Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's best with anything like that to dismiss it and get on with the game,’ said Richardson , whose team were playing their opening tour match against an Australian Cricket Board XI in Perth today . Bumper war McDermott , who as a lower order batsman was a prime target in a ‘ bumper’ war between the two sides in 1991 , said he had gone public with his allegations after reading Richards ' recent autobiography , ‘ Hitting Across the Line.’ ‘ The reality is that the West Indians in 1991 did everything Richards accused the Australians of doing 16 years earlier,’ McDermott wrote , referring to the 1975 - 76 series in Australia . He alleged Ambrose last year consistently labelled him a ‘ coward’ because he backed away from the West Indian fast bowling , and that Richards was the most verbal player of all .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Constructing the new station is expected to create short term work for around six hundred people . Once it 's up and running in early 1997 it 'll bring around another fifty jobs to the area . Investigators say a fire in which a man died could have been started deliberately . The man 's body was discovered among the remains of a burnt out cottage .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: no)
That is the tragedy of it all . That is why I think that the Government are desperately wrong . I say publicly that they are mistaken in trying to push this Bill through in the face of severe and fierce opposition , not just from committed Labour supporters but from rank - and - file Conservatives and from people who have no particular political We were lucky enough to see my hon . Friend the Minister of State a couple of times , and we tried to explain to him how we in Leicestershire would lose out . We pointed out to him that we have in that county a structure of adult basic education and community further education which the rest of the country can only dream of . We made it clear to him that we have many examples in Leicestershire of one - for - one adult education in the home .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
This rally was addressed by Gerry Fitt , Betty Sinclair , Roddy Connolly , Sean Nolan of the Irish Workers ' Party ( the name of the Communist Party in the south ) , and three of the Young Turks from the Derry Labour and republican left . Janet Willcock called for the unity of all radical opinion in Derry ; Eamonn McCann said that Terence O'Neill could not be distinguished from Lord Brookeborough and that reference to liberal unionism was double talk . The recently formed Council of Labour should summon a rank - and - file conference of all the radical political movements in Ireland and call on them to discuss the creation of an all - Ireland socialist party . In Derry they should take their politics out on to the streets and he urged an extension of direct action . Finbar O'Doherty presided and denounced the RUC ban on the original route : ' On future occasions the question of a police ban at the dictates of their Orange masters would be a matter for meeting in a different manner . '
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
It said , ‘ What on earth 's the matter with you ? Where 's the rest of your body?’ Mildred realized that her head had reappeared , which must have looked rather alarming , bobbing about all over the place with no body attached . ‘ Do n't be afraid,’ said Mildred . ‘ I 've taken an invisibility potion and I 'm just coming back into view .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
It was also passed , rather reluctantly , by the Lords . However , the number of defeated Commons amendments convinced Lloyd George and his Treasury civil servants that future pressure for costly extensions of the measure were inevitable . The civil servants belatedly regretted their refusal to set up contributory machinery which , though costly in the short run , would have shifted the cost of future changes in the scheme onto the contributors . They seem also to have underestimated the likely future increase in the cost of pensions due to the increasing numbers living into old age . The lack of enthusiasm for social expenditure in the Treasury produced a remarkable lack of foresight in such matters .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
Asked why it had taken so long for Doris to get back in touch with this world , Mr Lacey explained that it was probably the exhaustion caused by her illness , the brain operation and unsuccessful medical treatment . What 's what in the psychic world ? Psychic gifts and phenomena are now all the rage in both the New Age and the occult . What are we to make of them ? Before looking more closely at our departed medium Doris and other psychics and their phenomena , let us remind ourselves of the main areas .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Let 's Rock and Roll.’ ‘ Let 's do that very thing,’ Cornelius agreed . And the big grin was back with a vengeance .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: no)
There they were , crawling on one tiny planet , not knowing why they were there : all in the same boat — why did they need to defend themselves against each other ? Earth was littered with the corpses of those who had done no wrong , whereas those who caused great torment to others rarely got their deserts . And they pillaged Earth because their lives were based not on co - operation with Nature , but on money . One did not need to go up into space to see that Earth 's resources should be used ( though not used up ) for all its inhabitants . It was on a moonless night , fortunately , that the little town held its firework display , the culmination of its week - long yearly carnival .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Skin Deep Beauty is , however , only skin deep , or so they tell us . One part of the duties of owning a laser printer is the task of replacing consumables — the toner cartridge and photoconductor unit spring readily to mind at this point . In some printers the two are one , and you replace the photoconductor with the toner every time , albeit less frequently than you might change toner cartridges in those printers which maintain the two separately . The 4300 features separate units , which makes toner cartridge replacement cheaper when it happens .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
In her review Cohen argues that there is little evidence in favour of the absolute specialisation models and points out that , as regards the nature of hemispheric specialisation , differences between the two halves of the brain have been conceptualised in terms of specialisation for different types of material , specialisation for different processes and specialisation for different stages of processing . It was pointed out above that specialization for different types of material can not explain the lability of many perceptual laterality effects . Interest therefore centres on the notion that left and right cerebral hemispheres differ in the processes which they characteristically employ or in some other aspect of information processing . Information processing and visual field asymmetry In recent years a growing sophistication in tachistoscopic half - field investigations has derived from a conceptual and methodological framework known as information processing theory .
