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Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
The theme of the new booklet , released on 28th January , is Memories , and it includes a set of colourful greetings labels . JOIN THE STAMP BUG CLUB — THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE FOR £ 3 The best way to find friends , fun and philatelic facts is by joining the Stamp Bug Club . Once you 're a member , you 'll receive a copy of Stamp Bug News magazine every two months . You 'll also get a FREE stamp album every year , a brilliant club badge , stickers and a membership card .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
Notice that the knees are already well bent . Fig 64 The tilted angle of the board indicates that all the weight is now on the leeward side of the board , i e the right foot . Note that if we were looking across the board from left to right the rig would still be relatively upright , as it is being pushed well forwards thereby supplying maximum power . Fig 65 Look closely at the classic body position . All the weight is on the right foot , using well - bent knees that enable the upper body to remain in a stable upright position .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
She bent down and picked out a fragment of Quimper from the dustpan . The joined painted hands that held flowers . Then she slid out into the hall , fist clenched over the treasure in her pocket . She seized the black leather strap dangling near the hall mirror and beat the gong for lunch . Then she ran upstairs , to put the piece of Quimper in a safe hiding - place .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
He could help her regain her health , even give her a sense of her own worth if he persevered . He saw her as a person injured by life , as he was injured . He encouraged her to take public baths , he saw that she ate properly — though indifferent to food himself — and behaved with her like a caring mother , the kind of affectionate mother who had always inspired him . The mother - daughter relationship he had witnessed in London had moved him so profoundly that he had fallen in love with them both . Sien 's own mother was inadequate , often drunk .
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: no)
The single market is sure to have some impact on EDI use , but the main motivation for adopting EDI in the lean 1990s is competitive pressure . Large companies ca n't afford unnecessary stockholding or paperwork , and they are going to press their trading partners to ensure that they do n't have to . The result is likely to be closer relationships between customers and suppliers , which could be good news : Japanese companies such as Honda Motor tend to choose a few preferred suppliers and stick with them , rather than playing the field , and this policy seems to have paid off handsomely . Whatever the pros and cons , for many companies there will be little option . As a Sears executive told a recent EDI conference : ‘ Getting on the EDI express does n't guarantee success , but staying off , I think , will ensure failure.’
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Appropriately enough , in this strange world of not - so - covert agents and hackneyed dramatic devices , it was a secret document that gave the game away : a document that was never meant to be there at all . Appropriately , too , the discovery of that document was attended by all sorts of dramatic flourishes . Even the bureaucrats involved took to playing games and devising ruses , for all the world like secret agents themselves . On November 22nd , 1996 , a five - page memorandum turned up that mentioned , at the top of one page , the diversion of funds to the contras . North had written it , apparently sometime in April , and had somehow failed to shred it .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
The sheet that I gave you . If you 've lost these sheets erm , how many of you have lost their sheets . Well it 's in my book , Oh , we 've all lost our sheets , she 's such a moany old cow . The homework , just copy it quickly .
Idiom: play hookey (used idiomatically: yes)
As she uttered these words she thought they sounded snide and insinuating , sarcastic even , though she had not meant them like that . She had only wanted to know without seeming to criticize . However they sounded , Tina took them in the spirit they were intended , laughed loudly and said Jasper must be playing hookey in his lunch hour . ‘ Do they let them do that?’ It had occurred to Cecilia as soon as the words were out of her mouth that five minutes to twelve , which was the time when she had seen Jasper , was rather early for a lunch hour to begin .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
As the football season approached , the question arose whether the League competition should be suspended so that players and officials could be free to volunteer for the war effort . It was a situation organized football had never had to face before , and there was no precedent on which to base a decision . Flying in the face of public opinion and patriotic fervour , the authorities decided to go ahead with games as planned . The reaction was one of violent denunciation . Newspapers said they would not report matches and carried a barrage of irate letters .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . But they do that , they reckon it wo n't take long . Do they think they can get it up to fifteen ? Yeah . And what 's the purpose of it ?
