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Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
A few months of living like this behind me , I almost managed to convince myself that my whole involvement with the man I called ‘ The fat Controller’ had been an elaborate fantasy . After all , what evidence did I really have ? There 's nothing wrong with a man living under an assumed name and besides that , I could n't prove that Mr Broadhurst and Samuel Northcliffe were one and the same , any more than I could prove that it was The Fat Controller who had killed the woman at the Theatre Royal with a spring - loaded hypodermic full of curare , rather than anyone else . As for my eidetic happenings , I found them suspect as well ; they were so clearly a product of my own fervid visual imagination . When I came to think about it , it struck me that almost all the aspects of my eidesis that The Fat Controller played upon had preceded his intervention , rather than followed from it .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: no)
Lefevre nodded . ‘ I get your drift . Some fellows , when they have had a few drinks , and are in the presence of an attractive woman , are prone to talk too much . But is n't the whole scheme rather elaborate for such a speculative outcome?’ ‘ You 're right , of course,’ Thiercelin agreed .
Idiom: banana republic (used idiomatically: yes)
In any book of several hundred pages you 're bound to hit the mark occasionally . The Great Reckoning covers a lot of the same ground as the earlier book . They 're still convinced America is about to implode under the weight of its compounding debt , turning into a bigger version of a Latin American banana republic only without the bananas . And Mogg believes that the difficulty of ordering tea in the Waldorf Hotel these days is symptomatic of the decline of an empire , a feeling I 'm sure we 've all experienced from time to time . The Thirties depression was a result of the US banking system disintegrating and the money supply collapsing by half in just a couple of years .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
The gallery , sponsored by Europe 's leading photographic suppliers , will provide a showcase for professional photography and Scotland 's young photographers . The new gallery is only part of the deal with KJP . The main focus of their sponsorship is totally to re - equip the department 's studio with state - of - the - art electronic flash and tungsten lighting equipment ; in exchange , KJP have a distribution site on campus , serving the Lothians , and a showpiece setting in a real studio situation . ‘ KJP 's presence in Napier is an excellent example of a cooperative venture between the University and the photographic industry,’ said Professor Turmeau , in his opening address . It was fitting that the gallery 's exhibition featured the work of two Napier graduates — David Eustace and Mike Wilkinson .
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: yes)
DAREDEVIL Jose Rodriguez , 24 , ran with the bulls at a festival near Madrid last year and lost a testicle when he was badly gored . Macho Jose lined up for the same run at Leganes yesterday — and was wounded by another horn . He decided to call it a day after doctors told him he had lost the other testicle . Hue and cry A SKIRT stolen from Pamela Shawcross 's washing line at Westerham , Kent , was put back later with a note saying : ‘ The colour did n't match.’
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
PARIS . Philip Pouncey 's death at the age of eighty in 1990 ( see The Art Newspaper No.3 , December 1990 , p. 2 ) robbed Old Master drawings studies of its greatest connoisseur and one of its most valued personalities . Students in any of the major print rooms are familiar with his discreet pencilled initials ‘ PP’ on drawings mounts , often indicating important reattributions which stand the test of time with amazing regularity . The measure of the esteem in which he is held is shown by three forthcoming exhibitions devoted to his contribution : ‘ L'Oeil du Connaisseur : hommage à Philip Pouncey’ at the Louvre , 19 June-7 September ; another at the Uffizi later this year ( dates unavailable ) , and the third at the British Museum in January 1994 . The current exhibition at the Cini Foundation in Venice , ‘ From Pisanello to Tiepolo : Venetian drawings from the Fitzwilliam Museum’(until 15 June ) is also dedicated to Pouncey 's memory , while two major exhibitions have already been dedicated to him , one in 1978 at the Louvre and another at the Fitzwilliam in 1985 .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
With a population of 30 million there is great potential for business links with Britain and I want Darlington to benefit . ‘ There has clearly been change in South Africa let 's take advantage of it and get more work for the town 's companies and more jobs,’ he said . But he is flying in the face of opposition from the ruling Labour group who recently boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat saying it was too early to bring them in from the cold . Coun John Williams , Labour group leader , said Coun Richmond 's invitation to a trade delegation was also premature . ‘ He is being too hasty .
Idiom: go with the flow (used idiomatically: yes)
Try early evening walks to de - stress after a hard day 's work . Feel the rhythm in your feet , calves , thighs , arms and shoulders . Relax — and go with the flow . DAY 11 — Walk aerobically for 30 minutes . Think about the calories you are burning up — 200 for every 30 minute walk !