Idiom: on the nod (used idiomatically: yes)
It was meant to be routine . An update on various reports . Everything went through on the nod . His mind seemed to be somewhere else . I was just about to put my papers away , when he said he had something ‘ delicate’ to talk about .
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: no)
Castaway climbs The islands of Scotland hold unimagined potential for new routes . Bob Reid hired a boat and went exploring on Cara , off the west coast of Kintyre Harry leant against the boathouse and puffed on his pipe . In his blue Guernsey sweater he looked every bit an old sea dog .
Idiom: close shave (used idiomatically: yes)
The customer was delighted and telephoned Ralph Edwards to say how pleased his client was with the service and that the cloth was flown out to The Yemen within a few hours . As a result of this excellent service , further orders will be placed within the next few months . It was a close shave Raising a laugh and over forty pounds for Comic Relief , Mike Smith allowed Betty Edgar to shave off his beard for charity . The idea came from a discussion between Andrea Burns and Betty Edgar to do something for ‘ Red Nose’ day .
Idiom: all over the shop (used idiomatically: yes)
Re Shearer— Whoever it was did a shit job . He ran us all over the shop . It was n't Fairclough — he was playing in the Batty position . ( Until Batty came on . )
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
The speed of the matches was so much faster that is usual in our own green and misty isle . The game generally , was on a much higher plane of skill and fitness and thought . It is those standards that the Irish manager , Murphy , and his coach , Ciaran Fitzgerald , are determined to impose on the Irish game . The assistant coach to Fitzgerald , Gerry Murphy , who impressed the players on the New Zealand tour , immediately travelled to Australia after the tour , crossing the Tasman Sea at the request of the IRFU to have a look at the coaching structures in Australia . And a further indication of the influence Down Under is exerting on the Irish is the news that the IRFU 's professional director of rugby at Lansdowne Road , George Spotswood — to be accompanied by one of his technical officer , former international Willie Anderson — will be in New Zealand in July .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Flushed with success we repeated this timetabled session , with the original members of staff , the following year with different students . The results were disappointing . With hindsight , there were ‘ rumblings’ from some nursery nurses during the early stages of the course , but the matter only came to a head when a small group of nursery nurses made a formal complaint to a course tutor . They felt that they were ‘ not getting on’ with their craft work or were ‘ held back by the students with severe learning difficulties’ . The outcome was that a second room was negotiated and the students returned to the pattern of separate and segregated groups .
Idiom: lose face (used idiomatically: yes)
He 'll just see it as another learning opportunity and advise accordingly . The secret of criticism lies in the ability to depersonalize it . Criticism should never cause the recipient to lose face , inner dignity or self - respect . Criticism should always be a positive move along the road to high profits . TODAY 'S STEP
Idiom: see eye to eye (used idiomatically: yes)
She looked thin , gaunt . Thin ? . Well I do n't think ehm , she and , daughter in law saw exactly eye to eye for a start . Oh I see . Knowing Sheila she probably wanted to rule the roost and Elaine was n't going to have it .
Idiom: cog in the machine (used idiomatically: yes)
In other words , verbally and visually the emblem of the yoke has strong resonances in Spain and Mexico . But it is important that here the yokes are inverted : Mariana and the ties with Spain she represents have been transformed , translated into Mexican , into the complexities of the mestizo Mexican present . She is an essential but individually helpless cog in the colonial machine ; she is pinned out like a pre - columbian sacrificial victim , bruised and blood - stained ; she is a religious icon , like a popular image of the Virgin Maria ; she is a mannikin from some popular religious festival . Fig . 10 . Alberto Gironella , Perro devorando a la Reina Mariana ( Dog devouring Queen Mariana ) , 1963 , painting / object .
Idiom: pull the plug (used idiomatically: no)
Oki also announced that it is changing its membership within Unix International from an official member to a general member . WAVETRACER SHUTS HARDWARE BUSINESS Wavetracer Inc , the Acton , Massachusetts - based manufacturer of low - end massively parallel processing systems , has closed down its hardware business after investors pulled the plug and refused to invest further capital . Wavetracer launched its deskside single instruction multiple data ( SIMD ) data transport computer system a year ago ( UX No 379 ) , discontinuing its old custom one - bit systems at the same time . But it suffered from aggressive marketing by established players such as Cray Research Inc and Convex Computer Corp , and has now laid off ‘ a large percentage’ of its workforce , and shut down sales , marketing , manufacturing and support operations .