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Only one of the 14 people on board of a Bundeswehr [ federal armed ~ forces ] helicopter survived the crash in the South of Dortumund .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Any increase in traffic at that already dangerous crossroads will , I feel , place my pupils at risk . My P T A have re regularly voiced their concerns . Now it appears that no improvements are in the pipeline but increased traffic is . Surely this is prejudicial to all who regularly use the crossroads . this before
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: no)
The latter , my grandfather , had served in the Crimea , in the Indian Mutiny , and in Abyssinia as Deputy Adjutant - General during the Magdala campaign ; he then commanded the troops in South Africa during the Kaffir and Zulu wars . On retirement he was appointed ADC to Queen Victoria and Lieutenant of the Tower of London . He died at the age of eighty - one while playing billiards in the United Services Club . My father was intensely and justifiably proud of his family , which in his own generation produced a viceroy , a general , an admiral , a Lord of Appeal , a High Court judge and a famous actor . Intelligent , sensitive and artistic , with a certain diffidence which added to his charm , he was above all a man of absolute integrity .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: no)
Buses trundle up and down the valley easing the walk-in , and Elbrus even has cable-car access to the snowline and a mountain refuge , Priut , an hour or so above it . It 's almost like being in the Alps — but not quite . Many of the peaks have routes on them that can be described as forming a midway point between hard Alpine and Himalayan standard — long ridge routes that take several days to accomplish ; big face routes on rock and ice . Others , like Schkelda and Ushba , have been partially developed but still have plenty of scope for new routes . Yet the highest of them all , Elbrus , has a route that would be accessible to many a mountaineer with only one of two alpine seasons behind him ; a route that demands no real technical expertise , but an ability to adapt to altitude , and a fair degree of stamina .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
Unless political leaders resist such responses , the past could become the future . Ironically , however , such a grim prospect would not mean the end of globalization , defined as the increase in worldwide networks of interdependence . Globalization has several dimensions , and , though economists all too often portray it and the world economy as being one and the same , other forms of globalization also have significant effects – not all of them benign – on our daily lives . The oldest form of globalization is environmental . For example , the first smallpox epidemic was recorded in Egypt in 1350~BC .
Idiom: laugh all the way to the bank (used idiomatically: yes)
Aquino annoyed By RICHARD DOWDEN First Edition MANILA ( Reuter)— President Aquino , admitting that the death of Ferdinand Marcos had sparked a wave of sympathy for the late dictator , urged Filipinos to stop weeping for the man who had ‘ laughed all the way to the bank.’ Pope appeal By RICHARD DOWDEN
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
If life cycles become bottlenecked , living material seems bound to become boxed into discrete , unitary organisms . And the more that living material is boxed into discrete survival machines , the more will the cells of those survival machines concentrate their efforts on that special class of cells that are destined to ferry their shared genes through the bottleneck into the next generation . The two phenomena , bottlenecked life cycles and discrete organisms , go hand in hand . As each evolves , it reinforces the other . The two are mutually enhancing , like the spiralling feelings of a woman and a man during the progress of a love affair .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
What was the number , and why was it changed ? From My Man on the Road The appointment of Sally Coleman to the job of manager of Waterstones at Harrods from her current post running the Covent Garden outpost of the empire has come out of the blue . It was all very sudden . Harrods has the final say in whom its concessions may hire , even down to the lowliest positions , and Sally may have seemed the obvious choice to impress them .
Idiom: in your blood (used idiomatically: no)
There is no guarantee that such a change will benefit you , me , he or she . We all vary in our capacity to synthesise cholesterol and in the speed at which we break it down . Genetic differences may mean that although we eat the same diet , the level of cholesterol in your blood may be , say , 200 mg/100 ml ( 5–17 mmol / litre ) while mine is 300 mg / mI ( 7–76 mmol / l ) , giving me more than twice your risk of a heart attack . Bringing the population average down makes us all more like the Japanese , with their low cholesterol and low coronary rates than , say , the Finns who have high levels of both ( see Figure 2 ) . The fact that some Japanese have heart attacks and some Finns do not is no argument against the overall benefit of a low national average serum cholesterol .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
The duty on spirits had fallen in real terms in every year since 1982 — a total fall of more than 20 % — raising worries about the health implications . The budget leaves the real value of taxes ( duties and VAT ) on beer , cigarettes and petrol some 40–50 % higher than when Mrs Thatcher took office in 1979 . Pipe smokers and whisky drinkers have done much better , with a fall in duties of around 20 % , while wine drinkers have had a ball , with a 30 % fall in tax . Is it just coincidence that the previous chancellor was fond of a spritzer ? The present one left vehicle excise duties at £ 100 , unchanged for the fifth year running .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Thurlstone was described in 1837 in John Holland 's Tour of the Don as ' a somewhat poor looking and scattered village , or rather hamlet , consisting of stone houses built , for the most part , on the left bank of the Don ' . The village had been recorded in Domesday Book and had taken its name from the Old Danish personal name Thurulf and the earlier Anglo - Saxon suffix tun . Thurlstone township was a sub - division of the large parish of Penistone and comprised not just the village but several scattered hamlets and numerous isolated farms on the edge of the Pennine moors . The open arable fields of the village had been enclosed by the agreement of the twenty - three owners of the strips in 1696 , but 7,740 acres of common pastures and rough moorland wastes remained undivided until the enclosure award of 1816 created the rectangular fields and straight lanes that are now such a prominent feature of the landscape . The farmers concentrated upon dairy cattle and sheep and were dependent upon weaving as a second source of income .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
Once in , Barry was able to amass experience in film - making to a point where he could apply , with confidence of success , for the much - needed union ticket . That acquired , he gained rapid promotion to Second Assistant Director , and then to First Assistant Director . Barry remembers his time at Ealing as a period of intense learning : ‘ It was very much a team effort there , with an awful lot of give and take . At The Red Lion across the road criticism and encouragement of one 's colleagues , by one 's colleagues , was the norm , which I think was a wholly creative process , and which is , sadly , somewhat lacking at the BBC . ‘ Very often , at Ealing , the Director himself would think up ideas for films and would probably have a lot to do with the genesis of the scripts as well.’
