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Idiom: have an eye for (used idiomatically: yes)
The strategy worked in both cases , and the producers were able to turn their initial successes into the resilience required to survive the setbacks that followed . Wilcox remained always the showman , often directing his movies even though , like Saville in the same role , he was always more competent than gifted . He was committed to middle - of - the - road filmmaking , which he defined as ‘ escape entertainment of pleasant people in pleasant surroundings doing pleasant things’ , had an eye for a subject that could be exploited , and was fascinated by stardom . He loved to watch the crowds that gathered at Waterloo Station to greet the actresses he brought over from the US for his productions . Dorothy Gish , for example , featured in his Nell Gwynn ( 1926 ) and Madame Pompadour ( 1927 ) .
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
Fiver had already turned away . Hazel caught him up by the culvert . " I 'm sick and tired of it , " he said . " It 's the same all the time . " These are my claws , so this is my cowslip . "
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: no)
but if you are in that fortunate position then rejoice and give thanks . Give thanks and do your best to spread your good fortune around , as the old song goes , spread a little happiness . But if , and most of are I 'm sure that we 've come today with some thorn in our flesh somewhere , some worry , some difficulty or a disappointment perhaps of some kind , then just remember that in all things God works together for good with those who love him , and for that rejoice and give thanks , and again I say , rejoice . Let us pray .
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's small enough to carry on the hill , but the historical introductions get together to give a good potted history of the Golden Age of Alpinism . It also manages to tie the Alps together as one whole , treating them as a range of mountains rather than just a list of routes . Time will tell whether collecting the alpine 4000ers will become as popular as Munro bagging , but for a real challenge , how about going for a complete set of 150 peaks and 4000 m tops ! Simon Richardson The Rock Climbing Guide to Europe
Idiom: rough edges (used idiomatically: no)
Now , I mean if you run your finger over it , right ? Aha And you can feel where , where the rough edge is Aha and you just very easy with Jif that
Idiom: hold the purse strings (used idiomatically: yes)
Midnight strikes and further education loses its Cinderella AT the stroke of midnight more than 500 further education , tertiary and sixth form colleges left local authority control and became state - funded corporations . In line with the 1992 Further and Higher Education Act , colleges will now be responsible for managing their own budgets and the Government will hold the purse strings , funding them directly through a national FE Funding Council . Once considered the Cinderella of education , further education is now being promoted as the fairy godmother with the ability to improve post-16 education and training , stem the drop - out and failure rates and make Britain economically competitive once more . Resources The Government is looking to increase student numbers by 25 per cent over the next three years .
Idiom: give someone grief (used idiomatically: yes)
Home , with no reply . And Martina , but just to say goodbye . These calls , they gave me no grief . Only Fielding made demands on me . Only Fielding had more penance to exact .
Idiom: have a cow (used idiomatically: yes)
Does he knows all the words , d'ya know ? No , not all of them . Mary had a metal cow she bought it for a tanner and every morning just at six she milked it with a Spanner . Mm mm .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ There are some funny things going on around here.’ As he said this , he caught sight of Mr Malik , who was walking towards the school . Robert held Hasan ' s hand tightly . The little boy showed no sign of rising vertically into the air or of summoning seven hundred fiery horsemen from out of the sky . Robert was sweating .
Idiom: body blow (used idiomatically: no)
But last night Britain 's ONLY such plant — the jinxed Dounreay in the north of Scotland — was condemned to close in 1994 . There are no others in the world . Greenpeace called it ' a major body - blow for Sellafield 2 ' . De Klerk rally call MORE than 100,000 black nationalists , led by African National Congress chief Nelson Mandela , marched to South African President De Klerk 's government office yesterday demanding power .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
ultrastructure examined by transmission electron microscopy The following procedures are used to prepare samples for transmission electron microscopy ( TEM ) . All manipulations are done under a dissecting microscope using glass cavity blocks and glass mouth pipettes ( angled if necessary ) . BEEM capsules ( Polaron Equipment Ltd , Watford , Herts ) are used for embedding with a low viscosity resin ( e.g. Spurr ) . ( i ) Fix the embryos or blastomeres for 15–30 min at room temperature in freshly prepared 3 % glutaraldehyde in 0.1 M sodium cacodylate ( pH 7.3 ) .
