Move heaven and earth - This expression indicates a person's determined intention of getting a work done in spite of all odds he may face. He will use all and every means to accomplish the target. Example: He moved heaven and earth to get his literary work recognised by the committee of experts.
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Move mountains - If you would move mountains to do something, you would make any effort to achieve your aim. When people say that faith can move mountains, they mean that it can achieve a lot.
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Move the chains - (USA) Derived from the act of moving the chains in an American football game when a team gets a first down, this expression describes taking a project to the next step, especially one that has lost its momentum for one reason or another. Example: Frustrated with our lack of progress, our boss finally shouted, "Make a decision today about which one to use, and let's move the chains on this."
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Move the goalposts - When people move the goalposts, they change the standards required for something to their advantage.
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Move up a gear - If you move up a gear, you start to perform in a clearly better way, especially in sport.
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In literature:
To make room for himself, Simon moved a pair of crutches out of the way.
"The Saracen: The Holy War" by Robert Shea
He was dazed and he could not move, he did not know how to move.
"The Rainbow" by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Only his spirit was permitted to move.
"Shaman" by Robert Shea
How vastly different she really was from the picture he recalled of a moving bundle wrapped in a towel!
"Valley of Wild Horses" by Zane Grey
They are arranged so that they move together.
"Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930" by Various
But, it all moved smoothly, quietly, with wonderful efficiency.
"Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930" by Various
The butcher relinquished his hold on the bar and moved across to the window.
"The Night Riders" by Ridgwell Cullum
I'll move as swiftly as I can and I ought to be at Fallon to-night if I'm lucky and don't run into any obstacles.
"Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930" by Various
At least, we remained there until Hooker's army moved northward.
"Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman" by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
He moved across the room.
"The Golden Woman" by Ridgwell Cullum
The dog beside the girl moved restlessly, and as he moved he made a curious whining noise.
"The Hound From The North" by Ridgwell Cullum
He moved to a position between Forepaugh and the tree trunk, braced his feet.
"Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930" by Various
The two boys with Sim gladly moved out and Stan and O'Malley moved in.
"A Yankee Flier Over Berlin" by Al Avery
When your hand moves down from the nail to the floor, how far up does the pail move?
"Common Science" by Carleton W. Washburne
It moved slowly and clumsily across the ground, and then abruptly moved more swiftly.
"Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930" by Various
We move forward and we move back ... and more men are killed.
"Changing Winds" by St. John G. Ervine
Fyles was moving away.
"The Law-Breakers" by Ridgwell Cullum
Once the magma starts to move upward through those faults Jeff has drawn, it will move fast.
"The Flaming Mountain" by Harold Leland Goodwin
The rest walked straight ahead, at a slow pace that would give Juan's squad time to move into position.
"The Pirates of Shan" by Harold Leland Goodwin
Not till late the following day, weakened with loss of blood and moving heavily, did she drag herself back to the cubs in the new den.
"Dusty Star" by Olaf Baker
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In poetry:
Never, never, never more
May her soul with joy be moved;
Silent, silent, silent,—for
He was silent whom she loved.
"Unloved" by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
By debris borne upon their breast,
And strewn along each shore,
They slowly move, but never rest,
Yet turbid evermore.
"The Big Bear Creek" by Joseph Horatio Chant
But earth is moving faster far,
Just like a spinning top,
All through the day, all through the night,
Without a single stop.
"Earth’s Motion" by Edith L M King
No sympathy with mine they show,
Their world is not the same;
They move me not with joy or woe,
They touch me not with blame.
"The Disciple" by George MacDonald
He turned — he saw the muleteers
Come surging from below,
(Like a rustlers' crowd you see on screen
At a moving picture show).
"The Ballad Of The Dinkinbar" by Cicely Fox Smith
The universe, deathless and old,
Breathes, yet is void of breath:
As still as death that seems to move
And yet is still as death.
