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Idiom: get up someone's nose (used idiomatically: no)
So what should you do if you 're a sufferer ? Our alternative health expert , Michael van Straten has some good advice . DON'T LET IT GET UP YOUR NOSE Are you plagued with watering eyes , blocked nose and incessant sneezing — all classic symptoms of hay fever ? Apart from antihistamines , inhalants , nasal sprays and , in the very worst cases , short - term use of steroids , there are many simple and safe things you can do .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
1800 THE MONTHS PASSED , and soon it was autumn . Mr Edgar caught a bad cold , which seemed to get worse and worse . He stayed indoors the whole winter , so Cathy only had me as a companion on her walks . She had become very quiet and sad since her relationship with Linton had ended , and was very worried about her father 's illness .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
No , it was not discomfort keeping her from sleep . She was too on edge , too nervous , too aware that their shelter was easily accessible and fitzAlan hurt . She turned her head to study him , close beside her . Very close . She could see the dark gold lashes feathering his broad cheekbones , and the tiny lines radiating out from the corners of his eyes .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
Let us begin to look at what is being done to remedy these problems . The Government 's initiatives are many and varied and of very great importance . The safer cities programme , for example , has resulted in reductions in burglary on a housing estate in Wolverhampton to the tune of 40 per cent . These are surely the solutions for which the right hon . and learned Gentleman is looking . There has been a drop of 35 per cent .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
UNUSUAL forged metal items produced by Ani Duckworth and Paul Gulati provided one of the most eye - catching exhibits at the Ideal Home Exhibition in London . They were chosen by their sponsors , the Prince 's Youth Business Trust , to share a stand at the Earls Court show . Ani , of Beldham Road , Wrecclesham , and Paul , of Quennels Hill , also in Wrecclesham , set up their own business in forged metal work with the help of the Tindle Enterprise Centre in Whitehill . Ani said : ' People always seem to be impressed by a girl doing this kind of work . Everybody thinks you have to be really strong to be a blacksmith .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
But for three hours singers , orchestra and audience ( many of the latter stading ) had to wait impatiently in the overheated atmosphere until the opera should begin . Next , the tenor , who was engaged as a stop - gap , is a church singer from Lodi who has never before acted on such a big stage , who has only taken the part of the primo tenore a couple of times , and who moreover was only engaged a week before the performance . At the point where in her first aria the prima donna expected from him an angry gesture , he exaggerated his anger so much that he looked as if he was about to box her ears and strike her on the nose with his fist . This made the audience laugh . Signora De Amicis , carried along by her own enthusiasm , did not realise why they were laughing , and , being thus taken aback , did not sing well for the rest of the evening .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Couples can also request one of the clinic 's booklets for their GP which explains how to get the same tests on the NHS . SPORTS INJURY If you 're thinking of getting into shape , take it easy and build up slowly — a frantic training programme greatly increases risk of over - use injury . So , always warm up thoroughly and remember , once you have an injury , pressing on only causes further damage . One sports injury on the increase is sportsman 's , or Gilmore 's groin which occurs when tendons in the groin tear due to excessive stretching and twisting .
Idiom: no holds barred (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ At a time when our country is facing a new and favourable situation for economic construction and faster reform , workers in the propaganda field must study Deng Xiaoping 's remarks , liberate their thinking … and provide theoretical support,’ editors were told , according to the People 's Daily newspaper . Participants were charged with ‘ creating a fine ideological environment’ in keeping with the spirit of Deng 's spring reform offensive and a recent party politburo statement calling for opposition to ‘ Leftism’— code for hard - line Marxism . The publicity given to the conference is important because both the propaganda department and the People 's Daily , the official voice of the Communist Party , have long preferred stability and ideological orthodoxy to the no - holds - barred economic reforms favoured by Deng . The organisations ' leaders are believed to have incurred Deng 's displeasure , and some observers doubt they can survive the new reform campaign . Nevertheless , what may encourage them to hold on as long as they can is the apparent split among the ‘ eight elders’ over the whole question of reform and opposing Leftism .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
My fever had returned and I took to my bed . Fully dressed , I shivered violently beneath a pile of blankets . Huge trucks passed up and down the road outside the hotel , their horns blaring . Through the window I could see the rooftops of a grand old rococo building , an oriental fantasy of domes and cupolas . Melinda went to investigate and found it ruinous .
