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Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
No fool , Celia remembered thinking , as she drove them both back to the home she was soon to vacate . Brian was attending a medical dinner that night , so it was left to Celia to entertain the pair alone . Much of the evening was taken up with reminiscences , talk of Edna 's family — particularly her fisherman brother , Bert — and the fact that Four Winds had changed hands four times in as many years . ‘ Shame , really,’ said Edna . ‘ It 's nice to have … well , continuity in a place .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
A cry for help went out to Kings and Princes of the West , and Richard was one of the first to respond , receiving in November 1187 the piece of material cut into the shape of a cross which was the badge of all crusaders . He did so without waiting for his father 's permission . It was not until the end of the same year that Henry and Philip of France followed suit . Neither really wanted to take the Cross , being more concerned with their own affairs and plots against each other . However , public opinion and a gathering tide of religious fervour forced them to join their brother monarchs in swearing to raise armies to recapture the Holy City .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
' Will you keep your fingers crossed for me ? ' Fowler said he most certainly would do so . He might even , he mused , have a word with old Webb - Bowen 's minder . Better her than Teresa Gorman . Ushered to the door of the restaurant by minions , Amaranth , disregarding Grunte 's magisterial signal to his hovering chauffeur , plunged into a waiting cab .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
' If you have money to spare , it makes sense to pay these off first because they cost much more than you 'd earn from savings . ' The first rule of finance is do n't borrow to invest — and that 's what you 're doing if you ignore debts while ploughing cash into savings . ' As a rule - of - thumb , your debts ( excluding mortgage ) should not total more than three months ' earnings before tax . Your monthly bills , including mortgage or rent , should not be more than half your monthly take - home pay . Sharing the load
Idiom: rule the roost (used idiomatically: yes)
At its worst , it represents a total breakdown of the US budget process . The implications of this are chilling in an era marked by growing , destabilising imbalances among the world 's largest industrial economies . Politics not fiscal discipline clearly rules the US roost and in no month is this more obvious than in October , the start of the new 1990 fiscal year . The US deficit is rising dramatically , not falling , as the law dictated , to zero by fiscal 1991 . Even now , as Congress struggles with the legislation to meet this year 's deadline , it is clear that another target will not be met .
Idiom: pass the time of day (used idiomatically: yes)
Ackroyd enjoyed a quiet bachelor life and lived in a small house by the crossing . Ackroyd 's strange experience began one day as he looked out from his lonely signal box . He knew most of the men who used the line and passed the time of day with them . However , there was one person he saw frequently yet never spoke to him , nor even knew his name . He first noticed a young boy early one summer , about a year or so after he had taken over Entwhistle Halt .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Many were in Polish . Even the ones in English had a Polish theme : the rise and fall of Solidarity , Eastern Europe , the Soviet Union . Her nose twitched to the smell : mouldy and fetid like sweaty clothes left to stew in a plastic bag . The eagle on the poster dominated the room , tall and black and proud on a scarlet background . Fierce and unforgiving .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
By Patrick Gale IT IS a broadly accepted truism that all novelists harbour in their system a novel about growing up . Call it a rites - of - passage novel , a coming - of - age novel or a coming - out novel , it is usually a writer 's way of exploring how the early years can irritate to life the otherwise dormant sensitivities that produce the itch to write fiction . The axiom is that these novels are the first to be written . Wiser writers , like Frank Ronan , leave them for their third or fourth .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Contact has been made between the Dutch and the English hooligans and arrangements are in hand to erm effect meetings in Sardinia , yes . Is that a nice way of saying that there 's going to be a lot of fighting , is that what they 've been planning ? Yes , yes , our intelligence is that erm planned meetings , in other words , planned violence is in the pipeline for Sardinia , which means the Dutch and English fans . But when we went to Holland , a rather different picture emerged . The Dutch are relaxed about many social issues , including it seems , football violence .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: no)
Westerly Yachts of Waterlooville displayed their Typhoon 37 and an Oceanmaster , while the agents for Sigma and Moody showed a Sigma 38 and a Moody 375 respectively . It was left to the major French builders , however , to announce their new models with real fanfare . Bénéteau went to town in their usual impressive way ; it is , after all , their home patch . They displayed 14 models under the glare of quartz - halogen floodlights . Making its debut and dominating the stand was the brand new First 53f5 , born of a collaboration between naval architect Bruce Farr , and stylist Pininfarina , with Bénéteau themselves contributing a considerable amount of production engineering technology .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: no)
