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Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
The Committee listened intently for two - and - a - half hours to further oral evidence its members asked us to provide . When representatives of the offending authorities are called to account by the Committee , they will need to come up with some better answers to justify their past actions than that members of CPRW are just a fractious minority . I hope the Committee will point the finger at the real culprits in its concluding report . These are , firstly , the handful of cynical local councillors who have behaved deplorably by abusing their powers and damaging the countryside . However , the Government and the Secretary of State for Wales must also shoulder some of the blame .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
Thank you very much . Monkeys , sea lions . Do you not have little nuts and bolts in the garage ? Erm You 've probably got some jars .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: no)
Wednesday brings surprise news affecting future cash decisions . People have to earn your respect and just because they have a big desk , long title or an impressive uniform it does n't mean you should automatically give way to their judgements and decisions . Your mind 's got a life of its own Wednesday and it will keep taking you off on flights of fancy and imaginative excursions . It 'll be specially hard to concentrate or focus your thoughts today . There are lots of new opportunities coming your way in the year ahead , but you must move quickly to take advantage of them or unscrupulous colleagues and rivals will get there before you .
Idiom: look on the bright side (used idiomatically: yes)
Julia 's bedroom was now the heart of the house with the family spending every possible moment with her , and although her face was almost fleshless she could always manage a smile to greet them . For Anne it was a happy time in spite of her mother 's illness . Always ready to look on the bright side she expected that the remission would last for a long time , and there was a conspiracy between Maureen and her mother to conceal Julia 's suffering from her . Letters carne almost every day from John and although he talked about Hitler 's invasion of Russia and other war news , he always remembered to tell Anne that he loved her . Her letters to him gave news of all the preparations for the wedding , but were tender and loving too .
Idiom: go Dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
The catalogue , containing essays by J. Patrice Marandel , Curator of European Sculpture at the Detroit Institute of Art ( and curator of the 1978 Chicago Show ) , Dianne Pitman , a Bazille scholar whose dissertation was the first devoted to his work , and François Daulte , author of the Bazille catalogue raisonné , is , remarkably , the first publication on Bazille in English . After leaving Brooklyn , the show travels to the Dixon Gallery and Gardens , Memphis , where it may be seen 14 February-25 April , 1993 . Charles Rennie Mackintosh goes Dutch AMSTERDAM . The Van Gogh Museum , Amsterdam , is presenting an exhibition entitled ‘ Glasgow 1900’ comprising drawings , watercolours and crafts from the years 1875–1914 ( 20 November to 7 February 1993 ) .
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: yes)
Let me tell you , Tony Parsons , what I as a woman hate . I hate men like you who proclaim that they are supportive of women and their efforts for equality . Where are these men when , as you say , there are men literally getting away with murder ? Why do n't you protest loud and long when women are depicted in the media and the arts as sexual stereotypes ? If men ‘ need — crave , cry out for — the civilising influence of women’ , my advice is to shout a little louder because women ca n't hear you .
Idiom: on the horn (used idiomatically: yes)
The New Economic Policy also has a more unusual aspect : the attempt to bring the coca - dollars into circulation . State and municipal officials have been ordered to ask no questions about the source of citizens ' wealth ; and restrictions on dealings in foreign currency have been lifted . The government is clearly on the horns of a dilemma . On the one side , US aid has been made conditional on action against the drug trade . On the other , the government needs the flood of coca - dollars , which is all that stands between Bolivia and total collapse .
Idiom: on the horn (used idiomatically: yes)
Each valve or combination of valves , therefore , produces not a single note but a whole series of possible notes , the one required at any moment being selected and coaxed out by the player , who must therefore ' feel ' the required note before he actually produces it . After a time this ability becomes as instinctive as is the power of singing or whistling a note of any pitch desired , but it should be obvious that horn parts should keep to ' vocal ' intervals or stepwise movement as far as possible . On the horn , by the way , the actual fundamental note of each series can not be produced ; each series therefore begins with the first harmonic , i.e. the octave from the fundamental . Before the invention and perfection of valves , horns in all keys were used owing to the narrow range of notes available on the natural horn . Their parts were always written in the key of C , a ' crook ' or detachable length of curved tube determining the key in which the instrument was set .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
Strong currencies make strong countries , a senior United ~ States policymaker used to say . Many emerging - country exporters , struggling to retain customers in the wobbly US and European markets , feel otherwise . For decades , developing countries dreamed of a nirvana of sky - high commodity prices and rock - bottom international interest rates . But perhaps finance ministers in Lima , Bogota , Pretoria , or Jakarta should have been more careful about what they wished for . The problem ?
