , Mr. Speaker , briefly to offer my deepest sympathy , by way of a supplementary question , to the families of those who were so horrifically murdered or injured both yesterday and today in Belfast ? Do not these apparently daily murders make plain and stark the need for political developments to take place ? In the short run , however , will the Secretary of State tell the House whether it is his intention to set a time limit beyond which talks will not be pursued by Her Majesty 's Government until after the next general election ? Mr. Brooke I am sure that the whole House will welcome the sympathy , which I endorse , that has been expressed by the hon . Gentleman to the families concerned .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
She 's found that my glasses did n't seem to be right . So her hands were up and they were off before I knew where they were . And then she 's , you 're trying to feed her and the , the dinner 's all over the place . So now we wrap her in a tea towel so you know her hands are under cover . Erm It 's erm I think .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm I , I think it was er you know a good thing that in a way that it was parted and made er staff , you know , training officer and business you know , sort of thing . But we certainly did some good work in the education because I think that we erm we used to , you know , of course we 'd , we 'd got used to use our auxiliaries naturally and erm we used to have a big conc a big er concert once a year in the town hall and er we would involve all the auxiliaries you know erm and of course we used to always erm fell a bit flat , the International Day which is July , the first Ju Saturday in July is International Day , Co - operative International , and we have always , the Guilds have worked very closely with the International Day . And we used to go to town , we used to have really good , good er good day erm we used to have a procession and erm local , course local dignitaries used to come er , I I 've got a , one or two pictures in my scrapbook where erm it , I was asking , telling Jean she would have to look up er when we did begin trendsetters . But , I know we , we , my two women won the competition . One went as Miss Rochdale in these old and the other was Miss Trendsetter .
Idiom: square the circle (used idiomatically: yes)
Cash limits have also led to underspending on investment ceilings ( MMC 1980 : 16–17 ) , and real investment was falling sharply from 1980 ( TEST 1984a : 32–5 ) . This affected BR 's plans to reduce costs and increase traffic by renewing its ageing fleet and investing in modern High Speed Trains ( see , e.g. , SCT 1983 : xvi ) , and was seen as making difficult the maintenance of even existing railway services . The government ( and the Serpell committee inquiry into railway finances ) clearly believed that the circle could be squared by increases in efficiency . As the Secretary of State for Transport told the chairman of BR in October 1983 , ' your guiding objective should be to run an efficient railway , providing good value for money . Service to your customers should be reliable , attractive and punctual , at acceptable fares and charges ; and the cost to the taxpayer should be reduced'(reprinted in MMC 1987 : 257 ) .
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
Philips said the sale was agreed because Matsushita Electronics was becoming too large for the joint venture status to be appropriate . Philips shares traded in London , Belgium and on the Instinet international trading system all soared on the news , by an average 9 % by noon London time Friday ; the Amsterdam share market was closed for a holiday . Although the sum will make a considerable dent in Philips ' net debt , it does n't get the company out of the woods altogether — total borrowings are $ 8,500 m . NETWORK SYSTEMS TO BUY BUS - TECH Minneapolis Hyperchannel specialist Network Systems Corp is to buy Bus - Tech Inc , a privately held interconnect controller company in Burlington , Massachusetts , for $ 24.5 m .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Women were also handicapped by the constant cycle of pregnancy and childbirth to which they had to resign themselves . Women were still expected to ‘ love , honour and obey ’ their husbands and were not allowed to decide their own destinies . There were of course exceptions such as Mrs Cellier , mid-wife and women 's champion who against all the odds managed to carve a niche for herself as a nurse , to hold her own whilst on trial at the Old Bailey , calmly storing in her pocket stones thrown at her whilst in the stocks and attempted to found a college of therapeutic midwifery . In general however , women were sent back to their music and their embroidery and were told to be submissive . The women in the armies of the English Civil Wars played a significant role , having shown great courage , determination and innovation .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
Bernard I must tell you , listening to you at the moment is Simon Wigg on one of our other lines erm just a word about Simon before I bring him in . You 're obviously sad to lose him but really , he 's one of these people riding all round the country who 's suffered because of the forty point limit . Absolutely , you see the sad thing is that Simon has a seven point five five average erm we sort of balance that out , you know , erm Simon to go and bring in a six point National League boy — it 's not a clever situation at all in my book , but then the rules are the rules and we have to go along with it . What a lot of the people do n't realise , our League winning side of nineteen eighty six , up until we sold Cox a week ago , the whole team was on the table for sale or to borrow , the complete team . That 's how , you know , stupid it is that we 've got all these talented riders and we ca n't use any of them .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
She frowned , then turned away again , moving slowly , reluctantly , away . For a moment she hesitated , not quite knowing what to do , then she nodded to herself and began to move quicker . She would go straight to the Dragon Cloud . Would ask Shang Chen if she could work an extra hour this end of her shift and leave an hour earlier . Yes .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh I do apologize profusely , profoundly whatever it is , no , no I was there when you bought it I know , I 've got ta get a frame You 've got a get another a picture , it 's crap That 's not a bad picture that Yeah , it 's two - toned as well , it 's green and blue
Idiom: blood and guts (used idiomatically: yes)
Then it was on to Lusaka , and on to London and a bedsitter in Kilburn , and ANC safe house . Since someone tried to kill him with a parcel bomb back in Lusaka , he 's moved several times and today still goes in fear of his life . He left behind him a police force outraged by his treachery and a judicial establishment unable to believe that , for the first time , a South African policeman was prepared to tell all about the dirty tricks departments , the hit squads , the assassination detachments and the enormous , shabby , meritorious , violent conspiracy so interwoven into the blood and guts of the South African security services that its agents can no longer tell the difference between criminal pursuits and active police work . Dirk Coetzee ca n't tell the difference either . He is a product of the system if ever there was one .