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
On the beat , the officer conducted an array of largely meaningless and low - status tasks — checking , checking , and checking again . Patrol officers rarely encountered any ' action ' . But beat duty was of course not the only punitive experience for the rank - and - file policeman . The immobile custodian of the Dock Gates did not have even the dignity of movement . Worse still was the permanent flapping of the scarecrow on point duty , directing traffic .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
It starts at the highest office in the country — and works right through to the youngest , newest , employee . The CCG Quality Policy is designed to involve everyone , all the time . Quality in business in the nineties means getting things right first time , every time , right across the board . Be it taking accurate telephone messages , preparing a quotation , or cooking a meal , quality management means it is done properly , all the time . So out goes waste , misunderstandings , repeating tasks , and so on .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
So you see , Pip , I never learnt much . ' ' Poor Joe ! ' ' But remember , Pip , my father had a good heart . ' I wondered about that , but said nothing . ' He let me become a blacksmith , which was his job too , only he never worked at it .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Constructivism seems to make this a logical impossibility , which of course means that no data could ever disprove the constructivist claims about what develops in infancy : any evidence that object knowledge ( the ‘ object concept’ or ‘ object permanence’ ) exists without reaching behaviour will not be judged to be evidence for object permanence — as a point of logic . I will say two things about this issue . First , we have evidence from Renée Baillargeon ( see the Bremner volume referred to above ) that babies as young as three or four months are able to ‘ represent’ , in some sense , the continuing existence of an invisible object behind a screen because they show ‘ surprise’ when this out - of - sight object does not resist the backwards movement of the screen . They do not show surprise when the fall of the screen is resisted by the out - of - sight object . Now such infants are too young even to organize a so - called visually - guided reach ( that is , reaching for what they can see ) .
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: no)
He is a great advocate of ' set aside ' and as far as the salmon is concerned , this principle would seem to apply to Scotland 's interests . Subsidiary targets are Earl Howe , Gummer 's spokesman in the Lords , your own Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , the environment ministers , Michael Howard and Lord Strathclyde , John Major himself and all Scottish Tory MPs . THE Tory politicians have talked about the need for action on the drift - netting problem but achieved nothing for , as is par for Westminster course , when they say something they delude themselves into believing that they have done something . The least they should be required to do , without further reluctance , is to announce a firm decision to phase out the drift - netting within five years . Only if the Westminster Government and its back - benchers are made to believe that this continuing insult to a noble and valuable aspect of Scotland 's heritage will cost them crucial votes will they even begin to take serious notice .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
Without any more information to go on it was impossible to revise my image of the way the world worked or had done all my life . It was only months later when I could listen to the radio and talk over the events with Terry and Tom , that it began to sink in . Gradually , watching world powers responding differently as new crises emerged , it fell into place . But in our news void that spring these dramatic changes could only be interpreted as an almost mythical message of hope . Early in March we saw the film 55 Days at Peking .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: no)
Why should the IMF ( or , for that matter , the international community ) do for Europe what Europe can but does not want to do for Italy ? Why should international money be mobilized to pay for European governance failures ? And if , as appears to be the case , Germany is playing a dangerous game of chicken with some of its eurozone partners , why should the cost be shifted to the IMF for the benefit of Europe 's largest and most successful economy ? Letting the ECB off the hook in this manner would simply validate for Europe as a whole the same moral hazard feared by German and other leaders who oppose ECB intervention .
Idiom: have a bash (used idiomatically: yes)
BODY WORK For many years the French have firmly believed that regular pummelling is vital to the body beautiful . Now the idea is catching on in Britain , so Lydia Ascroft says have a bash at massage and look forward to a sexier , slinkier you for the long , hot summer ! MIRACLE SLIMMING ? Would n't it be wonderful if you could melt away the flab simply by smoothing in a special cream , or break down fat by rubbing away at your wobbly bits ?
Idiom: go to seed (used idiomatically: yes)
On the walls of the lounge were several photographs of the woman who owned the place . Doyle examined them quickly . She looked middle - aged , overdressed , a show - girl gone to seed . Bodie contacted him on the R / T. ‘ All alone ? ,
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: no)
' Yes , but … ' Laura blinked in confusion , raising a hand to push nervous , shaky fingers through her hair . Goodness knows what was happening to her , but she seemed to be trapped in some thick mental fog . She — who 'd always prided herself on her clear , incisive brain — was now finding that her thought processes seemed to be completely jammed . ' How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ' she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button .
Idiom: high and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
Recently re - erected nearby is the base of the Pillar of Banger which was rediscovered during road works . This was an old crane tower built on the shore by John Light Banger , an Englishman , in 1798 to facilitate the unloading of ships . Soon after it was built , it was left high and dry by a storm and thereafter was used as a signalling tower by Blandy 's . It was Pulled down in 1939 when the Central Government built Avenida do Mar. On the landward side of the Avenida is the Old Customs House ( Alfândega ) which has been converted into a new home for the Regional Parliament .