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
But our expansion plans involved new machinery which we needed quickly . We set up a Small Self - Administered Scheme with a £ 50,000 contribution which cut our tax bill by £ 12,500 , bought the machinery with a £ 25,000 from the pension fund and the loan repayments go back into our fund to increase our pensions . Once we have cleared the loan we will look at ways to buy our own premises with the help of our Small Self - Administered Scheme , so our Corporate and Pensions Planning go hand in hand.’ The Small Self - Administered Pension Scheme profits from three kinds of tax relief : investment by the company is wholly deductible for Corporation Tax .
Idiom: cock a snook (used idiomatically: yes)
The notorious Dr Crippen , he pointed out , in fact murdered his assertive wife only because he was too vain simply to run away from her and make himself a target for scorn . So look at your friends , see what they are a little vain about and then multiply by a factor of ten . Or , to get at it another way , here is a miscellaneous list from my own notebook of possible motives for murder : financial gain , self - protection , to preserve status , fear , to protect a loved one , for a principle , for revenge ( but remember credibility here : only in some societies is revenge stoked up enough to lead to killing ) , the drive to power , compensation for past humiliation , removing a bar to sexual happiness ( bother the permissive society , but impediments do still exist ) , jealousy , the desire to cock a giant snook at the whole world . Human attributes these , that can fuel the mightiest of tragedies . But they can also be used to play the game that is the simple blueprint detective story .
Idiom: swing the lead (used idiomatically: no)
We continued into the upper , easier couloir , not realising that most people abseil off to avoid the long haul to the summit . The granite pillars and gendarmes kept the sun from warming us , but at the same time emphasised the tenuous nature of the couloir . The ice was just too hard and steep for us to climb solo , so we swung leads and swopped axes — mine had developed a distinct floppy - headed rattle . Apart form the Air Mont blanc Cessna that buzzed us in the late afternoon , if not the whole range , to ourselves . In the early evening we climbed over large , loose granite blocks , unsure of the correct line to follow .
Idiom: show someone the door (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do know my law,’ the Chief Inspector replied equably . He rattled some change in his pocket . ‘ Do you wish to show me the door , Miss Lennox?’ ‘ I am rather upset … ’ ‘ She 's undergone some pretty awful ordeals,’ Newman persisted .
Idiom: lend an ear (used idiomatically: no)
It is startling when things and people suddenly appear without being heard , particularly when you believe yourself to be alone in a room . You may position yourself with your back to the wall , choosing the place giving the best possible view of activities , so that no one will approach from behind . Animals can ' lend their ears ' and be wonderfully understanding . A dog can be a real ally . Fido can be trained to give the alert if someone is at the door , if the telephone is ringing or a visitor is coming up the path .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
She hoped Thomas Sachs remembered her name . She waited in a hall rich in oak panelling . There was a series of engravings on the wall which caught Katherine 's eye : dark , sombre images where clusters of fraught figures seemed to howl . ' Mr Sachs will see you in the morning room . Come this way . '
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
You may think I 'm joking I do n't go abroad for my holidays , I go to Norfolk . I ca n't afford to go on foreign holidays . Anyway , the point is this that I am going to say as far as I 'm concerned I 'm gon na put all my maximum ability in making sure that this government stands by its obligation which it gave me when I wrote to the Prime Minister because I was very very concerned that I did not want to see the old people and pensioners who was having difficulty in making ends meet , suffer further and therefore I am with you when it comes to concerning yourself in relation to the O A P 's or the pensioners or any one who is suffering because of the s seventeen and o half percent , the maximum is put on . So , I am looking after their interests . I do n't need the Chief Executive to tell me what 's happening because I 'm going to be involved in seeing what 's happening and as far as the Labour people talking about the cost it 's going to create .
Idiom: be all ears (used idiomatically: no)
All right ? Are you listening to me ? Yes I am I 'm all ears . Stay sit stay . They call be Clark Gable go on .
Idiom: heart of gold (used idiomatically: yes)
And , anyway , how could I compete with a brother like Jake ? ' Shiona sank against the pillows now and closed her eyes as a rush of sadness went washing through her . Poor Ryan , he had had a heart of gold . It was a tragedy that he should have died so young . She bit her lip , remembering that awful time when the news had come that he had lost his life in the fire that had demolished his holiday hotel — and how the tragedy , for her , had turned into a nightmare .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: no)
Peace talks began in Atlanta , Georgia , last month and are due to resume in Nairobi on 18 November . The only government - controlled areas in highland Eritrea are the road between Asmara and Massawa and the garrisons of Keren , Senafe and Adi Kwala . Government troops are digging deep defences at Asmara and there is no doubt that , should the peace talks fail , the EPLF will resume fighting and attack it , or try to cut it off . One option for the TPLF is to strike east , to the Assab - Addis Ababa road . If they succeed in cutting it , they will have achieved checkmate .
