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Idiom: go to the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
The Citizen 's Advice Bureau says more than 150 people have applied to be made bankrupt in three months . The town , called the Golden Ford when founded by the Saxons in the sixth century , was originally a site where treasures were buried in ancient graves . But its modern image as the ultimate safe stockbroker belt has been shattered as firms go to the wall and homes are repossessed . ‘ We are dealing daily with people who can not cope with their financial problems,’ said Christine Snowball , a CAB debt adviser . ‘ People are coming to us with horror stories of simple debts that have mushroomed into thousands of pounds .
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's true . About the armpits one can eternally argue , but the legs — surely!— the legs … In this new lab of his he can knock together a human being out of the unlikeliest odds and ends . On his desk he had a box full of eyes . It was not uncommon to see him slipping out of his darkroom carrying a head partly wrapped in old newspaper : evidently , we now rule Rome .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
The nettles stung his hands . But all she said was : ' Go on , then . Get a move on , if you 're going . ' The sun exploded in their faces . They screwed up their eyes , trying to get used to the glare .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
As far as they could tell , it was the only thing which existed here , wherever " here " was , Everything else was snow ; the white plain . They had been there … they did not know how long . Quiss had found himself there first , and after a little while , when he realised that there was no night and day , just the one flat , monotone light always there beyond the windows , he had started to keep a tally of the number of times he slept . The record was scratched on the floor of a small cell in a corridor off the games room ; his bedroom . There were nearly five hundred scratches on the glass floor now .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
I could , of course , have added that some of those crowded around the door were likely to end up like Conor unless they backed away from their relentless hedonism , from their incessant living for the moment . I could have said that their way of life would slowly become less and less glamorous , more and more morally debilitating . That one or two might make enough money to pass as legitimately successful , but that most would go on hoping for and talking about the ‘ up for none touch’ that was just around the corner if only this and that fell into place until they became little more than saloon - bar bores . But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . Afterwards , we all trooped along the narrow path and inspected the flowers .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
He then frog - marched him out of the dining hall to the medical room . When I confronted him outside the refectory and insisted that the resident be allowed to finish his meal , he exploded in a torrent of foul language and vowed he would never return . I could tell you many tales of great joy and hope , but I could also give you far worse than the few examples I have mentioned here . Have they shocked you ? I hope so , because residential homes are places where people become cut off from family life and the outside world .
Idiom: clean as a whistle (used idiomatically: yes)
Best with which to dip your toes ? The opening track , Don't look Back . Recording quality ( typical of JMT ) is excellent — dynamic and clean as a whistle . Remarkable for its ( and Wilson 's ) individuality . Now you know .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
Do you know it ? Yes . Well It rings a bell . but yes . Mm .
Idiom: get someone's goat (used idiomatically: yes)
' Philippe would hate that , ' said Iris , as if this was sufficient reason for leaving Hassan with his suicide theory for the time being . ' Anyway , ' she said with a frown , ' I do n't see how there could be a connection . It 's Germans that get Fernand 's goat . Now , if Erdle had been the victim … ' ' Dora Lavender would be suspect number one ! ' said Melissa dryly .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
The cost of a full restoration is between £ 15,000 and £ 40,000 . The cost of a new Jensen is over £ 100,000 . And that 's why the Ross on Wye firm say its business is booming , while Jensen is more than half a million pounds in the red . Male speaker Jensen have priced themselves out of the market in the recession .
Idiom: lose face (used idiomatically: no)
Naturally , there are two sides to the argument . Taylor is obviously full of anticipation as he embarks on the most important year since taking on the England job . Lineker , on the other hand , took his decision having already played in two World Cups , deciding it was in his best interests to seek a fortune playing in Japan rather than face the prospect of losing his status and even his England place as his legs began to fail him . Taylor refuses to say whether Lineker would still be in his team had he carried on playing in England . Seething
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
Serves 6 1 x 8-inch shallow fluted shortcrust pastry case , blind baked and cooled 2 eggs lightly beaten with 4 tbsp soured cream the zest of 1 lemon and 1½ tbsp lemon juice 6 tbsp golden syrup 3 tbsp freshly ground almonds Stand the tin of syrup in hot water just long enough to make the syrup thin , runny and warm — not hot . Measure 6 level tbsp of the syrup into a small bowl that has been rinsed out with hot water . Beat in the lemon juice and zest , then the egg and cream mixture , using a fork to blend the ingredients smoothly .
