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Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
She went home to lie down . ' See it in its historical perspective , ' Ellen comforted her husband when she returned in the small hours . ' ' Men make their own history , ' to quote the master , ' but they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves , but under circumstances directly encountered , given and transmitted from the past . The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the minds of the living . And just when they seem engaged in revolutionizing themselves and things , in creating something that has never yet existed , precisely in such periods of revolutionary crisis they anxiously conjure up the spirits of the past to their service and borrow from them names and little cries in order to present the new scene of world history in this time - honoured disguise and this borrowed language . '
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
One of them was knelt on my head , one was kneeling on my legs and one was knelt on the small of my back while the 4th one was putting the handcuffs on . I 'm shouting at the 4th one not to do them so tight because I could n't move my fingers and they just told me to shut my mouth and go quietly . They pulled me up off the floor with my hands up behind my back and they were walking me out of the chemist with my arms up and my head pushed down and one of them was kicking me in the back of my legs to get me over to the car . Voice over Mrs Buck 's taken out an official complaint against the officers who arrested her at the chemist in Oxford .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
The lines are so close together that two of them can be seen crossing the planet Jupiter at any one time . The lines are about eight point eight inches apart at a distance of one mile . I notice we have a chart on the back of the door here as well a circle measured off in angles and er this is lovely it 's got Venus Yes . Well
Idiom: mark someone's card (used idiomatically: no)
Mark Jones at No.8 , impressive within the legal bounds of the game , less so outside them , scored two , Paul Williams the other , with Paul Thorburn contributing three conversions . Such a pulsating close battle required firmer handling than administered by Brian Wallis , for there were quite a few personal grudges raging . As soon as the Bridgend flanker , Gerald Williams , triumphantly ' spiked ' the ball , American Football - style , after scoring his team 's opening try , his card was marked . And so it proved , with a blood - stained Williams replaced by John Berrington in the second half . Gareth Williams , celebrating his 500th appearance for Bridgend , fears for the game 's future , if the thuggish element is not removed .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
Their quick advance set in motion a panicked mass flight heading south .
Idiom: out cold (used idiomatically: yes)
Not surprisingly , he got himself into a number of violent scrapes in Hollywood . In 1933 he starred with Wallace Beery in The Bowery , which included a fight scene on a barge in which Beery landed the first blow . But instead of throwing a ‘ screen punch’ , Beery , as was often his habit , threw a real punch and knocked Raft out cold . When Raft came to , he flew at Beery and it was only after several punches were exchanged that they were separated by the crew . In 1941 , during the filming of Manpower , tension grew between Raft and co - star Edward G Robinson — they were in competition for the affections of Marlene Dietrich , besides which , Raft resented Robinson 's persistent advice on how to play his part .
Idiom: bleeding heart (used idiomatically: yes)
That seems crazy . My hon . Friend the Member for Welwyn Hatfield may have had a point when he said — it was a tough line to take — that all admissions into this country should be suspended until we have caught up , and then we could reduce the waiting period to six weeks . If the Labour party , the churches , the Hampstead white wine whingers and the bleeding hearts all oppose the Bill , it must be right . After all , the majority of ordinary , decent working class people support it . Mr. Jeremy Corbyn ( Islington , North )
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
The Polish precedent The decline in parliamentary support for Eastern Europe 's economic reforms does not mean that those reforms are failing IN THE countries of Eastern Europe , political stability seems to be eroding just as economic reform bears fruit . Witness Poland , which has been the first to recover from three years of relentless slump . On May 28th Poland 's parliament threw out the government of Hanna Suchocka by a vote of no confidence and was then unable to come up with a replacement .
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
There was some trouble with the follow - spot attached to the balcony rail of the upper circle . Then a whole bank of dimmers on the switchboard unaccountably fused . Sometimes the actors went back up to their dressing - rooms for an hour at a stretch while she and Geoffrey stood in for them , posing languidly at the fireplace or leaning back on the settee , twirling empty wine glasses . Behind them a young man with a paint - flecked beard followed the designer about the set , twitching the hem of the velvet curtains hung at the window and rearranging the ornaments on the mantelpiece . Twice , when Meredith ordered ‘ Two steps stage left’ and Geoffrey moved to the right , Meredith came bounding down the centre aisle shouting ‘ Left , left , ducky’and leapt onto the apron to seize him by the shoulders and shove him into place .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
He is currently working on a series of photographs of buskers — he simply approaches them in the street and asks them to come to his studio . So far he has n't had too many problems but doubtless he could recount some interesting tales ! Mike Wilkinson did n't choose to become a press photographer — it was one of those things that just happened . Shortly after graduating in 1987 , the opportunity arose to work with former Napier student , Tom Kidd . Tom is an established press photographer and founder of the Image Scotland Agency .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: no)
At first it was back in university days again and then , suddenly , him lying all bloody in Sunil 's bathtub and it was n't even funny bizarre any more . It was n't a vision or a psychic experience or a message from above . ( Falling over is God 's way of telling you the bar 's about to shut in my book . ) Maybe it was delayed shock . Maybe it was drugs .
