10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE A HORLICKS»
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make a horlicks in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
make a horlicks and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
make a Horlicks of make a mess of. British informal 1988 Joanna TrollopeThe
Choir He thought privately that they would make a fearful horlicks of running the
choir. horn blow (ortoot) your own horn talk boastfully about yourself horizon ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
Horficks make a Horlicks of make a mess of. British informal 1988 Joanna
Trollope The Choir He thought privately that they would make a fearful horlicks of
running the choir. horn blow (or toot) your own horn talk boastfully about yourself
or ...
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Millionaire Women, Millionaire You
I mean, when you've got 500 properties or something, it doesn't matter if you
make a Horlicks with one. But if you've only got two properties and you make a
Horlicks with one, you've got trouble. It's obviously self-evident, but I don't think I
take ...
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
... refined to make a Horlicks of [L20th] something than to make a bollocks of it.
The dog's bollocks is a coarse version of expressions like the bee's knees or the
cat's pyjamas, meaning 'an excellent person or thing', which was popularized in ...
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Little Red Book of Idioms and Phrases
... hockey Stay away from school without permission or explanation; play truant
Hope against hope Cling to a mere possibility Make a Horlicks of Make a messof
Blow (or toot) your ownhorn Talk boastfully about yourself on your achievements
...
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Getting Straight '
A's:
A Student's Guide to Success
No doubt that is true in many respects, and areas, but I also know how many
people – including me – make a horlicks of something because they have
ignored the obvious and been thoroughly unsensible. Self-management I: get to
know your ...
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: fifteenth report of ...
It is one thing to make a Horlicks of it; to spend an enormous amount of money
making a Horlicks of it takes some doing, does it not? Mr Phillips: I have been
fortunate or unfortunate enough to have been through four mergers in the
commercial ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, 2010
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases make a Horlicks of Brit. informal make a mess of. – origin late 19th cent.:
named after James and WilV- liam Horlick, British-born brothers whose company
first manufactured the drink in the US. Horlivka /ˈhɔːljuːkə/ an industrial city ...
The phrase 'to make a Horlicks' sounds too similar for mere coincidence. Of
course, it's possible that what the man meant was that the Tories found the
mayoral race just the thing they needed to calm, relax and reinvigorate them. So
when is it ...
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Roger, Sausage and Whippet:
A Miscellany of Trench Lingo ...
An officer's phrase, straight from the French, meaning wounded, out of battle.
Used colloquially to mean broken, useless or rejected in love. Horlicks. A malted
milk drink valued in food parcels. Colloquially, to make a horlicks of something
was ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAKE A HORLICKS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
make a horlicks is used in the context of the following news items.
County cricket – as it happened
It's not completely beyond the realms of possibility for Surrey to make a Horlicks of this. How symbolic would it be for Pietersen to have played ... «The Guardian, May 15»
World Cup 2014: Comedian Andy Zaltzman presents his neutral's …
Nevertheless, if there is one major team that could make a Horlicks of an apparently simple qualification, it is France, whose group stage flops ... «The Independent, May 14»
Why the police silenced one of the best officers in Britain
... but ask them to make a decision, based on instinct, or, dare I say it, personal judgement, then they inevitably make a horlicks of everything. «Spectator.co.uk, Feb 14»
Wales v Italy, Six Nations 2014: live
78 mins - Italy make a horlicks of the counter and Wales are in. More excellent scrambling keeps Wales out and a poor crossfield is taken easily ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 14»
Life support for BlackBerry, but a long road to recovery awaits
... and Android was being delayed due to a leak shows that the business's propensity to make a Horlicks of its own affairs remains undimmed. «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 13»
The long and short of acceptance speeches
If such an elegant and experienced nominee as her can make a Horlicks of it, nobody's safe. Gwyneth Paltrow's contribution at the 1999 Oscars ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 13»
Why David Cameron should take to the hills
If you make a horlicks of one drive on a pheasant shoot, there will be another one along in a moment. On a deer stalk, you could spend the ... «The Independent, Aug 13»
Marc Bolland has six months to turn around M&S
As if to signal to the world that this was not a happy ship, the company managed to make a Horlicks of the announcement. M&S was forced to ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 13»
Directors of Olympic contractor bag torchbearer places
... April with David Cameron, Soames said he hoped the Olympics would help showcase his company, “provided we don't make a Horlicks of it”. «The Caledonian Mercury, Jun 12»
The Tory leadership race has started, and Osborne's trailing in third …
But, most fatally of all for Osborne's previously high hopes of succeeding Dave as leader and PM, if he continues to make a Horlicks of his task ... «Daily Mail, May 12»
