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Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
The council spokesman also said there were not enough professional caterers in the area to meet demand . INTERNATIONAL VISITORS to the Disney theme parks near Orlando , Florida , have a wealth of new - build state - of - the - art hotels to choose from , but none reaches the gaudy heights of the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel . The picture ( left ) may look like a model of the hotel but is , in fact , the real thing . Service at the hotel is provided by ITT Sheraton .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd ask him the next day as we worked . But what was there to tell ? I could n't imagine Ted contemplating the nature of Eva and Dad 's taut happiness or telling of how they were always trying to pull each other 's tracksuit bottoms down and playing games like seeing who could throw a lolly - stick in a bin the most times out of ten . Perhaps he was more specific , speaking of what he usually saw when he came to work in the morning — Eva in her blue silk pyjamas and red robe shouting and laughing and giving orders to me for breakfast , and reading aloud from the papers . In the old days Mum and Dad took the Daily Mirror , that was all .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: no)
' Panic ' ' THIS IS the first Smiths single that uses a different tune and manages to avoid both ropey introspection and clever - clever adolescent poetry . Now it seems my goading has borne fruit . ' ' Ask ' ' THE WORD is gnomic .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: no)
Normally priced at £ 34.99 , we are able to offer these beautiful watches at just £ 17.99 . See the Club letter for details on how to take advantage of this great offer . Join the Club Do n't miss out on the fun ! Join our Clothes Show Club today .
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: no)
Flying Finn OLYMPIC champion Finn Christian Jagge won the opening slalom event of the season in Norway yesterday with a combined time of 1min 40.01sec to win the event by .72sec . Four see red DIEGO MARADONA scored yesterday in Seville 's 2–1 Spanish League victory over Celta — who had four players sent off as the game ended in chaos with fans invading the pitch . Becker is back to top
Idiom: long in the tooth (used idiomatically: yes)
ROGER GANN TEST DRIVES THE 433/L , A COMPLETELY NEW DESIGN WHICH HAS HEAPS OF CLEVER AND INNOVATIVE FEATURES . One of the best known direct sellers , Dell Computer , wiped the slate clean at the beginning of this year , replacing its entire range of desktop PCs with equivalent models with enhanced specifications . Although they were solid and durable , the old machines were getting a bit long in the tooth . Two ranges got the chop — the P and the D series . They 've been replaced by the L and the M series .
Idiom: get the boot (used idiomatically: no)
I 'll help you well if you run away , I 'll tie you up , what ? got these boots got what on ? got these boots
Idiom: do me a favour (used idiomatically: yes)
' You know - hanky panky . ' ' Tamsin and Ludo ? Do me a favour . ' ' How about her mother - anything there ? ' He sees what I am thinking .
Idiom: high and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
BRAVE : Louise ROYAL PRANG JINXED Prince Edward was left high and dry yesterday when his yacht ran aground on the rocks . The prince and two crewmates in the 35 ft The Ashes were carved up by another yacht in a race at Cowes , Isle of Wight . Edward , who was at the helm , was given no room to turn and ploughed onto the rocks just five minutes after the start of a three - hour race .
Idiom: hold court (used idiomatically: yes)
All this is linked to four - wheel steering and ESC adaptive suspension , which adjusts its settings to limit body roll and optimise tyre grip during cornering . To complete the package , anti - lock brakes are standard . Sigma is the car with which Mitsubishi hopes to claim a slice of the lucrative high - specification performance - saloon market where the BMW 535i holds court . Mitsubishi is also hoping to sell a lower - spec Sigma in the UK — but only if it can secure the cars from the factory in Japan , and negotiate an increase in its UK import quota . Mitsubishi 's Nagoya works are already flat - out supplying Diamantes and the Dodge Stealth / Mitsubishi Starion GTO models with which it shares its platform and mechanicals .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh I 'll ring him first thing Monday morning then . What 's wrong ? And get him to sort that out once and for all ! Well they can sort it out . I mean that 's
Idiom: add insult to injury (used idiomatically: yes)
I had to keep the wingtip in sight of the ground to avoid getting disorientated . It had been planned to take the aircraft up to 5,000 ft and carry out some general handling checks , but I never got up that high , consequently I ended up doing a figure of eights over Duxford at 300 ft . The , to add insult to injury , it started raining heavily . Meanwhile , up in Duxford 's control tower , John Allison was anxiously waiting . I landed back safely and further flights were not quite so harrowing.’
