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Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Home Office minister David Mellor says the fact that the official figure is starting to catch up shows that more people are coming forward for help . We 've made a determined effort to try to get more er drug addicts to come forward , to accept treatment and so on . We still fall well short of that , I mean er it 's bad news that anyone is addicted to drugs but what is important is that we should actually know who is and so we can help them . So in a way I welcome the fact that these figures bear a little more relationship to the real situation er than last year 's did , but we 're still a long way short of knowing exactly what 's going on . Another worrying figure is the increase in the use of the so - called killer drug crack .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Paragraph four , a limited number of exceptions and paragraph seven , promotion of a restrictive approach to development . Now to counteract that the only positive one I could find was , while accepting that some development in the open countryside may prove to be necessary . Now it seemed to me that was n't a very erm reasonable balance and er comparing that with the with the Secretary of State 's recent pronouncements where he talks about local planning authorities needing to breathe fresh life into the countryside through their development plans and I want local planning authorities in rural areas to give the need to diversify the rural economy as much priority priority in their thinking as protecting the countryside and the two go hand in hand , and comparing those two er points I I would I would put to North Yorkshire the question , Do they think that the explanatory memorandum is is consistent with that er policy statement from the Secretary of State ? Mr Collier . David Collier National Farms Union .
Idiom: sick as a parrot (used idiomatically: no)
Which occupation classes can have a deferred period of four weeks . I think five of you put B , which was the right answer , one , two and three only , and the rest of you put A , which is the wrong answer , all of them . If you recall yesterday , I think yes , the term sick as a parrot is becoming quite a , er , apparent to me in here again , that 's again looking at your faces , some of you , so you 're all quite happy about that one , you knew where you went wrong there . It was one , two and three only . Number twelve , under Healthmaster , the income will be paid if the illness or accident prevents the insured from following B , any part of his normal occupation and he is not undertaking any other paid employment .
Idiom: start off on the right foot (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Same again , Bill , and have one yourself . No , Jack , man is a monogamous animal and there 's no partnership on earth to touch a happy marriage . Especially when you 're starting off on the right foot like you and Marilyn . Bit of money in the Post Office , nice little flat and nothing to reproach yourselves with.’ ‘ You reckon?’
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
This means Namibia could have a constitution by the end of January , and its independence soon after . Swapo holds 41 of the Assembly 's 72 seats , but observers expected its main opponent , the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance ( DTA ) which has 21 seats , to block a Swapo - drafted constitution . The speed of reaching agreement and the lack of conflict in the standing committee indicates the lack of material dispute among the parties — all accepted Swapo 's draft as a working document — and some fine footwork by Swapo behind closed doors . The main areas of dispute had been an executive president , a second house of parliament , and proportional representation . Swapo 's wish for an executive president was opposed by all except the Namibian National Front , which holds one seat .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
The sergeant flourished McMurdo 's statement . ' He coughed up , sir . Came clean . ' Sam read through the statement . ' He confessed to being in illegal possession of two packets of Woodbine ?
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
An astronomic figure , when you consider that sugar , for instance , provides , weight for weight , only about half that number of calories , and that potatoes contain only 25 calories an ounce . But again , schooled by the incorrect idea that it is the carbohydrate foods which are the most fattening , many people will very much underestimate the number of calories in the butter - based sauce on their slice of fish , which looks like such an innocent dish . By the same token , many people over estimate the calories provided by potatoes ( cooked without fat ) , cereal foods , and even fat - free sweet foods . Most sweet foods like chocolate , biscuits , cakes and many puddings have a high fat content as well as a high sugar content , so their calorie cost is , indeed , extravagant . However , when sugar is present without much fat or indeed with none , as in a packet of fruit pastilles or some light desserts like crème caramel , the calorie cost is often lower than people imagine .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
Two substances that look about the same under light , or in other words , reflect light in about the same way , may be totally different in regard to how much sound they absorb or reflect . This means that acoustic microscopy shows exceptional potential for the study of biological systems in particular . To be seen clearly under an optical microscope , cell tissues often have to be stained to increase contrast . This is time - consuming , often kills the specimen and , in any case , raises the question of whether the staining itself might not affect the very phenomenon being studied . Because acoustic absorption and the absorption of light depend on different principles , there is no need to boost artificially visual contrast by staining .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Thank God , we 've missed Archer 's party,’ said Felicity . ‘ If you put your foot down , we could be back in time for pud.’ Lying together in bed with creme brulee and champagne to hand , the only light coming from the soundless telly , curtains left open to the soft night , they talked over old times . Joshua quoted Lord Rochester on the ‘ bitch Paris’ : ‘ Where man may live in direst need , but ne'er lack land to set his seed.’