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: no)
‘ The hotel looked good — particularly the room service — but I do n't think I 'd want to have gone through the other things that happened to Kevin unless I had 50,000 policeman and 20,000 doctors with me to make sure I was okay . ’ Then , raising his hands and giving a piercing shriek , he added : ‘ Actually , I think I 'd rather like the lead role in Home Alone 3 . ’ Tearaways steal Wild West Show Sue Heal MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money .
Idiom: take the bull by the horns (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes . Oh well , I really do ! But I think sometimes I mean you 've either got to do what you do coming back from Germany I think you have to take the bull by the horns do n't you ? Oh yeah ! And I tell you , I do n't know what this is .
Idiom: make a killing (used idiomatically: yes)
But you 're bound to go down eventually . You must take this opportunity , Esther,’ he urged . ‘ Afterwards , you can sit back and watch the investment grow handsomely , before you offer it out to the highest bidder and make a killing . What have you got to lose?’ There was a long painful silence while she deliberated on his words .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
We want him for a month on loan to give him a proper chance.’ Keegan takes a 17-man squad to Bristol Rovers as his high - fliers bid to justify new promotion odds of 3 - 1 after winning their last six League games . Fit - again central defender Brian Kilcline , key midfielder Paul Bracewell and new full - back John Beresford are all in the running to play . KEEGAN : Unfair ROKER ALERT OVER CROOK
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
It is clear , however , that Beveridge paid scant attention to these wider issues . His focus — no doubt justifiable by the Committee 's terms of reference — was limited : to the establishment of a single pension integrated into the new social insurance scheme , and the reduction of supplementation by the Assistance Board . Also , his attitude towards old age was , to say the least , brisk and unsentimental . Though rejecting the more extreme nostrums of the eugenists , Beveridge had become very interested in the population problem and had written much on the question of declining fertility . He accepted uncritically the simplistic concept of a worsening dependency ratio that had been popularized in Enid Charles 's alarmist warnings , for repeatedly he portrayed the elderly as a social burden and welcomed any suggestion that would limit the future cost of pensions .
Idiom: hell for leather (used idiomatically: yes)
Dr Tony Martin , a whale biologist at the Sea Mammal Research Unit in Cambridge , said : ' It is marvellous that it 's worked and hopefully people both here and internationally will now have a better idea of how to solve a similar problem . We tried a very softly - softly approach originally because we did n't want to push them too hard . ' But it became obvious that we were n't posing enough of a threat to get them through the bottle neck and as a result they dived and went hell - for - leather back into Scapa Flow . ' As a result we had to regroup and go after them again in a big pincer movement . But this time we learned from our mistake , went after them with everything we had got and just pushed them through into the open sea . '
Idiom: on the same page (used idiomatically: yes)
Mrs Frizzell immediately saw the relevance of his advice and began to look more like her normal self . ‘ Yeah,’ she said thoughtfully , ‘ we do work hard.’ Maxie went on : ‘ Y’ see , everyone who was at the tea will keep reading the social pages for the next day or two to see that their names are in the report of it ; and , with luck , inside that time , on the same pages there 'll be a report about your Morals Committee — then they 'll know why you had the books , and old Miss Angus will be put in her place . ‘ He , too , had suffered under Miss Angus 's overbearing rule when he was at school , and he did not mind trying to make her look foolish . Mrs Frizzell 's face brightened .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
How to avoid becoming fat after 30 will be one of the issues addressed by SHE 's food correspondent Janette Marshall , who is also co - author of the bestselling Eat for Life Diet ( Vermilion , £ 8.99 ) . She will suggest delicious and inspiring ways to eat more healthily without going hungry . From food for thought to fitness ! Stay active and your body will reward you with suppleness and agility . Dynamic Susie Dinan , fitness expert from London Central YMCA , will convince you that you 're never too young or old to start exercising — and never too busy to fit it into your life — before guiding you through simple revitalising exercises .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: no)
Nurse Motley said that when it appeared that Kayley was about to suffer another respiratory attack , she had administered oxygen while Allitt had opened the door and called for the cardiac arrest team . However , Kayley had come round quickly and probably never stopped breathing . Nurse Motley said that except for a moment when she picked up a piece of paper and threw it in the bin , she had been standing by Kayley 's head the whole time . The court heard that Timothy Hardwick , a severely disabled 11-year - old Allitt is alleged to have murdered , was not in a life - threatening condition an hour before he suffered a fatal heart attack . Dr Siddhi Joshipura said in a statement that Timothy had been admitted after a series of epileptic fits .
