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sit tight | 1 | O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O | Could you not have sat tight in the fellow 's house for a few weeks longer ? | Could you not have waited patiently in the fellow 's house for a few weeks longer ? | null |
sit tight | 1 | O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O | The Turkish people are sitting tight , watching the skies and CNN . | The Turkish people are waiting patiently , watching the skies and CNN . | null |
sleep on [pron] | 1 | O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | I 'm going to sleep on it . | I 'm going to consider it overnight before deciding . | null |
sleep on [pron] | 1 | O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O | Sleep on it , Jonadab . | consider it overnight before deciding , Jonadab . | null |
sleep on [pron] | 1 | O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | And look at the way he 's slept on it oh I 'm not running Tim , I can not cope this morning , I know sometimes we do , but I need to walk to the gate like a lady | And look at the way he 's considered it overnight before deciding oh I 'm not running Tim , I can not cope this morning , I know sometimes we do , but I need to walk to the gate like a lady | null |
sleep on [pron] | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O | Leave the haggling over the price to your agent and take his advice on the final choice of buyer , who should be well advanced in his own sale ; but do not be in any hurry to settle the matter without at least sleeping on it and allowing for second thoughts all round . | Leave the haggling over the price to your agent and take his advice on the final choice of buyer , who should be well advanced in his own sale ; but do not be in any hurry to settle the matter without at least considering it overnight before deciding and allowing for second thoughts all round . | null |
sleep on [pron] | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | It was of the kind that one is warned against sleeping upon , but I knew she did sleep upon it . | It was of the kind that one is warned against sleeping upon , but I knew she did SLEEP UPON IT . | null |
smell [pron] rat | 1 | O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Niki smelled the rat and said unless his driving contract were honoured , he would move to McLaren . | Niki suspected the betrayal and said unless his driving contract were honoured , he would move to McLaren . | null |
spitting image | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | I was told : She is becoming the image of her Spitting Image . | I was told : She is becoming the image of her mirror image . | null |
spitting image | 1 | O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O | He looks like the spitting image of him I tell you . | He looks like the mirror image of him I tell you . | null |
spitting image | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O | HORRIFYING HARBINGERS OF HELL , MONSTROUS CARBUNCLES OR MEDIEVAL FORERUNNERS OF SPITTING IMAGE ? | HORRIFYING HARBINGERS OF HELL , MONSTROUS CARBUNCLES OR MEDIEVAL FORERUNNERS OF mirror image ? | null |
spitting image | 1 | O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | I will tell you another thing , whatever the Spitting Images say about John he pays his money , he does not grab his bermuda shorts and a wristwatch and fly off to the sunny islands . | I will tell you another thing , whatever the mirror images say about John he pays his money , he does not grab his bermuda shorts and a wristwatch and fly off to the sunny islands . | null |
spitting image | 1 | O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | A SPITTING Image scene poking fun at the Royal Family has been removed from a store window at the Queen 's request . | A mirror image scene poking fun at the Royal Family has been removed from a store window at the Queen 's request . | null |
spitting image | 1 | B-IDIOM I-IDIOM | Spitting image | mirror image | null |
spitting image | 1 | O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O | Absolutely the spitting images of each other ! | Absolutely the mirror images of each other ! | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | I thought it would be cool : - ) Now EVERYONE can have one ¦ steal my thunder a bit , I think the away top with HUMPHRIES on the back will be cool for work : - ) | I thought it would be cool : - ) Now EVERYONE can have one ¦ lessen my praise, force or authority , I think the away top with HUMPHRIES on the back will be cool for work : - ) | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | But Mr Kaifu is in no mood to let anyone steal his thunder . | But Mr Kaifu is in no mood to let anyone lessen his praise, force or authority . | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . | What we need to do is lessen his praise, force or authority in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM | Coppers narked as thieves steal their thunder | Coppers narked as thieves lessened their praise, force or authority | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O | Vivienne Peters , chief executive of the Telecommunications Users Association , believes that Mercury 's reticence may not be because of problems with the trial , but because it wants to keep the plan under wraps in the fear that British Telecommunications Plc will try to steal its thunder by pre-launching a similar se... | Vivienne Peters , chief executive of the Telecommunications Users Association , believes that Mercury 's reticence may not be because of problems with the trial , but because it wants to keep the plan under wraps in the fear that British Telecommunications Plc will try to lessen its praise, force or authority by pre-la... | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | They had stolen our thunder , put us under pressure to be quick with the business they wanted to complete and left us to flounder in the morass of our own proposals . | They had lessened our praise, force or authority , put us under pressure to be quick with the business they wanted to complete and left us to flounder in the morass of our own proposals . | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | John 's already stolen my thunder on the straw poll erm that I was going to do but suffice to say that we normally do that at these types of seminars and there 's always a few people in the room who put their hands up and say they have got more than ten data sources in their organization . | John 's already lessened my praise, force or authority on the straw poll erm that I was going to do but suffice to say that we normally do that at these types of seminars and there 's always a few people in the room who put their hands up and say they have got more than ten data sources in their organization . | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | Do you know we 're actually , on some cases we 're actually stealing their thunder . | Do you know we 're actually , on some cases we 're actually lessening their praise, force or authority . | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | The Minister had planned a speech of thanks himself during a visit to Stoke Mandeville Hospital ¦ but Adis Avdic stole his thunder . | The Minister had planned a speech of thanks himself during a visit to Stoke Mandeville Hospital ¦ but Adis Avdic lessened his praise, force or authority . | null |
