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Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
The Year of Rational Pessimism NEW ~ YORK – Someone recently quipped that the best thing about 2011 was that it was likely better than 2012 . By the same token , while there has been much concern about America 's political gridlock , something worse for America , and for the world , could have happened : the Republicans could have prevailed in their program of austerity - cum - redistribution to the wealthy . Automatic cuts wo n't happen until 2013 , which means that the economy in 2012 will be spared , ever so slightly . Two more positive notes for 2011 : America seems finally to have awakened to the yawning gap between the rich and the rest – between the top 1 % and everyone else .
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: no)
As for the police … ’ Wheeler clicked his tongue , as much in irritation that the conversation should continue so long without his leading it as in deprecation of the mention of police , and past history discreditable to the Church . ‘ I think you can take it from me,’ he said authoritatively , ‘ that the police are bound to find out about Gray 's problem , which , if you 'll forgive me Gerald , I fear he really did have.’ He smiled companionably at the Dean once more . ‘ We are all men of the world’— he excluded the Archdeacon from eye contact and addressed himself exclusively to the Dean —‘so of course we know , do we not , that problems of that sort for young clergy bring with them all kinds of undesirable connections .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
He will come from a rough housing scheme in Stirling and his name will be Billy Bremner . Like Celtic 's Paul McStay and West Ham 's Ray Stewart , Bremner was a Scottish Schools captain . Even as a teenager he stamped his authority on games , pursuing players until they made mistakes and bullying those around him into raising their game . Although he never grew much above 5′5″ , Bremner was always in the thick of disputes and played according to the old motto , when the going gets tough , the tough get going . NOBODY TAMES THE ' TIGER ' MACKAY OF SPURS THREATENS TO BEAT UP BILLY BREMNER
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
Did you anticipate my potential for perversion . Sometimes I feel like your sex puppet . You just pull the strings and I do what ever you want . There 's a certain look you have when you 're making love to me that shares my anticipation and surprise . It drives me crazy .
Idiom: on the hoof (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm a colonial , actually . Father helps run India . I got my schooling on the hoof.’ ‘ Good , damned good ! I do n't like Oxbridge men , do n't trust ‘ em , they do n't always play the game these days .
Idiom: free and easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet she had to admit he had changed over the last few days . By ! he had that , and in more ways than one . She did n't like to own up to the fact that she now stood a little in awe of him , and she had never felt like that with either Mr Martin or his father before him because , in their own ways , they had both been free and easy . Leaving Mary staring after him , Joe ran up the stairs , crossed the gallery , and went straight to his mother 's bedroom . He did n't knock , but paused for a moment before opening the door .
Idiom: high and mighty (used idiomatically: yes)
He waded into the sea until the waters lapped against his knees while Leoncico splashed happily along behind him — perhaps reflecting how far he and his master had come since both were smuggled in a flour barrel on a boat to Darién . The great man paced back and forth , uttering as he did so a formula of annexation appropriate to the moment : ' Long live the High and Mighty Sovereigns , Don Fernando and Doña Juana , Kings of Castile and of Leon and of Aragon , et cetera , in whose names and for the royal crown of Castile I take and assume royal possession corporal and present of these austral seas and lands and coasts and islands with everything annexed to them or which might pertain to them in whatever manner or by whatever reason or title might or could exist , ancient or modem , in times past , present or to come , without gainsay whatsoever . ' And should any other prince or captain , Christian or infidel , of whatever law or sect or condition he may be , pretend to any right to these lands and seas , I am ready and prepared to deny him and to defend them in the names of the Kings of Castile present and future , whose is this empire and the dominion of these Indies , islands and mainland , northern and southern , with their seas , in the arctic pole as in the antarctic , on both sides of the equinoctial line , within and without the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn — so that each thing and part of it belong and appertain most completely to Their Highnesses and to their successors , as I declare more at length by writ setting forth all that may be said or can be said and alleged in behalf of their royal patrimony , now and for all time so long as the world shall last until the final universal judgement of all mortals . ' Few annexations come more comprehensive than that .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
