Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course , in reality there is a continuum between these and more informal types of conflict . A great deal of strike activity turn out , on closer inspection , to be spontaneous and based on resistance by specific groups of workers . Likewise , the strength of any union in the final analysis rests on the resolve of workers to oppose managerial control at the point of production . This was well demonstrated , for example , in Huw Beynon 's famous study of a Ford car assembly plant , which gave a detailed account of the two - way relationship between official trade union activity and the shopfloor resistance of workers ( Beynon , 1984 ) . Still , in focusing on the collective character of disputes , we are moving to a level of analysis that includes the wider framework of economic and political changes .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
They fear a backlash from the war . Rightly : arson attacks on mosques in Surrey and West Yorkshire suggest something like that may already have begun . Fast coming of age Muslims started to arrive in Britain in large numbers about 30 years ago . Today there are about 1 m in the country .
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: yes)
Cowley contemplated him for a moment , trying to decide whether or not the man was lying , then asked , ‘ What would you like us to do with her , once we 've caught her?’ With a cynical little smirk , Hogan said , ‘ That rather depends on whether or not you 've killed her . Which , off the record , George , I sincerely hope wo n't happen.’ ‘ Or at least until we 've worked out a policy.’ ‘ Exactly.’
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
Ferguson is now resolved to buying a goalscorer . Although on - trial Norwegian striker Tore Andre Dahlum plays for the reserves on Wednesday , Ferguson admits he is for the future , and he must plunge now . Proven strikers are few and far between and Ferguson can not afford to gamble on potential . So he could do no worse than consider Tony Cottee , unwanted by Everton , Tranmere 's John Aldridge or Clive Allen of West Ham . MoM : McGrath ( crock of gold ) .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
Lovins suggested that policymakers should be more devious , and make ‘ good equipment easy to use , and bad equipment hard’ . He cited a scheme in Ohio that boosted the sales of high efficiency light bulbs , with consequent savings of electricity and money . Shops took incandescent bulbs off the shelves and kept them under the counter ; the only light bulbs in sight were the high - efficiency versions . If you wanted to buy an ordinary bulb , you had to ask for it specially . Other stratagems he suggested were offering prizes and lots of publicity to firms who produced the most economical designs , and bonuses for retailers who told efficient appliances .
Idiom: turn over a new leaf (used idiomatically: yes)
Cleveland Group of the Ramblers , 7–8 mile walk , meet at Church in Kirby in Cleveland , 2 pm . Also Coach Rambles to Wooler & Cheviots , tel.473631 or 672480 . COMIC Mike Harding saw how Middlesbrough has turned over a new leaf at the weekend . The keen environmentalist , whose tour stopped off at Middlesbrough last week , visited a rejuvenated copse in Southwood , Coulby Newham . The council work is one of the projects going ahead as part of Middlesbrough new title of BT Environment City .
Idiom: man of god (used idiomatically: yes)
INTRODUCTION Many people have heard the name of Richard Baxter , but know little about him . I am unaware of any biography in print , and it was for this reason that I wrote this brief account of the life of a truly great man of God . Almost a hundred years before Richard Baxter was born , Tyndale 's Bible was being smuggled into England . The re - discovery of the Bible , following many centuries of neglect , was the means of bringing the light of the Gospel of Christ into the darkness of England .
Idiom: out of this world (used idiomatically: yes)
Talent : Sky 's Race Starts Here Lust in Space Critics have drooled and dribbled over her out - of - this - world beauty and wide , spacey blue eyes , but now Kim Basinger is confounding them all by playing the title creature - from - another - planet in My Stepmother Is An Alien . It 's a weird galaxy - swap comedy , which requires the extra - terrestrial Basinger ( like Daryl Hannah 's mermaid in Splash ) to capture the laughs with her innocence about adult human relationships . She also has to wear a set of hideously long fingernails .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
So , talk some sense into her will you ? Just point out that they might be redundant and Well , if the Tories win , I mean the privatization will really go to town . I mean even the trusts . The ambulance men in Northumberland because it 's a trust and they 're paid by the trust
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
When we 'd finished that night Dad gave us tuppence to go the first half at the Queen 's Hall . He told us to hurry back home after the picture had finished because it might get foggy later . He told Frankie to take care of me and so we went off hand in hand . When we got there the chucker - out told us to go in quickly because the film had started . The board over the door proclaimed that it was The Clutching Hand .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Global Warming German carbon dioxide cuts " too ambitious " The German government 's aim of for a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 30 per cent on 1987 levels by the year 2005 is likely to fall short of expectations . A report on the development of Germany 's energy sector to 2010 , prepared by Basel - based consultants Prognos , concludes that a reduction of just 10.4 per cent can be expected . The conclusion is supported by a Research Ministry strategy paper , which argues that only the construction of eight new 1,300MW nuclear power stations in conjunction with the increased use of coal / gas combination technology will enable Germany to achieve the desired reduction .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
But that is not the choice that faces an individual soldier . The outcome of the entire war is unlikely to be materially affected by what he , as an individual , does . Mutual cooperation with the particular enemy soldiers facing you across no - man 's - land most definitely does affect your own fate , and is greatly preferable to mutual defection , even though you might , for patriotic or disciplinary reasons , marginally prefer to defect ( DC ) if you could get away with it . It seems that the situation was a true prisoner 's dilemma . Something like Tit for Tat could be expected to grow up , and it did .