steal [pron] thunder | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | Your most startling , persuasive or important points should not go in the introduction ; do not let the introduction steal your thunder . | Your most startling , persuasive or important points should not go in the introduction ; do not let the introduction lessen your praise, force or authority . | null |
stitch up | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O | If Mr Benn is voted out it will reinforce Labour 's belief in wider use of ballots , rather than having polls stitched up by local activists . | If Mr Benn is voted out it will reinforce Labour 's belief in wider use of ballots , rather than having polls sewn together by local activists . | null |
stitch up | 1 | B-IDIOM I-IDIOM | Stitched up | mended | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Either strike a balance between the pattern and grain or , if the problem is very bad , return the fabric before cutting . | Either find a compromise between the pattern and grain or , if the problem is very bad , return the fabric before cutting . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O | Now that C4 has to look harder minute-by-minute at audience size and profile , it needs to strike a balance between more people watching without losing good market rates . | Now that C4 has to look harder minute-by-minute at audience size and profile , it needs to find a compromise between more people watching without losing good market rates . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM | STRIKING A BALANCE | finding a compromise | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O | It is more a case of striking a fair balance between the landlord and the tenant . | It is more a case of finding a fair compromise between the landlord and the tenant . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | The function of the court in such circumstances is to strike a reasonable balance between the conflicting considerations of not preventing redevelopment on the one hand , and giving the tenant a reasonable degree of security of tenure on the other ( ibid ) . | The function of the court in such circumstances is to find a reasonable compromise between the conflicting considerations of not preventing redevelopment on the one hand , and giving the tenant a reasonable degree of security of tenure on the other ( ibid ) . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Wherever we might finally strike the balance , it seems clear that whereas nostalgia for the once-safe streets and the once-quiet youth is phoney , we can be equally sure that those who sensationalised the pistol gangs sometimes got carried away with themselves . | Wherever we might finally find a compromise , it seems clear that whereas nostalgia for the once-safe streets and the once-quiet youth is phoney , we can be equally sure that those who sensationalised the pistol gangs sometimes got carried away with themselves . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O | The main issue in this debate was striking a balance between public needs and residents ' needs . | The main issue in this debate was finding a compromise between public needs and residents ' needs . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | The importance of striking a balance between buying ad borrowing is examined in Chapter 13 , and in this respect the weeding of stock is also conditioned by the availability of other resources in the area . | The importance of finding a compromise between buying ad borrowing is examined in Chapter 13 , and in this respect the weeding of stock is also conditioned by the availability of other resources in the area . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O | I do believe that a great work of art strikes a subtle balance between what seems too obvious and what seems too difficult . ¦ | I do believe that a great work of art finds a subtle compromise between what seems too obvious and what seems too difficult . ¦ | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | To attract participants , the exchange 's contracts must meet a genuine commercial need and strike a proper balance between traders and customers , so that one side is not unduly discouraged from doing business . | To attract participants , the exchange 's contracts must meet a genuine commercial need and find a proper compromise between traders and customers , so that one side is not unduly discouraged from doing business . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Thus we must strike a fine balance between simply learning to put up with things through realizing the inevitable limitations on satisfaction in the life of a finite creature , and between vigorous efforts to put the situation right . | Thus we must find a fine compromise between simply learning to put up with things through realizing the inevitable limitations on satisfaction in the life of a finite creature , and between vigorous efforts to put the situation right . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | The purpose of the Bill is not to over-regulate but to allow as much discretion to local authorities as possible , bearing in mind that we also need certainty within the law , and I hope that I have struck a balance . | The purpose of the Bill is not to over-regulate but to allow as much discretion to local authorities as possible , bearing in mind that we also need certainty within the law , and I hope that I have found a compromise . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | But Commissioner Ripa di Meana argues that in its reworked form , the directive struck a good balance between the need to set high safety standards , while avoiding unjustifiable costs for Europe 's chemical industry . | But Commissioner Ripa di Meana argues that in its reworked form , the directive found a good compromise between the need to set high safety standards , while avoiding unjustifiable costs for Europe 's chemical industry . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O | He never spoiled , nor allowed others to spoil , his players with too much praise , but struck a subtle balance between encouragement and discipline . | He never spoiled , nor allowed others to spoil , his players with too much praise , but found a subtle compromise between encouragement and discipline . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Earlier in this chapter ( p. 70 ) striking a realistic balance between protection and freedom was discussed in the context of preventing accidents in relation to children . | Earlier in this chapter ( p. 70 ) finding a realistic compromise between protection and freedom was discussed in the context of preventing accidents in relation to children . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Interviewers have to strike a careful balance between establishing the kind of relationship with respondents that will encourage them to be frank and truthful , and avoiding becoming too friendly so that respondents try hard to please . | Interviewers have to find a careful compromise between establishing the kind of relationship with respondents that will encourage them to be frank and truthful , and avoiding becoming too friendly so that respondents try hard to please . