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Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You understand , do you ? You know what it 's like to bear a child and bring him up and see him leave you and go to the other side of the world , knowing you 'll not see him again ? You know what it 's like to part wi ' your grandchild , to know there 'll be others you 'll not set eyes on ? You understand how it feels when you ca n't read a letter , nor write one in reply ? You understand all that , do you ?
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: no)
You can move them anyway you want to Sean , it 's up to you to do that to work them . So you 're fast And even then a lot of this stuff to get on and off . It 's only part of the Lego this Sean and make a look holding the stick . I have n't stuck that as well have I Sean .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
We passed it to port , and now I focused on that lone , spindly tree as its bearing came around . 310 ° M. Time to make our move . Terrie put the helm hard over while I alternately concentrated on the reef , closing rapidly on both sides , and took bearings on the tree to ensure that we made whatever course corrections were necessary to counteract the current that runs northward up this coastline at up to three knots . With the wind and waves astern Nada gathered momentum : no turning back now .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I feel great,’ said 27-year - old Nony afterwards . ‘ I looked up so I would n't look down and get scared.’ GOING DOWN : Bride and groom take the plunge WHO DARES GRINS : Relieved Nony wears a big smile as the harness is removed after the jump FULL STRETCH : Newly - weds dangle upside down
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: yes)
and Antony White for the council . 19 February . The following judgments were handed down . Balcombe L.J. This appeal with leave of the judge , from a judgment of Morland J. given on 15 March 1991 , raises for the first time in the Court of Appeal the question whether a local authority which is a body corporate can sue for libel under the law of England and Wales .
Idiom: kill two birds with one stone (used idiomatically: yes)
If you paint it yellow , you 'll kill two birds with one stone : it 'll stand out , and you 'll save money because you can use paint you already have .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
By AMBROSE EVANS - PRITCHARD MILLIONS of voters are too young to remember what Britain was like in the 1970s . But for those who came of age in the dark years , the spectacle of national self - destruction remains the gauge of all that has followed . I remember sitting in a cold school hall studying for my O - levels by candlelight . It must have been the time of the miners ' strike and the three - day week , though the chronology is all a blur now .
Idiom: jump through hoops (used idiomatically: yes)
The cat has been made to do it . It is not a natural phenomenon and what worries me is we are miseducating children . I would hate to think that some children at home now are going to try and make their pet cat jump through a hoop of fire . Rubbish . Well I s , sorry let 's go to that , what was your point ?
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's only thirty years until the next falling star comes this way , and the earth was very nearly destroyed by the last one!’ ‘ That 's right . We know that the next falling star is almost certain to get too close to the sun , and catch fire ! And when the earth passes through that fire , it 'll be destroyed immediately!’ ‘ Only thirty years !
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
Jim , along with singing partner Pete Lofty , drummer Chris Scott and bassist Dave Chary , grew tired of the make - it - big - quick policy adopted by the majority of British indie labels . Earlier this year they released their awesome debut single ‘ This Accurate Pain’ through Chocolate Narcotic ( a friend 's label ) and distributed it , largely , themselves . Vowing never to cut corners , they 've mastered their spliced - up , emotive grunge - pop without haggling with The Man . ‘ They seem to have a better idea of the indie ethic in America,’ muses Jim . ‘ They do things for the fell of it and not for some kind of career motive .
Idiom: take the bull by the horns (used idiomatically: yes)
Then she blushed . ‘ What do you mean by that?’ asked Tom . Sarah hesitated , then seemed to decide to take the bull by the horns . ‘ Well , I suppose what I mean is that Richard is someone I would never have introduced to my parents — and he is someone I had quite a … sexual relationship with . And it sounds as if it is the same for you.’