Idiom: hold water (used idiomatically: yes)
What is a Compost ? In essence a compost consists of bulky material which provides congenial conditions for roots to wander in search of water , oxygen and nutrients . It must be dense enough to support the plant , porous enough to hold water , and open enough for air to diffuse through it to provide oxygen . Mineral salts are added to supply the nutrients on which the healthy growth of the plant depends . These are simple needs that can be simply met — plants will grow perfectly well in pure sand — provided they are kept amply supplied with water and a complete nutrient solution .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
An influential work on this question of isolated groups which fail to modernise was written in the late 1950s by the sociologist Edward Banfield . Banfield journeyed to the hinterland of southern Italy to try to find out what it was about the original culture of Italian immigrants that so retarded their sociological development . His book , whose title The Moral Basis of a Backward Society speaks volumes even on its own , is still referred to in some quarters nearly thirty years after the research as an authoritative statement on this problem . It is worth considering in more detail for this reason alone , but it also represents a categorical summary of the pluralist perspective on regionalism . Though pluralists may not call the problem ‘ regionalism’ , at this point their concerns certainly converge with those of others who do .
Idiom: get under someone's skin (used idiomatically: yes)
We fought like cat and dog the whole time we were together — or at least most of the time,’ she added , remembering , ‘ he made my life an absolute misery!’ ‘ You sound bitter,’ Anne remarked with an expression of surprise . ‘ Not like you to let someone get under your skin.’ ‘ I know.’ Robyn gave a small sigh and pulled off her rubber gloves .
Idiom: tempt fate (used idiomatically: no)
DEC & CARNEGIE MELLON SHOW IMPRESSIVE CONTINUOUS SPEECH RECOGNITION ON ALPHA MACHINE Robert Palmer 's chief executive perspectives speech at Windows World was liberally sprinkled with demonstrations of just what you can do with the aid of fast processors like Alpha . Most impressive was a demonstration of real - time speech to text , where Digital Equipment Corp 's chief tempted fate by getting the machine to translate a few words . Not only did the computer get them right but Palmer did n't slow his delivery at all , and the printed word appeared a fraction of a second later . The demonstration came courtesy of a piece of software called Sphinx II from the Carnegie Mellon University .
Idiom: give someone pause (used idiomatically: no)
In fact , both the critics ' fears and the optimists ' euphoria are unwarranted . With so much underutilized productive capacity today , and with immediate economic prospects so dismal , the risk of serious inflation is minimal . Nonetheless , the Fed and ECB actions sent three messages that should have given the markets pause . First , they were saying that previous actions have not worked ; indeed , the major central banks deserve much of the blame for the crisis . But their ability to undo their mistakes is limited .
Idiom: up against it (used idiomatically: yes)
Kee did his best to keep Albion out but Andy Hunt could n't fail with the rebound … The second half was all Albion … they went two - one up just after the break thanks to a fine piece of striking from Kevin Donovan Oxford were up against it now … Kee 's goal took some pressure … had some lucky escapes … but top marks to the United keeper … Up front United faded … they never looked like finding a second goal and there was no surprise when Albion ran in a third …
Idiom: jump ship (used idiomatically: yes)
Those VARs and ISVs I have talked to , view the combination of USL and Novell as a very positive move that allows them to more effectively address the total enterprise . If this is true , then their marketplace is about to get a lot bigger . Harley would have them jump ship just as it 's pulling into the dock . And finally , Harley paints USL as a financial troubled operation saying , ‘ The financial results for USL seem to indicate that supplying System V to the world is not a good way to make money . If so , there is no reason to expect Novell to keep subsidizing Unix out of altruism.’
Idiom: rule the roost (used idiomatically: yes)
Bad news that one , but you used to be pretty friendly , did n't you?’ ‘ Yeah , we knocked about a bit,’ Yanto replied and looked thoughtfully into his beer . As children he and Nigger had ruled the roost . They were both big , tough , good looking boys . Yanto and his gang of faithful followers regarded Sharpness and dockland as their stamping ground , while Nigger and his crowd of reprobates guarded the juvenile world of Berkeley .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: no)
Nevertheless , in these inter - war years unemployment moved swiftly upwards : 10–17 per cent of the population were unemployed or dependants of the unemployed . The financial strain upon the Danzigers came from other directions too . The city had to offer higher than average wages to attract civil servants from the Reich and was also forced to make a contribution to the salary and expenses of the League of Nations High Commissioner to the tune of £ 44,000 per year . Finance was a constant source of tension within the city , and increasingly the city 's problems in this area were seen to be the fault of the Poles . Both Poland and Germany took delight in giving hurt and discomfort to no great purpose .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: no)
4 . The statutory system governing the registration of British fishing vessels was radically altered by Part II of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 and the Merchant Shipping ( Registration of Fishing Vessels ) Regulations 1988 . It is common ground that the United Kingdom amended the previous legislation in order to put a stop to the practice known as ' quota hopping ' whereby , according to the United Kingdom , its fishing quotas are ' plundered'by vessels flying the British flag but lacking any genuine link with the United Kingdom . 5 . The Act of 1988 provided for the establishment of a new register in which thereafter all British fishing vessels were to be registered , including those which were already registered in the old general register maintained under the Act of 1894 .