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Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
This book has been written with the objective both of making knowledge gained by research more easily accessible , and of demonstrating how in the course of providing services practitioners can use the knowledge and add to it by their own skill and commitment . If this book assists those who read it to become more ' research minded ' it will have achieved its objective . We need a more active approach to the promotion of new knowledge provided by research … to carry out large numbers of research projects and then put them on shelves and in pigeon holes is appallingly wasteful , as is also the vast amount of information available in hundreds of central and local government reports published each year and then forgotten , and never collated or analysed within an overall framework of reference . Even negative research results can be valuable and at the very least they could help us to ask some of the right questions . ( Barbara Kahan ' The implications for the personal social services ' , unpublished seminar given at the National Institute for Social Work , 1975 )
Idiom: make a meal of (used idiomatically: yes)
No wonder men and women alike roar and wet themselves with fright and delight as the horns scrape past the boldly offered ( and artificially enhanced)raison d'être . No amount of posturing , thrusting , self - fellating , and general guitar heroics by the pre - synthesizer rock stars can disguise the deep insecurity and essential artificiality of cock rock . So far , only gay men , who for long have had to think and make choices about maleness , have had the nerve to make a meal of male sexuality . Women , on the other hand , have a different set of problems . Their femaleness ( sexual availability ) is never in doubt .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Here is the latest collection of essays from Lord Dacre of Glanton , all with one exception rescued from previous places of publication , but now served up more conveniently and in revised form . Authors should never be held responsible for their publishers ' blurbs , and so one is spared the embarrassment of assessing the claim that Hugh Trevor - Roper is ' Britain 's greatest living historian ' . Aside from the Private Eye resonances of that title , there is no doubt that Trevor - Roper is one of the greatest creative indexers in the business . One now turns to his indexes with a sense of delicious anticipation , and here there is no disappointment . ' Cambridge University : incurious of its own history … envious of Oxford 's Library …
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , in part . Standing on the sidelines , carrying out orders . Up the sharp end when all their clever ideas came unstuck and they needed some poor mug to stick them back together again . But that was then . This was now .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
This is re , it is my first visit to a . What we 've been embarking on in the er the URC church in Shodden is er budgeting the title of my talk today is budgeting for growth . We hear about budgets in all walks of life , indeed we saw a red box only a few days ago . I 'm afraid I 've only got a little red one ! This will happen next week .
Idiom: go to the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
He says : ‘ It 's sheer madness . ’ The same madness is spreading everywhere as the small business crisis deepens . In the first six months of this year nearly 30,000 small firms went to the wall — a third up on 1991 . One is going bust every 10 MINUTES . Yet small businessmen were the toast of the Eighties .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: no)
The evidence relating to these issues is not great , and it is unevenly distributed geographically . Further , the evidence for the late Merovingian period is not comparable to that for the sixth century . Gregory of Tours , in particular , provides evidence of unequalled richness ; on the one hand he provides us with some of the most compelling images of the power of the Merovingian Church , on the other he allows us to see behind those images , and to look at the nuts and bolts supporting them . Episcopal elections One of the most surprising facts about Gregory 's references to the sixth - century Church is his lack of concern to hide its canonical failings .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
The following special provisions should be noted . ( a ) Moving trust property abroad A non - domiciled settlor may have set up a settlement but the settled property may nevertheless be located in the United Kingdom . The property will thus not be excluded property and may be subject to the ten year charge and , on the face of it , the interim charge ( IHTA 1984 , ss64 and 65 ) . IHTA 1984 , s65(7 ) however provides that there will be no interim charge by reason only that the property ceases to be situated in the United Kingdom and thus becomes excluded property because of IHTA 1984 , s48(3 ) ( a ) . X is domiciled in France .
Idiom: take a flyer (used idiomatically: yes)
Er hard to say , because you 're moving into er specialist areas like commodities . Erm I mean we do n't even look at the figures on those , because it 's not the sort of investment that we would actually consider erm useful for a , for a longer term investor . I m she 's a little bit different in that she could erm take erm a flyer into something like that Yeah . but commodities are high risk by the nature of er the narrowness of the market .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
Elaine applied a layer of lip - gloss and replaced the tube in her matching clutch - bag . ‘ Only the prime Minister 's friend , the divine Sebastian Aguilar!’ Christina pulled a face . ‘ Not my type . Too full of himself.’