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Confirm delivery date and make sure you send written confirmation of all the details . Try to make it part of the contract that the supplier should n't cash the cheque or debit your credit card account until the goods are sent . Keep copies of all correspondence , the original ad , and document any word of mouth agreements . Once you 're ready to place your order , use the What Personal Computer Order Form on the tear - out card . Using the card brings many benefits .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
The latest technical innovation , the deaf - aid transmitter , did not make things any easier . For a start , the resident sound engineer did n't like it , because he had n't been consulted about its introduction and he maintained that he should be responsible for all sound equipment . This led to a circuitous discussion with Paul Lexington about whether it was sound equipment or not , which was only settled after much wrangling ( and , almost definitely , money changing hands ) . But even when its use had been approved , it did n't work as it should . Michael Banks , who by this time looked terminally tired , seemed to have lost the knack of timing which he had so laboriously achieved the day before , and so his lines were once again all over the place .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
A heavyweight machine to cut the hard rock would sink in the soft sections , and a lightweight machine could n't cut through the hard rock sections . This Catch 22 means that the tunnel is excavated by more traditional blasting techniques . Depending on the rock type , the tunnel is either self supporting or shored with metal arches and stabilised by spraying the walls with concrete . Eventually , the complete tunnel will be lined with a concrete shell , reducing its diameter to approx 3½ metres . The mining operation goes on 24hrs a day , supported by over 20 miners and engineers .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
The writer takes modest satisfaction that his comments in Action Stations 7 , the Scottish airfields volume , about the lack of a memorial struck a chord with a survivor of Freshman . The operation , a gallant failure , was mounted from Skitten by troops in two Horsa gliders towed by Halifaxes . I have made a few similar remarks in my new book about glaring omissions in the chronicle of memorials . Who knows what may result ! Just south of the border at Kirknewton , the church has two stained glass windows , one in memory of the men and women of RAF Milfield , the other of Lt Cmdr D R B Cosh , DSC , CO of 881 Squadron , Fleet Air Arm .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
Can be , how my hyacinth gone , look at it , the silly thing it 's gone cock - eyed , can you see it Mm instead of growing up straight look one of those things has broke off on that Alec Yeah I 've got plants , quite a few plants upstairs , the only geraniums I 've put in my greenhouse has died , must of been too cold for them
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
There is a lot to be learnt from standing back and observing the way a child plays with shape and form , but it may be that the child will want to talk about it afterwards , or ask for help to find particular shape materials as he works . Children also like to paint their family or part of it , they do not necessarily show the correct number in the family or reflect gradations in size . The boy who has no dad , for instance , may paint dads all over the place ; the one with a new baby sister may leave her out altogether . Sometimes children make things to take home for particular members of their family . This is a link between home and school and might stimulate talk about numbers , size and relationships .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
How serious should skipper and ITV pundit Steve Smith tell his men to take the final against New Zealand ? The decision was to retire to a private island and bar , give the mike to Mike Rafter and leave the rest to changing - room adrenalin . Bill ‘ Running Bear’ Cuthbertson and his braves from Scotland did themselves proud in the semi - final against New Zealand , even better was an untransmittable version of the Highlands ‘ Haka’ . Yet when the final came around , frivolity — England sang ‘ Look on the bright side of life’ in response to the ‘ Haka’— gave way to an enthralling forward battle with the All Blacks giving way to no - one . They achieved what they had set out to do , and so the thirty - six hour homeward journey would be that more tolerable .
Idiom: take the bull by the horns (used idiomatically: yes)
My current ambitions are to become a successful writer / author , to dance the lead role of Peggy in 42nd Street , to meet my hero Jonathan Ross and to learn to type with all 10 fingers . ' REVIEWS Taking the bull by the horns RHINO by Anna Merz Of all the world 's great wild mammals , few have suffered so dreadfully this century as the black rhino .
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: no)
The sort of job that pleased him most , this one . A piece of real science , worth reporting , and because of its human angle small danger of the copy being spiked in favor of something with half its intrinsic interest . And since he 'd opened it up in the first place — and he definitely owed David Dennis a drink for putting him onto it — every chance of a couple of TV spots on the strength of it . If they were the right spots , and he handled them properly , he might manage to get his foot well into that door . He let his mind play with that again , the idea of making it on the box .
Idiom: not on your life (used idiomatically: no)
But then , for someone who trades in tricks of the eye , she can be pretty unobservant . ( Case in point : has she even noticed the metamorphosis I 've achieved in her flat ? Not on your life . ) It 's time to remind Rosenbloom who 's in charge here . Let 's dance .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
The next day , walking hand in hand through the festive market , we saw a sandwich - board man pushing through the crowds . He had a cheerful red face which he had n't succeeded in making entirely solemn and gloomy , though he was trying hard . On the board over his head was written , in white letters on black : " THE LORD COMETH " . The one down his front said , " ARE you READY TO MEET YOUR MAKER ? ? " " Frankly , yes , " Toby answered it .
Idiom: cry wolf (used idiomatically: yes)
They have convinced themselves and the public that each year they have suffered draconian cuts . In truth , the only major cutbacks lie in the disparity between resources and SSDs ' generally unrealistic aspirations . One hopes they will escape the fate of the farmers who cried ' wolf ' while eating the fatted calves of subsidy or it will be hard to gain credibility during real hardship . Indisputably , social problems now seem worse than in 1971 . But if throwing resources at them is not the solution , what is ?
