Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Possible applications The class of games analyzed above seem to have a number of possible applications to economics . The work on policy games and on entry deterrence are possible fields . A variant of the model proposed in Cukierman and Meltzer ( 1986 ) can be included in our framework and hence the technique described above can be applied in this context , this is done in greater depth in Cripps ( 1991 ) . Agent A is the government choosing its monetary policy , and agent B is the private sector , which attempts to form correct inflationary expectations .
Idiom: by the back door (used idiomatically: yes)
' Reliable ? ' ' Our chap thought so . ' ' And that ties in with what Dippy Martin had to say about a woman entering by the Glynns ' back door at around 11.30 . ' In movements which could have been those of a somnambulist Kersey had retrieved his cigarettes and was placing one between his lips while feeling in his pockets for a lighter . ' You want me to follow this up ? '
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ This is the life,’ she murmured , eyes closed against the sun 's brilliant glare , her body relaxed in total surrender to her surroundings . ‘ The outdoor life certainly seems to suit you,’ Fen agreed . She opened her eyes briefly . He was stretched out on his side , raised on one elbow , regarding her . His shirt was open two or three buttons , revealing the strong line of his bronzed throat and the scattering of dark hairs on his chest .
Idiom: greasy spoon (used idiomatically: yes)
Not cocky enough not to watch my speed , though , nor to keep looking in the rearview mirror . The Suffolk traffic cops were well - known to be a lot keener than their Essex brethren and a van like this one coming away from a military establishment was a natural target at that time in the morning . I found one of those plastic and formica Little Chefs that were replacing the old greasy spoon eateries and went straight into the Gents . There I dampened some paper towels and wiped the flour off the goodies I 'd removed from Flaxperson . So that was an emerald .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: no)
The securing of Edinburgh Castle was to have been announced by the firing of three cannon from the ramparts , the signal for a chain of beacons to carry the news to Braemar , 70 miles [ 112 km]to the north , but in the end the rising went ahead without this symbolic success . The main fear of the government in London was still of a rash of insurrection spreading across England . Sentries in all the major towns now kept watch for suspicious - looking strangers , checkpoints were mounted at crossroads and a round - up of suspect gentry in Cumberland and Westmorland left many whose loyalty was doubtful safely lodged in Carlisle Castle . Two suitably romantic leaders , who escaped in time , now emerged , the 26-year - old third Earl of Derwentwater , a grandson of Charles II by one of his mistresses , who had been brought up with the Old Pretender at St Germain , and become a major landowner in Westmorland , and Thomas Forster , an MP for Northumberland . On Thursday 6 October 1715 Derwentwater and Forster , with a mere 60 horsemen , occupied Rothbury in central Northumberland , a small market town about 27 miles [ 44 km]north of Newcastle and about 14 [ 23 km]from the Scottish border .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ If you 're asking me to share your meal , I accept ; we can postpone our discussion until afterwards.’ ‘ I 'm not doing you a favour,’ Claudia snapped . ‘ I 'm too hungry to wait until you leave , and by the same token I 'm going to change . You can make the tea when the kettle boils.’ He raised an eyebrow and looked her over from head to toe .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Instead of having a fit , it jumped up and sat on the piano , listening to the same music with great interest . The composer Henri Sauguet was astonished to discover that his cat , Cody , became ecstatic when it heard Debussy being played on the piano . It would roll around on the carpet , then leap on to the piano and then on to the pianist 's lap , where it would start licking the hands that played the magic notes . When these same hands gave up playing under the onslaught of feline affection , the cat would wander off , but if they then began to play again , the cat immediately dashed back and resumed its licking . Back in the 1930s two doctors by the names of Morin and Bachrach discovered to their surprise that the note of E of the fourth octave had the effect of making young cats defecate and adult ones become sexually excited .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
At the Times - Herald he was second in command to Mr Thomas Miller , the owner and proprietor of the newspaper . When I spoke to him that Saturday evening he said he had me in mind but the paper could pay only $ 15 per week . I could never have said it to him face to face , but over the telephone I hesitated and said , ‘ But I thought the newspaper business was booming!’ ‘ Well , yes’ , Fred Workman said , ‘ but we always start reporters at $ 15.’ There was another pause , and I waited ; then he said , ‘ Did you get a B.A. degree?’
Idiom: on a full stomach (used idiomatically: yes)
One fortunate in both would have us choose ‘ Perfection of the life or of the work’ . Nonsense , you work best on a full stomach As everybody over thirty knows For who , unbreakfasted , will love the lark ?