Idiom: stop at nothing (used idiomatically: yes)
Sexual abuse in the classroom : ca n't we even trust our teachers with the safety of our children ? A lesson to be learnt , page 120 Would she stop at nothing to please her toy boy ? Read our short story , page 168 Pillow talk : TV personality Christine Webber , the woman behind Doc D , reveals her position on her wardrobe , life and everything .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
MIXED FORTUNES Sponsor wanted ! THE Coleraine club and local competitors again did us proud at the European Championship meeting at Kirkistown . Robert Dunlop won the 125 race and Jeremy McWilliams produced a superb display on the Millar Grand Prix Yamaha . One rider overlooked amidst the praise heaped on these two was Phelim Owens who also did well in the 125 event .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Learning by rote has been long out of fashion , but I loved reciting poetry , and can remember long poems learned when I was too young to understand the words , but just loved the sound of them . I shall always be grateful to the teachers who required us to memorise both poetry and Bible passages which are now part of me . But I know how many of my generation hated learning by heart . I suppose one is born in love with words , if one is lucky . One way of entering the teaching profession in those days was by being a Pupil Teacher .
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
Environmental groups are concerned that the new department will be less capable than the White House Council on Environmental Quality , which Clinton wants to disband , of enforcing the National Environmental Protection Act and mediating disputes between federal agencies over environmental issues . The Senate may vote this week on a bill to give the proposed department that authority , but the issue is expected to remain controversial when it moves to the House of Representatives . So far the EPA has taken a back seat to the Department of the Interior in shaping new environmental policy in the new administration ; Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has already taken action on endangered species , land management issues and reorganizing its science programme . In his Earth Day speech , Clinton officially announced the creation of a new national biological survey within the Interior Department ( see Nature 361 , 574 ; 1993 ) . Clinton turns green on Earth Day .
Idiom: hold court (used idiomatically: yes)
The regard was held again after long discontinuance : presentments were enrolled , as in medieval times , for production at the Forest Eyre . In the Forest of Dean a special swanimote was held on 10 June 1634 : 800 presentments of offences against vert and venison , some referring to events forty years old , were drawn up for submission at the Forest Eyre in the following month . Swanimote courts were also held during this period in a number of other southern forests , including Chute , the New Forest , Shotover and Stowood , Wychwood and Windsor . After a lapse of more than a century , the Forest justices were once again sent out on eyre in the southern forests , armed with articles of inquiry for local juries to answer . The first session was opened at Stratford Langthorne , in Waltham Forest , on 21 September 1630 .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
She might have been daft in some ways , but she knew what was in and what was out , did Mary M. She knew the right clubs to go to . She was pretty and popular and she lived for the moment . ‘ I 've got a long way to go before I 'm thirty,’ she 'd say . ‘ Anything could happen before then.’ And she 'd let her long hair fall around her face and shake it to some interior rhythm .
Idiom: chop and change (used idiomatically: no)
Starting at the top , the Vision 's eye level grill is a top performer . The Thermogrill surface combustion burner gives an even heat over the whole surface , even when it 's turned down . So you wo n't have to chop and change your chops to make sure they 're done evenly . And it has an outstanding turn down capability . Two handles make the grill pan easy to use , and it has safety stops which will hold it in place leaving both hands free to turn over .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
This learned advertisement suggests that , just like in the Bertillon system , when you get a lot of small pieces of evidence grouped together , it can add up to be something prodigious in the way of proof . And I 'm hearing the word ' groom ' one too many times for it to be coincidence . So after you 've heard from the Factory , Stitch , we 'll — ' the ' we'did not include Naseby —'be having a word with Mr James Pegg . ' Beatrice Throgmorton saw no point in delaying her departure . The inquest was over .
Idiom: home and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
the second … the best was scored by Adedayo Adebayo of Bath … Kingsholm has been starved of good tries this season so the locals must have really enjoyed this one … Steve Ojomoh got the the last try … by then the South West were home and dry … final score 29 - 16 Now to an event that could hardly be called a sport , even though it did produce a new British champion . Farmworkers have been competing for the title of Britain 's best ploughman , and a place in the world finals in New Zealand .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , I mean I 've got to say that , I thought they kept going at two nothing down you know sides , and I 've played in games where you 're playing top opposition and you can go under a little bit ca n't you ? Credit to them , they came back , got a great goal , Les Phillips had a great game ; made the first one I think , no the second one he made did n't he ? erm But he played tremendous , Les , got the passing going , and I thought we did very well as a team , we kept our composure . The second goal disappointed me because we 'd talked about Lineker getting behind us , let Gary Lineker have the ball in front and then he 's not so dangerous obviously ; that 's his strength , over the top , bump it in the net . That disappointed me , because we 'd talked about it and done that yesterday in training . And when things happen like that , it disappoints me .
