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Idiom: take a bow (used idiomatically: no)
1961:The Beatles make their first recording as The Beat Brothers , for Polydor in Germany . 1962 : EMI introduces its Stateside label , licensing material from scores of US companies including A&M , Tamla Motown , Vee Jay and ABC , all of whom have no British outlets of their own . Island Records also takes a bow , Island WI 001 being ‘ Independent Jamaica’ by Lord Creator , a record celebrating Jamaica 's independence within the Commonwealth . 1963 : A cassette - tape system , very similar to those in use today , is demonstrated at a Berlin hi - fi show . On the disc front , Island launch UK Sue Records , an R&B label .
Idiom: touch a nerve (used idiomatically: yes)
The smile froze on her face as his words , jocular though they were meant to be , slammed home with the force of a bullet . It had been hard enough telling Dane about her past , but the thought of her background becoming common knowledge was horrifying . ' Hey , have I touched a raw nerve ? ' Gavin looked faintly concerned . ' I 'm sorry , Shannon , I did n't mean … '
Idiom: turn the screw (used idiomatically: yes)
England will look back with regret on a first half which saw them produce only one score , and that a debatable penalty seven minutes before the interval . They had won the toss , but even with wind advantage were unable to impose their authority such was the tenacity , commitment and determination of the Ireland pack . But midway through the first half , with England for once turning the screw , Rory Underwood was denied a try by Denis McBride 's crunching tackle that wrenched the ball from the flying winger 's grasp . McBride 's intervention at such a crucial stage visibly lifted the Irish and six minutes later Elwood was on target with the first of his penalties . England then equalised with a controversial Webb penalty seven minutes before the break to leave it 3–3 at the interval .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
Invalid Richard Browning steered the Triumph Dolomite while Colin Smith operated the clutch and changed gears . The dual control antics of the two drunks was spotted on police video , a court heard yesterday . Smith , the car 's owner , told magistrates at Eastbourne : ‘ It was just one of those things that happens after a few bevvies.’ Smith and Browning , both in their twenties , from Hailsham , Sussex , confessed to jointly drinking and driving . Neither of them had a driving licence or car insurance , the court was told .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
normally go clockwise do n't you ? Yeah . Cos you do n't start right next to those do n't go straight across the racecourse . Right here we go then ! that way do n't you ?
Idiom: wide of the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
HEWLETT - PACKARD , DATA GENERAL , DELL ALL SIGN UP FOR NEXTSTEP 486 Lending the lie to the sceptics that saw no hope of NeXT Computer Inc winning any significant licensees for its object - oriented NeXTstep environment now that the company has abandoned its hardware side , the company yesterday announced that three blue chip names , Hewlett - Packard Co , Dell Computer Corp and Data General Corp had signed up for the NeXTstep 486 version . Many had assumed that with the emergence of the Common Open Software Environment , those reports of negotiations between Hewlett and NeXT were wide of the mark ( CI No 2,080 ) but not so : Hewlett - Packard says it will offer iAPX-86-based personal computers certified to run the software . Data General , which offered NeXT workstations for use with its AViiON servers for a time , says it is working with NeXT to make NeXTstep available on its line of Dasher II 486 personal computers . And Dell plans to pre - install NeXTstep on some models .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
This would mean that even before fertilisation , the female gamete could be damaged if alcohol is consumed . Indeed , evidence already exists that the first meiotic metaphase is as susceptible as the second ( Development in Mammals , vol 1 , p 145 ) . Bearing this in mind , an examination of clinical observations of spontaneous abortions in humans would suggest that over 25 to 30 per cent of all such abortions are due to aneuploidy . These figures include only the spontaneous abortions that occur late in the first trimester , so that an even higher proportion of conceptuses are probably at risk but die soon after the egg is implanted and are therefore difficult to detect . One final point on this sobering subject : the dose of alcohol used in Kaufman 's experiments is equivalent , in human terms , to only 2 to 2 ½ times the ' legal limit ' which is by no means beyond the limits of many drinkers .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
( The Molenbeek gathering had been staged initially to protest against a demonstration by the right - wing Flemish nationalist Vlaams Blok , although in the event the Vlaams Blok demonstration was banned . ) The May 10 riots began after police stopped a Moroccan on his moped and demanded to see his papers . Police stated that although the troubles appeared at first to be spontaneous , both left- and right - wing extremists , Islamic fundamentalists and drug dealers had soon moved in . According to a 1988 census about one - quarter of Brussels ' population of 9,927,000 comprised foreign nationals , including 135,000 from Maghreb countries ; many thousands more north Africans were known to have arrived illegally since then . The Belgian government on May 17 reaffirmed its commitment to the integration of immigrants .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
The Xedos will come with a choice of two engines — a 2.0i V or a 2.5i V DOHC . Mazda says that , where the Xedos broke new ground in the executive saloon class , the new model will do the same among the prestige cars , whatever that means exactly . A new suspension system has been developed for the car , and it also features a four - wheel steering system along with four - wheel anti lock braking and electronic traction control . So , active safety does n't seem to have been neglected .