Idiom: there's no such thing as a free lunch (used idiomatically: yes)
' Had his head screwed on , whoever he was . I read it in the paper somewhere . There 's no such thing as a free lunch . ' He gave his gruff bark of a laugh . ' Someone always has to pick up the bill . '
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: no)
So they 've all Yeah . Got to be re - drawn in black and white , that 'll be gone over Hello , okay , my love , yeah , I will do finish , okay , okay , fine , see you then , Happy Christmas , bye . putting a lot more detail in , rather than , any Beano Annual you should buy , there is always things in the background that draw you eye in to the picture , so Amy 's putting a lot more detail into the picture as it coming up for re - drawing .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
The TCCB might even be able to turn the political situation to its advantage . In February , England will be pitted against the Indians , Pakistan and Sri Lanka and their equally volatile neighbours from Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the bidding for the right to stage the 1995 World Cup . If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . Hearn blasts absent Benn Steve Acteson
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
However , the statute does not confer protection on one who was not at fault so far as the origin of the fire is concerned but who was negligent in letting it spread . In Musgrove v. Pandelis , the plaintiff occupied rooms over a garage and let part of the garage to the defendant who kept a car there . The defendant 's servant , who had little skill as a chauffeur , started the engine of the car and without any fault on his part the petrol in the carburettor caught fire . If he had acted like any chauffeur of reasonable competence he could have stopped the fire by turning off the tap connecting the petrol tank with the carburettor . He did not do so and the fire spread and damaged the plaintiff 's property .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Members of HB , the political wing of the Basque separatist organization ETA , had been expelled from the Congress on Dec. 4 for qualifying the swearing - in formula with the words " due to legal imperative " [ see p. 37135 ] . The distribution of seats in the Congress of Deputies was Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) 175 seats , combined opposition parties 175 . The ruling PSOE retained an effective majority of one , however , because one HB deputy , Angel Alcalde , who was on the run from the police , had not taken up his seat . Elections in Andalucia In elections to the regional parliament of Andalucia on June 23 the PSOE won an absolute majority with 61 of the 109 seats and 50 per cent of the vote .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: no)
Combe Mill Mid-19th century sawmill , with working steam beam - engine , original Cornish boiler and a working blacksmith 's forge . A pattern - maker 's shop on the first floor houses a collection of tools , models and displays of the Society 's collection . Events : Steaming dates : May 20 , August Bank Holiday Sunday and Monday , 26/27 , October 21 : 10 to 5 . Swinford Museum
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
I was n't frightened any more . I wanted to lash out at them : Vern did n't help me , I do n't need anyone to help me — he took me to this boat alone at night and we … He 's a thief , a criminal , he nicked my bag and I had to sift through every shit - bin in Bristol till I found my dreams and found out what I ought to've known all along if you had n't … But I bit it back . Play your part , Bean .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Putting it right will cost always a lot more than making your will . Making a will with a solicitor also has the advantage of that you 'll have a copy , he 's likely to look after it for you if you want him to . Your copy will say where it is , less likely to get lost , people will know because he 'll have a copy and can tell your beneficiaries to go an see a solicitor . All that for a very modest price . Erm probates Or rather procedure on death because probate is proving a will , in the Latin if there 's no will it 's letters of administration which is a similar procedure , except that the will speaks from death and therefore your appointment of the executors is effective from death and therefore your appointment of executors is effective from death , they can do certain things even before they 've proven the will Which administrators ca n't do cos they do n't have the power until they 've proved that they 're the people entitled .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: yes)
This is intolerable ! On what grounds has this been done?’ ‘ It is not as cut and dried as that,’ Bragg said evenly . ‘ Here , lad , let us have the file.’ As Morton produced the manila folder from his pocket , Sir Rufus seized it and began leafing through the papers it contained .
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1711 he produced handwriting plates included in Penmanship in its Utmost Beauty and Extent ( 1731 ) , by George Bickham [ q.v . ] . Snell has been criticized for causing a decline in handwriting by promoting his dull copperplate style , but his practice and teaching of a simpler and standardized mode of handwriting most effectively met the needs of clerks in the growing number of commercial houses . That is his principal claim to fame . Snell 's wife was Susannah and he apparently had one son . He died at his London home in Sermon Lane in 1733 .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
The Welsh Development Agency , fabulous job . But the Prime Minister of the time 's favourite W D A head Dr Gwynne Jones has now gone . As Wales seeks growth , the dilemma for the Agency is how to get a commercial go - getting mentality on public money with public control . The government wants devolved decision making . But then tight audits .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
The question then becomes whether there is a real likelihood that a given conflict situation , though capable of abuse in theory , will be abused in practice ? When questions such as these are asked , it becomes apparent that not all conflicts of interest are of equal importance or concern . By and large , those conflicts which in practice have no tendency to be abused do not merit the deployment of scarce resources in order to eliminate them . The reason for this is that the long run incentive to exploit a conflict of interest may not exist . Invariably a financial institution will not risk the long term profits bound up in honest work and good reputation for the short term gains to be had from abusing conflict of interest situations such as dealing on the basis of inside information obtained from a client .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
And at the same time ashamed of the affliction that he had brought down on himself . Self Inflicted Wound , that was how they had referred to sunburn back in the old days of Counter Insurgency . In CI days you thought twice about taking your bloody shirt off . The Deputy Under Secretary had no one but himself to blame for the irritation that his starched collar created just below the line of his neatly cut hair . Silly and stupid , the sort of thing he might have done as a child , pathetic for a man of his age .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
For a while we stood at the window , looking down on the Square before the Palace , where three companies of long - coated yunkers were drawn up under arms , being harangued by a tall , energetic - looking officer I recognised as Stankievitch , chief Military ~ Commissar of the Provisional ~ Government .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
Less crime by left- and right - wing extremists in 1995
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
write a copy Do n't think so . of the label , okay so that we can actually and put it actually in the bag , so that when these things go off as they would do to their to the the various specialists who actually know more about pottery know more about bones and can do a more detailed analysis , still know where they 're from . Okay ? You 're gon na trust me to do this ?