Idiom: in cahoots (used idiomatically: no)
Staring at him unhappily , she quickly explained , minimising Gwen 's part as much as possible . ‘ So that 's why,’ he muttered faintly . ‘ I could n't quite understand how you leapt from my knowing your parents to my being in cahoots with Ryan . So I guess I owe you an apology,’ he said ruefully , ‘ although when you walked in through the kitchen door , all dressed up to the nines after being with Ryan , I wanted anything but to forgive you.’ Glancing down at her , he asked with seeming casualness , ‘ Did she say anything else?’
Idiom: power behind the throne (used idiomatically: no)
However just our cause is , they see only their cash balances dwindling . Germany 's in the same boat . War is financed by industry , and the power in any land , behind any throne , behind Hitler or behind our own democracy , is a body of immensely wealthy men whose allegiance is ultimately to their wealth , and perhaps to each other . They talk to each other , they commune with each other , and there is a pressure for peace among them . It 's international , my boy , and that 's the danger .
Idiom: strike it rich (used idiomatically: yes)
At the end of my work placement , I teamed up with two other volunteers for a three week holiday . We flew to San Diego on the West Coast where we hired a car and headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas . We stayed there for five days — hoping to strike it rich , but had to be content with a car full of cuddly toys ! From Las Vegas we travelled through the desert and Indian Territory to Yosemite National Park . The scenery was the most beautiful I ‘ d ever seen .
Idiom: one good turn deserves another (used idiomatically: yes)
' Make things a bit more welcoming for Molly , would n't it ? ' ' That 's right , ' agreed Mrs Tilling , rising from her chair and brushing a fine collection of sticky crumbs from her coat . ' One good turn deserves another , you know , and we 've been friends long enough to act neighbourly , have n't we , Albert ? ' Mr Piggott found himself quite dazzled by the warmth of her smile as she made for the door , and was unable to speak . The wind roared in as she opened the front door , lifting the filthy curtains and blowing the parish magazine into a corner .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
In Spain , a competitive framework that formally favoured rail was systematically infringed in practice as even the pro - deregulation 1962 World Bank report conceded ( IBRD 1963 : 173 ; El País , 18 September 1983 , 10 October 1983 ) . The growth of competition put paid to repeated attempts by the railways and the political authorities to establish a financially viable railway . During the 1950s , both railways hoped that major investment plans ( BTC 1955 ; RENFE 1950 ; 1957 m : ix ) would allow them to modernize , reduce costs and attract sufficient traffic to break even . Even in the mid-1960s , RENFE 's revised statute ( Decree Law 23-VII-64 ) embodied an expectation that the company would be able to dispense with state support : there were provisions for RENFE to pay back a portion of its gross income to the treasury . But by the 1960s the emphasis was on the need to restore financial self - sufficiency through drastic pruning of the network .
Idiom: out on a limb (used idiomatically: yes)
The day to get it not quite right , or even entirely wrong , is today . The day not to get it entirely wrong is when the guy 's actually knocking at your door and say , ‘ Speak to me.’ So — we would much rather that you went out on a limb , that you did something , that you listened to the remarks of your peers and possibly to the remarks that we might make about them , take them away and think about them . We 're not actually saying , ‘ This is right , and this is wrong.’ What we 're saying is , that this is a very good way to approach writing press releases .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
The public broadcasting corporations ARD and ZDF have commissioned Deutsche ~ Telekom ~ AG once more to convert all line networks for television and radio broadcasting to digital broadcasting systems , using state - of - the - art technology .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
She had taken her coat off . He could see her bare arms gleam whitely for a moment as she too disappeared into the shadow down the side of the building . Pascoe watched them out of sight . Then he slipped his hand into the glove compartment of his car till his finger rested on the heavy rubber casing of a torch . With this in hand and keeping low , he now stepped out of his car and closed the door quietly behind him , certain he was unobserved .
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Take town traffic jams . They 're polluting , wasteful and an incredibly expensive drain on national and personal economics . Could ‘ super clippie’ save the day ? Driver - only buses have become the norm , and may have increased privatised profitability , but they 've decreased traffic flow . Cars stack up behind every bus , while passengers queue to pay their fares .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Generally the directors owe this duty to their shareholders but as insolvency approaches the duty is owed to creditors ( see West Mercia Safetywear v Dodd [ 1988]BCLC 250 ) . Furthermore , the director has a duty not to make a secret profit out of transactions with the company . Any asset sale which is not commercially justifiable as being in the interests of the vendor as a whole will , on the face of it , be a breach of the duties of the directors of the vendor . If the purchaser has actual knowledge that the asset sale carried out by the directors is in breach of their fiduciary duty , the transaction is voidable at the instance of the vendor and the purchaser will hold the proceeds of the sale as a constructive trustee . It is suggested that as a result of CA 1985 , s35 the main difficulties will only arise where the purchaser knows or should have known that the directors of the vendor were abusing their powers , for example , by committing a fraud on the vendor 's creditors .