Youth Club Over 30 members in the junior section — good attendances — two successful outings to Megabowl — a residential weekend in Perthshire planned . Around 14 members in senior section but apathy apparent among oldest age group who will be asked to resign perhaps after Easter to allow certain juniors to move up . Two senior boys have expressed an interest in attending a course to enable them to participate more in the running of the club [ the J.G.V.A. has agreed to pay their fees]a volunteer Diane Prior has joined the staff , Laura Brown has been given a date for mini bus driving test , two staff members have attended a Youth Work Conference for South West Edinburgh — G. Lightheart has ordered new equipment . Functions 1
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
The estimated requirement for an increase in the resources devoted to priority services , which would be necessary to fund this strategy , was put at £ 10 million per annum in revenue terms and £ 62 million in capital . This amounted to 1.3 per cent of the RHA 's annual revenue in 1981–2 , and ‘ about seventeen months of its [ then]current capital expenditure’ . These global figures masked an estimated decrease in the revenue funding for mentally ill patients , for whom it was thought redeployment of the running costs of the hospitals to be closed would , in the long term , fund the new services . Compensating this apparent service cut for mentally ill patients was the fact that most of the capital to be set aside for the service developments would be devoted to building the replacement facilities in the community for the two psychiatric hospitals to close . Accompanying the policy , the RTO put forward a ‘ Strategy for Action’ , in which criteria for the selection of the two hospitals to be targeted for early closure were put forward .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
If she had thought she was showing him a stop - light , however , he must have seen it as a green one , for his arm suddenly tightened and there was a definite amorous gleam in his eye as he edged closer to her and breathed seductively , ' I like you so much , Fabia . ' In any other circumstances , Fabia felt that she might have been a trace worried — it was n't every day that she was in a foreign land , with a foreign male who , having fed her , tried his hand at seducing her . But nor was it every day that in broad daylight — given that the light was n't all that good — that she stood in what was now quite heavy rain getting soaked while her amorous swain waited for her to make the next move . She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ' Lubor ! ' she laughed . ' I 'm getting wet ! '
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
It has widespread support in the House as far as it goes , but missing is legislation to protect against victimisation . With respect to the Secretary of State , I believe that most right hon . and hon . Members found very unconvincing his explanation as to why such a provision could not form part of the Bill . That goes hand - in - hand with the case made for trade union involvement in oil and gas industry activities . Lord Cullen believed that his remit did not allow him to move too far into the question of labour relations , and said so in paragraph 21.83 of his report . However , even given that restriction , the report gave more than a nod and a wink in the direction of the collective security that trade unions could provide if they nominated members of safety committees .
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh is she ? She knows you 're dieting , every time she sees you , ooh you 've lost a lot of weight . Even when you have n't , yeah , but erm , no I mean , there is a guy at work , I mean there is a guy at work that 's constantly saying to me , oh it 's really noticing , it 's really started , he says this every day , and he , after a while , I mean it 's nice to be told it , once in a while , but not every day . But not every day , it loses value does n't it ? Oh it does , and he said to me , erm this afternoon , he said eh , oh he said eh , your weight loss is really , really noticing this week , and I thought well , even if I had lost weight this week it 's only going to be a couple of pounds , and a couple of pounds would not notice .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do n't want to be,’ replied Oliver . ‘ I wish they 'd let me go.’ ‘ But it 's a good life,’ the Dodger said , taking some coins from his pocket and throwing them up in the air . ‘ What does it matter where the money comes from?’ he said , laughing . ‘ If you do n't steal it , someone else will .
Idiom: marriage of convenience (used idiomatically: yes)
The huntsmen could be charged with trespass . A postal worker has won a two - and - a - half - year battle to bring his Filipino bride to England . The Home Office had suspected that it was a marriage of convenience , to get the woman in . Now the couple want the law changed so that others do n't suffer the same ordeal . Robin Powell reports .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
Into the woods THE unpublished works of great men are sometimes better left that way , but not in this case . Henry David Thoreau 's ' The Dispersion of Seeds ' , now published as ' Faith in a Seed'(Island Press , 284 pages , $ 19.95 ) , was written in 1860 after many tramps through the Concord woods , where Thoreau caught the cold that eventually killed him . He went to the woods in Massachusetts as a naturalist , rather than a writer or thinker ; his purpose was to disprove the theory , popular at the time , that plants and trees sprang spontaneously from the ground . Yet even as an ardent Darwinian , keen to prove by minute observation how seeds were adapted to travel on wind , water or in the maws of animals , he continues to write like an angel and to soar like a philosopher .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