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
CLUNK … CLINK Double yellow lines trap jailbird after 14 years on the run A PRISONER on the run for 14 years was back behind bars yesterday — because he parked on double yellow lines . Alan Model , 35 , made the illegal stop in a town centre as he popped into a shop .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ A man of sound mind will cherish no extravagant notions of divine communications . He will consider his own nothingness and will form the most lofty conceptions of God , as chiefly manifesting his wisdom by the general rules according to which he directs his administration . An enthusiast , on the contrary , entertains lofty notions of himself and degrading conceptions of the Deity : he conceives that the course of nature is to be regulated with a view to his own interest … Is he in want ? God at once , and in some remarkable manner , sends him a supply .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: no)
Drill a hole just oversize for the bolt head diameter , about ¼ to ⅜in deep . 4 Drill through a ¼in diameter clearance hole . 5 With the bolt in the hole , bring up the second part of the joint , and mark round the circumference of the bolt .
Idiom: at the drop of a hat (used idiomatically: yes)
What I 'm about to say constitutes a legal warning . If you are foolish enough to close this binder whilst holding it upside down on your lap , I am in no way responsible for any damage that it causes . Now you think I 'm joking , but in fact in the States , people in the States sue at the drop of a hat . And while I , I was there last year , erm , there was er , a case that came to court , about a man who 'd installed a ceiling fan in his kitchen . It 's actually a very sad story .
Idiom: hit the ceiling (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh dear ! What nonsense I 'm talking!’ Just then her head hit the ceiling of the room . She was now about three metres high . Quickly , she took the little gold key from the table and hurried to the garden door .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
In recent years the American public has demanded that a president is fit and healthy . The phrase ' fit to rule ' , is taken literally in the US . That 's why 67-year old George Bush has been seen humiliating himself on a tennis court and going on daily runs . Democratic contender Paul Tsongas added fitness to his campaign and took to the swimming pool to improve his image . Of course the pool was lined with press photographers watching his every stroke .
Idiom: ride shotgun (used idiomatically: yes)
ANDY McSMITH BRITAIN last night pledged its forces to two of the world 's bloodiest conflicts . Up to 1,800 troops will be made available to the UN to ride shotgun on food convoys in stricken Bosnia . And the RAF was ordered to shoot down any of tyrant Saddam Hussein 's aircraft menacing Shia Moslems in Southern Iraq . Warning off the Iraqis , Premier John Major said : ‘ We have seen in the past that they will lose .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
' You think I made this happen on purpose ? ' he demanded . ' No . ' She bestowed an on - and - off smile . ' But I do think that , for most people , ensuring your vehicle has sufficient petrol before you embark on a journey is a sensible precaution . ' A muscle clenched in his jaw .
Idiom: catch the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
A weak sun was rising off to the east over the distant buildings and its pale light was filtering through the branches of the trees about him . As the seconds stretched into minutes so the advance of the soft light across the park unfolded beneath him . Before his eyes dull muddy grass turned into soft reflective banks which caught the sun a thousand ways . Bleak black branches suddenly shone with the colours of dark red buds , of shining bark , of pale dry trunks that caught the sun and held it in their sinuous heights . And the sound !
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
The interest of workers may well be higher wages — but not so high that their employer is driven from business . In theory they may stand to benefit from the nationalization of property ; in practice state ownership may provide less liberty and less efficiency than private ownership . By the same token , there is no discernible law according to which class differences are bound to intensify with time . The century since Marx 's death has belied his expectation that advanced industrial society would witness ever sharper polarization between bourgeoisie and proletariat . In any case , in the liberal view , the significance of class struggle must be weighed against other divisions which cut across this struggle and limit its importance .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
She gives a much better exchange rate and gets forty per cent more lira for every pound , deutschmark or dollar she takes . Not bad , eh , when you 're giving your all for your country ? She smiled again , which Mark again returned , even though he was not in the running . Just an interested bystander , studying the form in the paddock and placing bets on who would be the jockey who would saddle her up . Chap at the far end of the bar in a grey pin - stripe clearly fancied his chances .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: no)
You 're doing the rest of the Oh ! I 'll play a game . Get out your book and come in here . You get to ask for shells and in my wee toilet and I do n't
Idiom: give something a miss (used idiomatically: yes)
Clay County had rattled off a sequence of five straight wins last winter , two of them at Kelso , before being well beaten by Deep Sensation at Nottingham in February . Trainer Dick Allan was delighted with the comeback performance . He said : ' Clay County wrenched the muscles in his quarters when dropping his hind legs in the water jump at Nottingham , so we decided to give the Cheltenham Festival a miss and let him have a long break . ' I thought he would win today , getting a stone off Moment of Truth , but the second is a very good horse . ' It was our horse 's first run in handicap company , and the race will have put him spot on because he was still a bit rusty .