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
By Tony Roche England 33 , S. Africa 16 . PETER WINTERBOTTOM , once rated too small to make it by the Springboks , broke their ranks , hearts and spirit at Twickenham . The 32-year - old flanker spent a season with Transvaal four years ago . They admired his courage and pace but warned him about his frame in a jungle of South African man - mountains .
Idiom: there's the rub (used idiomatically: yes)
Casting around for precedents for the next move forward , he seized on Michelet 's improvisatory style , which he said put him in mind of the rough sketches of a painter . ' Michelet has strong emotions , and he smears what he feels on to paper without caring in the least how he does it , and without giving the slightest thought to technique or conventional forms — just shaping it into any form that can be understood by those who want to understand it . ' There was the rub . Who did want to understand it ? But examples of this kind were pointing him in the direction he wanted to go .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
From Karl ~ Popper to Karl ~ Rove – and Back NEW ~ YORK -- In his novel 1984 , George ~ Orwell chillingly described a totalitarian regime in which all communica­tion is controlled by a Ministry ~ of Truth and dissidents are persecuted by political police . The United ~ States remains a democracy governed by a constitution and the rule of law , with pluralistic media , yet there are disturbing signs that the propaganda methods Orwell described have taken root here . Indeed , techniques of deception have undergone enormous improvements since Orwell ’s time . Many of these techniques were developed in connection with the advertising and marketing of commercial products and services , and then adapted to politics .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
' Please do n't do this , Edward . ' ' It 's all right , ' I murmured . ' It is not all right , ' Edward snarled , and pointed an unsteady finger at me . ' You stay out of this . ' He turned on Laura , with a caustic grin .
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: yes)
When flowering stems become apparent they should be removed , to maintain a good supply of leaves . As it dies down in winter , pot - grown plants can be taken under cover in autumn to continue the top growth as long as possible . Symptoms of rust disease are shown as small , reddish - brown , raised spots on the leaf under - surface , and as control is difficult , it is preferable to destroy such plants including the roots , and to plant new specimens in a different place . Other mints which have similar uses to garden mint include the following . Apple Mint , M. suaveolens ( syn .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
She got out as soon as she could , and found work in the weaving sheds — " she was a good weaver ; six looms under her by the time she was sixteen " — marry , produce nine children , eight of whom emigrated to the cotton mills of Massachusetts before the First World War , managed , " never went before the Guardians " .1 It was much , much later that I learned from One Hand Tied Behind Us that four was the usual number of looms for a Lancashire weaver ; Burnley weavers were not well organised , and my great - grandmother had six not because she was a good weaver but because she was exploited . " In 1916 , when her daughter Carrie 's husband was killed at the Somme , she managed that too , looking after the three - year old my mother , so that Carrie could go on working at the mill . But long before the narrative fell into place , before I could dress the eleven - year - old of my imagination in the clothing of the 1870s , I knew perfectly well what that child had done , and how she had felt . She cried , because tears are cheap ; and then she 'd stopped , and got by , because nobody gives you anything in this world . What was given to her , passed on to all of us , was a powerful and terrible endurance , the self - destructive defiance of those doing the best they can with what life hands out to them .
Idiom: cut and thrust (used idiomatically: yes)
Most shares were treading water . Those that did rally were special situations , such as Cable & Wireless which jumped 7p to 649p after a 7 % profits rise at half - way . Mirror Group Newspapers enjoyed support , up 4p at 83p , buoyed by new boss David Montgomery 's cut and thrust management style . Union Discount scored a leap of 23p to 94p and pundits reckon a bid is imminent . This helped King & Shaxson , up 5p at 90p .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
Home of the Serial Killer . The victim - to - be purchases , or is given , the W.N.B. and places it unsuspectingly in the top pocket of his or her jacket , with the humorous head protruding . Then at some time during the day , he or she has cause to turn their head sharply to the left , or attempt to take off the jacket . Either way the result is inevitably the same . A severed jugular !
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
Not in a million years . In the lounge , Willis and Hemmings were listening to George 's account of where he had been on the nights of the murders and the disappearance . ‘ I was in bed with terrible ‘ flu’ . My wife can vouch for that , officers . May I ask you a question?’
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
As it happens , I have a complex relationship with Google . I have fed at its trough many times – as a personal guest ; as an advisory board member of Stop Badware , an NGO it sponsors ; and as a speaker at its events . I also sit on the board of 23andMe , co - founded by the wife of Google co - founder Sergey ~ Brin . But I also sit on the boards of Yandex in Russia , one of a small number of companies around the world who beat Google in their local markets , and of WPP , a worldwide advertising / marketing company famous for its rivalry with Google . Finally , I ' m suspicious of concentrations of power of any kind .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
Still , this essential distinction between fellowship and strangeness , which is relativized on many levels and is a basic category of all historicity , can not suffice .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: no)
Bowl tightly , apply the pressure and force the errors . ‘ Spin bowling is about pressure,’ he argues . ‘ Forget all this romantic stuff about tossing it up , batsmen careering down the pitch to slog it up in the air , and even slipping in the occasional chinaman . That 's a load of bullshit . You have to bowl line and length , often just relying on natural variation , and wear a batsman down.’