Idiom: put a foot wrong (used idiomatically: yes)
In the cynical world of F1 , we tend to accept the number of noughts as a driver 's way of keeping score , but the local bricklayer has an acute realisation of what he could afford to buy with £ 6,000,000 ! James Hunt was the last British world champion and , after the Mansell comeback announcement , he said : ‘ At least Williams knows the animal and how to control it . At Ferrari it waited for him to put a foot wrong and there was blood all over the walls.’ Hunt thinks Mansell has done the right thing in signing with Williams . ‘ Ferrari , with Prost and Alesi as a suppressed number two , has no chance .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
In my day and at a good school , it was easy , as you moved up from class to class , to miss out totally on some period of English history — the only history that was taught . It ended grandly with Queen Victoria 's jubilee , having skipped over the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny . But at least we knew a lot of Shakespeare by heart , especially Agincourt . But you are a teacher yourself ! Well now : this decision that all children must learn two languages , forgetting the thousands in many English cities who already have a home language , with a literature of its own .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
A MISTAKE by the acting Scotland captain , Craig Levein , gave Germany victory in the friendly match at Ibrox last night . Levein , leading a patched - up side , missed a long clearance from Guido Buchwald in the 20th minute and Karl Heinz Riedle slipped the ball past Nicky Walker . Scotland had made an encouraging start , never giving the world champions time to settle on the ball . Duncan Ferguson produced a spectacular strike from a chest - high cross : the Dundee United forward , with his back to goal , hit a perfect overhead scissors kick which Andreas Kopke tipped over . Full report , Page 24
Idiom: on the wagon (used idiomatically: yes)
It had made for a lively few hours but now that they 'd gone the place seemed oddly , unnaturally quiet again . He did n't know when they 'd be back ; all he knew was that his boss had some kind of private deal going with the gang foreman of a motorway sub - contractor , and the boys always appeared without notice , worked at the speed of practised moonlighters , and probably got their money in a plain envelope passed under a pub table somewhere . There were five of them , and whenever they arrived they came up the woodland track on a big spreader wagon with a battered old van bouncing along behind . They were as ugly as sin and they had no conversation , and he missed them already . Christ , he thought to himself , I must be getting desperate .
Idiom: cold feet (used idiomatically: yes)
You know what Church was like . ' ' It 's the worst thing about flying , ' Lambert said . ' Cold feet . I 'd sooner be too warm than too cold . ' Dickinson said : ' I knew a pilot who had cold feet one minute and was extremely hot indeed the next . '
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
It had not been her intention in any way to pry . Almost apologetically , as though to make up for her faux pas , she offered a piece of information of her own . ' I was interested because I 'm in the fashion business , too . I 'm a designer , ' she added when he simply looked right through her . ' Though not the sort of designer , ' she permitted herself to elaborate , ' that you would be likely to employ at G.W. Fashions . '
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Richard Dunwoody also landed a two - timer at the Sussex track and is just one behind the pair . Brooke Sanders thought twice about running her great favourite Calapaez on ground which changed to heavy following persistent rain . But with only five runners declared -and two of those pulled out before racing -she decided to take the plunge . Calapaez rewarded her with a seven lengths win over Homme d'Affaire . ‘ I 'm so pleased he got round,’ remarked Miss Sanders , who was hobbling around with her left foot in a plastic bag after breaking her ankle in a schooling accident and could scarcely bring herself to watch the race .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Do n't make the mistake of thinking there 's no one here,’ Schellenberg said . ‘ Rooms everywhere . A couple of hundred people tucked in all over the place like that radio room.’ A door opened further along the passage and to Devlin 's astonishment , Hitler emerged followed by a broad , rather squat man in a nondescript uniform . As they approached , Schellenberg pulled Devlin to one side and stood at attention .
Idiom: keep up appearances (used idiomatically: yes)
She began to respect her Uncle Philip 's commercial acumen ; although he was a swine , he was a clever swine . She was pleased with herself for selling the Noah 's Ark but sorry to see it go , with the little Finn in jeans and tee - shirt inside it . She put plastic holly in the windows , to keep up appearances . All the shops in the square , even the secondhand shop , were decorated with greenery and paper - chains . The greengrocer 's was a bower of fir - boughs .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Her eyes light up . She gives Rainbow a speculative once - over . ' Come to think of it , he happens to be a very nice boy not so young , really . And still single … ' Rainbow strives to ignore this red herring .