Idiom: hot under the collar (used idiomatically: yes)
Hey , d'you hear about the fire - eater who could n't go anywhere without meeting an old flame ? Eh ? Made him feel really hot under the collar.’ Harry chuckled . ‘ Made that one up , y'know .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: no)
You might consider changing the name of the bookshop a little to get in ' electronic book ' somewhere . ' Beverly Anderson took up the theme of new media . Creative people in all walks of artistic life were responding to and ' fooling around with ' the new media . ' Can the book compete ? ' she asked . ' The book has unique strengths .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
For a tempting breakfast spread , try the home - made tangerine taste of Crabtree & Evelyn 's Fine Cut Marmalade . WICKER 'S WORLD There 's no cutting corners on quality with Presents of Mind hampers . This wicker hamper is packed with delicious goodies and costs £ 64.92 , inclusive of nationwide delivery . From £ 14.98 to £ 470 and you can choose your own contents .
Idiom: under a cloud (used idiomatically: yes)
The noise rolled over then , a twisting crack and belly - rumble of thunder . I watched a gradually widening circle of splashes go out from the centre of the explosion as the debris came back to earth . The pillar of gas and sand was pulled out by the wind , darkening the sand under its shadow and forming a curtain of haze under its base like you see under a heavy cloud sometimes as it starts to get rid of its rain . I could see the crater now . I ran down .
Idiom: play hard to get (used idiomatically: yes)
Employers will , of course , want to make clear to you the level of personal responsibility you will be expected to take within the remit of your job description ( for a sample job description , see chapter 2 ) , but this does n't necessarily mean that they are trying to warn off the less confident . It is you they need , and your skills they must be prepared to help you to adapt and improve . I am not going to suggest that you play hard to get . You never know who is behind you in the queue . What I am suggesting is that you should not underrate your ability to succeed in what is now a highly competitive market place .
Idiom: smell blood (used idiomatically: no)
Do you imagine that I could forgive and forget , knowing what I know now , or that any of you could meet my eye , knowing what you do ? No ! Though the ox escape the axe , it has smelt the blood and heard the bellows from the killing - floor , and it will never be fooled again . I know you now ! And that knowledge is lodged in my heart like a splinter .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
The prevailing negative attitudes towards hypochondria are largely unexplained , unjustified and certainly unjust to victims of the condition.’ The best type of treatment for both psychosomatic complaints and hypochondria is some form of psychotherapy or hypnotherapy ( see p l53 ) which should make it possible for the sufferer to identify the underlying emotions that are responsible for the symptoms . Once aware of the source of the problem , the patient can come to terms with these emotions and the physical symptoms should then diminish . In some cases , however , the symptoms are a vital element in the way the patient deals with the world and with his or her own conflicts about life and relationships . For such people , the symptoms are indispensable and the best hope is to keep the condition within limits so that it causes the least possible disruption to the patient and his family .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: no)
Lindsey sighed heavily , wishing she had never met Niall Grant , and knew that even that was n't true . CHAPTER SEVEN The moment Lindsey opened her eyes next morning she knew that something was different . She lay for several seconds trying to think what it was , then realisation suddenly dawned . The ship was n't moving .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Novel . If you make a living , you 're not an intellectual . Not bad rule of thumb , that . Not , are you?’ Edward gave a deprecating smile .
Idiom: go the distance (used idiomatically: no)
I missed seeing their C.O. Colonel Campbell Hardy . It seemed that he was further along the road . As we said our goodbyes and hoped to meet up again soon , I could n't help thinking as I watched the column disappear in the distance that the Marines were not going to find the situation any easier than their last venue . ‘ Come on , Piper , do n't stand there dozing , let's get away from here as quickly as possible ! ’ The voice belonged to George , he had drawn up on the other side of the road , and as I walked towards him his voice was getting impatient .