Idiom: give someone the eye (used idiomatically: no)
But then , quis custodiet ipsos custodes ? and I 'll tell you something else . I 've just reread Madame Bovary . On one occasion he gives Emma brown eyes ( 14 . ) ; on another deep black eyes ( 15 ) ; and on another blue eyes ( 16 ) . And the moral of it all , I suppose , is : Never take fright at a footnote . Here are the six references Flaubert makes to Emma Bovary 's eyes in the course of the book .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
I worked more with Richard than anyone else . And we helped each other and we worked things out together — you know , at home , or when we 'd run through the lines . So I think there was more give and take between our performing than any other relationship . Michael : Research says that Mike Todd was the man who awakened you as an actress and as a woman .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
An estate in land is not necessary in order to be an occupier and neither is physical possession . The key factor is whether a person exercised a sufficient degree of control . A local authority issued a compulsory purchase order on a house and a notice of entry which enabled them to take over the premises after 14 days . The house was not vacated for several months . When it was vacated no steps were taken to have it boarded up by the local authority .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
However , if two firms can each make profits producing at the Cournot output levels , this will be a non - cooperative duopoly equilibrium in outputs . Yet if instead of choosing outputs , the firms indulge in price - setting behaviour ( on which see below ) , any equilibrium is likely to involve only one firm . Supposing in a Bertrand - type model that the industry has reached the point at which both firms are breaking even , there will still be a tendency to cut the price to drive the other firm out of business until the price reaches the level at which the victorious monopolist is breaking even . The alternative interpretation , now generally accepted , is that it is more efficient if there is only one firm . As Baumol et al .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
' Sinead felt very deeply about things and she 's running true to form now . I taught her English and her essays were interesting and original with very definite views . ' She was always a defender of the down - and - out . ' Sinead had a hard time at school because she was a newcomer in a class which had been together for two years , and some of her fellow pupils knew her recent history . ' One or two of them taunted her about Grianan , but she always responded fiercely , ' says Nuala .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Strathclyde 's chairman of highways and transport , Malcolm Waugh , has said he will give no blank cheque to ScotRail 's future owners unless he gets assurances that the role of the council is written into franchising arrangements . Talks between Strathclyde and ScotRail are continuing , but if they fail , the region 's moratorium on spending could become a hard freeze , Charles Gordon , the region 's depute chairman of highways and transport , said . Mr Gordon said : ‘ If this happens we want to take projects off the shelf to keep up our level of investment , and we would have to look earlier at light rail transport schemes.’ Strathclyde has outlined a £ 250 million LRT scheme , which would link the city centre with the peripheral housing schemes Easterhouse , Castlemilk and Drumchapel . The council may also decide to invest in guided buses , latter - day trolley buses , which do not incur the heavy costs of disturbing underground cable , pipes and sewers , that a comprehensive LRT network would .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
Cross - references to this appendix are given by italic numbers,(eg 16 ) From Joseph Conrad , The Secret Sharer On my right hand there were lines of fishing - stakes resembling a mysterious system of half - submerged bamboo fences , incomprehensible in its division of the domain of tropical fishes , and crazy of aspect as if abandoned forever by some nomad tribe of fishermen now gone to the other end of the ocean ; for there was no sign of human habitation as far as the eye could reach ( 1 ) . To the left a group of barren islets , suggesting ruins of stone walls , towers and block houses , had its foundations set in a blue sea that itself looked solid , so still and stable did it lie below my feet ; even the track of light from the westering sun shone smoothly , without that animated glitter which tells of an imperceptible ripple ( 2 ) . And when I turned my head to take a parting glance at the tug which had just left us anchored outside the bar , I saw the straight line of the flat shore joined to the stable sea , edge to edge , with a perfect and unmarked closeness , in one levelled floor half brown , half blue under the enormous dome of the sky ( 3 ) . Corresponding in their insignificance to the islets of the sea , two small clumps of trees , one on each side of the only fault in the impeccable joint , marked the mouth of the river Meinam we had just left on the first preparatory stage of our homeward journey ; and , far back on the inland level , a larger and loftier mass , the grove surrounding the great Paknam pagoda , was the only thing on which the eye could rest from the vain task of exploring the monotonous sweep of the horizon ( 4 ) . Here and there gleams as of a few scattered pieces of silver marked the windings of the great river ; and on the nearest of them , just within the bar , the tug steaming right into the land became lost to my sight , hull and funnel and masts , as though the impassive earth had swallowed her up without an effort , without a tremor ( 5 ) .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