Idiom: breathe down someone's neck (used idiomatically: yes)
According to Paul Morgan , ‘ that happens more with the smaller labels . Within reason,’ he explains , ‘ I can sign as I please . Decisions obviously have to go through the A&R Director , but I do n't have accountants breathing down my neck’ . Accountants aside , what criteria does Ambrose apply when considering whether to sign an artist ? His response is really quite scientific .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
So what else do we do ? We do body massage or back and shoulder massage . Now , if any of you get terribly tense at the back of shoulders which we all seem to do nowadays , if you come for just a back and shoulder massage , we actually work on the back of the neck and along the shoulders using massage movements which helps to relax you , which helps to actually break down the lactic acid that builds up in the muscles that causes you pain . You do n't realize , ladies , how much you sort of , keep your shoulders up with tension . I mean , I do the same thing , I get home at night and I 'm like this !
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: no)
And Sid James . If you 're a ' 90s teen , the ' 70s wo n't mean a lot to you . But they were the Barmy Years of Pop Culture , when anything went . And , as they 're all around us , in everything from Carter 's Glitter Band singalongs to The Orb 's concept albums — and ‘ Tubular Bells II’!— let DAVID QUANTICK , ANDREW COLLINS and DANNY KELLY take you by the hand and lead you through The Decade That Said ‘ Nice One Cyril’— and got away with it ! The ' 70s — brilliant drugs !
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
All these can be covered quite simply by writing into your Will wording such as : Bequest of Entire Estate I GIVE my estate free of all taxes and duties to the Royal Air Forces Association ( Registered charity No . 226686 ) whose Central Headquarters is at 43 Grove Park Road , Chiswick , London , W4 3RX and I declare that the receipt of the Treasurer or other proper officer for the time being of the said Association shall be sufficient discharge to my executors or trustees . You can of course also : A —
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Antiques!’ There was an odd quality to the tone he used that sent her rushing in to speech . ‘ Do n't jump to conclusions , Travis . I do n't deal in jade . That 's a different market .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
Yet more than half of us are likely to reject the conclusion reached by Diamond and Saez . We feel that there is something wrong with taxing our superrich until the pips squeak so much that further taxation reduces the number of pips . And we feel this for two reasons , both of them set out more than two centuries ago by Adam ~ Smith – not in his most famous work , The Wealth of Nations , but in his far less discussed book The Theory of ~ Moral ~ Sentiments . The first reason applies to the idle rich . According to Smith ,
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: no)
Bashir responded by expelling foreign aid agencies looking after the refugee camps in Darfur . This is the first time that a sitting head of state has been indicted for war ~ crimes , with reaction around the world mainly divided between those who hailed the move as a great step for international justice and those who condemned it as colonialism . Both positions are hopelessly buried in intellectual and moral fog . The warrant was no leap forward . From the legal point of view , it makes no difference whether the accused is a sitting or former head of state .
Idiom: grasp the nettle (used idiomatically: yes)
There is no doubt that by returning to nursing in the next decade you will be helping to prepare the profession for the enormous demographic and social challenges facing Britain in the 21st century . The proposed reform of nurse education in the UK , which received approval in principle from the Conservative government in May 1983 , promises a period of tremendous upheaval as the delicate balance of educational and service priorities is carefully weighed and restructured . But with upheaval comes renewal , and an unrivalled opportunity to grasp the nettle nursing 's leaders have talked about for years : an opportunity to redefine and reshape the parameters of nursing itself . Visions of the nurse practitioner of the future are ambitious and exciting . In an effort to prepare nursing for meeting society 's needs in the future , policy makers have challenged many of the traditional views and approaches of nurses who evolved in a very different social milieu , and instead identified a much broader role for the new practitioner aimed at improving standards of care available to the public .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
JUST when you thought frilly knicker and bra design had gone as far as it could , Sherwood Group is set to go further . Europe 's biggest lacemaker has just taken delivery of five Textronic machines which will churn out new ‘ three - dimensional’ lace . With new products such as these in the pipeline , chairman David Parker says the group 's future is bright . By the looks of Sherwood 's 36 p.c . rise to a record pre - tax profit of £ 14½m in 1991 , the past was not bad either . The latest results mark a milestone for Sherwood , which now claims to be Britain 's biggest sock - maker , pumping out a million pairs a week , and is a supplier to that favourite of underwear retailers , Marks & Spencer .