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
Not so popular was the experimental survival section of the course which always seemed to be carried out in extremely inclement weather with a helicopter helping to increase the discomfort of tossing about on a life raft in Plymouth Sound . At first the winter months were used for training but when the policy of laying up cutters for the winter was discontinued the courses were held throughout the year . Several of my old shipmates from earlier years were now established on the cutters and were building up reputations as excellent navigators , boat handlers or engineers , as well as hitting the headlines occasionally with notable seizures or rescues at sea . Ron McGregor , a junior officer with me on Vincent was not a regular Commander of the new Vigilant . Other old shipmates like Phil Andrews , Eddie Clarke and Ron Giles were still crewing but others like Des Ferret , Vic Roberts and Bob Wellock were disappearing up the promotion ladder .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed , some will actively adopt strategies to convey this impression and secure a quiet life ( Galton 1989 ; Bennett et al . 1984 ) . By the same token , certain curriculum areas ( notably topic work and art ) might be seen as of tow priority and requiring little more than occasional and cursory monitoring by the teacher , with the result that unless the tasks set have an exceptionally high combination of challenge , motivating power and self - monitoring potential , children may spend excessive amounts of time either off - task or only partially engaged , or undertaking low - level learning . In combination , this double neglect must mean that certain children , when working in certain areas of the curriculum , are getting a distinctly raw deal . Yet many of the teachers we interviewed , far from being unaware of this risk , perceived only too clearly that it was inherent to the LEA 's preferred combination of group work and multiple curriculum focus teaching .
Idiom: name names (used idiomatically: yes)
Susanna pulls herself together . It 's a pop war she wants to talk about . ‘ I think the biggest problems were between Debbi and I , not to name names … ’ she confides to a nation . ‘ But I think because she was in her big sister 's band , Debbi always felt very frustrated . She wanted to be in the band so bad she said ‘ I 'll play drums’ .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Now that the shape of the functionalist style has been outlined , we must consider the influence which it has had on the development of public law this century . As we have seen , during the early decades of this century debate in public law focused on the issues arising from the growth in the legislative and judicial powers of the Executive . These issues came to a head with the appointment of the Committee on Ministers ' Powers in 1929 . The committee was appointed to consider powers of delegated legislation and quasi - judicial decision and to report on any safeguards needed ‘ to secure the constitutional principles of the sovereignty of Parliament and the supremacy of the Law’ . The terms of reference themselves provoked concern , causing Robson to comment that the Donoughmore Committee ‘ started life with the dead hand of Dicey lying frozen on its neck’ .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: no)
Now , on the corner of Monteoliveto , and only a short walk from other similar churches , he felt once again that little nag of doubt : maybe all this was not as it should be after all . This area was relatively well looked after . He would reach the Via Roma soon with its elegant shops many of which were already back in business after the War . But there were other aspects to the city . He had explored areas which ranged from the untidy and uncared for to the downright squalid .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
The Jolly Roger Quaffers raised more than £ 400 for charity , which will be used to take a party of under - privileged children to Drayton Manor park and zoo . The Worcester Evening News picture shows troops outside the Cardinal 's Hat . S&N come clean on Brown clips SCOTTISH & Newcastle will relabel all Matthew Brown beers . S&N closed the Matthew Brown brewery in April and transferred brewing to Home in Nottingham .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
You may also have to give up bath oils and foams if they are irritating , and in fact showering rather than bathing could prove very helpful . 9 . Try to avoid wearing tight fitting trousers or underwear , especially if they 're made from artificial fibres . Choose cotton underwear with stockings rather than tights , and looser clothes such as skirts instead of trousers . This helps to prevent the warm , moist atmosphere in which germs flourish , and will also help you to avoid encouraging problems such as Thrush .
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: no)
In the inflamed rheumatoid joint there is inflammation without any evidence of infection , yet glucose and oxygen levels drop to vanishing point in the fluid , depending on the numbers of lymphocytes there . Cutting off the supply of nutrition to tissues in any part of the body has a further consequence — new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit . The presence of all this extra blood is obvious in the throbbing red region around an infection , and in the rheumatoid joint these new blood vessels extend like fronds into the joint cavity . Tracer substances such as radioactive xenon are more rapidly removed from an inflamed joint — their half - life in the joint inversely correlating with the degree of inflammation — and so attempts to blame poor blood supply for the nutritional deficit are probably misconceived . If the infection is discharged or the stimulus of the inflammation removed , all these new blood vessels make up ‘ granulation tissue’(because it looks granular ) , and this is an excellent foundation for the rapid regeneration of the tissues .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
We have already seen an example of a non - sustainable single - product case , involving rising average costs . As another ( commonly quoted ) example , we may take the Faulhaber ( 1975 ) case involving economies of scope . No one of the three communities A , B and C would be willing to pay more than £ 300 to join in a group scheme , since they could go it alone for £ 300 . Similarly , no two communities would be willing to pay more than £ 400 , since they could obtain a scheme for themselves for that amount . Hence representing revenues from community X by R(X ) we can say : The consequence is that the group of three communities would not be willing to go for the scheme involving supply to all three , since they would not be able to come up with an agreed method of sharing the £ 650 .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Are you a prospective parent?’ Clare asked . She felt in her pocket for the key . ‘ No.’ said the man . I 'm an inspector for the local education authority.’