Idiom: nothing to write home about (used idiomatically: yes)
I forgot to say that the guerrilla who was pretending to be a madman had let Sis . Chiang out of her cell , so that she could take part in the liberation . By western standards , the singing was nothing to write home about , but the movements and gestures on stage are like ballet , and are very impressive . I went to a department store on We d . I got him one which is not quite the same as the one on the picture , but there are various types .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
Early stage shows saw them recreating the famous Iwo Jima flag - erecting ceremony , while the cover of their great ‘ One Nation Under A Groove’ album took the American flag to new psychedelic heights , the red , white and blue coloured in all manner of drug - crazed hues . A liver version of their personalised pennant is pictured above . NME flies the flag ! In other words , another shameless ( but timely ) plug for ‘ that’ Spastics Society album . More subversion of apple pie Americanism in The Manics ' ‘ Theme From M.A.S.H.’
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Whenever I play a game my pc restarts after every 30 mints . More likely it is a heating problem . The best is do internal cleanup and change the thermal mass .
Idiom: pay the piper (used idiomatically: yes)
It took a little time for employers to depersonalize personal computers . But in the end new technology was used to reinforce the old office relationships . He who pays the piper calls the tune . Several pounds of flesh Never before in history have the poor financed the rich on such a lavish scale .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
Three matching entrances ( 26:31 , 32 , 36 , 37 ; 27:16 , 17 ) led to it — for the purpose of entering the court of the tabernacle was to enter the presence of God himself . Along the path leading to the ark lay the altar of burnt - offering ( 17:1–8 ) , the altar of incense ( 30:1–6 ) , and the mercy - seat where the blood of sacrifice was finally sprinkled ( 25:17ff . ; Leviticus 16:14)— showing that it was only by sacrifice , prayer and the effectiveness of the shed blood that man could come to God . Inside the ark were the tablets of the law — the supreme verbal statement of God 's holiness ( 26:16 ) ; at one and the same time the reason why God dwelt alone ( for none can match his holiness ) , and why by means of blood a sinner might enter his presence ( for the blood speaks of life laid down in payment for sin ) . The whole structure of the tabernacle , therefore , speaks clear and splendid truths . It provides a visible summary of the central affirmations of the Bible : that God indwells his people ( see 1 Corinthians 3:16 ; Ephesians 2:19–22 ) ; that he intends his people to worship him according to his will and not their own whim ( see Mark 7:6–13 ) ; and that only by means of sacrifice and shed blood can sinners ever come to live with the Holy One ( see Ephesians 2:11–18 ; Hebrews 10:19–25 ) .
Idiom: when all is said and done (used idiomatically: yes)
It was abundantly evident in the run - up to the Games how important it was to Chinese everywhere to show themselves to advantage . One got a sense of this when China ’s reputation and the Games ’ status came under attack during the Tibetan demonstrations and protests against the Olympic torch as it made its tortured progress around the world . But , when all was said and done , through what turned out to be often Draconian controls , China pulled off quite a feat ! Indeed , it is hard to imagine that the British will care as much , or go to such extremes , for the London ~ Olympics in 2012 . For many years , especially since the Tiananmen ~ Square ~ massacre of 1989 , China has felt a deficit of global respect .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
6 The exercise is completed by landing and returning to the crouched position . It is essential that you gain lots of height on the jump before attempting to snap your legs back . Keep your hands behind your back at all times . Spine stretching exercise 1 : these must be done slowly . Keep both legs taut and straight and gently push up with both arms .
Idiom: first up (used idiomatically: no)
Then they threw the piece of gold - and - silver knitted cloth behind . And it turned to a great marsh . Baba Yaga started to cross it , but she sank , first up to her knees , then to her waist , then to her chin . Then she sank out of sight and was never seen again . The two girls ran on until they came to Vasilissa 's home .
