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Idiom: take the biscuit (used idiomatically: no)
' I was a favourite with the old ladies , as I used to save the brown eggs for them , ' he said . ' When I ran out , I 'd paint the white ones brown ! ' Chapter 2 TAKING THE BISCUIT Leaving school at fifteen , intent on a career in showbusiness , Michael Ingram decided to change his name and was grateful to a passing biscuit lorry for solving this problem . Michael Crawford was born and , building on his stage and radio successes , he was soon starring in two productions for the Children 's Film Foundation .
Idiom: keep your head (used idiomatically: yes)
With a piercing whine and a cough , the engine caught on the first ignition . The rotor blades began their increasing chop as De Vere Green ran in under them and shook hands , just the once , with Lawton . ' Keep your head down ! ' This was their time - honoured good luck ritual . He stood at the barn door and watched the Gazelle finally lift off , its own lights rising up to slowly mingle with the stars .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
The national guilt over the destruction of native American culture is merely a part of the regret at the heart of the genre . In Unforgiven — a brilliant but never - clarified title — Bill Munny , Eastwood 's screen character , is quizzed about the times when he was the most feared gun in the West , irresistibly evoking memories of the Man With No Name 's six - shooter holocausts in Sergio Leone 's Dollars trilogy ( A Fistful Of Dollars , For A Few Dollars More and The Good , The Bad And The Ugly ) and the mellower but still genocidal guerilla of The Outlaw Josey Wales . He claims to have been drunk throughout most of his killing days : every line on Eastwood 's face and his stiff - in - the - saddle old man 's posture conveys how much each of Munny 's killings have chipped away at his heart and mind , leaving him the reformed shell we first see covered in pig - shit . The finale of Unforgiven is as much a tragedy for the survivors as for those who bite the dust . For a genre which , by definition , dwells on the glories of the past , the Western is remarkably short on tales of the opening - up of the wilderness , the heroic 19th Century myth of the virgin land somehow always being obliterated by a sense — no matter when a given film is actually set — that the wild times are over .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
SOCIAL SECURITY — HOUSING BENEFIT REVIEWS This study looks at the Housing Benefit review system , drawing on data collected from a number of sources . This includes information from local authority staff and records , a postal questionnaire of councillors on Review Board panels , and fieldwork in six areas which included interviews with claimants , housing benefit officers and advice workers . In the present system claimants can ask for an internal review and if they are still dissatisfied , take their case to Review Board of local councillors . Among the findings were :
Idiom: go overboard (used idiomatically: yes)
Police have discovered the body of a pensioner who they believe fell from his dinghy while fishing on the River Wye . William Casey 's empty boat was last seen drifting on the River Wye between Monmouth and Symonds Yat yesterday afternoon . It was feared he 'd gone overboard and air and sea search was launched . Police say there are no suspicious circumstances and a coroner has been informed . The grief turns to anger . Friendly fire inquest observer confronted by families .
Idiom: on the take (used idiomatically: no)
Security said they 'd send someone over right away , and she busied herself for the next few minutes with the half - dozen patients in the waiting area . There was a nasty sprain which needed an X - ray , a query appendix for the surgical reg and a couple of cuts and other minor injuries which needed cleaning up and suturing . Mick O'Shea , the surgical registrar on take and one of her old SHOs , breezed in as she was cleaning up one of the patients with a cut hand . ' Top o ' the mornin ' to you , Sister Hennessy!'he sang , cheerful as ever , and she shot him a black look . ' Good morning , Dr O'Shea , ' she said repressively .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
Here 's me , farting around with bloody Shrimpy and Andrew ! Da doo doo doo . Ah , I was so angry , I was , he had my arm right , I forced , pushed him back it was , like , behind my back so I lent back thinking oh he 'll give me his arms then anyway old flipping hag came in did n't she ! And I went , ha ha , just turn over the cassette ! She called me an old snout , flipping thing is right , like thing like the noise that I 've
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
Some elements in Bonhoeffer 's criticism were met very adequately by the later development of Barth 's thought as the stress on revelation was counterbalanced by others , and the humanity rather than the otherness of God came to the fore . The fundamental issue , however , was not disposed of by this , and we shall see in chapter 7 how it erupted afresh in the 1950s and 1960s . The question is whether the kind of dogmatic theology which Barth undertook is any longer possible or valid in ‘ a world come of age’ , a secularised post - Christian culture . Is his work , to put it at its bluntest , a throwback to an age long past , a magnificent but doomed attempt to breathe life into fossils ? Can the classical doctrines of the Trinity and the incarnation continue to serve as focusing and shaping theology for today , or must they give way to some quite different approach ?