Idiom: weather the storm (used idiomatically: yes)
Nearly 12 hours later , he did sink it and then made a four at the 15th to keep in touch with Parry . But the true test of the Masters is always the last round and , even more so , the final nine holes — Amen corner and all that . Golf : Little big man shows his stature Ian Ridley watches the champion weather the storm with mixture of shots to mount a spirited defence By IAN RIDLEY THE MASTERS champion said before the event that he did n't know what he was going to do with himself until he relinquished his title .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: no)
Focusing on economic decline , physical decay , and social disintegration as distinctive features of contemporary urban poverty , the report stressed the Commission 's view — quite different from that of the Government , the Audit Commission , or even the CBI — that ‘ the inner city and the peripheral estates are creatures of the whole society , not simply of their inhabitants’(p . 24 ) . It dared to question the assumption that the creation of wealth , at whatever social cost , was necessarily the first priority of an economic system . Contemplating ‘ the displaced fragments of inner city decline’— peripheral council estates — it suggested that wealth - creation ‘ must always go hand in hand with just distribution,— offering , thereby , an alternative interpretation of ‘ partnership’(p . 53 ) . It commented , too , on the environmental and ecological consequences . For the Archbishop 's commissioners , partnership needed to mean not just a link - up between business and the public or voluntary sectors , but a conscious attempt to meet the powerlessness felt by the ‘ people in the street’(p . 186 ) .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: no)
De Silva certainly is the star of the Servette show . The fact that he scored 20 of his team 's 48 league goals last season underlines that fact . He has come under the microscope of German giants Bayern Munich and is clearly a man the Crues will have to watch carefully as well . Servette qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing fourth in the Swiss League but last November it looked like they would be in the Champions ' Cup . They led the title race by five points but it all went wrong in the spring championship — Servette lost their championship chance and manager Michel Renquin lost his job .
Idiom: anyone's guess (used idiomatically: no)
Party workers claim that enthusiasm for him and his party is positively bubbling in Guisborough , but admitted that the campaign had been slower to get off the ground in other parts of Langbaurgh . After he was elected in November he revealed that he been the subject of racial attacks during his campaign . As only the second Asian MP in Parliament it is anyone 's guess how that issue will affect the voting this time in this traditionally ‘ conservative’ area . Since his election Dr. Kumar has had regular battles with Mr Bates , who since his narrow defeat has moved from Gateshead to Marton . This confident 31-year - old financial advisor was a leading Young Conservative and stood as a candidate for Tynebridge in the 1987 election .
Idiom: run a mile (used idiomatically: no)
It 's the first job I 'd ever had you see , and then erm I , I suppose my next job was erm recording the bus mileage . In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . Well sometimes they did n't do that f for reason , perhaps a driver missed his duty or there was a defect on the bus and you used to get a record each day of what we call lost mileage or an extra mileage perhaps on the odd occasion when an extra journey was run but erm the lost mileage was recorded and say you had this bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles , it did n't for some reason complete its erm hundred percent journey , you 'd take that off and then record against that bus that , that run say hundred and twenty miles . Now that was , the reason that all this mileage was done because that mileage is the basis for which all statistical information is recorded . Speeds per mile , pence per mile , cost per mile and everything is erm referred back to the mileage run by an undertaking during its year , week or what have you .
Idiom: bring someone to book (used idiomatically: yes)
The general principle of the Government 's policy is clear : we will ensure that people who commit fraud and swindles are brought to book through the courts . My right hon . and noble Friend the Lord Chancellor has recently made statements , and was on the radio this morning , about the review that he is conducting of how court procedures can be improved . The House can rest assured that the Government will take every action possible to bring villains to book . We will not tolerate them . Recession
Idiom: put a foot wrong (used idiomatically: yes)
Penry opened his arms wide , then closed them about her . ‘ I could n't believe my eyes , Leonora , when I saw you standing in the middle of the room down there . I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong.’ ‘ All you had to do was kiss me , Dr Vaughan!’ ‘ With a day 's growth of beard and reeking of Scotch ?