Idiom: warm the cockles of someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
An essential component of any pollution argument is backing from ' independent scientific ' opinion to undermine the views of opponents . On 20 July , the Daily Telegraph published an article entitled ' Is our water really worse than theirs ? ' by Con Coughlin , which purported to explain the ' science and politics behind the EEC 's verdict ' . If this was not a government - inspired and briefed story , it must have warmed the cockles of the Ministry 's heart . ' Nitrate , ' it informed readers , ' as most gardeners know , is produced whenever there is intensive cultivation of the soil . Thus in agricultural areas high levels of nitrate are produced which gradually make their way into the water table and ultimately into our water supply . '
Idiom: rare bird (used idiomatically: yes)
In low level solo passes the B–25s returned and with accompanying pyrotechnics relived the attack on Tokyo . Just a minute part of the mass of aircraft present at Oshkosh 92 . A rare bird indeed , Fairchild XNQ–1 N5726 , built in 1947 and powered by a 600hp Lycoming R680 . Resembling somewhat of a cross between a Texan and a Trojan , this machine is owned by Don Pellegrneo of Story City , Indiana . From bombers to fighters , another of the themes at Oshkosh was the 50th anniversary of the activation of the USAAF 357th Fighter Group .
Idiom: play it safe (used idiomatically: yes)
Richard L. Feigen & Co , 49 East 68th Street , New York , NY 10021 Tel : 212–628 0700 . Out of the Ark in Mallett of Bond Street Playing it thematically safe , Mallett of Bond Street 's spring exhibition ( until 17 April ) is entitled ' From ark to art : animals in the decorative arts 1650–1900 ' . The show is intended to celebrate the seventy - fifth anniversary of the British Antique Dealers ' Association . With a price range of £ 600 to £ 1 million plus , objects on show include their Florentine pietra dura cabinet attributed to Domenico Benotti , inlaid with fruit , birds and a view of the Piazza della Signoria , made around 1645 .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
' What 's the difference between — well , how do coconuts become copra ? ' I asked . Robins picked a piece up off the beach . ' There 's not much difference , ' he admitted . ' Copra is the dried - out guts of the coconut , the endosperm and the embryo of the seed .
Idiom: by no stretch of the imagination (used idiomatically: yes)
Is he satisfied that the complications arising from the ownership of a large part of the Foresterhill site by Aberdeen university have been overcome ? It is a disgrace that the Royal Scottish National hospital at Larbert is included in this misbegotten scheme . A hospital dealing with the mentally handicapped is by no stretch of the imagination a candidate for the market mechanism . The postponement to 1993 simply to await the Government 's belated funding of community care will overcome none of the difficulties . Finally , may I make it unambiguously clear that Labour will reverse the decisions on these three hospitals announced today and will do so immediately after the general election ?
Idiom: read my lips (used idiomatically: no)
You showed me all your rich man 's toys — the cars , the plane , the palace — and none of them impressed me . ' She tossed the hair back from her face . ' Read my lips , Nicolo . I — do — not — want — to — sleep — with — you . Do you understand ? '
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
She led Midnight to a clear patch and then let him walk on the long rein , so that she stayed still and he walked round her in a circle at the end of the rein . At least he was supposed to walk , but he kept trotting . Nails gritted his teeth and willed himself to stay squarely in the saddle . ‘ Keep your hands down . Do n't pull on his mouth .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
Viewed as an ' independent robot ' , I am happy to admit that a particular area of my brain controls my digestive processes and ' I ' do not , but I certainly do not want to say that that brain area is ' aware'of those processes . Sloman prompts one to ask what it could be like to be an entity that controlled all existing ( presumably conscious ) human beings but had no access to what went on in their conscious minds at all , and of which , ex hypothesi , the humans themselves were not aware ? To use the argument brought forward against the related speculation of Block ( i.e. about the tiny homunculi ) , one might at the very least want to deny that the higher and lower consciousnesses could , in any sense , be the same consciousnesses , whether or not they could be said to be in a physical part — whole relationship . The supreme organizer picture set out above , whose sub - modules are controlled but themselves conscious ( though not of the control itself ) , is a well - known theological pattern and has been explored elsewhere in detail : a God who is omnipotent , conscious , but not omniscient in that he can look into human brains while being unable to see what they are thinking . Whatever the heady consequences of that ( and they have classically been found contradictory ) , Sloman 's explication does not tackle the question of why it is we are conscious of certain things at some times but not at others .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Although a closer relationship with the Silicon Graphics Inc / MIPS unit would seem the most plausible direction for CDC , it has shunned this route . A story which appeared in last week 's Electronics Weekly , saying the company was considering another RISC was placed with that publication , CDC admits , ‘ to put the wind up Silicon Graphics and MIPS.’ Although CDC would not come clean with its actual choice of another RISC , it ruled out Sparc , said DEC 's Alpha was just vapourware and admitted it had been positively influenced by HP 's technology commitment . CDC 's decision wo n't be made public until it wraps up its latest internal re - organisation ( UX 381 ) . MINIGRAMS
