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Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
The stock - taking announcement , which was initially expected last year , has been put back several times . The prospect of another delay prompted the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , to write to Mr Lang expressing his disappointment at the postponement . In his letter , Mr Clarke states : ‘ I can think of no justification for the continued delay in announcing the results of the ‘ taking stock’ exercise . The voice of the Scottish people was made clear on April , when 75 per cent of the electorate voted for a Scottish parliament in some form.’ He attacked the Government for its complacency over the issue and compared the time taken over the taking stock package with the quick unveiling of the Conservative proposals on the future of water and local government .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
When returned , subsequent amendments fall into two categories : ( a ) amendments for points raised by the reader should be marked in red ; and ( b ) all other amendments should be marked in black .
Idiom: save someone's bacon (used idiomatically: yes)
Others unashamedly hugged each other as they realised the Government was off the hook , if only for the moment . European Minister Tristan Garel - Jones embraced Mr Ryder as though his team had just scored the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final . Mr Major 's bacon was saved by 19 Liberal Democrat votes . If Paddy Ashdown had ordered his troops to oppose Mr Major the result would have been 300 votes to 335 against the Government — the most crushing defeat for a Prime Minister in modern times . Early today the Government was facing accusations of fighting a dirty and unethical campaign to get Tory MPs to vote for Mr Major .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
BT BOSS BEATS BID TO JAIL HIM DON MACKAY BRITISH TELECOM boss Iain Vallance was let off the hook yesterday when a bid to jail him was thrown out of court . Businessman Racch - Paul Bedi wanted the BT chairman and two top executives sent to prison for breaking a court order . Mr Bedi , from Brentwood , Essex , had won an order preventing BT from cutting off his phone in a row over an unpaid bill .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
Ruth spluttered . ‘ I know whose voice I heard on the other end of the line.’ ‘ Yes , Steve 's ; full marks for being so quick on the uptake . Nought for presuming I was talking to him when I made that call.’ Ruth went pale .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
If it asks confidently , it is because it assumes correctly . Other motivations may pull out of line this relationship between assuming and asking ; but at its purest , faith is strong or weak , advances or retreats in direct proportion to what it assumes . If we say we believe God is there and that he loves us but live as if he were dead or could n't care less about us , then the beliefs we presuppose in practice are out of line with the beliefs we profess in theory , and we are bound to doubt God eventually . This is why living faith is better tested in crisis than in creeds . Sometimes the way we act shows up our beliefs as little better than the hazy notions of an unbeliever .
Idiom: make a go of (used idiomatically: yes)
My Lord er obviously all the allegations of breach of contract and negligence are denied and er in paragraph six of the statement of claim on page nine . The plaintiffs claim that they suffered loss and damage as a result of the defendants breach of contract er my Lord erm essentially having completed on this purchase they then tried er to run the business financially and in accordance with the terms of the lease , erm but it 's all been the plaintiff 's evidence that right from the start erm he was well prepared that there was insufficient working capital and insufficient funds er to run this business properly and efficiently and indeed shortly after purchasing it advice was sought about er re - sale and er if your Lordship looks at page eighty eight of the pleadings bundle which twenty one the plaintiff 's case on page eighty eight , the top of the page my Lord . They therefore faced no option other than to make a go of the business . The alternative was either not to commence running the business or to cease running the business shortly after completion which would have meant in either case that the landlord would foreclose on the lease and the plaintiff 's investment in the business would have been entirely lost . Faced with that dilemma the plaintiffs chose to endeavour to run the business to an early sale and that is what they did my Lord and er the premises were put back on the market er in the early part of nineteen eighty six and er it is pleaded that er in in paragraph six statement of claim , that in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead er because there were unreasonable delays on the part of the purchaser erm and er the deal fell through but then again in July er after the business had ceased trading , another buyer was found and then there was a lengthy period of negotiations at the conclusion of which the sale price was reduced because at that stage the plaintiff 's landlord was going to increase the rent er and the plaintiffs were at that stage under threat of forfeiture and eventually contracts were exchanged on the sixth of November nineteen eighty six the sale price being eighty one thousand five hundred and er completion was on the fifth of December nineteen eighty six .