"Night" by Duncan Campbell Scott
In news:
In 2011, about 206,049 Ohio residents moved to other states, while 191,778 people moved here, according to census data.
A northward-moving warm front, and an upper wave moving by means we will have continued unstable conditions overnight.
If a new job or job relocation has required you to move, you may qualify to deduct moving expenses.
Maggie moves on while Macs move in.
Moving and self-storage provider Men On The Move Inc celebrated the opening of its fourth self-storage facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 17.
The low pressure area responsible for this storm moved along the eastern Montana border, then curved slightly northwest as it moved north of the Missouri River.
Some homes will be moved to new locations by the homeowner, but others will be moved only if someone buys them.
More people moved out of Ohio again last year than moved into the state, but an improving economy is helping to close the gap, a newspaper reported Thursday.
If you think moving is hard, try moving an entire school.
Since the "Store Moving Sales" signs appeared in the glass windows at 994 Chapel St four weeks ago, it has been a poorly kept secret on campus that outdoor-lifestyle store Trailblazer was planning a move back to Broadway.
Maggie moves on while Macs move in .
Move-In Day moves smoothly at WIU.
As buses move out, developers move in to downtown Syracuse.
KALAMAZOO, MI — People on The Move announces the new title or working role of local people moving from one paid position to another.
Thanksgiving moves out, cooler temps move in .
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In science:
Consider an electron with a Lorentz factor γ moving along a magnetic field line B and a photon of energy ε = ǫmc2 moving at angle arccos µ to the field line.
Neutron Stars as Sources of High Energy Particles - the case of RPP
The action of SU (1, 1) is transitive, hence we can move z1 to the origin, and by rotation, we can then move z2 to the positive half-axis.
SU(1,1) Random Polynomials
We suppose the quark-antiquark dipole is left moving while the hadron is right moving.
Parton Saturation-An Overview
We are going to consider the scattering of a set of left moving quanta, quarks and gluons, on some high-energy, right moving hadron.
Parton Saturation-An Overview
The vertical line in the figures represents the “time,” x− = 0, at which the left moving system passes the right moving hadron.
Parton Saturation-An Overview
The random walk (Mn ) performs horizontal moves when n is in a Ik for some k ∈ N∗ and vertical moves when n is in a Jk for some k ∈ N∗ .
Random walks on randomly oriented lattices
The allowed moves on virtual diagrams are a generalization of the Reidemeister moves for classical knot and link diagrams.
Bi-oriented Quantum Algebras, and a Generalized Alexander Polynomial for Virtual Links
The move of an FA is, therefore, defined exactly like the combination of steps (a) and (b) of the FSTA move (see Definition 3).
Using Tree Automata and Regular Expressions to Manipulate Hierarchically Structured Data
We use here a notation analogous to BMN, in which left-moving and right-moving modes are respectively labeled by positive and negative values of n.
Gauge theory description of compactified pp-waves
When the coin shows L, the particle moves one unit to the left, when it shows R, it moves one unit to the right. (The G-type QRW is also interpreted in a similar way.
Limit theorems and absorption problems for quantum random walks in one dimension
If the chirality state is |Li the particle moves to the left, while if the chirality state is |Ri the particle moves to the right.
Implement Quantum Random Walks with Linear Optics Elements
If the SRW moves left, then the ERW moves left if it is at a previously visited point, and if the ERW is at a new point, it moves either left or right with suitable probabilities.
Excited Random Walk
To implement the conditional shift we modulate the angle such that the lattice trapping the | ↑i-state moves with constant velocity v to the right, whereas the second lattice (trapping | ↓i) moves with constant velocity −v to the left.
Quantum random walks - an introductory overview
To this end we define a local move transforming one graph into another. A succession of such moves is a Markov process.
On the Geometry of Random Networks
From the steady-state problems with moving sources the problems with moving and oscillating sources are the most complicated.
Fundamental Solutions in Plane Problem for Anisotropic Elastic Medium Under Moving Oscillating Source
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