Idiom: bite the bullet (used idiomatically: yes)
USL expects Sparc compatible builders like ICL plc to pick up the former , with the Japanese and maybe firms in the Mips ABI group going for the other . SCO EYES MERGED UNIX Meanwhile , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , which bit the ideological bullet , though not all the SVR4 technology , last summer ( UX No 398 ) , is thought to be eyeing USL 's combined Unix SVR4.2 ES / MP release for future use , although that could be as far as two years out . SCO has argued that adoption of SVR4 is not a price issue for it , but is dependent on USL meeting certain technology requirements , in multiprocessing for example , where SCO already has its successful MPX Unix - add on . A combined Unix SVR4.2 ES / MP will apparently fulfill enough conditions for SCO to bring its MPX users over too .
Idiom: at a loose end (used idiomatically: yes)
GUIL wakes . ) The position as I see it , then . That 's west unless we 're off course , in which case it 's night ; the King gave me the same as you , the King gave you the same as me : the King never gave me the letter , the King gave you the letter , we do n't know what 's in the letter ; we take Hamlet to the English King , it depending on when we get there who he is , and we hand over the letter , which may or may not have something in it to keep us going , and if not , we are finished and at a loose end , if they have loose ends . We could have done worse . I do n't think we missed any chances …
Idiom: hold the fort (used idiomatically: yes)
' Er … yes , sir . ' Perkins . Hold the fort here . If the bombing starts , take cover in the basement . ' ' Yes , sir . '
Idiom: more's the pity (used idiomatically: yes)
Something in her expression , the hint of a mortally wounded animal inviting further hurt , touched the almost feminine intuition which was one of Jared Tunstall 's greatest assets in the cruel game of life . He mastered his rage , dropped his hand , said , his voice as indifferent as hers , but the feeling beneath it deep indeed , ‘ I should have thrashed sense into you long ago , Daughter , as I would have done had you been a boy . You 're too big now , more 's the pity — and , in any case , I do n't think it would answer at the moment.’ For he had suddenly realised that she was at the end of her tether — for what reason he did not know , and neither did he care , only that he must go warily with her , lest he damage her beyond repair . ‘ The pity is , I was n't a boy,’ she told him , her voice still indifferent , her face calm , quite unlike any Sally - Anne her parents had ever known .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
' Can you tell me that your men will fight on after you fall ? Will they avenge you , knowing that they must die ? ' He raised his voice so that it carried , and saw that some of the men in black were already raising their helmets on lance or sword points , the universal token of surrender . ' We outnumber you . ' Burun addressed Sipotai cheerfully .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
I climbed a wall to drink at the beck , sitting for a while on its banks in the sun before walking on up the legionaries ' highway crossing the Burtersett road under Green Scar Mire and heading up towards Fleet Moss and Kidhow Gate . Some day , I decided , I would walk the entire length of the road in the opposite direction from Gearstones by Cam Fell to Bainbridge . Not today , however , and now my route took me off the road by a stile and up over the hill by an old quarry track . A dip in the hill , much like those at Sulber Nick and Kirkby Nick , led over the crest by an outcrop and as I walked out from the dip I saw ahead of me Raydale with , to my left , Semer Water and Addlebrough behind it . Below lay my next goal , Marsett .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
I continued my visits to Miss Havisham for almost a year . She took great pleasure in watching my growing admiration for Estella , and my unhappiness when Estella laughed at me . ' Go on , my love , ' she used to whisper in Estella 's ear , ' break men 's hearts and have no mercy ! I want my revenge ! ' Meanwhile my sister and that fool Pumblechook never stopped discussing Miss Havisham and her considerable wealth .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
The paint that puts the skids under barnacles is being adopted by Porter International for protective coatings in the United States . But first the Louisville - based company — part of Courtaulds Coatings Inc — has to train its salesmen in how best to handle the product . ‘ Training our sales force properly and thoroughly about the market applications is going to make or break our marketing effort.’ Intersleek works by preventing water - borne organisms from sticking to steel and concrete surfaces . It does n't kill them , it merely makes them slip off — a feature which can have important environmental advantages .