Idiom: drop someone a line (used idiomatically: yes)
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Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: yes)
Chopra cast her as Draupadi in his Mahabharat — and she was an instant hit . Easy to see why Song and dance over rising star RUDY OTTER TEENAGER Akram Hossain Khan is waiting for his chance of stardom — in a tandoori restaurant .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Giles Smith IN his black and silver warrior 's robes , brandishing his flashing , menacing sword — and it is a real one — Glenn Lobo looks ready to do someone a great deal of mischief . But when the 28-year - old Luton osteopath becomes Britain 's only competitor in this month 's Pentjak Silat World Championships in Indonesia , harming an opponent will be the last thing on his mind . ‘ If I wanted to get into a fight , I could pick one behind any pub in Luton any night I wanted,’ he says , only half jokingly . But anyone fancying their chances in a fight with this highly intelligent Goan who has lived all his life in this country had better watch out .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
More revelations followed . He did n't spend very much on the woman , since they had no need to make themselves drunk in order to feel human . What he had to spare he put in her pocket . ‘ And I wish I could have spared more , for she was worth it.’ She had humanised him .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Bugger me , monogamy . It breaks the monotony … We sing dumb anyway Turn a blind eye , essentially And nothing will be said But do n't put a cuckoo in the nest Or thrush
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
The woman lifted her veil and came forward . ‘ Your Grace!’ Benjamin went down on one knee , tugging at my sleeve for me to follow suit . ‘ Roger,’ he whispered , ‘ it is the Queen!’ The woman approached .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
Greater examination of vehicles entering the complex is now expected to be introduced , and additional security staff may be deployed . One security source said : ‘ The IRA has got in to much better protected places . The Massey Avenue entrance at Parliament Buildings is not very secure , to say the least.’ Sir John : ordered overhaul Stormont : subject of an urgent review . SAFETY ALL CLEAR FOR CASTLE COURT
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
The door of No . 4 was open , the room empty ; No . 3 , the room his mother shared with Bunty Baird , was shut , and as he came to it he heard a sharp crack , a yelp and Bunty 's voice ' Oh shog off , you silly old fool , beat it ! ' As he hesitated the door opened and Gilbert Forbes came out in a rush , his make - up smudged on one side of his face , his toupee not quite straight . His tall frame , in its butler 's black and white , seemed to vibrate . He glared at Conroy without seeing him and charged back into No . 4 , slamming the door . Bunty , in a rather grubby pink kimono , turned from the mirror where she was padding her face with a caked flat powderpuff .
Idiom: act of God (used idiomatically: yes)
People should have a bit of a think : economic depression , mad - cow - disease , wars and plane - crashes were not acts of God ( force majeure ) but rather tragic consequences of human error .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
A THIEF who had brought a suit against his accomplices to recover his share of the plunder taken from an Honest ~ Man , demanded the Honest ~ Man 's attendance at the trial to testify to his loss . But the Honest ~ Man explained that as he was merely the agent of a company of other honest men it was none of his affair ; and when the officers came to serve him with a subpoena he hid himself behind his back and wiled away the dragging hours of retirement and inaction by picking his own pockets .
Idiom: six of the best (used idiomatically: yes)
( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News : Six of the best from Swindon . A ten goal thriller keeps the play - offs dream alive . Plus , a cracking finish as the Grand National lays another egg .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Unfortunately , the right position for taking the pictures is seldom ideal for picking up the sound , especially when speech is being recorded , so on - board camcorder microphones do have their drawbacks . However , the problem has an easy solution if your camcorder is fitted with an extension microphone socket - sadly , not all of them are . With a microphone on a long lead plugged in , the on - board mike is automatically disconnected and the sound can then be picked up at much closer range . For more advice on how to go about selecting and using an extension microphone , see Chapter 10 . For now , we will concentrate on how to make the best of the built - in microphone .
Idiom: pop the question (used idiomatically: yes)
This man ordered an all - chrome finished Steinberger guitar — including the fingerboard — and then found that stage lighting rendered the instrument too dazzling to use . This man plays in a performance art band whose antics include forcibly kidnapping members of the audience , tying them to chairs and emptying entire trashcans full of fake vomit over their heads . But now , in the light of David Bowie 's recent solo record deal , we must put aside such frivolity and pop the big question . After two studio albums and ' Oy Vey Baby ' , the recent live album , has Tin Machine has finally failed its MOT ? ' Oh , dear , ' Reeves sighs .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
And I mean to make sure he does . But first he 's going to have to stop lying . Once and for all . ' ' May I read the letter ? ' ' Be my guest .
Idiom: in cold blood (used idiomatically: yes)
As the reality of his situation dawned on him , he turned whingeingly self - defensive . Underneath it all , Markby suspected , Simon was badly frightened at the result of his action — but that did not mean he had not intended to do it . A deed planned in cold blood may appear very different to the perpetrator if he ever gets round to carrying it out . Young Pardy could be terrified at his own success . Markby had seen such things before .