Idiom: sick to death (used idiomatically: yes)
At present , patients are prevented from receiving the benefit for the first six months of a terminal illness . The conference heard an appeal from a wheelchair - bound representative to enable the disabled to run their lives more independently . Jonathan Hastings - Day , vice - chairman of the Conservative Disability Group , said the disabled should be able to buy the services they need from privately run agencies : ‘ I am sick to death of social workers sitting around having case conferences . We must move away from local authorities’ services . Schools are being given the chance to run themselves , and hospitals are being given that chance .
Idiom: fit as a fiddle (used idiomatically: yes)
It was er The village centre is about the same as it was when I was a boy , more busier of course , all the private houses that were on the front , you know , Street ? Still cutting hair at nine o'clock at night and shaving people , penny and tuppence a time . And he did his own gardening , right up , when he was a hundred , he was fit as a fiddle when he was a hundred , doing his own gardening . Where about did your family live ? The first house they lived in
Idiom: see the light of day (used idiomatically: yes)
This can take anything up to 10 days . When those bright beer brewers are satisfied , the beer qualifies for transfer to Bright Beer Tank . And eventually , Guinness as we know it , rich subtle and dark , is ready to see the light of day . Nothing could be more natural . From Keg Plant , Tanker Filling Station and Bottling Hall , Guinness shuffles its endless lines towards its eager audience everywhere from the pub down the road to the farthest point in the antipodes .
Idiom: touch base (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm and what you might say . Yeah . Alright , well when you 've finished here perhaps we can touch base . Touch ba that 's a good one , touch base . Yeah , erm I do n't think we increased this .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: no)
The product , in itself , however , is not necessarily enough . To be effectively creative , you need a breadth and depth of visual and verbal references that can provide the raw material for the kind of mental associations that lead to really creative ideas . Roget 's Thesaurus and a set of back copies of Zoom and Creative Review are not enough for this : creative people need , ideally , to have wide and varied interests , and a high level of curiosity about almost any subject under the sun . One final point . Film advertising ideas are usually presented to clients in the form of a storyboard — eight or more drawn pictures pasted down on a board with the written commentary set out beneath .
Idiom: have a cow (used idiomatically: yes)
Mum . Mhm ? Funny , cos we 've never had cows in there . We have . There have been cows in the field .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
To this question , the common answer is that he neither quoted the forged additions nor produced them at Rome , because he knew they were forgeries , and knew also that the forgery would be detected at once by a competent critic . But , in this case , we must suppose that he was both immoral and stupid : immoral in producing evidence which he knew to be forged , and stupid in not going further and producing the letters with their forged additions , for he would have known that a similar forgery supporting the monastic community at Canterbury had recently been submitted at Rome , and that it had been accepted and solemnly quoted to him by the pope as genuine . If therefore the forgeries were in his hands , and he referred to them in his account to the pope without going further and quoting their contents and producing their texts , his conduct shows ( to say the least ) very muddled thinking on his part . By contrast , if the forged words were not in the documents , he could with pardonable exaggeration use the words ultimum quasi robur . But it would have been useless to produce the documents in Rome , for they contained no decisive evidence in favour of the primacy .
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Great savings are possible in the airline industry from access to a ‘ hub and spokes’ system of routes . For similar reasons BA , a Heathrow - based airline , was also keen to establish itself at Gatwick , thereby making itself the dominant airline at Britain 's two largest airports . Faced with a competing predator , BA raised its bid to a knockout £ 250 million and this won the day . During the takeover battle , questions were raised about the desirability of allowing a foreign airline to bid for a British airline , providing access to Britain 's second largest ‘ hub’ . The attitude to foreign takeovers is now considered by studying the contested takeover for Rowntree .