Idiom: in high dudgeon (used idiomatically: no)
There are many different ways of making the break . When parents and children have been passionately attached to each other it may be that the only way to leave is to have a blow - up . The stag - fight between fathers and sons , for example , which allows children to leave home abruptly and in high dudgeon may , having achieved what was dreaded , prepare the ground for loving relationships to be restored on a new basis . It sounds as if this was Mark Twain 's experience : When I was a boy of fourteen , my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand the old man around .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
It made it easier for workers to appreciate the potential power of strike action : statistics confirm that the larger the plant the greater was the propensity to strike . Moreover , where labour disputes in small enterprises might cause little stir , stoppages in major plants proved highly contagious . By the same token , protest in these larger enterprises brought immediate intervention by police or even troops : the workers could not fail to associate the political authorities with the hated employer . From the mid 1880s there was a marked increase in the incidence of strikes . In 1896 and again in 1897 almost the entire textile industry of St Petersburg was briefly paralysed .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: no)
If it comes down open , I 'll send the valentine to Jan 's son . If it comes down shut , I 'll send it to Boldwood.’ The little book went up in the air and came down shut . Bathsheba immediately picked up her pen and wrote Boldwood 's address on the envelope . ‘ Now we need a seal,’ she said .
Idiom: sick as a parrot (used idiomatically: yes)
If you 've been through it , it 's in the bank . If you 've had it easy all the time , as soon as trouble comes , you do n't know how to handle it . If I was to break my leg tomorrow I 'd be as sick as a parrot , but it would n't be the end of the world . I 'd live off my wits even though I 've geared myself to be a footballer . Football is n't the be all and end all to me .
Idiom: break cover (used idiomatically: yes)
Jacques Devraux followed them , holding his rifle at the ready until he was certain the big animal was dead . Joseph and his mother , after watching them for a moment , turned and strolled away to inspect the dead calf . Nobody was looking at the thicket at the moment the wounded cow broke cover . Bellowing with pain and leaving a bright trail of blood on the grass , the crazed animal galloped frantically towards its dead calf , over which Joseph and his mother were bending . When he looked up and saw the charging buffalo , Joseph raised his Winchester in an instinctive reflex action and dropped to his knees .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: no)
Sir Charles Groves conducted the English Sinfonia and the programme included cellist Robert Cohen and soloists Benjamin Luxon and Linda Fennie , all of whom gave their services free of charge . The gala was just one event which helped Enterprise Neptune raise over £ 2 million in its Silver Jubilee year . Thanks to the many National Trust members and friends , companies and charitable trusts who contributed to the appeal , a further six miles of endangered coastline are now safe from development and six more miles are in the pipeline . Among the acquisitions completed in 1990 are almost a mile of coast at Penparc Farm in Dyfed and a further three - quarters of a mile at Horden , County Durham . But Enterprise Neptune has not drawn to an end with the successful completion of its Silver Jubilee year .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
6 to allow them to move at their own pace . Such principles of professional practice , measured as they are in terms of the client 's perspective on the relationship , are , on the face of it , clear and straightforward . Abiding by them , indeed trying to find ways of moving towards them , is , however , infinitely more problematic . This chapter has explored some of the issues and challenges involved in helping such process of change to take place .