What made it more difficult for the social workers in Orkney , she said , was the very small size of the department ; they had few colleagues with whom to share the stress . Following as it did the enormous publicity that surrounded the child abuse allegations in Cleveland , Nottingham , and Rochdale , Orkney Islands Council were strangely unprepared for the wide interest their own case attracted . This was the first time a Social Work Department in Scotland had come under such public fire for the same reasons . The normal peace and tranquillity of South Ronaldsay . Photograph © Robert Black
Idiom: leave well alone (used idiomatically: yes)
If you intend to take it seriously , you will eventually feel the need to attend a weekend workshop or you may even wish to embark on an extended study course . Having said this , many people are superb intuitive massage therapists , and no amount of formal training will improve upon their special ‘ touch’ . One good reason for studying with a massage school is that you will be taught anatomy and physiology as well as useful techniques for alleviating pain , dealing with injuries , understanding why pain may be occurring in a particular area and even more importantly , when to leave well alone . When not to Massage Massage is contra - indicated in the following conditions : fever , inflammation ( of skin or joints ) , skin rashes or eruptions , swellings , bruises , sprains , torn muscles and ligaments , broken bones , burns and varicose veins — in short , if it hurts , abandon the movement and move on to another area of the body .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Quite the Arbuthnot , dealing with some nonsense from the Irish . ‘ If there 's any difficulty , Eileen , or advantage taken because you used to know them , we 'll sack the lot and get a completely new staff . So put that out of your head once and for all . Now give me a piece of that fruit cake and stop being silly . We 'll have a brief conducted tour .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Right . And s and begin to drive them with a consolidated plan . Look wh you 're in this business for a long time , things take an awful long time to happen in this world Mm . Mm .
Idiom: jobs for the boys (used idiomatically: yes)
Sir Hector Monro , Scottish Office environment minister , sent congratulations to everyone involved in the operation . He said : ‘ I am very pleased that this operation , which has involved a whole range of bodies and been well co - ordinated by Scottish Natural Heritage , has been so successful.’ Council worker suspended over ‘ jobs for the boys’ claim By Susan Dean A STRATHCLYDE regional councillor has been suspended from his job as a caretaker with Monklands District Council for his claims that he has proof to back up ‘ jobs for the boys’ allegations .
Idiom: read my lips (used idiomatically: yes)
The American people told him at the polls what they had been screaming from the rooftops for two years . Exit polls revealed 43 per cent had voted on the issue of the economy , and they voted against the president because he was n't hearing them . When he uttered his infamous words ' Read my lips . No new taxes ' in the last election campaign he had already sealed his fate . For he went on to introduce new taxes .
Idiom: stay the course (used idiomatically: yes)
From the beginning they had a solid lack of confidence in King Edward VIII , ‘ S.B. is distinctly nervous about him,’ Jones recorded on the first day of the new reign.’ And at the Accession Council that same afternoon , Baldwin told Attlee , to whom he was not close , that he doubted whether the King would ‘ stay the course’ . It was not merely Mrs Simpson , although ministers were already well - informed about his relationship with her , if not his marital intentions . It was his general attitude of irresponsibility , selfishness , and dislike for any of the functions of kingship other than easy popularity and personal privilege .
Idiom: run the gauntlet (used idiomatically: yes)
The ban was imposed by the Scottish Traffic Commissioner , Brigadier Michael Betts , on Monday this week . It followed an inquiry after a court case last year when the company was fined £ 1800 for allowing drivers to break rules on the number of hours they could drive . Yuill and Dodds , which ran the miners ' gauntlet to deliver supplies to British Steel during the 1985 strike , was convicted at Linlithgow Sheriff Court in October on 36 charges of allowing drivers to exceed permitted hours and to take insufficient breaks . The company was also admonished on 18 counts of causing and permitting drivers to falsify tachograph records . The suspension results from the firm 's consequent failure to adhere to rules governing the granting of its licence , ie , to remain operating within the law , according to a spokesman for the Traffic Commissioners in Edinburgh .