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
The Consumer Protection Act also makes a supplier liable if he fails to identify the producer within a reasonable time , having been asked to do so by the claimant . A defect is defined by reference to the expectation of safety in the product and this relates to property damage as well as death and personal injury . A computer with an exposed unearthed metal chassis would fall short of the expectation of safety . There are certain defences available , an important one of which is the " state of the art " defence . This means that the defect is judged in the light of the scientific and technical knowledge at the time the product was under the control of the person seeking to rely on the defence .
Idiom: presence of mind (used idiomatically: yes)
There the resemblance to a turtle ended , for , after one or two splashes , the figure disappeared below the waves . When Alec reached the spot , the wreckage lay waterlogged below the surface , sinking slowly deeper . He saw lettering on it he could not make out , although he had the presence of mind to record the scene on a video . Of the figure there was no sign . Drifting nearby , however , was a sort of transparent inflatable dinghy , low in the water , resembling a cocoon .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: no)
He questioned the new Clause 's sponsors ' understanding of what was ‘ normal’ , and for good measure said that when he had visited the Soviet Union he had not liked it — there were no sex shops , a lot of censorship , and they denied that homosexuals existed . It was during this discourse , however , that The Family made a fleeting , but telling , appearance . Mr Roberts , having been around lesbians and gay men , was aware of the million - dollar underlying issue : is the Heterosexual Family ‘ natural’ ? If heterosexuals are natural and normal , what are lesbians and gay men ? Are lesbians and gay men born or made ?
Idiom: wheels within wheels (used idiomatically: yes)
' You did . Why ? ' ' Wheels within wheels , my dove , ' Dowd said . ' I 'd tell you the whole bitter story , but you do n't have the time to listen and I do n't have the patience to explain . I knew of a man who needed an assassin .
Idiom: head over heels (used idiomatically: yes)
YOU BEAUTY Golden girl Gunnell roars home to hurdle into Olympic history Super Sal just head over heels DAVID MOORE SALLY GUNNELL pulled the old Muhammad Ali trick last night to absolutely pulverise some of the world 's finest women runners .
Idiom: cross swords (used idiomatically: yes)
There were more unrelated Smiths playing against each other in the Triangular Tournament of 1912 , when Tiger of England came up against Dave of Australia . At The Oval , Tiger caught Dave for 6 off the bowling of Woolley , to become the first person to dismiss his namesake in Test cricket on English soil . Since then , Barnetts have crossed swords in 1938 , and in the third Test , Ben of Australia ( supported no doubt by fellow Bs Bradman , Brown and Badcock ) caught Charlie of England in both innings . In the final Test of that series , incidentally , Australia played five Bs , as Sid Barnes made his debut . Between them , they made 215 runs in the two innings ( with byes scoring an extra five ) , but England 's three Hs ( Hutton , Hardstaff and Hammond ) made 592 out of 903 for 7 and that was that .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
I knew little of psychology but enough to be aware of the impact on the unformed ego of an absent father . Could my investiture of Mr Broadhurst with such sinister and wide - ranging powers have been my way of dealing with the chronic lack of a proper role model ? Under the influence of this late surge of rational speculation I tried to view myself in a different light . Perhaps I was n't the plaything of a mage , who was determined to drag me into a frightening and chaotic world of naked will , only a seriously neurotic person in need of help . But what kind of help ?