The Pearls of Morning 's Dew CLIFF HARRIES tracks down a South African antihero from 1960 THE NAME of Geoff Griffin may mean little to today 's cricket enthusiasts , but this South African bowler , who appeared in only two Tests , is unique in having scaled the heights and plumbed the depths in one and the same match ! He was certainly born under an unlucky star , or , like Chesterton 's donkey , ‘ when fishes flew and forests walked and figs grew upon thorn , some moment when the moon was blood then , surely , I was born!’ The last lines are no less appropriate : ‘ Fools , for I also had my hour , one far fierce hour and sweet .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
But do we use it ? No , we do not . But if every man here used his vote as he should and put a Labour government not only in the State of New South Wales but throughout the dominion , not only throughout the dominion but the Commonwealth , not only in the Commonwealth but throughout the world — ' Bobby was enjoying himself now and so were most of his audience , standing under the afternoon sun . ' — then the working man will have his true voice and he will make it heard in the corridors of power , for we will be the new power then — and we will use it for the greater good of all . For we are the real power — we are people power and we must win in the end for we are indestructible — ' Unfortunately , at that precise second , the makeshift platform gave way and Bobby disappeared at the very height of his rhetoric with the chairman , the union secretary , the workers ' deputy and the four constables who by now had infiltrated the platform party .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
. Right . Well we 've got that huge one then they go down in size all the way . They 're good though . I I just gon na look at these little ones .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
In the front room , he might have . Knowing him I expect he 's still got it in his pocket . I do n't know what pocket he would have put it in then cos it were n't in his coat pocket . Oh Silly man .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
The idea that you can accommodate people with these special needs in large units . There was a case in Lothian last year where the health board objected to the conversion of somewhere into a 75 bed registered nursing home and they lost it on appeal . There was a home opened in Tayside earlier this year — a 90 bed home — and this is flying in the face of what a lot of people have put in a lot of effort arguing with health service that you have to get away from the concept that 80 , 90 , 120 beds is a small unit . It 's been one of the success stories of the last few years , managing to get through the culture barrier where the local authority thought a small unit was 15 or 20 people working down and the health service thought a small unit was 120 and worked down with great reluctance . But what is happening is that private care is beginning to recreate some of the practices that the statutory authorities have been working away from .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: no)
Ice skating , what a load of old tosh , eh ? I mean , you slide around half the time on your bottom ( just like Joanne Conway ! ) . I can hardly stand up at the best of times — which is n't surprising when the only ice I 'm interested in is in my Scotch on the rocks ! And I could n't tell a triple Axel from a double Salko in a million years , let alone perform one ! Mind you , ice hockey 's a bit more like it — all that bodychecking and fighting .
Idiom: cook someone's goose (used idiomatically: no)
To these we now turn . 2.7 Idioms It has long been recognised that expressions such as to pull someone 's leg , to have a bee in one 's bonnet , to kick the bucket , to cook someone 's goose , to be off one 's rocker , round the bend , up the creek , etc . are semantically peculiar . They are usually described as idioms . A traditional definition of idiom runs roughly as follows : an idiom is an expression whose meaning can not be inferred from the meanings of its parts .
Idiom: pull out all the stops (used idiomatically: yes)
He wants them to share in the excitement of an excellent revenue week . By persuading everyone to think " revenue " , the Profitboss encourages everyone to contribute to revenue generation . The engineering manager who chats warmly to the customers has a revenue impact , as does the quality control manager who spies on the competition , as does the production director who pulls out all the stops to achieve an impossible deadline . The Profitboss and his team never stop thinking revenue . TODAY 'S STEP
Idiom: make light work of (used idiomatically: yes)
Home economists Jane Fox of the National Dairy Council and Diane White of Zanussi will demonstrate the versatility of English and Welsh cheeses in savouries and desserts , including Lancashire smoked chicken , spinach and turkey roulade and salmon en papillote . They will also give you advice on how to choose the perfect cheeseboard and the way to store cheese . Diane White will explain how Zanussi 's range of combination ovens , cookers , microwaves and fridges can make light work of Christmas cooking . And you wo n't miss out on any of the action because all of our demonstrations will be relayed on a large video screen . Before each demonstration you will get the chance to meet Linda and the roadshow team over a free glass of wine or a soft drink , while you sample different varieties of cheese .