But Purcell did not set the lyrics in quite the way their writer had mapped out for him . What the quarto labels ' the First SONG ' runs right through from ' Come all ye songsters'to ' Sing while we trip it'Purcell divided this into no fewer than five separate numbers : the countertenor solo ' Come all ye songsters ' ; the trio ' May the god of wit inspire ' — without the chorus repeat specified in the quarto , but duly followed by what it labels ' a Composition of Instrumental Musick , in imitation of an Eccho ' ; a chorus which , instead of repeating ' May the god of wit ' , sets the first line of the second stanza , ' Now join your warbling voices all ' ; and finally a solo , ' Sing while we trip it ' , this time with the specified chorus repeat . And in the next musical sequence , the songs for Night , Mystery , Secrecy and Sleep , Purcell ignored the refrain — or perhaps da capo which the librettist had indicated for each song . He also cut the last line of the final song , ' Rest till the rosy morn 's uprise ' , leaving the Fairy Queen herself at the centre of a choral lullaby . Act 3 contains a whole cluster of consecutive movements over which the score and the quarto disagree .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: no)
The drunken miller 's incoherency , " " as he were on the quakke " " ( 4152 ) recalls how Nicholas puts the equivalent of an ass 's head on John the carpenter by portraying him , absurdly , as a duck swimming above the Second Flood ( 3575–6 ) . The linguistic echoes of the Miller 's Tale in the Reeve 's are intense , and , usually , located near the very heart of the tales ' character as fabliaux . The marked language of the Miller 's Tale , swyve and pisse , is found again in the Reeve 's Tale ; fartynge is not named as such in the Reeve 's Tale , but is included with a circumlocution that uses a marked term we have seen in the Shipman 's Tale : The miller 's boast : is no doubt intended to be simply proverbial , but has a richly ironic meaning in light of the " beard " that Absolon finds upon obtaining his kiss from Alison ( 3730–43 ) . Perhaps the most telling of such echoes is that between the stallion 's ecstatic animal cry of " " wehee " " as it races off towards the mares ( 4066 ) and Alisons 's gleeful cry of " " tehee " " after making such a fool , in her way , of Absolon ( 3740 ) . One may truly get the sense of the Reeve 's Tale being played by the same company with the same costumes on the same stage as the Miller 's Tale : Absolon 's red hose for the " " halyday " " ( 3319–40 ) re - appear early on ( 3952–5 ) , and the daughter has the same grey eyes as the delicate Absolon ( 3317 , 3974 ) .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm I 've apologized to you , and particularly to the people who write the dictionary that I do n't actually know the opposite of deja vu but it 's what I 'm suffering from . Very succinct . Er , caught me on the hop . Sorry Thank you Chairman .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Subject : Re : I 've being saying that for years ! Absolutely , could n't agree more , that s why I was fucking astounded to see the headlines in the sunday papers saying GIGGS BACK TO HIS MAGNIFICENT BEST the little shit did fuck all . The headlines should have been KELLY KEEPS GIGGS IN HIS POCKET . SIMON . From :
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't hate him but I mean Oh I do , I really he can be funny but sometimes he just goes over the top . I do n't think he 's funny I think he 's Hi Cass .
Idiom: squeaky clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Bubble pigs : Disease is a big problem in intensive pig problem in intensive pig farms . One way of preventing piglets picking things up is to have them born into a sterile bubble , and reared in squeaky - clean rooms . The bubble is put round the sow , and the piglets removed by caesarean . Woolly pigs :
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
The expected changes came in the form of the Housing Act 1988 which contained " a radical reform of the relationship between the private sector landlord and his tenant " ( P.H. Kenny & A.M. Kenny , Law Soc Gazette , No . 28 , 19 July 1989 , 25 ) . As Kenny and Kenny suggest , the " position of the landlord is now very much strengthened " and the " question is whether licences have anything at all to offer to the landlord looking for an income from his residential property . " Nevertheless , deregulation only applies to occupation agreements made after 15 January 1989 , and many potential cases are still in the pipeline . Moreover the Housing Act 1988 only applies to residential occupation and has no effect upon lease — licence cases with respect to business or office premises . CONCLUSION
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Travis released her hand finally . ‘ That much was always obvious,’ he said with heavy irony . ‘ And begs the question , why not?’ She rubbed at her abused flesh , desperately grasping at the first straw to float into her mind . ‘ You saw the way she acted .
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: yes)
By John Whalley Widnes 20pts Salford 24 WITH the relegation issue in an unpredictable state , Salford 's victory at Widnes proved no more than par for the course yesterday , but they will need radical adjustments in their attacking philosophy if they are to collect further points . Their desire to play an expansive game is often dangerous , verging on the suicidal . Even in the later stages of this game they continued to move the ball around despite circumstances requiring more solid one - man drives backed by dependable kicking .