Idiom: talk of the devil (used idiomatically: no)
I held my breath . Were they approaching or going away ? Talk of the devil … Fumblingly , shaking with excitement , I struggled to pull up my tracksuit trousers , half praying , half whispering : Wait , Lawrence . Do n't go .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: no)
One thing she had to say about Dad , at least he had prepped her for the world she was going to have to live in . Other girls graduated from the PZ high schools and got Senior Proms , but she had known she was a grown - up woman the day she ripped Bruno 's rotten throat out for him . She 'd breezed through the courts , faking numbskull stupidity , and come out clean . Everyone knew what she had done , but no one was really that conce with it . A few looies spread around the Juvie Op Agency , and she walked free .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
It was certainly unique , such an Exhibition , so near the northern shore and the Pentland waves . We will leave the waves to sing a plaintive closing requiem over the Exhibition that was held , and hope Thurso may enjoy much true prosperity . Exhibitions were all the rage at that time , and not just for the artistic elite of the big cities to the south , much to JTR 's misgivings , obviously . John T. Reid , not only are you a religious groupie , a thwarted poet of the Romantic School , a fitness freak , a possible paedophile , you are an artistic snob as well … At ‘ The Caithness and Sutherland Industrial and Art Exhibition’ to give it its full title , a labourer was charged with having done damage to the extent of £ 8 by falling upon a glass case and breaking a valuable jug the property of one John Fitsgibbon , china merchant .
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
But , while the North Berwick line has struggled and now thrived , the book also records the life and death of Gullane branch . Published in the comprehensive Oakwood style with maps , illustrations and well laid - out statistical tables this book represents excellent value given that little attention has been lavished on NBR affairs . TO THOSE of us born and bred away from the capital the mention of the name Nine Elms conjures up visions of leafy glades and the home counties . To the railway enthusiast , however , it was the location of a crack Southern Railway and Southern Region steam depot . The depot and its locomotives have a high place in the Southern enthusiasts ' hearts and Boocock has brought together a collection of pictures that illustrated the life in and around the depot as well as its varied locomotive stud out and about on the system 's metals .
Idiom: without fail (used idiomatically: yes)
And I am glad , yes , glad with all my heart . And you too , you are very sure , are you not ? One last thing — I should like my letters to be returned —all my letters without fail — not because I do not trust your honour , but because they are mine , now , because they are no longer yours . You understand me , in this at least , I know . Christabel
Idiom: go through the motions (used idiomatically: yes)
We used to stick ours up and if we see any fresh blue ones we should pull them down . Er and they used to do the same to ours . Er then election day we were out all day with , with a driver of a car getting people out and for them or going through the motions . I 've looked after the kids for them while they 've gone to vote , anything to get them here , that was the thing . And apart from that time during er elections etcetera how much involvement would you have just a normal we week , where there 's no elections on or anything ?
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
He was , he said , ‘ addicted to women’ . This may have been no shattering revelation for any man to make if it had n't been for the fact that in the hot steamy summer of ‘ 89 Lowe got himself laid by two girls in Atlanta , Georgia . Not particularly shocking in this day and age , perhaps , but one of the girls was only sixteen , two years below the legal age limit for having sex in Georgia — and he video - taped all the hot action , including some lesbian love - making between underage Jan Parsons and twenty - three - year - old Tara Seburt . He 'd met the girls in a nightclub in Atlanta and took them back to his hotel to make the one film he did n't expect anyone else but him to see . That video , though , was found by Jan 's brother Paul , who gave the low - down on Lowe to his mother , Lena Parsons .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
D'Arcy felt instinctively irritated that the générale seemed more worried about scandal than their client 's predicament . ‘ What sort of questions?’ ‘ Oh , just the small matter of the DGSE turning a blind eye to arms sales to Iranian terrorists in return for the release of our French hostages in Beirut.’ , He raised an eyebrow . ‘ As you said yourself , hardly in line with official government policy.’
