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alarms and excursions

Frantic activity that causes a clamor. Often seen in Elizabethan drama as a stage direction denoting military activity. What on earth is going on? The alarms and excursions in the living room woke me from a sound sleep—keep it down!
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alarums and excursions

Frantic activity that causes a clamor. Often seen in Elizabethan drama as a stage direction denoting military activity. What on earth is going on? The alarums and excursions in the living room woke me from a sound sleep—keep it down!
See also: and, excursion
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

alarms and excursions

confused activity and uproar. humorous
Alarm was formerly spelled alarum , representing a pronunciation with a rolling of the ‘r’; the phrase was originally a call summoning soldiers to arms. The whole phrase is used in stage directions in Shakespeare to indicate a battle scene.
See also: alarm, and, excursion
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References in periodicals archive
For more information about the boat excursions, please refer to the Shihmen Reservoir website .
Passengers who opt for the shore excursion will also be taken for a three-course meal and an over three hour spa experience at the Rose Arbaji Centre on Jumeirah Beach Road.
"For the more adventurous types, there will be hiking and mountain bike excursions. People who would like to take a stroll in nature can join us in February," said Socratous.
Tyneside it, the of breaks London, friends." This was incidentally, more pioneered Our excursion to Blackpool cost PS1 four shillings.
During the second week of the excursion, the group attended an architecture and urban planning workshop at the Department of Architecture at RWTH Aachen University.
In another incident some six weeks ago, 95 German cruise passengers and a baby from the Mein Schiff 6 cruise ship were rescued after a catamaran tourist boat began to sink during an excursion to Isla de la PasiAaAaAeA n, reported the (http://thebajapost.com/2017/11/16/catamaran-sinks-in-cozumel-95-german-passengers-rescued-including-a-baby Baja Post.
The center is setting up to offer many rentals, guided excursions and other adventures for thrill seekers to enjoy.
The Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) has barred schools from collecting any fee from students for recreational excursions.
Previous research has reported both male and female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) make temporary excursions outside of their normal home range during the breeding season (Tomberlin, 2007; Kolodzinski et al., 2010; Karns et al., 2011; Foley, 2012; Basinger, 2013).
However, the fact that the conodont Histiodella holodentata is recorded from the Baltoscandic upper Kunda and lower Aseri regional stages, and the conodont Cahabagnathus friendsvillensis is a characteristic element in the pandemic Pygodus serra conodont Zone in the eastern Appalachians indicates that the MDICE excursion, which corresponds to the BC3 Isotope Zone, is present in the same interval on both sides of the Atlantic.
This excursion has a wide variety of off-train options to choose from including a ride on the Yorkshire Dales or the Keighley & Worth Valley Railways, visiting the Dickensian Festival at Grassington, Bronte's Haworth, exploring Skipton or Leeds.
Travel Business Review-July 28, 2014--Thomson and First Choice launch 'Collection' range of exclusive excursions
New York (AirGuideBusiness - Business & Industry News) Wed, Feb 12, 2014 - Carnival Cruise Lines has launched a best-price guarantee on all shore excursions that will award passengers with shipboard credit equivalent to 110% of the difference between the price of a Carnival excursion and that of a matching, but lower-priced, third-party tour.
Price includes Return flights to Venice and hotel transfers Seven nights dinner, B&B accommodation in a three-star hotel in Lido Di Jesolo Excursion to Venice Excursion to Cortina and the Dolomites Excursion to Lake Garda and Verona Services of a Mistral Holidays Tour Manager Walking In Tuscany SAVE PS100 per couple on this holiday Departures May and September 2014 Flying from Prestwick and Edinburgh Includes PS230 of guided walks and sightseeing 8 days from PS889pp Set in the elegant spa town of Chianciano Terme; enjoy walking in a picture postcard landscape, through a timeless backdrop of beautiful Tuscan countryside and rolling green hills crowned with medieval villages, endless rows of grapevines and towering cypress tress.
Based in captivating Cannes, this six-day escorted holiday includes an excursion to fabled St.Tropez and glittering St.Raphael, and also offers exciting optional tours to elegant Nice and sun-kissed Antibes Monte Carlo.