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Thank you , chocolate eclair . No idea there , a cake somewhere . Hovering in the ladies bag . I bought Jane that flower . That 's pretty is n't it ?
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Tuscany at the beginning of his reign was still what it had been since the formation of the Grand Duchy in the sixteenth century , a personal union of a number of medieval city - states of which the most important were Florence and Siena . These for generations had remained distinct in their administration , their laws and their economic institutions . From this unpromising inheritance Leopold had created by the end of his reign , at least on paper , one of the best - governed states in Europe . Aided by some of the ablest ministers possessed by any eighteenth - century ruler ( Pompeo Neri until his death in 1776 ; Francesco - Maria Gianni after that date ) he changed every aspect of the life of his dominions . Here as elsewhere in Catholic Europe reform meant a reduction in the stifling power of the Church .
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
But now , with the City of London in a deep economic recession , the pressure on dealers had increased . Her job , which was already fraught with tension , had now also become one of almost overwhelming stress and strain . Many of her colleagues had fallen by the wayside . And , if she did n't want to be a burnt - out case , too , she 'd better try and get some sleep , Laura told herself roughly as she slipped into bed and turned off the light . Not only did she have that reporter to cope with in the morning , but if those rumours about the Russians planning to dump some of their copper stocks on the London market were true … ?
Idiom: hit the jackpot (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Manager Lennie Lawrence appreciated my problem . ‘ It was important that I moved on to a bigger stage , with a club in the top bracket of the English First Division , or Celtic and Rangers.’ A Celtic move set Mowbray up for life financially , and Middlesbrough hit the jackpot with a seven - figure profit for a player from the junior ranks . Yet Mowbray has been dogged by injuries since he crossed over the border . He has played only four games since November .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
eating ( breakfast and other meals ) ; getting the child off to playgroup or school ; getting the child to obey requests / instructions during the course of the day ( e.g. ‘ Stop teasing your sister’ , ‘ Put that chocolate back on the shelf’ , ‘ Do n't go out on the road’ ) ; defiance of house rules ( e.g. breaking rules about playing with matches , about not switching on the TV before the children 's programmes begin , about sitting at the table until the meal is finished , or about not taking food out of the fridge without permission ) ; interrupting ( by pestering ) parents when they are in the toilet , on the telephone , cooking a meal , etc . ;
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
Starring : Jeff Goldblum , Miranda Richardson , Anemone , Dexter Fletcher , Liza Walker . Spain / USA / France 1990 . 108 mins . Fernando Trueba 's flamboyant Euro - thriller stars Jeff Goldblum as Dan Gillis , a latter - day American in Paris attempting to pick up the pieces of a failed marriage , approached with an offer to write a screenplay for charismatic first - time director Malcolm ( Dexter Fletcher ) . Gillis accepts , against the advice of his chair - bound agent ( Miranda Richardson ) , but soon discovers that there 's more than a movie at stake . His life changes as he is drawn into a dangerous aura of incestuous relations surrounding the director and his beautiful sister Jenny ( Liza Walker ) to whom he is immediately drawn .