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: yes)
Zoology Mike Taylor . THE butterfly lizard leiolepis bellani lives near beaches and sandy areas in tropical South - east Asia . Its main claim to fame is its elongated ribs with which the lizard can extend a short fringe of skin along either side of its body , at the same time flattening its body . The beast , it has been alleged , flies away from trouble : if surprised away from its burrow , it starts running , then opens its fringes to take off and glide for up to 20 yards . J.B.Losos , T.J.Papenfuss and J.R.Macey of the University of California took a critical look at this notion by putting a team of 40 butterfly lizards through full athletic trials .
Idiom: on top of the world (used idiomatically: yes)
I went off of it , and th and then I was okay after that . How did it make you feel ? I was suicidal , one day I 'd been on top of the world Yeah and I could take on anything then the next day I 'd be trying to kill myself .
Idiom: under a cloud (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah , well let me just say first , I 'm an agony aunt , a medical journalist , I 've got a psychology degree , I 've written health books , and as a punter I took Prozac by accident . I suffered what erm is known from as postnatal depression after I had my second baby . And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick - started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . Well I went and I had a different drug from Prozac , I had something which is actually newer and er Which one ?
Idiom: from the cradle to the grave (used idiomatically: yes)
For those who required special help there was " national assistance , " the provision of noncontributory benefits dispensed on the basis of means - testing . There were family allowances for those with children . The state now provided something of a protective safety net from the cradle to the grave . It was still possible to pay for private treatment in the health service , but for most people it was a case of having treatment " on the national health . " The NHS became a feature of some pride at home and of considerable interest abroad .
Idiom: slap and tickle (used idiomatically: yes)
He tries so hard that it seems churlish to deny him a few points for effort . This film marks Franco Zeffirelli 's third cinematic flirtation with Shakespeare . In 1967 he made a gross , slap - and - tickle version of ' The Taming of the Shrew ' with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor . In 1968 he shot a ' Romeo and Juliet ' with virginal teenagers , a sort of Renaissance ' Love Story ' . His ' Hamlet ' , except in the vigorous and exciting duel scene at the end , lacks elegance , poetry and even a point of view .
Idiom: slow but sure (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever your Dreams , the steps towards achieving them are the same . We can certainly take shortcuts if we wish , perhaps using creative visualisation on its own — and sometimes with spectacular success . But here is a slow - but - sure formula for manifesting our Dreams . It always works . 1 .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
The first was a confidential report on the progress of TOPP ( see p 14 ) , which appeared in the following week 's Accountancy Age . Then , the day after that leak , the Financial Times ran a story headed ‘ Accountancy firms fall short of standards’ , based on a confidential report to the DTI on the first year of audit regulation ( p 9 ) . The report to the DTI was due to be published shortly anyway , so , on the face of it , its premature appearance may not seem too important . But government departments do not like premature appearances of confidential documents addressed to them . They could embarrass ministers , which is a kind of sin against the Holy Ghost .
Idiom: have it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
The organisation i9s centred in a small semi detacthed house in north Oxford , and is headed by Sister Elaine MacInnes , a Catholic nun and experienced Zen teacher . Female speaker There are many who feel prisoners have had it too easy . They 're looking at it the wrong way . If someone 's sick you send them to hospita .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: no)
Program area in purple box for single heart repeat . Use these two stitches , from heart , as a repeat pattern to make candy stripes for skirt . Swiss darn in red for braces . TEACH - IN As I write this article ( in July ) I am in the throes of finishing my new ribber video , ' English and Fisherman 's Rib ' .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ In fact , Jason reminds people of Ellery so much that in some parts of Yorkshire they refer to him as Black Pearl II . ‘ He makes you rise in your seat when he gets the ball — just as Ellery does . ‘ And I 'm sure he is going all the way to the top , just like Ellery . He has great try - scoring potential and his defence is unbelievable.’ Robinson , who was discovered playing for amateurs Hunslet Parkside , has already paid a price for his dedication to the game .