Idiom: spill the beans (used idiomatically: yes)
Interesting high - profile autobiographies that drop names like confetti : in Well , I Forget The Rest ( Hutchinson , £ 17.99 ) , Quentin Crewe , thrice - married , confesses : ‘ It has never taken me longer than a week - end to fall in love , usually less.’ As a journalist who lives life in a wheelchair because of muscular dystrophy , he juggles the likes of Princess Margaret and George Melly on his guest list and emerges the eternal , acerbic optimist . Katharine Hepburn spills the beans about Hollywood in Me ( Viking , £ 16.99 ) , and talks engagingly about her 30-year affair with Spencer Tracy : ‘ I thought you were a rumour,’ said his wife to her on his death . Two good biographies : The Life Of Graham Green ( Penguin , £ 7.99 ) , and Darwin , by Adrian Desmond & James Moore ( Michael Joseph , £ 20 ) . Lord Gnome 's Complete Fib and Lie Diet ( Corgi , £ 4.99 ) serves up the best of Private Eye 's recent offerings , and Ned Sherrin 's Loose nEds ( Coronet , £ 3.99 ) , provides sparkling ‘ jottings from a fractured life’ in his own inimitable , witty style .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
Yours sincerely COUNCIL TAX PUBLICITY I refer to your letter of 11 March 1993 concerning the above and the use of Media Action to organise an information type campaign over a period of possibly one week . Alex Stein has already been in touch with you , however I would formally confirm that we would be interested in such a publicity campaign for Council Tax at about the time bills are being issued in April . It would be helpful if we can have an early meeting to discuss this matter in more detail and to begin planning the publicity campaign in earnest .
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
Five years can change opinions ; ten years can erase memories . In all honesty , the history of commercial rose - growing is a trail of trumpet - blowing and publicity , so often followed by silence as the subjects ran out of steam and fell by the wayside . It is difficult to find out about such things ; catalogues need to be read between the lines and the shows are full of razzmatazz . Of course— and especially when you only want a single rose to fill a gap — it is all very easy to succumb to the highly coloured and neatly packaged entreaties to impulse buying , conspicuously displayed in supermarkets , DIY garden centres , and even the local street market . You will find precious little information there — they stock quick - selling commodities , not the kind of roses we are looking for .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
Franca liked cleaning . She cleaned and polished and tidied and shopped and cooked and washed clothes and sewed buttons onto Jack 's shirts . She even once let Alison sew on a button and observed Alison 's gratitude . She watched herself , she watched them all , with amazement . She watched .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
Ecuador has received short shrift in U.S. policy debates . Yet in recent years , significant public debate has taken place in Ecuador on the joint U.S./Colombian initiative and its effects on Ecuador and its citizens .
Idiom: in the pink (used idiomatically: no)
You 'll have have you . It does get rather warm on occasions . That one yeah that one goes in the pink in the pink . Is that in Yeah it 's all right .
Idiom: hold water (used idiomatically: yes)
We now know that , far from the male imposing form on female matter , making a human being what he or she is , foetuses come from an equal number of chromosomes from the male and from the female . Far from a male being the norm for a human being and the female a potentially male foetus which miscarried , female and male are two different kinds of human being . At least in relation to this argument of Thomas ' against the ordination of women , it must be said that it does not hold water . His presumption that , through her body , a woman signifies inferiority , rests on a mistaken biology . One may think there to be very little point in simply reciting that ‘ the church has never ordained women’ without enquiring into why this should have been .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
The morning 's forecast had a familiar ring , ‘ Force 6 becoming 8’ ; there was a lull so we had to move . Across the Sound of Harris the going was rough ; we had a large following sea with waves aided by the wind and the flood around Berneray , pushing us both from behind and from a broad reach angle . As we passed Pabbay we were hit by successive heavy squalls ; the promontory toe Head would be out of the question . spotting a narrow isthmus on the map near Northton we opted for a large portage ; half a kilometre would be a long way but , following our Griminish Point experience , the safer option seemed favourable . Idyllic Taransay spoiled by man 's flotsam .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
In August we had a very happy weekend with Rob 's family in the Lake District , and this Autumn there was no need to move far from here , for I have never known an Autumn like it for sun , and abundance of colour which lasted , slowly getting deeper and richer , for about 10 weeks . As far as health goes , we have done pretty well , discounting the minor trials of age , and we are lucky in that they are minor . I had a very gory accident with a shopping trolley , but the gash in my leg has healed beautifully , and about two months ago I had a cataract removed ( local anaesthetic : all the rage these days and an absolute doddle ) . This was such an unlooked - for success that I now only need glasses for reading . I am looking forward to getting new ones next week .
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Not now.’ They joined the evening traffic . ‘ You must promise me … that if anything goes wrong , you 'll run for cover.’ ‘ Not if you need help.’ ‘ Especially if I need help .
Idiom: friends in high places (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That would be damned hard . Unless I 'm deceiving myself totally , my position within this community is steel - strong . Ms Penumbra is n't the only one with friends in high places you know.’ ‘ Exactly . I do n't want you to have to betray your friends , any of them .