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact , the point of having him played by a 6-foot 10inch ( 2.1-m ) Nigerian student , Bolaji Badejo , plus a rather less tall stuntman , was largely lost . Since Scott is primarily neither a storyteller nor a director of actors — though the film was strongly cast , making the latter point less significant — he sometimes resorted to tricks to get a response . The best - known instance is the scene where Kane ( John Hurt)‘gives birth’ to the small Alien ‘ chest - burster’through a false chest model ( operated by Dicken under the table and an effects team around ) . The other members of the Nostromo 's crew were splattered with animal guts , not having been warned beforehand , so that their reactions were real and spontaneous . Alien is primarily a mood piece as well as a visual display — there are slow passages in which little happens , building up suspense for the main action scenes , the deaths of six crew members .
Idiom: see eye to eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Now the local press has reported that he was ‘ involved’ with unnamed politicians on the coast , an interesting remark considering that the country is in the middle of two rounds of parliamentary election voting . The National Front leader , Jean - Marie Le Pen , has been given some ironic advice from members of his own party in the Riviera capital Nice . The portly Breton was standing in the town in yesterday 's parliamentary elections but it would appear that he does not see eye to eye with local activists . The Front 's traditional candidate in the town told reporters that ‘ my friend Jean - Marie would do better to stand elsewhere’ explaining that Niçois voters did not trust outsiders ! Now that sounded a little like ‘ Foreigners Go Home!’
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
There 's an offer at the moment sixty four . So , I mean , that 's not bad , but most of them are about one twenty for four , are n't they ? Which is taking the piss , really , is n't it . That 's like getting on for thirty P a yoghurt . Buy them individually , they are .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: no)
Jane Adams GAME players still reeling from this year 's wealth of super graphics and intricate formats had better recharge their batteries now — 1993 is going to be even more of a challenge . To help you get to grips with this new world of adventure here is a guide to the best of the New Year releases and when they will be available . ANDRE AGASSI TENNIS Agassi has managed to sign up a licensing deal with Tecmagik and this looks like being the long-awaited definitive tennis game on Sega systems .
Idiom: spend a penny (used idiomatically: no)
Sadly these also affect our nutritional state and health . These include alcohol , tobacco , drugs , and even tea and coffee . Amazingly , for every £ 1 spent on food in the UK in 1985 , 76 pence was spent on alcohol and tobacco . Drugs Western societies have become drug orientated .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: no)
View from City Road : ICI deal makes strategic sense By DEREK PAIN IMPERIAL Chemical Industries seems to have struck a surprisingly good $ 450 m ( £ 285 m ) deal with Johnson & Johnson and Merck in swapping its US over - the counter pharmaceutical business for the rights to an established anti - depressant drug and a substantial , if as yet unquantified , cash sum . In strategic terms the move makes plenty of sense . Because of the need for marketing economies of scale there is no point in being a small player , which ICI is , in the OTC market .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: no)
The area around Chapel - le - Dale is scenically attractive and prolific in surprises : it is a wonderland deserving a separate expedition and a leisurely exploration . A line of farmhouses shelters below the steep eastern slopes of Whernside , distant from the main road and rarely disturbed by tourists and sightseers . Linked by lanes and quiet roads , there is a pleasant circular walk free of traffic ( cars are not welcome ) and without danger from bulls , dogs and irate farmers . Starting and finishing at the Hill Inn , the walk passes through a district liberally pockmarked with caves and potholes of which Bruntscar and Gatekirk Cave are especially worth a halt to inspect the outsides . The graveyard of the modest little church at Chapel - le - Dale is the last resting place of the many men who died from illness and disease during the construction of the Ribblehead railway viaduct in the 1870s as a result of the privations they suffered .
Idiom: tough titty (used idiomatically: no)
Japanese fashion - lovers take as much care of their underwear as they do of their overwear . In these hot summer months prudent Japanese girls suppress the potential faux pas of erect nipples that could spring up from a cool blast of the air - conditioner by sticking on a handy pair of ' Nipples ' . Tough titties are frowned upon in the Far East , so skimpy dressers must take care of unwanted hard - ons with these elastoplast imitators . Whatever next , stick - on jockstraps for poolside control ? Last time their work was in THE FACE it had to be censored .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
•First , remove anything that is blocking breathing . The most common culprits are plastic bags or things round the neck . Lay the child on his back , turn his head and remove any debris in his mouth with your finger . •Hold the child with his head slightly tilted back to clear the airway . Cover his mouth and nose with your mouth , and breathe gently into his lungs , making the chest rise .
Idiom: in the offing (used idiomatically: yes)
Terry had invested so much in the project that he was damned sure he was going to try and get it home with him . So he kept the notes , in tiny handwriting , in a little plastic bag . When we were moving or when he thought a search was in the offing he 'd hide it in his underpants . They found it . They searched us all , probing every inch of our bodies .