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
The phrasing of Japanese , Indian and Chinese music really fascinated me , so I spent a lot of time studying what made that music work . I also got really specific about the phrasing and how I could transcribe that onto the guitar . The instruments those guys use are completely different from guitar and I knew that if I could emulate the phrasing of those instruments then I would be breaking new ground instead of just playing the rock phrases that everybody knows . Basically , I figured that this was my ticket to at least branching out a little bit . But it turned out to be an endless task and , as a result , for the last few years I 've been learning phrasings from all kinds of foreign instruments .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
Eventually , she thought , it will all be over . I sha n't care . But before then there is a long way to go . Now , tonight , there is nothing to look forward to , no reason to get up in the morning or move from one day into the next . I have been someone else these last few months ; now I have to learn to be myself again .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: no)
No . I know which is on . On and off . Good boy . I know which is on .
Idiom: kicking and screaming (used idiomatically: yes)
In their analysis of the Financial Management Initiative in the Civil Service Metcalfe and Richards argue that the government 's attempts to change management in government was based on the " Taylorist " view that management is about the control of routine functions within the organisation . This requires well - structured hierarchies , ideally into distinct cost or responsibility centres , explicit objectives and performance measures to monitor results . It would , if implemented , " have dragged British government kicking and screaming into the 1950s " and limited the role of public management to the " programmed implementation of predetermined policies " ( Metcalfe and Richards 1987a ) . The model , of course , is quite consistent with the centralising tendencies of the Thatcher administrations , their distrust and suspicion of public organisations , and determination to exert control . It also reflects their emphasis on economy and efficiency ( narrowly construed ) at the expense of quality and effectiveness .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Excellent though all this new technology sounds , no - one is pretending that the problems of the public telephone services in Eastern bloc countries have already been solved . There is some way to go : in fact , BIS Strategic Decisions has estimated that $ 50bn plus will be invested in Eastern European telecommunications over the next decade — and that estimate excludes the former Soviet Union . In the light of all this , the businessperson visiting Eastern Europe may approach the subject of phone - calls with some trepidation . But in fact , he or she may well be in a privileged position . ' Often , making a phone - call from a hotel is the easiest thing to do , ' says Ms Van Housen .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
That gives him a pension nearly ten times greater than the one I 've got . I 'm not surprised he did n't say much . Who the hell would want to rock the boat on a deal like that ! Do YOU think that 's fair?’ he shouted angrily . ‘ But you 're not an American , Mark .
Idiom: easier said than done (used idiomatically: yes)
Reduction in Accidental Injury As many types of handicap are caused by accidental injury to the newly born child , preventive efforts can be made to reduce the incidence of these accidents . Of course , this is easier said than done , but it is thought that up to 50 % of births of this type could be prevented by better standards of care . Such preventive methods can clearly have some impact on the incidence of mental handicap , but this is comparatively small compared with the possible effects of screening techniques in conjunction with abortion . As the table shows , the preventable proportions of births of babies with chromosomal disorders and malformations are much higher by prevention than by counselling .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: no)
We raised £ 800 and we sincerely thank you for your generosity . T Kavanagh , Chairman and N McAteer , Secretary , Royal Victoria Heart Club , c / o Abernethy Gardens , Carnmoney . Paddy takes plunge Lurgan based greyhound Abbeymore Paddy represents the home side in the IR£3,000 Ladbrokes Anglo - Irish International at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night , writes MARK CONNOLLY . Laurence McGeown 's wide runner satisfied selectors last week at the Dublin track when he cruised to a facile seven lengths victory , 30.61 seconds , over the Anglo - Irish International 503 metres distance .
Idiom: all wet (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah so Oh I 'm gon na start going , I have n't been swimming for that long and I 've been saying off and on oh I must go , I must go , but when it 's so cold outside you do n't feel like coming out with all wet hair and all that Oh but I said once I said and I , when she 's been going and it 's been cold out there I said to her cos she always comes on a Tuesday dinner time
Idiom: tempt fate (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's a good partnership and we think it 's going to get better . Things are shaping up nicely at Villa . ‘ We 've got a decent team but no-one here is going to tempt fate by saying what we can and ca n't win . ’ Clark at the double Ben Bacon
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
The single most difficult skill for the calligrapher to acquire is consistently good letterform in a rhythmic , written hand . Whilst all these cards , by virtue of being made by professionals , do indeed exhibit excellent letterform in the writing , I have selected those whose design down to depend solely on this elusive , hard - won ability to ' write ' . The stranger to calligraphy may be struck by the fact that none of these cards displays the florid illumination characteristic of the 15th century Books of Hours made so familiar to us by countless commercial reproductions on christmas cards advertised widely in small format ' gift ' catalogues . The is partly due to the length of time such illumination takes — there Books of Hours were never conceived as ephemera — and partly because calligraphers today are not seeking to satisfy 15th century tastes . But whereas most people are aware of the diversity of lettering ' styles ' and the interest they can create , perhaps only another calligrapher can truly appreciate a plain undecorated piece of black writing on a white background .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: no)
You sound very antagonistic towards her . ' It was true . If they were Doreen 's jodhpurs she had no wish to wear them , so she said , ' I 'd prefer to wear my own trousers . ' ' Have n't I told you that Doreen has n't been here ? ' She made no further objection as she held them against her , instinct telling her that they should fit quite nicely .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: no)
Yes , thank you . Thank you Chairman . I would like , coming back to the erm , racial equality councils , taking into account statutory responsibilities , and I know that certain statutory responsibilities often have in very small print at the end of the act , subject to available resources . I 'm not sure that that exists in this case . Erm , but reading it very carefully , and it says , local racial equality councils as well as being supported by the Commission for Racial Equality , and I think that is a very important as well as being supported , are also entitled to receive financial assistance from local authorities .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
He knew when he went there what might happen if he broke the laws of that country . And who are we to pass judgment on the Saudis ? In this country we can kill people on the roads and walk free , and rape women and get away with around four years in prison — yet we have the cheek to call the Saudis barbaric . It is about time we had some real law and order in our own country and made the sentences fit the crime . Then perhaps we would have the lowest crime rate in the world — instead of Saudi Arabia .