Idiom: cut and thrust (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What s filthy war it is,’ Richards said . ‘ It 's all so cramped . There 's no room for a bit of cut and thrust , it 's just … it 's like … two great stupid fellows standing toe to toe and … bludgeoning.’ Woodruffe listened to all this with deepening anxiety . ‘ I was at Corps yesterday,’ he said , ‘ and General Somebody was telling people how things looked , and he said we were definitely on top .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Although not closely related to other river dolphins , the tucuxi is included here because it shares a similar habitat . The tucuxi is one of the few dolphins to be found in both fresh and salt waters . Its range extends from Colombia , all along the eastern coast of South America in shallow coastal waters , to around Santos in and throughout the Amazon River and the lower parts of its tributaries . There are no population estimates , but the tucuxi is currently listed as highly endangered . The distribution of the boto and tucuxi show considerable overlap , and according to da Silva and Best , both are the victims of accidental death from entanglement in fixed nylon gill-nets .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: no)
' I 'm going to do a PhD , ' he told her , ' on the Social and Economic Consequences of the Great Plague of 1347 to 1350 on Rural Parishes in the South of England . ' ' My God , ' said his mother , ' and on the taxpayers'money . ' It should have been on her money but William was on a full grant at university . His mum had a good accountant and technically she was running at a loss . ' Why do n't you do the social and economic consequences of the Great Plague of the Twentieth Century ? ' his mum wanted to know .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
It has been held that volenti will provide a complete defence in actions against the police or hospital authorities where the deceased was of sound mind . If the deceased 's judgment was impaired by mental illness and he was incapable of coming to a balanced decision , his act is not voluntary and volenti will not apply ( Kirkham v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police [ 1990]3 All ER 246 ) . This approach seems to beg the question as to whether a suicide can ever be regarded as being in their right mind . The issue of voluntariness also arises in the rescue cases . A rescuer who acts to save a person in danger and is injured , can not be said to exercise the free choice which is necessary for volenti .
Idiom: in broad daylight (used idiomatically: yes)
In these raids there were no human casualties in any of the deaf centres , although a few deaf families were made homeless when their homes were hit . The deaf in Exeter occupied temporary premises for a few weeks , before settling into another building near the centre of the town , but not for very long . In early 1943 , four Heinkel 111s made a low - level sneak raid on the town in broad daylight . The raid took less than five minutes , but the damage suffered by Exeter was greater than it had suffered in the Baedeker raids , and there was greater loss of life , over 250 people being killed . One of the buildings totally flattened was the new home of the deaf in the town , so for the second time within the space of one year , the deaf in Exeter had to find new club premises .
Idiom: get on like a house on fire (used idiomatically: yes)
She hummed to herself when she was working and should you pass her when she was on her knees polishing the floor , or slapping dough on the board — she made bread for them all — she would come out with some remark that would either cause you to make a retort in similar vein or have you burst out laughing . Altogether she was a nice woman , was Rosie Milburn . She got on with Victoria like a house on fire ; as for Mrs Funnell , she even chipped that old lady . ' How 's your old wooden legs this morning ? Mind the splinters ! ' she would say to her .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
Not sick , I hope.’ ‘ No , he got switched to something else . So we have to pick up the pieces on this one.’ ‘ I see.’ ‘ Andrew Livesey was the boss here , was he?’
Idiom: add fuel to the fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Contact Trinity Insurance on 071 623 4571 . WHO NEEDS ' EM ? The desperate need for more golf courses in the UK has already become a hot potato within the sport , but Keith Wright , Secretary of the English Golf Union , added fuel to the fire recently by claiming the way to satisfy the golf boom was to build courses for the average 18 handicap golfer . Speaking at the Golf International 2000 seminar at Sandown Exhibition Centre , he claimed designing and building anything other than these types of facilities would not help Britain 's congested courses . ‘ Who needs championship courses ?