Idiom: go to the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
He had not had a woman for weeks — not since that last trip to the Wilds — and that had been a sing - song girl , all artifice and expertise . No , this would be different ; something to savour . Quickly he went to the wall safe at the far end of the room and touched the combination . The door irised open and he reached inside , drawing out the tiny phial before the door closed up again . He hesitated a moment then gulped the drug down , feeling its warmth sear his throat and descend quickly to his stomach .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
All the signatories were Christians , many were minor headmen and all already lived within the new reservation — except Jason and Timothy , who received provision to live among the whites . Hale accumulated enough names to suggest tribal acceptance despite the absence of every anti - treaty chief . Even old Henry Spalding , who had returned to Lapwai in the spring , added his signature for good measure . Currey noted : ‘ Although the treaty goes out to the World as the concurrent agreement of the tribe , it is in reality nothing more than the agreement of Lawyer and his band , numbering in the aggregate not a third part of the Nez Perce tribe.’ In the Wallowa valley , Old Joseph tore in two the piece of paper he called the Thief Treaty .
Idiom: in the sticks (used idiomatically: yes)
All of these social differences were embodied in the symbol of uniform . Our expensive , good - quality tunics were well cut and belted , while our ‘ guard’ style cap , set up at the front to emulate the officer class , made us different . Helmets and unbelted tunics were for the despised ‘ county men’ , ‘ those sheep - dippers up the road in the sticks’ whom we continually used to reassert our own status by looking on them as ‘ hicksville country cousins’and definitely not ‘ real polises’ . To the south across the Rive Tyne lay Gateshead Borough Police , a small force with less manpower and fewer resources than our unit in the city . They also wore the helmet , like the similarly attired British Transport Police at the main railway station ( who are also despised as police marginals ) .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
And so was the enemy . Above the rustle and thud of the hooves , he could hear the voices of Tuathal 's riders behind him calling to one another , quipping breathlessly , their voices still surprised . Without anything said , Tuathal turned in the saddle and held up a flat palm for silence . Silence was not in fact necessary . But open jubilation or even jeering might be unwise .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Lisa was in constant agony , but I could n't even comfort her or give her a cuddle because of the plaster.’ After a month , the pain began to ease slightly and Lisa was able to get up to her own room with Janet 's help . Then the local centre for the handicapped lent them a wheelchair , so they were able to get out and about . But things did n't always go smoothly . After four months the skin around the bolts became infected .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
In order to reduce the possibility of failure of this kind , with all its implications for staff and staff - pupil relations , Owen seeks to systematize and formalize the process of referral . He stresses the importance of establishing rules and procedures that will govern unit - school relations . Data is collected with a view to determining which ‘ kind’ of pupil ‘ succeeds’and which does not . This data is incorporated in publicizing of the unit and its work ; in articles , meetings with other professional groups and in a display on the wall of the head 's office - cum staffroom where it is often referred to in the course of interviews with parents and pupils . Owen : Well Kevin , we are trying , and we 'll be working with your parents on this , to get you back to school and up onto that list up there … see … that 's a list of those who 've returned to school .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
The Poles hardly began to populate the mines of the Ruhr before 1890 though the Czech were moving south into Vienna . The great period of Slav , Jewish and Italian migration to the Americas began in the 1880s . By and large the British Isles , Germany and Scandinavia provided the international migrants , except for specially footloose minorities such as the Galicians and Basques , ubiquitous in the Hispanic world . Since most Europeans were rural , so were most migrants . The nineteenth century was a gigantic machine for uprooting countrymen .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
McHale is giving a trial to 6 ft 1 in goalkeeper Ian Taylor , 24 , who has been released by Carlisle United . However , Boro 's YTS keeper , Steve Hewitt is set to retain his place at Chesterfield tomorrow after an impressive midweek debut against Crewe . THE world 's longest pancake race featuring a larger - than - life lemon Mr Jif flashed through Darlington yesterday . About six runners from the Peterlee Road Racers covered the stretch between Newcastle and Darlington in the 550-mile relay race ending in London on March 2 , the day before Shrove Tuesday . They were welcomed to Darlington Town Hall by Mayor Rita Fishwick , who donated a cheque to Radio Lollipop , a national children 's hospital charity .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
Bury St. Edmunds He was subsequently moved to malt despatch when the maltings came into production and is now assistant chargehand . Buckie in full swing IT WAS all go at Buckie during the harvest . When these photo 's were taken there were 39 lorries on site trying to tip !