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: no)
Indeed , many were beginning to doubt whether it would ever get off the ground but news that work will start next week will provide fresh confidence and eagerness to see what develops . It is a vast undertaking at considerable cost and hence a very brave venture in the current economic climate . Only time will tell whether it can hold its place in this competitive field . However , the company headed by chairman Paddy Owens , is confident of success and is willing to let its money do the talking . The deal is reputed to be worth £ 1 m to Distillery which includes lease of the stadium and a share of the profits .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
Then one tried to unify gravity with quantum mechanics , one had to introduce the idea of " imaginary " time . Imaginary time is indistinguishable from directions in space . If one can go north , one can turn around and head south ; equally , if one can go forward in imaginary time , one ought to be able to turn round and go backward . This means that there can be no important difference between the forward and backward directions of imaginary time . On the other hand , when one looks at " real " time , there 's a very big difference between the forward and backward directions , as we all know .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
Will the Minister confirm that in the summer he met a group from Derbyshire county council who asked for £ 140 million , spread over the next three years , to get rid of all outstanding repairs and make necessary improvements ? After 12 years of Tory rule , little toddlers must still run across playgrounds to get to outside toilets . We have the citizens charter , the parents charter and every charter under the sun . When will the Government put their money where their mouth is ? Mr. Fallon
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Moreover , numerical examples , experimental games , and such empirical case studies as have been carried out ( see , for example , Rees , 1993 ) seem to suggest that typically punishments far outweigh the gains to short - run deviation for empirically reasonable discount rates and so it is really not hard to explain collusion . Not only may firms be unable , for reasons of bounded rationality , to work through the complex mathematics of these models , they may not have to because the answer is to them so obvious . It has been shown in the experimental literature on the prisoners ' dilemma game that the strategy of ' tit for tat ' is a very effective and frequently chosen way of sustaining co - operation even though it is far simpler than Abreu 's strategies ( and neither subgame perfect nor renegotiation - proof ) . Moreover , as we have seen , firms have developed facilitating devices such as information agreements , trade associations , and price leadership to help them solve the problem of achieving and maintaining agreements . These can be seen as practical methods of resolving the kinds of problems identified by the theory .
Idiom: basket case (used idiomatically: no)
For details , ring 040372–2883 . Later this year there will be special garden tours . BASKET CASE Don your poke bonnet and gather ye rosebuds in our basket . Or cheiranthus or cherries or cheese for that matter ; anything will look delicious laid tenderly across its rustic expanse of whippet - brown and bark - green willow .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
CHRISTINE BEATTIE / Show Organiser Voice over It was all the rage during the war ; it 's still looking pretty good 50 years on and now it 's for sale for £ 40 . This black dress will sell for £ 11.99 and the coat , £ 25 . Everything at this morning 's London show was donated to an Oxfam shop somewhere in Britain .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
The magical aspect of the store is that alongside the works of many writers are volumes of interviews with them , as well as critical texts . Kramer 's books , on Dupont Circle , offers cups of cappucino as books are mulled over . San Francisco , of course , is the home of the City Lights bookshop , where Kerouac 's Beat generation came of age . This is also where neglected works of the Englishman Colin Wilson ( of Outsider fame ) are on display . In Los Angeles , for show - bizzery , there are the Theatre Book Shop at 6658 , Hollywood Boulevard , and Book City , across the street at 6627 , just a couple of blocks from the star - encrusted sidewalk by Mann 's Chinese Theatre .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Scotland Today is back at the same time on Monday . Until then from everyone here , have a very good evening and a good weekend , goodbye . A convicted murderer is on the run tonight after escaping from his escort during a trip to Edinburgh . David Stobbs , who 's forty three , was serving a life sentence at Saughton Prison in the capital for murder , rape , assault and robbery . He absconded at four o'clock this afternoon and police have warned the public not to approach him .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
His new TV show , The Right Time , is a step in that direction . The series , currently in production at Central , features Tom singing and talking with performers from across the musical spectrum . We went behind the scenes for the latest in our series , Inside the Globe . TOM JONES / Singer TOM JONES — THE RIGHT TIME / A Central Production
Idiom: on the dot (used idiomatically: yes)
And anyway , I 'll have to go next door to take over from Arthur if my father does n't get back in time.’ ‘ Never fear , miss . I 'll be back on the dot . And thanks again . Oh , aye , thanks again ; especially for the rise .
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
To watch him was to watch not a man but a directing force ; was to witness the channelling of aggression and determination into its most elegant and expressive form . In some respects Li Shai Tung was like an athlete , each nuance of voice or gesture the result of long and patient practice . Practice that had made these things second nature to the T'ang . Ben watched , fascinated , barely hearing their words , but aware of their significance , and of the significance of the fact that he was there to hear them . Li Shai Tung leaned forward slightly , his chin , with its pure white , neatly braided beard , formulating a slight upward motion that signalled the offering of a confidence .
Idiom: under a cloud (used idiomatically: yes)
We were told that a previously logged area was burning , the humus - rich soil being deliberately set alight to free the nutrients in the soil for subsequent cultivation , and that the blaze was the size of Singapore . We were also told that the fire was started in June , and was not expected to be extinguished until the start of the rains , normally in October . We eventually managed to fly out of the city under a thick cloud of smoke through which the sun was unable to penetrate , and which was present from Sarawak to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore . The most frightening part of the entire experience was that although people we spoke to in East and West Malaysia and Singapore were concerned about and disgusted by the conditions caused by the fire , locals in Kalimantan complacently accepted the smoke problems as a regular annual occurrence . Forest fires are also known to be raging in Sumatra , western Java and southern Sulawesi .