Idiom: within living memory (used idiomatically: yes)
But having been once rebuffed , the Scandinavians set about collecting more evidence . A major Norwegian study was launched in 1972 . By 1975 , Norwegian rivers such as the Tovdal , famous for salmon fishing within living memory , were turning acid and losing their fish and other life . By 1982 , the Norwegians calculated that 2,000 trout fisheries had been lost , while 5,000 lakes across some 33,000 km&sup2 ; had turned acid , 1,750 of them losing all their fish . Throughout the 1980s Britain waged a war of scientific words with its neighbours .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
In the last three months alone , Customs and Excise officials have netted large caches of drugs on their way to and from the province . In June , Ecstasy worth £ 4,000 was seized on a bus at a checkpoint outside Londonderry In July , drugs with a street value of £ 10,000 were recovered in Newry And last month , a ‘ substantial’ quantity of Ecstasy , LSD and amphetamines was found in a car at Culmore , Co Londonderry . Ecstasy tablets now change hands for £ 20 a time . Survey And a recent survey showed one - in - four Newry teenagers — some as young as 15 — have dabbled with drugs .
Idiom: keep up appearances (used idiomatically: yes)
The implication of the latest moves are that humans have moved to the debit side and become liabilities . However I hope the term Human Resources will not be undergoing a consequent change of name . We all have to keep up appearances while we wait for the tide to turn . POSTSCRIPT : As I write I have just been handed a newspaper and I see that at the Court of Appeal in London on April 30th , the following transpired ‘ Trade Unions scored a notable victory in their fight to maintain collective bargaining yesterday when the Court of Appeal said employers had no right to discriminate against workers who refused to sign personal contracts’ . Talk about tides turning !
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
You know , they 're not going to do it for nothing . I think the problem with erm with prevention and , I mean , and I suspect that , that there is , er , unity of the board in relation to prevention , but we , we do n't see the cost savings . The cost saving in the preventative work , er , fall falls later on in the system , and that might not even accrue back to local government , and that 's the problem and I think if there was some specific erm , government grants that enabled local authorities to really get to grips with the preventative elements and could should that , that reduced overall government spending on the other end , on the impact end , I mean , I think we would be , we would be sort of making very much headway , but there does n't seem to be that specific initiative at this particular stage . Perhaps if we can arrive at some sort of specific amounts or some research in that direction , we might Mr Chairman , be able to take representations to government in a more positive way . I mean I think you know , to talk about it in , in terms such as you , I mean quite rightly , you 've done so , erm , leaves us with no real impact er , argument .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: no)
In fear of this possibility , many women choose to have pregnancy screenings and may opt for abortion if evidence of handicap is revealed . If they have a child who is handicapped , most parents will keep the child and grow to love him and her in the fullness of time . Some feel they are unable to cope and the child is taken into care with a view to fostering . In many instances , the mother of the child will wish to keep the child , but the father is unable to come to terms with the handicap , and the family is split up . This may also happen in reverse .
Idiom: for my money (used idiomatically: yes)
The Ghost , weaving through the roofs of the Main Face , now stands at E3 to give a remarkable route . It is actually much easier than appearances would suggest — cold comfort when it looks impossible ! For my money , Joe Brown 's ascent of Bow Wall ( E2 ) in 1957 was one of the most impressive in the cliff 's entire history . So typically Brown — a great line up the overhanging heart of the Main Face , it struck a masterly note that could n't be ignored . Brown 's second was unable to follow and stuck terrified in mid - face , leaving Joe to solo down the adjacent Doorpost to find out why the rope was n't moving !
Idiom: hold the line (used idiomatically: yes)
They had carefully avoided any election pledge to dismantle the structure of New Deal and Fair Deal programmes . But they maintained the traditional Republican hostility to " big " government , and promised to reduce government spending and government intervention in ordinary people 's lives . Eisenhower was essentially a moderate in politics and saw his role as one of " holding the line " between extremes , either of conservatism or liberalism . He was not in favour of an over - active presidency — as he saw that of Roosevelt — but instead proposed to consult widely and act only after calm deliberation . Aware of his political inexperience , he sought advice from his cabinet in domestic matters and the National Security Council in foreign affairs .