Idiom: call the tune (used idiomatically: yes)
Spurs defender Danny Thomas claimed damages against Gavin Maguire and his club QPR over an incident which ended his career and this was settled out of court . Norwich defender John O'Neill is still proceeding with a claim against Wimbledon striker John Fashanu over a tackle which forced him to quit . Piper to call Benn 's tune Frank Ward NIGEL BENN 'S defence of his WBC super - middleweight crown , the first of two steps towards a lucrative return with Chris Eubank next spring , will be against Welshman Nicky Piper at Alexandra Palace on December 12 .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
bus stop . That 's right . Anna lives just down the road . Her nose is a funny shape . And she giggles a lot .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
as the race for the world championship hots up its time now to catch up with all the rest of the sports news … Oxford United manager Brian Horton was signing in the rain today . Not the proposed deal to bring Darlington 's Nicki Cusack to the Manor … that 's been put on ice … but a new contract which will keep him in charge as long he and the club want . United have become the first team in the League to break with tradition by getting rid of fixed term contracts for their coaching staff . Pat McGeough says that with fixed term contracts , people are wondering whether their contract will be renewed at the end of the season .
Idiom: right as rain (used idiomatically: yes)
So what more d'you want ? Jam on both sides ? I 'll put you in charge of the guard and you 'll be as right as rain.’ Dot felt she was an unwanted item of luggage being sent away . Miss Spindle - Spanks
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Go on Boo out , do something dog , go and lay down and have a bark come on then is he gone ? Oh Charlotte 's trying to lean against him and push him out , no he 's settled for under the table now , now leave him Charlotte he can lay under the table , he 's out the way over there Oh shut up you 're a whinge bag Anthy Aaron 's like that in the morning
Idiom: fall on deaf ears (used idiomatically: yes)
Dr Frank Graham , the American chairman , persuaded the Indonesians to accept these humiliating terms by telling them that this would internationalise the dispute : diplomasi again . Sukarno urged acceptance over the radio , arguing , ‘ If ideals can be achieved peacefully why should we fight?’ His appeal fell on deaf ears . Amir had to resign , and Hatta was asked to be formateur . He now became premier of a broad - based Cabinet responsible to the president : virtually a return to 1945 .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
First , the selection criterion should be NPV and not some arbitrary and very short payback period . Many companies still use incredibly short payback periods , often set by financial directors playing a very risk - averse game . Bearing in mind the notion of a portfolio spread of risk , directors do not have to be so risk - averse to all types of investment — especially where , with new technology , it may indicate the creation of an option to stay in business . Also , the discussion in chapters 1 and 2 about the nature of project betas is relevant . To the extent that the technological success is not highly correlated with the returns on the market portfolio , the project is not so risky for a well - diversified shareholder .
Idiom: take the liberty (used idiomatically: yes)
She was spared thinking of a suitable comment as he stood up . ‘ Your coat,’ he prompted , ‘ and then we should go . I took the liberty of reserving a table for us.’ ‘ Then you took rather a lot for granted , did n't you?’ Merrill tried unsuccessfully to introduce a note of matter - of - fact severity into her voice , but it did n't work .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course one does not often get shrinkage and swelling as gross as ten per cent but as little as one or two per cent can be sufficiently troublesome . Paint and varnish slow down moisture changes in wood but they do not prevent them for no paint is impermeable to water vapour . Even indoors , the relative humidity is changing all the time , especially between night and day . Floor boards and furniture tend to follow the humidity and this is the reason for the ghostly noises one hears in the house at night . If wood is physically restrained from shrinking when it wants to do so it will split , because it has almost no tensile strength across the grain .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
The United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) has launched a cleaner production programme aimed at persuading business to adopt greener methods . The International Cleaner Production Information Clearinghouse ( ICPIC ) is a computerised information system based in Paris . It is accessed by personal computer and offers a free , round - the - clock service . The project , established in tandem with a similar effort mounted by the US Administration 's Environmental Protection Agency , aims to encourage business to monitor its entire production process rather than looking for piecemeal solutions . This involves reevaluating the whole life - cycle of a particular industrial process and planning modifications with a view to limiting hazardous emissions to the atmosphere , water and soil .