Idiom: no holds barred (used idiomatically: yes)
She will be followed by Tanya Williams and Britain 's 1991 lightweight representative , Sue Appelboom . Tish Reid , who has been in disagreement with the women 's squad chief coach , will attempt to make her point from 374th place . Judo : No holds barred as Howey sets out to show them how By NICOLAS SOAMES KATE HOWEY discovered her instinct for combat at primary school .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
It keeps rather apart from the conventional order of things . Swiss women got the vote on the federal level in 1971 , rather late , you might think , considering the record of humanitarianism and tolerance in Swiss affairs . It was left to the cantons to decide whether to follow suit on the local level . Most did . But not the region of Appenzell , which is divided into two cantons .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet feminists who made women 's right to enter the public sphere a priority never really addressed the issue of women 's role as wives and mothers , which late nineteenth - century doctors and scientists held to be the chief and necessary constraint on women 's achievements . They acknowledged the importance of motherhood : Mill wrote of wives ' naturally ' running a household and teaching their children , and of women 's ' naturally'greater elegance and taste . To all intents and purposes , however , they ignored the implications of their demand to enter the public sphere for the role of women in the private sphere of home and family , and chose not to confront the emphasis doctors and scientists placed on the latter . Instead , they focused their main arguments on the position of women who did not marry , using the individualistic framework of nineteenth - century liberalism and political economy to argue for a ' fair field and no favour ' and the removal of all barriers that hindered single women from earning a decent living . In particular , they supported their case by invoking the plight of the ' surplus ' women , who , through no fault of their own , found themselves either reliant on the good offices of a male relative or obliged to earn their own living .
Idiom: the rest is history (used idiomatically: yes)
Several product histories make the point . Americans invented the solid - state transistor in 1947 . Then in 1953 , Western Electric licensed the technology to Sony for $ 25,000 — and the rest is history . A few years later , RCA licensed several Japanese companies to make color televisions — and that was the beginning of the end of color television production in the United States . Routine assembly of color televisions eventually shifted to Taiwan and Mexico .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
( The official timetable for its implementation is reprinted in a number of places , e.g. Maclure , 1989 , pp . 24–5 . ) Assessing the national curriculum In addition to the subject working groups , the Secretary of State set up a Task Group on Testing and Assessment ( TGAT ) , which reported in early 1988 with recommendations for assessment arrangements for the national curriculum ; by and large , these were accepted by the Secretary of State . As yet , it is possible only to outline in general terms how the arrangements will work . Full details will become known as the successive subject working groups report , and programmes of study and attainment targets are drawn up .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
In addition to academic qualifications they will expect you to demonstrate that you have the intelligence to understand the demands of their businesses , the fluency to communicate ideas to others and the flexibility to develop other people 's ideas . Above all they will expect you to be self reliant , to take decisions and to demonstrate a potential to motivate and lead others . Do join clubs and societies and play an active role in them . Build your Curriculum Vitae from the beginning . Please use the Careers Advisory Service and get to know what it can do for you .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
He came into The Bar with blood everywhere . He was trying not to cry , and he kept on saying , I'm shocked , I 'm just a bit shocked that 's all . He was n't as badly hurt as he looked , actually , but it was enough to make us all think at least twice . People say to me that I must be keeping a list of all the attacks I hear about . They say it 's morbid , they say what are you trying to prove anyway .
Idiom: bite your tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
this , this , this is meant to record life as it is lived , English as she is spoken . You 're not meant to bite your tongue like that . Right . Yeah if we
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr. Nicholas Winterton I warmly welcome my hon . Friend 's announcement . Does he accept , however , that — sadly — many of those who are sleeping rough in our cities and elsewhere have indeed been discharged from psychiatric hospitals and have slipped through the care package net ? Hundreds more are in our prisons , which are the wrong place for such people . Will my hon . Friend ensure that there is a proper care package , properly drawn up , for every mentally ill patient who is discharged from a psychiatric hospital before such patients are discharged ?
Idiom: pull someone's leg (used idiomatically: no)
The same process carried out on true idioms dramatically demonstrates the difference between the two types of expression : 36a . John pulled his sister 's leg . b. John tugged at his sister 's leg .
Idiom: up the spout (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Whatever this monstrous thing is , however they 've managed to keep it captive , it exists all right . And it has power , enormous power . That 's why these computerized route - finders are going up the spout and taking the Glories towards Monument Hill . If they do n't call them all in pretty fast , there 'll be more of them up there . That 's their object , I suppose : ruin Sakata so that the Americans get a second chance with the yard.’
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
His spectacular saves kept out the first division leaders , Manchester United , in a thrilling Rumbelow 's Cup semi - final at a packed Ayresome Park . Middlesbrough battled every inch of the way to gain a creditable 0–0 draw and only a second leg at Old Trafford now lies between Middlesbrough and their second Wembley Cup Final in two years . Fans were unable to see the highlight of the game on television last night after Tyne Tees TV and the football league failed to reach agreement over coverage . — Full report and pictures : Sport 1 , 4 and 5 . IS THERE a more senseless waste of money than the annual four - yearly scramble to host the Olympic Games ?