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
And what is certain to provide fuel for a partisan battleground next year , if he wins , is the string of tax cut proposals on his agenda . Draconian spending cuts through a cap on welfare and other non - discretionary ( entitlement ) spending , which would lead to nearly £ 300bn worth of savings over five years , defence cuts , a domestic freeze and the taxpayer check - off which could result in a maximum of $ 50bn in spending cuts , would make up the shortfall created by his proposed tax incentives . These include a capital gains tax cut , a 15 % investment tax allowance and across - the - board tax rate cuts . What Bush is proposing is risky . He only has specific proposals for 10 % of the total entitlement spending cap , yet the across the board tax rate cuts would lose $ 25bn a year in revenue for each percentage point reduced , and conservatives are calling for a three point cut .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
So if you do happen across any documents relating to her … ’ ‘ You do n't know where Mrs Howard got the first clue about this?’ ‘ Major , we are not asking you to start the investigation again from scratch . Please . If you 'd confine yourself to finding out what Corporal Blagg knows , we 'd be very grateful.’
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Day hospitals have sprung up to assist the process of rehabilitation after acute illness which can herald the onset of chronic disability and handicap ; their patients are overwhelmingly the very old ( Donaldson et al . 1986 ) . The home - help service , to all intents and purposes , is already a service for the very old ( ibid . : 131 ) , and so also is the meals - on - wheels service ( ibid . ) . The number of residents of voluntary and private homes ( and to a lesser extent of local authority homes ) has increased , and the increase is almost entirely due to the numbers of very old entering such homes ( ibid . : 133 ) . There is a rising demand for sheltered accommodation for those who can no longer live an entirely independent life and desire some regular supervision rather than admission to a residential home .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We had a very good chat but , like most players at this stage of the year , Alan is keeping his options open,’ said Flynn . ‘ We did not go into any financial discussions but obviously I am interested in signing him . ‘ He has the sort of experience I want and players of his quality who become available are very few and far between . He can play virtually anywhere and , perhaps more importantly , does n't mind where he 's playing as long as he is in the team.’ But Flynn is not pushing Harper for a decision and is happy to leave things in the air for a fortnight or so .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
With the reading of Hippolytus and the cracking of the outer shell of his cheerful , hard - working , no - nonsense self , introspection was running riot and ‘ spiritualism’— by which he clearly meant dabbling in affairs of the spirit rather than solely a preoccupation with the dead — had , by the summer of 1929 , taken a firm grip on him . No wonder , then , that when he came to write up the experience in Surprised by Joy he should have been so insistent that his father 's last illness and death ‘ does not really come into the story I am telling’ . He was frightened that hostile readers of his theological work would be able to say that his religion could be ‘ explained’ in terms of the Oedipus complex ( or perhaps the Hippolytus complex ) ; and that he was only able to find peace for his heart by coming to terms with a Heavenly Father of his own projection when he had seen the last of his earthly father in Belfast . So much did he dread that his own was a case of ‘ redemption by parricide’ that he emphasized the unwillingness with which he accepted the divine call with language which is exaggerated and almost coarse . He was a ‘ prodigal who is brought kicking , struggling , resentful and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape’ .
Idiom: turn a trick (used idiomatically: yes)
' I 've always been around dope . My mom and dad both used heroin , and most of the people in my neighbourhood liked to get high , smoke a little reefer . I used to turn tricks to pay for dope . Eventually , dope got too expensive and I could n't afford to get high any more . Then crack showed up .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever attitudes Protestants in Easton might have towards the police because of Northern Ireland 's social and political divisions , these are undercut by the police 's pursuit of crime and its perpetrators , so that some Protestant in Easton encounter the police in situations which encourage negative views as a result of the ordinary criminal activity they engage in . The police are aware of how problematic their relationship is with certain sections of Easton 's population , irrespective of religion . Thus , offenders who invoke their Protestant religion as a means of justifying some action get short shrift , although we came across only one instance where this was done . A man gave the police a two - fingered gesture and upon being stopped exclaimed , ‘ I 'm a Prod , I 'm on your side.’ He received an official caution , being described as ‘ your typical gouger’(FN 26/5/87 , p. 2 ) .