Idiom: kick the bucket (used idiomatically: yes)
Okay ? C , the third piece of evidence idioms tend to be either whole sentences or noun phrases or verb object instructions , but never verb subject or rather subject verb instructions . When an idiom is just something that has the form of , has a certain apparent grammatical form but actually occurs just as a single unit of a fixed meaning , so it has no genuine semantic structure from which you can determine its meaning , for example kick the bucket means die and you do n't get that in the meaning of kick the bucket . but notice kick the bucket appears as a verb phrase and eat humble pie , get your knickers in a twist and so on . So if you just generally think about the idioms like that , frozen pieces of language and fixed meanings you 'll find they come in formed sentences and subject expressions and verb phrases but not subject verb .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
Question : When is LAN Manager for Windows / NT not LAN Manager for Windows / NT ? Answer : when it is called Microsoft Windows / NT Advanced Server — Microsoft Corp says that it has invoked the name change so as not to confuse customers since a lot of the functions of the OS/2-based LAN Manager which we know and love are already incorporated into the base operating system and Advanced Server will provide only the extras such as multi - domain management ; coincidentally of course , Microsoft will avoid discouraging any users that were n't particularly enamoured of LAN Manager 's original incarnation . Clear seems to be all the rage these days , what with Miller Brewing coming out with a beer that not only tastes watered , but actually looks like water , a Clear Tab from the Coca Cola Co and Pepsi Co pushing something called Pepsi Crystal , so it 's nice to see that IBM Corp is right up there with the trend — enter one of those hallowed and long - standing computer rooms these days and like as not you 'll be able to see right across it with no Big Iron to impede the view — the transparent mainframe . If you need to refer to a scorecard , DEC 's Alpha chip and the Mips Technologies Inc 's R4000 part are already 64-bit . IBM is also making the transition along with Sun ( see page one ) but its first 64-bit silicon , the 620 PowerPC , is still a year away .
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
And the natty duds and the good rocking tonight . 39 . And once in a while Elvis did dash off on some divine business or other . But verily he did return , smiling , if a trifle shagged out , saying , ‘ That 's done.’ The Suburban Book of the Dead
Idiom: early bird (used idiomatically: yes)
POLICE hunting a bogus social worker who tried to snatch a child have arrested a woman . Babysitter Nicola Wilkinson , 13 , fought off the phoney as she tried to grab one - year - old Kristian Watson in Spennymoor , County Durham . Early bird job - hunter UNEMPLOYED Sandra Davies wants a job so badly she is tramping the streets at dawn pushing applications through letter - boxes . So far Sandra , 27 , who has nine O - levels , has applied to more than 500 firms in Barnsley .
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
He had started sponsoring the tournament half a dozen years ago , and loved the prestige that ‘ his’ tournament gave him amongst the other members . Some of them had no doubt spent most of the preceding year trying to wangle an invitation to play in the pro - am . Above all , Brian Summers delighted in rubbing shoulders with some of the world 's best golfers , and his big day was the pro - am , which usually takes place the day before the tournament proper . You might think that the function of the pro - am is to enable the professional to take a good look at the course under competitive conditions . Wrong .
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: yes)
On one hand , Uncle Geordie and Auntie Julie took me to the pictures on Saturday nights to see Tom Mix and Buck Jones . I was just old enough to become crazy about cowboy films , but even handsome Buck Jones could n't make me like Auntie Julie any better . So I mostly chose Uncle Bill because I thought the world of him , but I was cunning enough to go to Uncle Geordie 's about every fourth week . Early on Saturday morning Dad would take me in a tram down to Granton Square , and there Uncle Bill would be waiting . I was always so glad to see him I hardly ever took time to say goodbye to Dad and whichever conductor was on tram - duty with him .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: yes)
THE fighting on the ground may be nothing compared with the fighting over who pays the bill . Congressmen by the dozen are demanding that Japan , Germany , Saudi Arabia — indeed anyone but America — should be tapped for the costs of Desert Storm . At the Group of Seven meeting in New York on January 20th-21st , Nicholas Brady , America 's treasury secretary , asked his Japanese and German colleagues to dig deeper into their pockets . The table shows the latest numbers for contributions so far , set roughly against ability to pay and interest in the Gulf measured by reliance on imported oil . One problem with the burden - sharing debate is finding out what operation Desert Storm is costing .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus , though our surveys document a generalized view of the service as being at best only moderately effective , heads and teachers viewed individual members of the advisory team very differently , being unstinting in their praise of some , rather less so of others . The advisory attributes to which teachers responded most positively were : ready availability , especially in a crisis ; visibility , especially in the classroom ; credibility at both classroom and managerial levels ; preparedness to give a clear lead coupled with a willingness to listen and acknowledge that the schools , too , had expertise ; a combination of authoritativeness with humility ; an open , friendly and supportive manner . It goes without saying that the attributes which most antagonized teachers were the opposite of these , especially in the context of the perceptions about the need to conform referred to earlier . One of the main difficulties for the advisory team was the way , particularly following the Education Department 's reorganization , they had to combine their advisory role with considerable administrative responsibilities , both for ‘ their’ schools and across the system as a whole . All members of the central team at Merrion House ( the Education Department 's offices ) were severely stretched in terms of both time and the range of roles they were expected to encompass , and it was therefore inevitable that some aspects of their job could be successfully accomplished only at the expense of others .