Idiom: run out of gas (used idiomatically: yes)
The vehicle slowed and came to a halt . Vitor turned to her . ‘ We 've run out of gas,’ he said . Dismay vied with annoyance . She had wanted to get back to her hotel and away from him but , first , he had insisted on driving her out into the wilderness , and now he had marooned them .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
I am known yet do not exist at all . I am the carbuncle of the sun , the most noble purified earth , through which you may change copper , iron , tin and lead into gold . As the familiar words passed through her memory again Louisa was gazing at Edwin Frere where he stood on the ice , warming his hands on the glass of mulled wine , smiling in chatter with Tom Horrocks . In this moment all contraries seemed reconciled in him — shyness and strength , awkwardness and grace , the spirit bright within the balanced body , his parson 's black against the white of the distant drifts . Beyond him a gleaming snow - light travelled across the lake , and , for a moment , it appeared to flake from his hair .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
A SCOTLAND - WIDE effort to provide aid to the starving in the famine - stricken countries of Africa was begun yesterday by the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund , writes Gary Duncan . For the first time , SCIAF 's annual campaign for Lent features billboard posters throughout the country and posters on buses in selected areas . Lenten boxes and educational material are also being sent to Catholic parishes and schools , and on 19 March a 24-hour Fast for Africa will be held , endorsed by the footballer Paul McStay . The campaign will culminate on the fourth Sunday of Lent , 21 March , with a collection in churches . SCIAF 's director , Duncan MacLaren , who leaves for Somalia today , said the campaign was the most ambitious undertaken by the charity , following on from its pledging of nearly £ 500,000 of relief to eight African countries .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: no)
Even with all she knew , the feelings invading her body as she lay in Dane 's bed were totally alien — she had no idea how to handle them , let alone get rid of them . But it hardly mattered . Tomorrow he 'd be gone , and this whole crazy charade would be over , once and for all . CHAPTER THREE Shannon slept badly that night , haunted by dreams of great swirling snowflakes and a hawk - faced man who loomed out of the deadly white mass with fury in his eyes .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Quid for a hundred was n't it ? Eh ? Every hundred pound you spend you just put spend a quid over the top . Or every hundred pounds worth of travellers cheques you get . three hundred pound
Idiom: on the dot (used idiomatically: yes)
I had almost forgotten about him and immediately felt depressed as I trudged off to find my car . Apart from having to go over the unpleasant details of Froggy 's death yet again , I had a nasty feeling that Inspector Drew 's bright and suspicious eyes masked darker ideas about my role in Froggy 's murder . At five minutes to five I parked my car alongside Richmond Police Station , and on the dot of five o'clock was shown into Inspector Drew 's office . Without any preamble , except the customary offer of a cup of tea which I declined , the Inspector began to take me in painstaking detail through my account of my discovery of Froggy 's body . After this , more questions .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
♫ sing us a new one . ♫ ♫ On - demand abortion every city -- OK , but no gun control . ♫ ♫ Wo n’t these women ever get a life ? ♫ ♫ Feminists do n’t have a sense of humor -- poor Hillary . ♫ ♫ Feminists and vegetarians -- make mine a Big Mac . ♫
Idiom: cost the earth (used idiomatically: yes)
Mexico ! Her balding country solicitor Daddy . It must have cost the earth , package and all . Did he know he would die a few years later ? It was hot , hot .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
The second lies in the adoption of a more flexible and decentralised policy for curriculum planning and implementation . Decentralisation and curriculum planning The orthodoxy of educational planning and aid policy is subject to spectacular changes as world politics change , as the advice so confidently given and taken in former years proves not to yield the promised fruit , as old gurus are discredited and new ones rise to take their place . In the early nineteen - sixties they liked their policy centralised ( and linked to manpower projections ) and their institutions big . So there were big hospitals , big schools , big colleges , big curriculum development centres .
Idiom: stand up and be counted (used idiomatically: yes)
DIVA Annie Lennox has said Sinead O'Connor is ‘ uniquely talented’ . In a letter to a Sunday newspaper , the former Eurythmics star wrote : ‘ More power to her . Those who admire her should stand up and be counted . I am among them.’ Hot bodies
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: no)
Oh Last time I went , there was six of us right , three boys and three girls right , never ever again I 'd do that with a big gang because Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side . And these bloody boys who were supposed to come and help you if you got , they 're whizzing round and they 're I fell a d do you remember we went before and I fell and I just sat there and I could n't , they , this erm woman and this man come to help me up and I could n't stop laughing , they could n't get me up .
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
Johnson 's book was written in response to the Moors Murders and the ensuing trial . Although Johnson does not go so far as to claim that the affectless society was responsible for the Moors Murders , she does feel able to argue that the general atmosphere in society at the time had ‘ infected’ the social system , and that ‘ Brady possibly , Hindley almost certainly , have been victims of fallout’ . Beginning with the publication of Lady Chatterley 's Lover , she argues , the floodgates to total permissiveness were opened and a society in which ‘ the permissive intellectual 's anything goes’ was created . A series of murders of young children were , she implies , the corollary of the disintegration of moral rules characteristic of 1960s Britain : It seemed to us that April that we were seeing one of the results of total permissiveness in a rather comely young man and woman , ill - educated , but neither of them stupid , on trial at Chester Assizes for multiple murder .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
She smiled . She ought to smile more often , he thought . She has such a solemn , pinched little face as a rule , even quite sour at times . ‘ Yes,’ she said . ‘ He is rather a talkative person , as no doubt you have discovered.’