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: no)
The Panel wants to be the competent authority and to be explicitly designated as such . It believes this would prevent legal challenges to its status while retaining its flexibility to interpret the code according to changing circumstances . Precedents are few and far between . The Advertising Standards Authority provides the nearest model , but even this is not ideal for the Panel . The ASA is not a competent authority — this status has been accorded to the Office of Fair Trading , which effectively delegates the task of monitoring misleading advertisements to the ASA .
Idiom: get wind of (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Tyrie 's buy - in package includes a management contract linked to future movement 's in Norfolk 's share price which is described as ‘ lavish.’ After an initial payment of £ 500,000 , Mr Tyrie and his partners would receive a lump sum of £ 2million if Norfolk 's shares reached 50p and a further £ 5million if they topped 60p . On Friday its shares jumped 2p to 32p as the market got wind of some kind of deal , valuing the group at £ 130million . Solicitors ' firms are caught out by the housing market collapse . By Ben Laurance
Idiom: give something a miss (used idiomatically: yes)
She seems to be enjoying it . For our part , the only time our heart comes close to missing a beat is when Denice wedges the still - full carton of popcorn between her thighs and invites us to help ourselves whenever we feel like it . Unable to trust our sense of direction one hundred per cent in the dark , and aware that misunderstandings might arise , we decide to give the popcorn a miss . After an eternity or two , the film comes to an end . It 's time to eat .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
I told my boss over the phone that I would be going straight home without returning to the company .
Idiom: jump through hoops (used idiomatically: no)
Human trainers of all species appreciate the differing capacity of creatures to respond to training and sometimes to perform antics which they would never perform in the wild , though these are never completely outside their basic behavioural repertoire . Learned perceptions and actions have to be within the overall confines of a creature 's mind structure . Lions may learn to jump through hoops or sea lions to clap their flippers while balancing a ball on their noses , but lions jump over obstacles in their home territory or laze around under a favourite tree , while sea lions are naturally dexterous , chasing fish with great skill . But you never saw the king of beasts clap his forepaws nor balance a ball on his nose ! Even new language , new communication signals can be taught .
Idiom: call someone's bluff (used idiomatically: yes)
Leith began to recover from feeling shaken to realise that things had gone too far now for her to confess everything , but in any case she could n't do that , not when Rosemary and Travis were so insistent on secrecy . What else was plain , though , was that she had wasted her time in trying to turn the tables on Naylor Massingham by hinting that , jobless , she might set up home with Travis . Naylor was calling her bluff , and there was not a thing she could do about it — the swine ! ‘ There — must be some other way,’ she voiced her thoughts out loud , and , as the thought occurred , ‘ I can tell Travis that I do n't want to see him again without going in for this — this charade.’ Naylor was shaking his head before she had finished .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps the best way to explain how an electronic publishing system implementation should be organised is to walk through the various processes one by one . If you have already started down the route on your own and missed out some ( or all ) of the steps you will begin to realise what remedial action you need to take to put everything back on course . For those who have yet to take the plunge I hope the following will act as a series of checkpoints that you can apply to your own , unique situation . Unique , because every system is different both in terms of hardware and software needs and the skills of the staff who are going to use it . The publications you produce may well fit into a set of identifiable categories ; brochures , newsletters , flyers , books , manuals and so on but it 's how you produce them that 's important .
Idiom: beyond the pale (used idiomatically: no)
The British constitution is simply an unimportant part of the " superstructure " of society and economy that is explained by , and cemented to , the all - important and all - determining economic " base " . From this kind of perspective on the road to socialism , to even consider reconstructing or reforming the British constitution is regarded as a trifling nonsense that borders on the evil of a naive reformism itself . So , from the dominant parliamentary perspective the Left takes the British constitution for granted as a good thing , and from the insurrectionary perspective the Left sees the British constitution ( if it sees it at all ) as beyond the pale of reasoned consideration and change . From both points of view there has been no tradition of serious , sustained , and critical debate on the limits and potentialities of the British constitution and liberal - democracy . Third road to socialism .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
It had n't occurred to me to feel frightened of him then . Now it did . I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing but I got up and started towards him as he finally got the clip to slide into the gun and snick home . ‘ Hey , Andy,’ I said . ‘ Man , come on … ’