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O | Striking a balance between comfort and smartness need not be time consuming . | finding a compromise between comfort and smartness need not be time consuming . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Striking the balance between conservation and access becomes ever more complex , both in the countryside and in historic houses and gardens . | finding the compromise between conservation and access becomes ever more complex , both in the countryside and in historic houses and gardens . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Their treks cost a lot of money , but strike a good balance between looking after people and keeping planning flexible enough to take advantage of unforeseen opportunities : on the Borneo trip some of them camped by a waterfall and , instead of eating dried provisions , cooked a deer shot by one of their guides . | Their treks cost a lot of money , but find a good compromise between looking after people and keeping planning flexible enough to take advantage of unforeseen opportunities : on the Borneo trip some of them camped by a waterfall and , instead of eating dried provisions , cooked a deer shot by one of their guides . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | In checking to ensure that your employers have striven to strike a fair balance , it could be worth asking whether they have considered drawing up some form of points table or other grading system , by which the relevant matters can be assessed . | In checking to ensure that your employers have striven to find a fair compromise , it could be worth asking whether they have considered drawing up some form of points table or other grading system , by which the relevant matters can be assessed . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | In the past this aspect of training has been overemphasized but efforts are now made to strike a better balance . | In the past this aspect of training has been overemphasized but efforts are now made to find a better compromise . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | He suggests that section 8(3) will probably be sensibly construed as an attempt to strike a realistic balance and points out that there will be room for legitimate differences of emphasis among the various agreed syllabuses , as at present . | He suggests that section 8(3) will probably be sensibly construed as an attempt to find a realistic compromise and points out that there will be room for legitimate differences of emphasis among the various agreed syllabuses , as at present . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O | You must simply strike a sensible balance between working alone at your problems and collaborating with others . | You must simply find a sensible compromise between working alone at your problems and collaborating with others . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | It was simply a case of striking a better balance between work and play , and taking more of an interest in the social side of life . | It was simply a case of finding a better compromise between work and play , and taking more of an interest in the social side of life . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O | Roger Baker of the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce said Mr Lamont had successfully struck the balance between balancing the books and sustaining recovery . | Roger Baker of the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce said Mr Lamont had successfully found the compromise between balancing the books and sustaining recovery . | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Staff need , however , to strike a delicate balance between giving optimistic support and encouragement on the one hand and accepting on the other that some individuals do not wish to , or can not , change as a result of disability and may need to be helped , therefore , to cope with permanent social impairments and di... | Staff need , however , to find a delicate compromise between giving optimistic support and encouragement on the one hand and accepting on the other that some individuals do not wish to , or can not , change as a result of disability and may need to be helped , therefore , to cope with permanent social impairments and d... | null |
strike [pron] balance | 1 | O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | We , we now think it 's appropriate to strike a medium balance , therefore we will get the de-loan stock interest up to ninety three , we will take in , in this year , which we expect to get next year . | We , we now think it 's appropriate to find a medium compromise , therefore we will get the de-loan stock interest up to ninety three , we will take in , in this year , which we expect to get next year . | null |
quantum leap | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | Roosevelt , however , was president in a relatively uncomplicated era and since his time government has become vastly more complex and expansive with the problems of bureaucratic control increasing by quantum leaps . | Roosevelt , however , was president in a relatively uncomplicated era and since his time government has become vastly more complex and expansive with the problems of bureaucratic control increasing by dramatic advances . | null |
quantum leap | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O | And then you make what a lot of people would be er consider er er a quantum leap . | And then you make what a lot of people would be er consider er er a dramatic advance . | null |
quantum leap | 1 | O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O | This year marked the completion and opening of an £85,000 aircraft display hall and with it , TMAM took a quantum leap forward with a durable crown for their collection . | This year marked the completion and opening of an £85,000 aircraft display hall and with it , TMAM took a dramatic advance forward with a durable crown for their collection . | null |
quantum leap | 1 | O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | A QUANTUM leap ahead of Grace Bros ' Mr Humphries , Thames ' brave portrayal of real-life ancient closet-free homosexual Quentin Crisp in a sensitive , sympathetic , and , more importantly , amusing manner was a TV breakthrough . | A dramatic advance ahead of Grace Bros ' Mr Humphries , Thames ' brave portrayal of real-life ancient closet-free homosexual Quentin Crisp in a sensitive , sympathetic , and , more importantly , amusing manner was a TV breakthrough . | null |
quantum leap | 1 | O O O B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O | Anybody see erm Quantum Leap last night ? | Anybody see erm QUANTUM LEAP last night ? | null |
quantum leap | 1 | B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O | Quantum leap in microscopy | dramatic advance in microscopy | null |
quantum leap | 1 | B-IDIOM I-IDIOM O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O | Quantum leaps from working class to the chair of a board of directors of a multinational corporation are rare , which is why they attract so much attention when they occur . | dramatic advances from working class to the chair of a board of directors of a multinational corporation are rare , which is why they attract so much attention when they occur . | null |
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