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
He tears his past life to pieces with the ferocity of the convert . He wrote to Stead in April 1928 that he felt that for reasons of compensation he required the most ascetic and violent form of discipline , and discussed having to come to terms with celibacy as a Christian . Ash - Wednesday , dedicated , originally , ‘ To My Wife’ , deals , amongst other things , with the resignation of sex , which goes hand in hand with the abandoning of primitive ceremony , the link between such primitivism and the erotic being preserved . In July 1927 the Criterion published ‘ Land 's End’ by Archibald MacLeish , a poem celebrating the sea and an ‘ ancient people’who had lived by it with gods ‘ carved with the muzzles of jackals’ . Looking back to this primitive folk , MacLeish uses the invocation ‘ o my people’(which would form the conclusion of section V of ‘ Ash - Wednesday’ ) , and , after vividly conjuring up a seaboard landscape , recalls details of ‘ real things’ , including
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
I will remember forever the satisfying feeling of lying in the smooth grass in the large field , listening to the larks flying higher and higher in the sky and singing the most beautiful song , which made my soul fresh . Everything that I learned during my childhood in my village has remained sharply in my mind . My love of nature , of life and of my country took root in these simple but spiritual beginnings . About four kilometres from my village is the Thien Tuong mountain , which means ‘ the elephant of the sky’ . It used to be a large wooded area , a rich tropical forest with many species , including gibbons , macaques , tigers , panthers , wild boars , deer , bears and several kinds of pheasants , most of which are now rare in Vietnam .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: no)
It has yet to be proved to me that these men out of the dingy side - streets ever did anything better with their free time and their shillings.’ Priestley was writing in the Thirties ; Hopcraft in the Sixties . In the Nineties , it goes without saying , it was another England — de - industrialized , post - industrial , an England whose representatives were , by and large , strangers to the dingy side - streets and the scurrying wind — who had gathered under a rotunda at the National Portrait Gallery to watch a portrait of one of the heroes of ‘ 66 and many people 's idea of the Greatest Living Englishman , Bobby Charlton , being unveiled . The painting was a sponsored job — British Gas had put up the necessary . And the unveiling was a full - dress media event .
Idiom: eternal triangle (used idiomatically: yes)
The target figure is usually a character whose comeuppance , in terms of simple poetic justice , is most likely to be reassuring : types such as the avaricious or preoccupied merchant , the boorish peasant , the selfish priest , in the roles of jealous husband or cohabitor , or selfish would - be seducer . We may note that in its targeting of a number of these figures , the fabliaux present a morality that does not offer a blanket indulgence to sexual desires ; in some respects fabliau morality is very conventional . With the illicit amorous adventures of wives in the situation of the eternal triangle ( husband , wife , lover ) being the most common single dramatic type in the fabliaux , the most frequent type as the object of ridicule is the deceived husband , often not merely cuckolded but on occasion beaten or otherwise degraded or abused as well ; and what is more after all this sometimes so utterly deceived that he remains happy in the delusion that his wife has proved herself faithful to him . An elegant example of this is La Bourgoise d'Orliens , " The townswoman of Orléans " , in which the husband , a merchant , suspecting his wife of having a clerk as a lover ( which she has ) tests her by pretending to go away but returning in the guise of a clerk . She sees through the ruse and has the supposed clerk locked away , then beaten by her servants and dumped on a dungheap .
Idiom: see stars (used idiomatically: yes)
Pillars ran around the circular enclosure , and the myriad corridors all seemed to disappear off to an elaborate pattern . The centrepiece of the courtyard was a deep well . Directly above this the courtyard roof had a large pentagonal opening through which could be seen the stars , hanging above them in the heavens . Around the well was an incongruous array of advanced mining machinery and laboratory equipment to analyse and synthesize drugs . The most advanced electronic equipment of the age .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Today , the community of organizations and institutions around the world engaged in humanitarian work is larger and more varied than ever .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh , we sha n't give you any opportunity to be anything else , Miss McAllister . You 're sure you want her , Matey?’ drawled Dr Neil , still sardonic , but his use of Miss Mates 's nickname was the final sign that he was prepared to take her on . But for Miss Mates the ‘ really truly’ was the icing on the cake , even if she had more doubts about Sally - Anne 's stamina than her missing references . ‘ Perhaps you could start this evening,’ she offered . ‘ If Dr Neil says that you are fit.’