Idiom: dead to the world (used idiomatically: yes)
Her mood of derision held that afternoon and evening , when Tommaso came by and stood in the shadow under the balcony of the house opposite , watching the house . The night before , Cati had fallen asleep sitting with her mother and Rosa on the balcony in the cool of the evening ; when her mother had given her a gentle push to rouse her ; she found her slightly feverish and put her to bed . So , just as Caterina had wanted , she remained dead to the world through the night . Her sister 's escapades were none of her business , she told herself . She was better the following day , however , entirely recovered , it seemed , and when , from the balcony , she caught sight of him skulking , she quickly volunteered to fetch the dish Sabina had prepared from the oven in the piazza .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: no)
The bottle shattered in the back of the car , the petrol saturating and sticking to the upholstery . As the fumes spread , they were ignited by the flaming rag and exploded . Some of the petrol stuck to the back of Billie 's hair and caught fire . She was already screaming , desperately trying to steer the car away from the BMW , where the youth was attempting to light another Molotov cocktail . Adam leant over and wrapped his arm round the back of her head , protected her from the flames and blocked out any further damage to her .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
He is both the producer and director and should be centrally involved in all the creative aspects of the work , except those which are technical ( such as programming and graphic design ) . In this he should be fully aware of the options available . He is involved in all four development loops . He has both management ( M ) and educational ( E ) tasks including the following : M — identify members of the group M organize regular meetings M — consult with the group to draw up timetable M — organize observations in classroom E — collate the observations E — consult with group in drawing inferences from observation data E — take responsibility for decision on final changes M — liaise with publishers E — organize and possibly write documentation of new material M — organize editing and rewriting of material E — assume major role in the retrospective evaluation of the unit . In order to carry out these tasks he may need to
Idiom: bring up the rear (used idiomatically: yes)
In summer when the leaves were thick travellers were still within easy bow - shot of cover but in winter and spring when leaves were sparse the danger of ambushes was much lessened . Because their danger was now different the men no longer walked together in a protective knot . The Leader , following in the track of the horses , went some paces ahead scanning the forest on either side ; behind him followed Hugh , walking close by Marian 's side ; still further back , together but with the width of the track between them , were Michael and the thin man ; and bringing up the rear was Crane , the young man who had run after the horses . Marian already felt her captors were not strangers to her . They had scarcely addressed a word to her but from behind her barrier of quiet she observed them closely .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Never . Why should you think you do?’ She turned her head on the pillow , so he could not properly see her face , only the Greuze - like line of her cheek . ‘ I do n't know . I just thought …
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
( The All - Union association of philatelists had a separate influence , for example . ) The old Central Committee 's placemen are still there . No wonder that the government and the Congress have been at loggerheads . Some of the consequences have been absurd . Early on , the Congress won the right to control Russia 's central bank , which has since kept on printing money with which to subsidize bankrupt enterprises , thereby undermining Yeltsin 's efforts to engineer economic reform .
Idiom: horses for courses (used idiomatically: yes)
ULSTER students have been saddled with a new course — in horse sense . The BTEC National Diploma in Equestrian Studies at North Antrim College of Further Education is proving a thoroughbred . And Ballymoney college chiefs say it is n't a case of horses for courses . The course is linked with Killoan and The Island equestrian centres and was largely developed and pioneered on site . At a canter , students tackle hurdles in equine science , horsemastership , stud operation and showing horses .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
The eight - day 1992 Diesel in Action programme follows a highly successful similar venture last year . Peugeot fleet sales director David Brookman said during the demonstration day : ‘ The evidence is plain enough . The increased number of requests we are getting for diesel demonstrators speaks volumes.’ Fleet diesel sales grew by 15.6 per cent last year , and Brookman naturally wants it known that Peugeot picked up the lion 's share . In 1991 the company recorded a 35 per cent increase in the sales of diesels , all in a total market that has dipped by 20 per cent .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
Was workers control a prominent part of people 's thinking on this like ? It was a prominent part of people 's thinking , worker 's thinking . That they had more say in the running of their industry of the railway . Now the first disappointment in that respect was the appointment Now I may be wrong but I 'm I 'm I 'm s I think I 'm right here the appointment of the chairman of the railway executive , that 's what it was first called . It was n't called the railway board .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
I had been forming some plans , which included writing a book on modern philosophy . It was not that I had abandoned the political book : it was that the mounting gravity of current events had turned my interests from theory to practice . The two countries on which I had set my eyes were France and Italy . I had visited Paris once or twice , but now I was fortunate enough to secure a grant from the LCC — £ 15 , but princely for those days — which permitted me to spend a week or two there for the purpose of study , my subject being modern French philosophy . On 19 July 1938 Eliot wrote me :
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: no)
Grainfillers are available in paste form , which can be thinned with white spirit before use . The filler is rubbed hard across the surface of the wood , wiping off the surplus filler with a clean cloth . If wood is to be stained as well as filled , then it is possible with some makes to thin the filler with the wood dye , so that dyeing and filling can be carried out in one operation . A ‘ malachite ’ finish created by combing a piece of card in circular motions across a still wet coat of acrylic varnish ( Cuprinol ) Below : the water-resistant qualities of Cuprinol 's Decorative Wood Preserver Above : The beauty of natural wood — a combination of clear and coloured varnishes from Ronseal
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over It 's been all hands to the deck at this tyre fitters . With the New Year legislation , many drivers have have been making a New Year resolution to steer clear of trouble . Male speaker Most of the tyres we change are worn to the legal limit .