Idiom: go dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
Meanwhile , Cardiff will rest full-back Mike Rayer tomorrow . Paul Armstrong takes his place and Mike Hall returns from injury . Going Dutch John Wardle KEVIN KEEGAN has agreed a fee with Belgian club Ghent for Dutch international striker Eric Viscaal .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
Tchaikovsky is without doubt one of these , and Francesca and Marche Slave ( both composed incidentally in 1876 ) require an approach bordering on the hysterical if they are to be heard to their best advantage . Up until now serious collectors have tended to rely on the famous New York Stadium / Stokowski version in Francesca , and either Szell or Karajan in the Marche ( of which there is a ludicrously overinflated 40 plus versions in the current catalogue ) ! Even in such exalted company , Rozhdestvensky holds his own ( although Szell 's breathtaking final coda to the Marche remains a uniquely compelling experience ) , and what a joy to hear a native Russian orchestra accorded engineering which for once does them proud ! The full - throttle climaxes of Francesca are delivered with a frenzied desperation which is guaranteed to play havoc with all but the most robust of dispositions , and the spine - tingling emotionalism of the gloriously protracted central section is entered into with a fearlessness which borders on the overwhelming — one can feel this music coursing through the orchestra 's veins . After all this high - profile imagery I had fully expected the Serenade to hit me with a physical force akin to Karajan 's classic BPO digital remake ( DG ) .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
His biographee would dissent ; Mr Heseltine believes in politicians as shirt - sleeved doers . For the cabinet as a whole , though , talking about the need to replace or reform the poll tax proved easier than finally deciding on its replacement . The story of how ministers did so provides the first substantial evidence about how John Major 's government is functioning behind closed doors . The first point is that both ministers and officials involved in the review stress the lack of drama , tantrum - throwing and brinkmanship . Instead , it was ‘ collegiate’ and ‘ a classic example of old - fashioned cabinet government’ .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
He would have joined Melissa on the great bed , pressing her down against the coverlet and ravishing her long white neck with passionate kisses . And then , his mouth on hers — ‘ Oh , Luke,’ she groaned , her eyes still closed and the tormenting vision still vivid on her mind . ‘ Why did n't you kiss me properly?’ And instinctively she reached out her arms as if to circle his neck and draw him down into an imaginary embrace .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
which is a pity yeah , yeah Well that 's of a , one of those things . The erm , we did invite Ingy to come to this meeting just to report about the festival things , but er she , when I saw her , down at the Lyceum , she was sort of doubtful , erm just because you know Yeah
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
The multidimensional structure of Improv for Windows supports a robust spreadsheet design , so that users can display , arrange an manipulate up to 12 categories of data with a worksheet at one time . And its innovative user interface features reduce or eliminate the number of steps needed to perform standard spreadsheet operations . Features : State - of - the - art Spreadsheet Technolog Dynamic views to instantly arrange , hide , show , collapse and expand spreadsheets or segments of spreadsheets . User - defined general formulas , stored separately from data , that can be applied to many cells at once , reducing the complexity and increasing the readability and ' shareability ' of spreadsheets . Improv spreadsheets are inherently self - documenting .
Idiom: on the warpath (used idiomatically: yes)
The Wise Woman would pretend that he did not exist . The Wise Woman would n't buy another half pound of toffees in Birdie Mac 's because she 'd get spots . The Wise Woman would do her homework because Mother Francis was on the warpath . After a week Eve realised that the Wise Woman would also need to be a canonised saint to adapt to the new surroundings . Mother Clare had suggested a regime of light housework , ‘ to cover all your obligations , my dear’ .
Idiom: full whack (used idiomatically: yes)
The benefits can outweigh the cost in time considerably , of course . Some companies offer low - cost and free upgrades only to registered users of the product in question . If you 're not registered , and want the latest version , you 've got to pay the full whack ( less any discounts the dealer might offer you ) . Bug fixes are quite often sent out as a matter of course to registered users — non - registered users might never get to hear about them , and be stuck with bugged software . Our advice is : Always , always register every product you buy !