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
Cranston turned and grinned evilly at the beggar . ‘ There 's more of that rich stew if you want it.’ Leif turned away , retching , whilst Cranston stalked out of his house muttering vengeance against all and sundry . In St Erconwald 's church , Athelstan had just finished the Mass for the dead and was now blessing the corpse of Tosspot , an old drunkard who 'd lived in the cellars of the Piebald Horse tavern . Tosspot had been found dead the previous afternoon .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Eric will put bums on seats , and he 'll get bums off their seats when he starts playing . ‘ I 'm not looking for problems or confrontations off the field . Eric will realise what a great club he has joined . ’ Yesterday , the maverick from Marseilles , on a three-and-a-half-year contract , told the French newspaper L'Equipe : ‘ I need excitement and a new challenge every six or 12 months . ’ But even that failed to disturb Ferguson 's philosophy .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Equally the press , almost as a whole , had decided that it liked the girl . It would have been very hard for him to have suddenly dropped her after all she had endured . And there were other pressures , including a poignant photograph of her in one of the tabloids surrounded by little hearts published on St Valentine 's Day . The message to Prince Charles was clear : ' Get on with it , Sir ' . The engagement was announced on 24 February 1981 , a few days after the two had consoled each other after the sudden death of the Prince 's horse Allibar .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Welsh Water managers have been invited to speak at the annual meeting of Wirral Deewatch at the Friends Meeting House , Telegraph Road , Heswall , next Wednesday night , the day before the petition is presented . The group hopes to be informed of the results of dye tests on the sewage works effluent . You 're breaking my heart , Rory IT 'S a heartbreaking moment when a great sportsman finally decides to quit the arena he has graced for so long . No more the roar of the sweatshirt , the smell of the crowd .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Ninety - six . ' Even during mealtimes , at the Captain 's table , he 's forever girding his muscle and sinew . Under the table his feet jig on their soles . John 's body shudders like the ship itself . This war will start at an appointed time , like a ball game .
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
out of ten so she did I think it was four se special meals then when we were there there was salmon , duckling at the moment , only on a Sunday we get the odd meals on a Sunday , we get the odd meals on a Saturday night but nine times out of ten they only want to sit in there there 's a Sit in there . they do n't want to sit in the restaurant they very rarely do get them sitting in the restaurant I suppose to a certain extent other than the Sundays it 's just waste of space .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
The loop could act only as a monitor to be interrogated in the case of breakdown of comprehension . In spoken language interpreting it is claimed that the interpreter has to improve his memory ability and his tolerance of lag and therefore , if the loop is used at all , it must contain information specifically coded to carry language markers . This may seem rather unlikely in the very limited capacity loop in the model and may simply be a fraction of semantic memory . In either case , the articulatory loop could not be used in quite the same way as Hitch and Baddeley ( 1978 ) propose for memory , but would be more similar to its function in reading , where it is largely suppressed . From Llewellyn - Jones ' ( 1981a , b ) findings , there must be a question as to whether BSL interpreting is actually occurring most of the time .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
When a change finally did occur in 1929 it was for the worse . Unemployment rose from a level of about 10 % ( which had been maintained throughout most of the ' 20s ) to a high of 23 % in 1932 . The recovery was slow and by 1937 the rate was still at 9 % . 3 By 1941 , then , people looked back across two decades of mass unemployment to the end of the previous war , and by and large they assumed the same thing would happen again . Yet , as Mass - Observation reported , there was a feeling that matters could be handled differently . The preparations for war had boosted employment , and there were no dole queues by July 1941 .