Idiom: high and mighty (used idiomatically: no)
That 's the one thing missing . ’ But despite his £500,000 windfall , Christie revealed yesterday he had refused to pay £55 for a special visa to race in Australia with Colin Jackson . Christie , who has already signed money-spinning deals with Lucozade and clothing firm High and Mighty since Barcelona , said : ‘ We did n't see why we should pay for a visa when we were prepared to take part in races for nothing . It was the principle of the thing . But it does n't bother me .
Idiom: take a dim view of (used idiomatically: yes)
The game was up . It was not just Diana who had to face the music but her parents as well . They were summoned to see Miss Rudge who took a dim view of the episode . Secretly Diana 's parents were amused that their dutiful but docile daughter had displayed such spirit . ‘ I did n't know you had it in you,’ said her mother afterwards .
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: yes)
Annexed by Tsarist Russia in 1812 , joined to Romania in 1918 , and re - annexed by the Soviet ~ Union in 1940 , it seized its independence from Moscow in 1991 . It is a member of the United ~ Nations , the Council ~ of ~ Europe , the World ~ Trade ~ Organization , the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe , and various other prestigious international bodies . Moldova ’s main claim to fame is King Stephen ~ the Great , who defeated the Ottomans in a great fifteenth century battle . It also produces rather good wine . An enduring memory from my own recent visit to its capital Chisinau is the election poster of a local politician called Lupu , who holds a pair of spectacles to his eyes , whether to suggest visions or wisdom is n’t clear .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
slotting done so we have a template there that we can deal with on the twenty fifth . Right . When we 've got the left and right hand side of the document which Joan 's well on with at the moment , we can pencil in very lightly the jobs Pencil yeah that we see going straight across
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Adam never stood a chance , did he , once you came back on the scene ? It was bad enough that he had this damn - fool obsession with programming — if he had got his priorities right in the first place , he and Emma might have made some headway.’ He began to move again , his feet making tracks in the blue wool carpet . ‘ As it is , this new crisis they 're having to face might be the thing to push them towards solving their difficulties . Just make sure you keep away from him .
Idiom: seen better days (used idiomatically: yes)
All that tap , tap work in England was no good ; there I was always the governor , now I 'm learning all the time , nicking moves from everyone,’ he said . Last weekend he despatched Jose Quinones , a shot fighter , in one round . Next month he faces another man who has seen better days , Michael Olajade , a Nigerian born in Britain . Olajade was going places until he was badly beaten by Michael Nunn , but he will provide Benn with fighting experience . ‘ From now on my home is in England , but the business of boxing will be here,’ he said .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Celtic are an institution but there are those inside the game who feel the club is run like a destitution . As it made the historic journey from being a charity team for Irish immigrants in Glasgow 's East End in 1888 to being a European Cup winning team in 1967 , there is a widely held myth that the club resents spending money and keeps its funds in the infamous biscuit tin , a closely guarded money chest under the Parkhead bed . Compared to the freewheeling Rangers team under David Murray and Graeme Souness , critics have dismissed Celtic as a club that has taken its roots in poverty and charity to extremes . Charlie Nicholas is no exception . By December 1982 , when Celtic lifted the League Cup for the first time since the mid-'70s , Nicholas had established himself as the young sensation of Scottish football .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
We can only resuscitate , we ca n't resurrect . And yes , it hurts . You get mad , sometimes you cry , then you pick up the pieces and get on , because there 's always someone else who needs you.’ She went and found Bob . ‘ You told me you were going to cut that.’
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
Now I think that the whole school meals issue , not just this , but also the way in which cost savings are being achieved at the moment in schools . Erm needs looking at by members . We need members need to get a grip on what is happening and my wife suggests this , that the panel erm rather than setting up a new panel , look at the whole issue of school meals , this and other issues . I 'll get a load of erm in some ways . As long as the nutrition is kept , as long as choice is available as long as they 're popular with kids , then erm it might not be the .
Idiom: high and mighty (used idiomatically: yes)
Basil was in his office , probably had n't registered that anything was different . In the late morning he locked his safe , checked to see that all of his desk drawers were secured , and shut down his terminal . Because there was a strike , because their own laboratories were idle , the high and the mighty of A area were prepare to squeeze in a visit from lowly Frederick Bissett of H3 . He drove across Second Avenue , and past the new colossus that was the Ago building . The building was a great show box of concrete .
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That was nasty.’ He looked cautiously round the room . ‘ Do you think she 's going about denigrating your practice to all and sundry?’ Sophie felt a chill run through her . Slowly she said , ‘ It 's possible .
Idiom: come in from the cold (used idiomatically: yes)
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