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: yes)
For example , for a short time the role of chairperson was delegated to a DCSL , and it was subsequently acknowledged that this was inappropriate , given the status and function of that position in the library service . In interviews with a number of panel members filling various roles in the project , and including members of the coordinating committee , it was generally acknowledged that the panel was often less than well chaired , with a fairly universal feeling that it lacked direction and a clear sense of purpose . As noted earlier , a number of attempts have been made to overcome the problems of those early days On more than one occasion " new blood " has been introduced in the form of teachers and others who were thought by the panel to have something to offer in fields with which the project was concerned . Most recently these additions have included deputy heads known to be active in researching and developing study skills and packs of INSET resources concerned with information skills and project work . ( Ironically , but also significantly , one is from a school which has never received a project grant and the other from a school which received a retrospective Minor grant some time before the deputy head herself took up her post . )
Idiom: dead wood (used idiomatically: no)
The anthropological evidence , then , suggests that there is scientific and non - scientific thought in all societies and within all individuals . Observers have simply failed to remark the scientific nature of much of the thinking of so - called ‘ primitive’ peoples and have perhaps overstated the ‘ scientific’nature of thinking in their own societies . The recognition of these misunderstandings , and of the amount of dead wood that has to be cleared away before a reliable account of cognitive operations and differences can be provided , is also apparent in recent work by sociolinguists . This work complements that of the anthropologists in the sense that it uses a cross - cultural perspective to study the thinking processes of different social groups within the researcher 's own society . Labov ( 1973 ) , studying negro youths in the New York ghetto , discovered , as did anthropologists studying other cultures , that representations of cognitive ‘ deprivation’ were founded upon misunderstanding of the real meanings of such people 's statements and actions , and upon ethnocentric assumptions about the ways in which logic can be recognised .
Idiom: buy time (used idiomatically: yes)
The bureau will be launched by Mr John East , chief executive of the English Tourist Board , today . AWARDS AND COURSES : Closing date for this year 's writers ' bursaries from Northern Arts , buying time or a bit of peace and quiet to write at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre , is May 29 . This year 's regional writers ' course , organised by Northern Arts and Newcastle University , is planned for August 24–28 at Higham Hall , near Cockermouth . Tutors will be Carol Clewlow and Stan Barstow .
Idiom: give someone the creeps (used idiomatically: yes)
The first Twin swung briefly on a horizontal pole and jumped neatly aboard . ‘ Hurry up , Marco,’ they chorused . Those two were going to give her the creeps if she really had to take them all the way to Titan . She made up her mind , as she followed Marco into the cab , to see if she could n't get a better deal out of this Hannah Soo . She would persuade her the Alice was n't right for the band themselves , take just their equipment and get the money that way .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
City centre explosions , such a feature of daily life in Northern Ireland , are becoming an increasing threat to mainland Britain , according to army bomb disposal experts . At a base in Hereford , which trains bomb disposal men in the army 's toughest course , bomb teams demonstrated modern explosives … incendiary devices , letter bombs which contain just a few ounces of Semtex , and car bombs , at one pound , just half the size of those favoured by the IRA . The army have been keen to keep their anti - terrorist tactics secret , for obvious reasons , so why go public now ? A call from the public will first bring out the police , who may then call Hereford , one of three such bases covering England , Wales and Scotland . The bomb squad use remote control vehicles , or wheelbarrows , to investigate , and if necessary , disable the device with a controlled explosion .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
To Nicholas , the only immediate benefit of that wholly unpleasant discussion was that it shut up both le Grant and Tobie ; and even Astorre , when found and brought to the villa , was unnaturally silent except on matters purely martial . An excellent soldier , Astorre simply accepted the prospect of a night ride to Sigouri , and made no bones about his employer 's decision that , against the King 's wishes , an assault was to be made . All along , Astorre had been longing to get the campaign over and done with . Meanwhile , there was a need for discretion . Their departure from the royal precincts had not , Nicholas believed , drawn attention .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ If that man got shot then I think you 'd bank on any of these lads in the video — you would n't even need to turn round to see who was running with the flag . ‘ With a lot of the hard men in football it 's all down to their characters . They are not just aggressive on the field , they are probably aggressive in every walk of life . Pushed ‘ These lads say to themselves ‘ I 'm not going to be pushed about , I 'm going to have my piece.’
Idiom: sick as a parrot (used idiomatically: yes)
But I ca n't . At the end of the day , he 's still my husband.’ ‘ What , so you 'd be sick as a parrot if we went over the moon together?’ This was the tone to take with Karen , I decided . Coming on all awed and respectful would just put the wind up her .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Politically , there 's no way he can give money for work at Flushing Meadow when we have thousands homeless and barely able to live’ . How effective the ‘ make do and mend’ changes which it now seems will be all that the USTA will be able to carry out , prove to be , must be a matter of serious doubt . The La Guardia flightpath problems apart , one of the main reasons why the current Flushing Meadow is a practical disaster , not least for the world 's media , marooned 120 ′ above the Centre Court , where it is impossible to tell the difference between a drive and a lob , is that because of the short time available , they did try ( albeit with their best efforts ) , to adapt the old Louis Armstrong concert stadium into a tennis arena , rather than start from scratch . The only truly satisfactory solution would be to pull the place down and start again . If , as now seems certain , that is not possible , then Flushing Meadow , where every regular tennis journalist has his own horror story to tell about the failures of the elevators which carry them to the Press Box in the sky , will remain ‘ the place we love to hate’ .