Idiom: sticky fingers (used idiomatically: yes)
Tt it 's got bits of shortbread in it ! Well I put some on a piece of shortcake . And we only wanted the melted chocolate , we could have had a sticky finger then could n't we ? Yeah . use it without spilling it down .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Bill and Mrs. Pedler died within weeks of one another in 1970 , Arnold Claisse in 1972 , Jack Webb in 1974 and Micky Watson in 1978 . John Chalcraft resigned after 40 years , surviving until 1985 . After Tom Luker 's death in 1977 his family gave the Club his putter which is now mounted as a trophy on display in the Club . Stanley Felstead , Secretary from 1964 until his retirement in 1970 , was followed by Harold Chambers as an Honorary stand - in until Jack Walters arrived . He was succeeded quite quickly by Geoffrey Ayres who remained until he retired in 1970 .
Idiom: cost the earth (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd have been all right . I was about to ring for a taxi . ' ' Cost the earth this time of night . What happened to the rich boyfriend ? What was he doing , letting you wander the streets half dressed in the rain ? '
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
When will the tendering process be opened for the craft to which he referred in his statement ? That must be of great concern to the yards which were not successful in the tendering process , whose problems will become similar to those that confronted Yarrow until this afternoon . When does the right hon . Gentleman expect the next tranche of type 23 orders , to which he did not refer in his statement , to be in the pipeline and when can we expect the next round of tendering to start for those ? Mr. King I am grateful to the hon . Gentleman for those comments .
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: no)
Those schemes do not represent opting out , as hospitals will remain within the National Health Service . By opting out one decides to delegate some of the managerial decisions to a lower level . If that can be done with improved efficiency with the whole range of services continuing to be carried out , there is no reason why the Secretary of State for Wales should not dive approval to such a scheme . Thereafter , however , the Secretary of State and the Welsh Office will have the duty to monitor such a scheme . Such schemes should be judged on their merits and improved efficiency and they should mean that , in total , the hospitals still carry out all the functions required in the district .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
He would never forget , he would never forgive . And this time he would stay in control . Nobody would get the better of him . This is why Peter gets so steamed up with the sales people from the software houses . The cardinal rule in the computer world according to Peter , is : do n't trust new programs any further than you can throw them .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
when you come and stay with me , she , anyway she , she would n't , well in the end I just said that 's it I 've had enough I switched the car off and grabbed hold of her I said , frogmarched her in the car I said come on , I 'm going to bed , Rudy 's ready for bed I said I want you with me , so that I can keep me eye on you if I have to sit up all bloody night , of course when she was with me I picked her up and got her strong again and I say you have to be worth it , you 're better off without him then she come round and then she 'd say I know I am I just go down but well anyway she say , the next morning I said to her do you wanna go home and get some clothes and come back here ? She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart , No , only to leave behind you see innit ?
Idiom: with knobs on (used idiomatically: yes)
With Adrian Jones experiencing run - up stutters , this was followed by a stingy stint against Gloucestershire in the B&H and then a career - best 4 for 37 to dismantle Somerset . Ex - ovalteenies normally flourish at Lord 's ( Emburey , Selvey ) and fade at Hove ( Storey , Arnold , Long ) but Robson , himself an ex - MCC boot - boy , could be an exception . Unloading a winter 's worth of frustration in just over an hour , Mark Ramprakash 's murderous 57–ball hundred at Grace Road , the swiftest for Middlesex in one - day cricket , had flourish with knobs on . As exorcisms go , it was infinitely preferable to hurling verbal stakes at a callow Cambridge offspinner . Not the least remarkable aspect of that day was that the county should record their highest total in the limited - overs arena , no fewer than 15 years after M. J. Smith and Graham Barlow had given Sarfraz and Bedi a spring clean to register the only previous Seaxe score in excess of 300 .
Idiom: for my money (used idiomatically: yes)
him and Michael Watson , and he won . And then it upset him Well I 'll tell you know for my money he did n't deserve to win . No , I 'd have thought he 'd have put up a better show than that . You know , because i it was absolute , I was bored to tears !