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
Right . Something to do with sizes and everything . Does that strike a chord Michael ? No . People so we 're we 'll almost as if it 's like a lady and look after it so that it wo n't get old and have nasty sneezes , that sort of idea .
Idiom: stand up and be counted (used idiomatically: yes)
He also says that the committee had raised their concerns to the council about recruitment practice as far back as the late 1970s . ‘ It is time for people to stand up and be counted . There are people who know probably more than me and for one reason or another have been afraid to stand up and be counted,’ he said . ‘ I am saying to these people … if they have got information they should come out now and speak publicly.’ Cllr Brooks was unavailable for comment but Elizabeth Leitch , Monklands housing convener , said it was regrettable that Cllr Murphy had seen fit to make allegations to the press instead of to the appropriate authorities .
Idiom: mean business (used idiomatically: no)
The danger with landfill is that waste not treated correctly before burial can produce a liquid run - off or gas that 's not environmentally friendly . Landfill is most suitable for immobile and non - soluble waste , and is a good way of restoring disused quarries and clay pits while costing relatively little compared to incineration . Waste can , of course , mean big business for companies specialising in processing industrial and agricultural materials into saleable goods . Oil producing seeds pressed together produce a solid cake that animals — particularly cattle — can eat . Animal feed is also made in a similar way from sugarbeet pulp , which also produced soluble sugar .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
SIMON CHORLEY / Bruton Knowles Voice over For today ; s children , video and computer games are all the rage . But in the past toy soldiers were every boys dream . 175 miniatures , dating from the 1940 's and 50 's were on sale .
Idiom: give something a miss (used idiomatically: yes)
When I 'd finished I thought I 'd go to the living room to curl up by the gas fire . Marcus and the redhead were n't in the room with the cloth on the table but they had been . The plates still had some food on them but although I found some meat , it had a strange gloopy liquid on it so I gave it a miss . There was no butter around so I jumped down and went to the living room . It was softly lit and there was music with a man trying to sing : I could have shown him a thing or two .
Idiom: break the bank (used idiomatically: yes)
Another company that specialises in off - piste courses and even ski touring staying at different hotels or in mountain refuges — is Fresh Tracks ( 081 - 335 3003 ) . More affordable If you want to ski this year without breaking the bank , there are plenty of ways you can trim costs without slumming it . Self - catering is an obvious one . Inghams , for example , is offering a two - bedroom apartment with a huge living room overlooking the Matterhorn in the four star Hotel Ambassador in Zermatt in mid March for just over £ 300 for a week each , if it 's occupied by six people .
Idiom: on the horn (used idiomatically: yes)
Again I agreed . I did n't personally think having a piano on the back of a truck was much use either , but it looked good and gave the band somewhere to balance their beer cans . ' There 's me on clarinet , you on horn and I 've a tuba player called Chase . Know him ? ' ' He 's a miserable git , is n't he ? '
Idiom: cock a snook (used idiomatically: yes)
The regulations are supposed to tie him down to sailing no more than three miles out to sea and to stay within 15 miles of the harbour . A DoT spokesman said : ‘ These trips of his may sound like jolly larks , but he is being very irresponsible . He is not cocking a snook at the authorities , he is putting his passengers at risk and that is a very serious matter . ‘ The boat will not have proper insurance cover because he does not have the correct safety certificates and if there was an accident or the boat sank , everybody on board would be in trouble.’ He said the DoT would not be taking any further action until after the court case .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Richard , Marines?’ ‘ Private First Class.’ So there are all these millionaires standing on the rock and Lee says , ‘ I wonder what all those fucking generals are doing now?’ When one hellraiser comes face to face with another , everyone battens down the hatches and prepares for all hell to break loose . And that 's what the good citizens of Oroville in California did when Lee Marvin teamed up with Richard Burton to film The Klansman in 1974 .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
My full name 's Paul Montgomery Shore . PMS . Do you like that?’ ) and maybe a sitcom in the pipeline , is beginning to get irked by associations with the horizontal community whose indulgences , dress code and dialogue he reflects . ‘ I do n't just sit back . I 'm neurotic and shit — I 'm Jewish .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Retiring after 45 years at Greens For 15 years he served as warehouse foreman before stepping down from that position to take responsibility of the new pre - mix plant . His main love now , probably to preserve his energies , is coarse fishing , you will find him every weekend during the season on the shore with his rods , or cruising the Norfolk Broads and fishing round the clock . Retirements THE following have recently retired or have a pension which has matured .