Idiom: throw the book at (used idiomatically: yes)
failed Came on more tragic than a full Greek Chorus I hurled every cliché in Roget 's Thesaurus I threw the book at him Then the teaset — Said plenty I 've given you the best six months of
Idiom: make head or tail of (used idiomatically: yes)
What will new technology be able to do for history teachers ? He has a soft spot for the glamour of new technology . What bothers him , though , is the science that lies behind it ; he ca n't make head or tail of what he tries to read about it . Electron orbits dandelion Peter Stalker conducts a therapy group for Fred and anyone else who 's tried and failed to understand ABriefHistoryofTime .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Britt 's pain SHE was once considered one of the world 's most beautiful women , but yesterday every line etched on Britt Ekland 's face told a story of personal anguish . The 50-year - old actress is struggling to come to terms with a series of disasters that have brought her life crashing round her . Britt is heartbroken that her eight - year marriage to toyboy husband ‘ Slim’ Jim McDonnell , 31 , is to end in divorce . She is also deeply worried their beloved young son Thomas Jefferson , four , will suffer from the split .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Incidentally , it would be good to remember that Article nineteen does not say that ‘ The church is a congregation with Anglican style’ but merely this : The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men , in the which the pure Word of God is preached , and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ 's ordinance … This is a very helpful rule of thumb ! Moreover , Article thirty - four insists : It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places one , and utterly like ; for at all times they have been divers , and may be changed according to the diversities of countries , times , and men 's manners , so that nothing be ordained against God 's Word .
Idiom: give someone pause (used idiomatically: yes)
Availability in the United States is third quarter of 1992 , and fourth quarter worldwide . HIGH AVAILABILITY DUAL RS/6000 CLUSTERING SOFTWARE Sufficient unto the day is never the evil thereof when it comes to IBM Corp , so not content with giving its large systems users pause for deep thought , the company also announced the AIX High Availability Cluster Multi - Processing/6000 software for the RS/6000 Unix box . Multiprocessing is a misnomer , because the software ties together only two RS/6000s , enabling each to back the other up . IBM also announced that it will begin distributing the AIX/6000 on compact disk .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
If I had any criticism of our organisation it would be that we have a tendency to hide our light under a bushel . We seem somehow , to be shy of shouting from the rooftops of our many , many achievements over the years , here in the United Kingdom and overseas . Last week last Thursday saw the launch by the disasters emergency committee , of which Save The Children is a part , of another appeal for Africa . Among the ten African countries for which the appeal was made , there was a mix of hope , on the one hand , hope for progress in Eritrea or Liberia , Mozambique or Ethiopia and on the other hand , countries of despair Somalia that we 've heard about today , or southern Sudan and of course , Angola . I was also immensely proud when Gavin Campbell , who fronted last week 's B B C D E C appeal , told me that words could not describe the tremendously high quality of Save The Children 's work in Malawi , Mozambique and Sudan , which he had recently visited in order to film for the D E C appeal .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
He moved in against his young brother , slowly this time , determined not to be made a fool of twice . Patsy jinked away from him , on his toes , his hands held low , leaving his face completely exposed . ' On the button ! ' Dermot yelled . ' Let 's see the bastard bleed ! '
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I need you to.’ Then there was no more need for words as he slid deep within her , conquering the unchartered territories of her body and of her soul with one powerful thrust . Her fingers dug deep into his shoulders as she clung to him , caught up in a maelstrom of sensation , too stunned by the sheer beauty of it all to register more than the most fleeting second of pain . She was whirling higher and higher , her body finding for itself a rhythm it had never been taught , till unknowingly she cried his name aloud , unable to contain the feelings building to explosion point a second longer . Reality returned slowly as she lay with eyes closed , still savouring the feel of the warm and powerful body lying on top of her own .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
The dragon 's chest heaved . The quarrel exploded into flaming fragments in mid - air . The guards scurried out of sight . A fraction of a second later a wash of flame played over the stones where they had been standing . Twoflower looked up in admiration .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: no)
Effectively this happened in two stages — the first in the 1920s and 30s when British colonialism wanted to create an intermediate class in East African countries , and the second after World War II when Britain in common with other Western European countries was faced with a chronic shortage of labour . The people who emigrated in the first stage were mainly farming families from the state of Gujerat ( see map ) and craft - workers from Punjab , while those who came directly to Britain in the 1950s and 60s were mainly farming families from Gujerat and the Indian and Pakistani areas of Punjab . There were also smaller groups of higher and lower caste people from these areas and in addition there were people from the villages of Sylhet , a district of Bangladesh . What I have described so far relates in general to the lives of women in the peasant communities in many parts of the Indian sub - continent , but the details I have given mainly concern women in East and West Punjab . In Gujerat these details do not always apply because the structures of communities are rather different .
Idiom: grin and bear it (used idiomatically: yes)
As i said last week i think we need a top quality keeper as well . Apart from El Tel I 've also recently mentioned , Strach , big Jack , and a certain Mr Howard Kendall ( calm down Mark H!!:- ) ) ) ) ) , as possible managers , but I just do n't see it happening . I think the few of us on this list who have our reservations about Sgt Wilko are going to have to ‘ grin and bear it’ , because in my opinion he 's going nowhere . I think a center back and another striker I hate to agree with you here but yes , I think the leagues gone now .