Idiom: fun and games (used idiomatically: yes)
The underwriters for the offering will be Lehman Brothers , Bear Stearns and Co Inc , Alex Brown and Sons Inc and Goldman , Sachs and Co Inc. CREDIT RATINGS US West Inc 's plans to get into the fun - and - games end of the telecommunications business with Time Warner Inc has received a mixed review from the junior among the credit rating agencies , Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co of Chicago , which placed the securities of US West Inc , US West Capital Funding and US West Financial Services on rating watch . It likes the deal in the medium term , since US West plans to finance the investment in large part with equity and to pursue other objectives that will enhance its credit quality to offset the increased business risk inherent in the investment , so that it is likely that ratings will be reaffirmed at their current levels , but in the short term , the business and financial risk will be increased . COMPANY RESULTS
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: no)
Mr Rodgers stressed he and Fred Rodgers , who represents the Oldpark area , were staunch supporters of the RUC , but believed policing should be ‘ even - handed’ . ‘ I have been inundated with complaints from local people who feel this ‘ over - the - top’ action will only play into the hands of loyalist paramilitaries . They see it as another example of the Government jumping to the tune of the SDLP . ‘ I condemn violence from whatever quarter , but it seems to me that the Government only responds when there is an outbreak of loyalist activity.’ Awaiting
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Also , having a record out , I have a whole different outlook and focus.’ The record Jennifer refers to is called ‘ Above , Below And Beyond’ and is due for British release soon . It 's been a long time in the pipeline … ‘ It 's mostly instrumental rock — about 99,000 tracks of guitar ! I do things like Flight Of The Bumblebee and John Coltrane 's Giant Steps .
Idiom: on the double (used idiomatically: no)
‘ But the cost of buying and converting a barn is higher than building something from scratch , ’ says Wood . There is no real rule of thumb for how much it costs to convert a barn . ‘ To be on the safe side , double the price for the cost of converting , ’ says Marcus Lyon of William H Brown in Malton , North Yorkshire . ‘ You could hope to convert a £125,000 barn for Pounds 80,000 , but by the time you move in you would probably find you have spent nearer the cost price of the barn . ’ Nick Wood offers a conversion guide price of £60 a square foot compared with £45 to £50 for building a new house .
Idiom: shut the door on (used idiomatically: yes)
' I have so enjoyed this afternoon . Your mother is a remarkable woman and I have promised to come again . ' Alida dared not ask , could say nothing , though she had shut the front door quickly on the Matron 's moygashel back . In her heart , Alida Thorne knew both the future and the truth , and she was both oppressed and afraid . ' Such a good woman , ' her mother began , as she took up her supper tray , ' such an understanding woman . '
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
All alright on that , yes ? We get time to practise these again before the exam ? Oh yes , now if by any chanc chance you do have a question in the exam where you 're asked you know instead of the wound being on top of the scalp , some clever so and so decides that you 're good at improvising and you 've got a wound over the top of the eyebrow , the eyebrow 's split , okay , so there would n't be much good of me going a minute , pull that there , trying like this round there right , okay , it 's not really in the best interest of the casualty is it , right , now what dressing would you apply to that do you think ? A plaster
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: yes)
My frustration was n't losing the medal , it was not even being able to fight for it , ' said Mota , who does n't question that it was the correct decision to run . Since Tokyo , Pedrosa explains that Mota has undergone numerous tests to try to find the cause of what he describes as ' that silly pain ' . Nothing conclusive has been found and it seems only time will tell if the trouble re - emerges . The couple , however , seem confident that the problem is behind them and anyone with a love of the distance can not help but hope they are right , particularly in Olympic year . B arcelona will be Mota 's last major championship run and she wants it to be the perfect platform to retire from the international scene .
Idiom: fall in line (used idiomatically: yes)
Meanwhile , another source of cash — bank borrowing — has become steadily less attractive . In recent years , desperate to boost their operating profits and absorb bad loans , banks have begun charging corporate borrowers the full whack . Their lending rates have not fallen in line with their funding costs ; banks ' margins have widened by about two percentage points since early 1991 . Smithers calculates that to finance a corporate - sector deficit of ¥ 40 trillion at the current high corporate - borrowing rate of 5 % ( almost 4 % after inflation ) would cost ¥ 2 trillion a year . With cash reserves dwindling and bank credit expensive , companies will accelerate their already steady selling of shares .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
The secretary - general of the opposition Social Christian party , COPEI , Eduardo Fernández , condemned the coup attempt , although he expressed dissatisfaction with the government and the current limitations in the operation of democracy . In televised speeches to the country , President Carlos Andrés Pérez said that the coup attempt had been instigated by rebel officers from the Bolivarian Revolutionary Movement ( MBR-200 ) supporting Lt .- Col . Chávez , and by a number of small left - wing groups , including Bandera Roja ( " Red Flag " ) and Tercer Camino ( " Third Way " ) , headed by Douglas Bravo , who had been active as a guerrilla in the 1960s . Fighting continued into a second day , with the presidential palace again coming under fire from the air and from snipers , despite presidential assurances to the country that the situation was under control . Forces loyal to the government finally recaptured the bases , however , and by Nov. 29 , with a state of emergency in force and the Constitution suspended , order had been restored as heavily armed troops and police patrolled the streets . A curfew was imposed and news broadcasts by Radio Rumbos , the largest network , were suspended .