Idiom: buy the farm (used idiomatically: yes)
But inside the house it was a different story ; there was n't much space at all . Grandma and Granddad slept in one bedroom ; Mother , Father and I in the other ; and my two great - uncles slept downstairs . My father had bought the farm at an auction , at what turned out to be an inflated price . As he was the only able - bodied man on the farm , it was a constant struggle for him to make the mortgage payments . My mother had her hands full with housework and caring for four elderly people .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Their feet can carry all sorts of undesirable bacteria . Get chilled and frozen food home quickly In the ' fridge store raw meat on the lowest shelf Keep raw and cooked food apart After use with raw food , wash all equipment
Idiom: neck of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
However , while you have been reading the book , you will have converted at least a thousand calories of ordered energy , in the form of food , into disordered energy , in the form of heat that you lose to the air around you by convection and sweat . This will increase the disorder of the universe by about twenty million million million million units — or about ten million million million times the increase in order in your brain — and that 's if you remember everything in this book . In the next chapter I will try to increase the order in our neck of the woods a little further by explaining how people are trying to fit together the partial theories I have described to form a complete unified theory that would cover everything in the universe . 10 THE UNIFICATION OF PHYSICS As was explained in the first chapter , it would be very difficult to construct a complete unified theory of everything in the universe all at one go .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But what about the one inside?’ Benjamin shrugged . ‘ That is neither here nor there . Do you remember when we went into the church with Mandeville and the rest ? It was dark , anyone could have slipped along the transept and put the catch down .
Idiom: for donkey's years (used idiomatically: yes)
They catch the calf at the wrong place or something . Yeah . I have no idea , I have n't taken Nurofen for donkey 's years , so I do n't know what the situation is Are they downstairs ? They 're either in the , in the erm , little cupboard in the downstairs loo or they 're in the bathroom .
Idiom: fall from grace (used idiomatically: yes)
Rose shook her head , distress in her face . ‘ It was all so dreadful . Isabel fell from grace , which is nothing new in our circles , let me tell you . Except that she became with child , and Robert — her husband , you must know , who was a brute with a terrible temper!— refused to acknowledge it as his own . The truth was , of course , that he was in love with someone else and chose to use poor Isabel as a scapegoat.’
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Beneath it he wore a T - shirt of quite astonishing filthiness . ‘ The thing is , I 'm not getting on with Mum and Dad . I mean , we 're all pissed off with each other.’ ‘ That can happen.’ ‘ I ‘ spect,’ he continued magnanimously , ‘ s'partly my fault too.’
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Brentford gave us a terrific battle but we deserved to win even though we missed chances . ‘ I was delighted for the fans who travelled 300 miles south to see us . We are on a roll and it 's great to be involved.’ Added Keegan : ‘ They say that everything comes to those who wait . Well Newcastle folk have been waiting a long time , and we all badly want to give them something to celebrate.’
Idiom: ride high (used idiomatically: yes)
They had , they had witnessed him casting out demons , they had heard his teaching , they were familiar with Jesus , they had every reason to be , to have faith in him , he says , what has happened to your faith ? And very soon they were , he said a moment ago they had taken it from Jesus , they were no longer trusting in him , and they started to trust in themselves in their own ability . You see , as long as things were happening their faith was riding high . As long as the miracles were flowing , as long as the sight er er was given to the blind people , as long as the lame were walking , as long as th the lepers were being cleansed , they had faith ten feet tall ! Well when you see things like that happening you can afford to have faith ten feet tall !