Idiom: take someone to task (used idiomatically: yes)
They participated forthrightly , rejecting the councillor 's views on discipline . Moreover , he seemed taken aback by their liberalism , which showed concern with the problems of those who failed to pass examinations at school . Significantly , it was the schoolgirls , more so than the working males , who took the councillor to task . They knew how his preoccupations with ' the high - flyers ' and with discipline would affect themselves . Although , as Dave said , their branches had a ' youth - club , table - tennis image , rather than a fox - hunting image ' , there were tensions with other branches .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ This year , five boys two under 12s and three under 13s are going for training with the County FA regional squad , and for a club this size , it 's brilliant . ‘ We 've got a conveyor belt of talent coming through now . We have an under 16 side in the Yorkshire Conference on a Sunday morning , and I reckon three lads in there are going all the way . ‘ They 've already played in the Northern Intermediate League for under 19s , and they have n't left school yet . As well as those two teams , we can play friendlies at any level , from under tens onwards .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
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Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Apparently some mindless , stupid drunk careered straight into their car on the freeway . It 's all right— they are still alive,’ he said quickly , taking her limp hands within his own warm fingers , ‘ but they 're both in Intensive Care in a hospital and no one seems sure if they 'll be able to pull through . It 's … well , it 's all touch and go , I 'm afraid,’ he told her sadly . ‘ But … but the twins … ?’ Laura gasped , hardly able to comprehend that her cousin and his brother — a young , happily married couple — were now in danger of their lives .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: no)
A private company differs from a public company in a considerable number of ways . Following from the Companies Acts of 1980 and 1981 , it is much more advantageous to register as a private company . Thus a private company may not always consider it advantageous to ' go public ' . Closing down the company Because a company is a distinct legal person , created by a legal procedure , it can be brought to an end only by further legal processes .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
And those who could n't obtain fresh fruit substituted vegetables producing carrot marmalade , marrow and ginger jam . Jellies flavoured with beetroot or mint and parsley honey . We we 've got most of those recipes here erm in my book . There was even a recipe for lemon curd using vegetable marrow but no eggs or lemons . Goodness know what that tasted like!.
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
She showed us trees with calabashes and wooden fruits , and a thicket of juicy ginger stalks which sheltered huge , pink plastic blossoms . She pointed out tiny , delicate orchids growing on trees , and the dammed ponds in the river where she planned to breed crayfish . Some way below the garden a man stood quietly washing himself in the hot water from the spring ; it was channelled down there in a homemade aqueduct of halved bamboo stalks resting on forked twigs . ' For every improvement to the guest - house , I make something for the local people , ' Anne said . ' It 's their island . '
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
On the repeal of the acts in 1886 The Shield had ended its campaign . But it quickly re - formed in 1897 to challenge fresh regulationism introduced into India , keeping up a constant barrage of propaganda against any return to compulsory medical inspection and detention of prostitutes at home . By the first decade of the twentieth century the majority of medics saw return to enforced regulation of VD as out of the question . Recent knowledge concerning the disease 's diagnosis and treatment , and its redefinition as a primarily civilian rather than a military problem , made the regulationist strategy impracticable . The changed stance on VD paved the way for a partial reconciliation between purity feminists and medics over the twin issues of morality and health .
Idiom: in living memory (used idiomatically: yes)
ARCHAEOLOGISTS believe that priceless information about the past has been lost in the severe storms which battered Orkney earlier this year . An assessment is under way of some of the most important coastal sites and already widespread damage has been found . Julie Gibson , Historic Scotland 's monuments officer for Orkney , said yesterday that many archaeological treasures had taken a ‘ hammering’ from a combination of hurricane - force winds and the highest tides in living memory . Of particular concern is the damage the storms caused to one - and - a - half miles of coastline on the island of Rousay . Along this short stretch of the shore can be found archaeological sites dating from 3,000 BC through the Viking period to the Highland clearances of the last century .
Idiom: cost the earth (used idiomatically: yes)
I inherited one kitchen which had lemon yellow units with aluminium knobs , lemon yellow walls , a false flagstone vinyl floor and speckly plastic laminate worktops . I removed the units from one short wall , replaced them with a huge old pine dresser and painted all the walls , the ceiling and the rest of the units white . I changed the aluminium knobs for some more cheerful brass handles , covered the wall space between worktops and the bottom of cabinets with some blue and white Mexican tiles ( which did n't cost the earth ) , re - topped the counters with butcher - block and changed the vinyl flagstones for quarry tiles . Result : a total change of character . For other instant transformations you could jazz up an all - white kitchen say , by adding red and white tiles and red handles , or by just painting a stripe all along between drawers and cupboard doors .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Eisenhower , who was in the midst of his re - election campaign and was presenting himself to the American electorate as ' a man of peace ' , failed to make clear to his British and French colleagues in the Atlantic Alliance the depth of his reluctance to countenance the use of force over an issue that was only important and not vital to US interests . During the Korean War , Attlee made Britain 's objections to the extension of the conflict to mainland China crystal clear to Truman . Eisenhower and Dulles prevaricated over Suez , and , in the longer term , the United States has paid the price for their misjudgments . America inherited Britain 's thankless task of trying to maintain a semblance of stability in the Middle East , and has been singularly unsuccessful in doing so over the three decades that have passed since Suez . The political lessons of Suez could not be disguised .