Idiom: stroke of luck (used idiomatically: yes)
I never stopped loving you , but somehow since I 've been abroad , and you 've been ‘ out in the world’ , we seem to have struck a deeper note , and more powerful … The billeting troubles seemed very minor compared to my happiness , but Wendy and I still had to find somewhere to live . We asked around , and eventually we had a tremendous stroke of luck . We joined up with three other girls in the Manor House at Old Wolverton . Here was a billet totally different from anything we had experienced before .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Or one of them , well yes or one and a quarter or one and a half or whatever Yes , it used to be two and a half times the wage and in the long run rather than mess about taking the house off them Mm if they 're only young extend the mortgage
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
The complete oblivion of each of the two peoples to the national existence of the other inevitably led to false and distorted perceptions that took root deep in the collective consciousness of both .
Idiom: go round in circles (used idiomatically: no)
That man was being transferred from Dartmoor to the Isle of Wight . The problem was that I could not get a response from anybody in the Department . I seemed to go round in circles , and I am sure that that has happened to many hon . Members . Mr. Vaz My hon . Friend has raised an important point about the ability of prisoners relatives to travel around the country .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
They only possessions they had were the travel - weary clothes they stood up in . However , thanks to the efforts of Fred , Bob and a host of well - wishers , they have since been equipped with all the basics they need to start rebuilding the civilised kind of lifestyle they are obviously used to . Senada and her children , Mevlida ( 16 ) , Sanel ( 15 ) , Saliha ( 12 ) and Jasmina ( 11 ) , now have changes of clothes to see them through the week , cash in their pockets , and the run of Bob 's kitchen and store - cupboards , which were pre - stocked with macaroni and pasta for their arrival . They have been on shopping trips , watched plenty of television and have even enjoyed visits to the Camelot theme park and Formby sands , courtesy of John Davies , another friend of Bob 's , who is currently out of work and has volunteered with his wife to take the Causevics on occasional days out . ‘ For the first few days they were all a bit subdued,’ Bob said .
Idiom: blaze a trail (used idiomatically: yes)
The higher , more metaphysical elements of literary space fiction were avoided , keeping the whole series fast moving and thus more likely to pick up good audiences — despite the British public 's general anathema to sf around that period . The ploy worked and from its modest slot around 4.30 on Sunday afternoons Pathfinders in Space attracted the first real family audience for a science fiction serial . Pathfinders in Space concerns the events surrounding an early attempt to blaze a trail into space by a small group of British explorers . Professor Wedgewood ( Peter Williams ) leads the first team and is successfully launched into space . His supply rocket , however , can not take off automatically and so his children , Valerie , Geoffrey and Jimmy volunteer to save the expedition .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
' It must be summat in t'air , ' grunted Jonadab Oaks . No sooner was Lydia 's wedding to Tobias over , than Bob Lamb had approached him for his permission to pay court to Martha , with a view to eventual marriage . Jonna was still courting a girl from the neighbouring farm over the moor top at Skiplam . Maisie Brayton was the only child of a well - to - do farmer and his father viewed the forthcoming match with approval . On alternate Sundays , it was Jonna 's habit to walk across the moor , having crossed Hodge Beck by the stepping - stones , and go to tea at the Braytons ' house .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
I shook my head . ‘ Your father 's right . We could get lost in those woods at night , paint or no paint . You 've only got to miss one mark and you 'd be out there till morning.’ ‘ You would n't get lost.’
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
It was then that we spotted something white moving high up on the cliffs , under a colony of kittiwakes — our first fox . After peering through our binoculars , we decided it was on its way to the lowest ledges to scavenge from the roosting sites . It is one thing climbing up a steep and slippery slope with no weight on your back , and altogether a different thing climbing up with 40 kg of camera equipment . A load of camera gear assumes a life of its own , swinging round at awkward moments , trying to catch you off balance and topple you over the edge . But we were employed by the BBC to succeed , and so with barely perceptible hesitation we began the ascent .