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
Now , life on the level of nature is characterized as a naïvely direct living immersed in the world , in the world that in a certain sense is constantly there consciously as a universal horizon but is not , merely by that fact , thematic .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But why?’ I asked . ‘ I hardly feel that I 'm the person to answer that particular question,’ offered Mr Palmer , ‘ as I 've never set eyes on the lady before yesterday.’ ‘ Quite simple really,’ Daphne replied when I put the same question to her that evening . ‘ If Charlie Trumper is half as good as you claim then I 'll have made a very sound investment.’
Idiom: two a penny (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Good to see you , Charles.’ Despite Mrs Thatcher 's Granthamite certainties , and the rise of ‘ Essex Man’ , the Conservative and Unionist Party on parade can still muster the English professional and upper - middle classes . At the Grand , magistrates are two a penny , bankers of the sort who never lent Maxwell a farthing can be seen sipping sherry , chairmen of publicly quoted companies compare salaries , and retired officers of field rank renew old NATO friendships . Were Harold Macmillan to return to earth and go ( reluctantly , no doubt ) to Brighton , he would find that little , if anything , has changed . Fewer of his kinsmen , perhaps , more yuppies and certainly more yobs , but the complement of the Grand Hotel would be much the same : lots of officers and very few ‘ other ranks’ .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That,’ he says , tapping the blue hard - backed cover , ‘ contains everything we need to handle the English.’ Basically , Mr Porceddu intends to jail every troublemaker in sight — a minimum of two days for offensive drunkenness , automatic detention until at least the first round is over for anything more serious . Scotland Yard is lending Mr Porceddu 10 officers to help him to keep tabs on the 100 ooligans whose names have flashed up on Fifa 's ticket computer . Was the Heysel catastrophe an element in the security equation ? Mr Porceddu flexed his moustache .
Idiom: dressed to the nines (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's the thing . Are you gon na wear it after . But she , she could bleeding dress up to the nines . I likes a nice pair of shoes on if , if I go out . I likes a nice tidy pair of shoe , anywhere special .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: no)
Ultimately I took to wearing them all the time , only whipping them off when approached by a boy I vaguely fancied , or at the door of a friend of my mother 's with a boy she fancied for me inside . My first boyfriend seemed to like me , specs and all . I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . Mind you , he 'd come home from university one time to see me in bed with ‘ flu , glasses and no front teeth , so I guess he was pretty immune to my charmlessness — or was too shortsighted himself to notice . Or maybe love really is blind .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
As a schoolteacher she knew only too well the dance they led their parents . Natural mothers had to put up with a great deal . This was the very thought in her head as she turned the corner of the corridor and back into the waiting room and saw the weeping figure of a woman hunched over and hugging herself with grief . Beside her stood a pleasant - looking , round , grey - haired woman , unsure of what to do , hesitating about whether to hush the weeping figure or let her cry . ‘ Frank,’ the woman sobbed .
Idiom: back to square one (used idiomatically: yes)
Salt has the effect of reducing the excretion of urine and as a bonus , it will go some way to controlling some of the parasites that your fish may have . Set up a biological filter and circulate your pondwater through it about once every two hours with a suitable pump . Never shut the filter down , or the beneficial bacteria will die and you will be back to square one . It can take up to 30 days , dependant on temperature for a biological filter to become established . Test your water with an ammonia test kit every couple of days and change as much water as often as is necessary to maintain safe levels .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Everything that was plainly not his property was taken away , the man at the table noted it on his paper , and it was carried into a little room .
Idiom: heart to heart (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Too bad of you , Colonel dear.’ Charity practically cooed . ‘ I was counting on a serious heart to heart with Charles 's CO . Wo n't you sit down again and tell me something I 'm dying to ask you?’ Very hurriedly , Charles tried to save a situation that threatened to end his whole career .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: no)
With the boyfriend there is evidence that Mrs Weber killed him and chopped him up with a chain saw , but there is no corpse . This week Mrs Weber 's lawyers lodged the 18th application for her release on bail , and received the 18th refusal . Then there is Christine Villemin , whose 4-year - old son Gregory was found near the village in the Vosges where he lived , floating in a river with his hands tied behind his back . That too was four years ago . First Mrs Villemin 's husband 's cousin , Bernard Laroche , was charged with the murder .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
' Oh ! I would n't want to marry Estella ! She 's a hard , proud girl , and Miss Havisham has brought her up to break men 's hearts , as a revenge on all men . ' ' Is she a relation of Miss Havisham 's ? ' I asked .