Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
The course is divided into two parts , first of all a part that I shall be conducting , dealing with more professional use of the telephone : that 's how you use the telephone , what you say , and how you use it in that way , how you answer the telephone . And then after that , there is a film called ‘ Professional Telephone Behaviour’ , and then Alex Ross will come and talk to you about how to use our system . That 's all those wonderful little codes that are on the cards in front of you . You 'll get a chance to try them out . So you 'll all learn how to divert your phones , and camp on to other people 's and all sorts of things like that , which are rather jolly , so you 'll do that later on .
Idiom: chew the cud (used idiomatically: yes)
To pick and choose which plants they were going to eat would put them at a disadvantage since they would waste so much time looking for food , rather than eating it . The poor quality of most of the mountain goat 's food , together with the specialised digestive system required to cope with it , imposes a strict daily routine on the animals , which varies little throughout the year . A bout of feeding early in the morning is followed by a lie down during which they chew the cud . This is followed by a midday feed and another rest , which is in turn followed by a prolonged evening feed . This pattern of alternate feeding and resting is characteristic of all grazing animals .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
Reactor protection systems are designed to limit releases of radiation during nuclear plant accidents . Crucial factors are the efficiency of reactor shut - down , emergency cooling by flooding the reactor with water and containment of any release from the reactor . All this should be controlled and monitored by a system which keeps tabs on the state of the reactor and responds when a fault occurs . Microprocessors have not been used for this work up to now and the first - ever system for a PWR is currently being installed by the French at their new power station at Paluel . Known as SPIN ( Systeme de Protection Integre Numerique ) the French system is similar to a Westinghouse design of microprocessor - based system , called the Integrated Protection System ( IPS ) .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
But she feels this could be overcome if managed well . Much of the work going on now in hospitals would be carried out in the community , she points out . ‘ I think there is great potential for nursing which has got lost in all the hype about hospitals.’ Broader forms of care will need to be developed , and she believes it is up to nurse leaders to ‘ make it happen.’ ‘ Unless something is done about what is going on and a stop is put to the chaos , then the health - care prospects for London are very gloomy.’
Idiom: give head (used idiomatically: yes)
Shakespeare transfixed Johnson all his life . When he was nine he read Hamlet , no doubt a copy from his father 's bookshop , and , as he told Mrs Thrale later , when he came to the ghost scene he left the kitchen fireside and stood reading at the street door in Lichfield in order to ' have people about ' . Fanny Burney said to Johnson that Shakespeare ' could never have seen a Caliban ' , and Johnson told her that having seen a man Shakespeare knew how to vary one ; ' A man who would draw a monstrous cow , must first know what a cow commonly is ; or how can he tell that to give her an ass 's head or an elephant 's tusk will make her monstrous ? ' On his deathbed , he quoted to his physician Macbeth 's own words to the doctor attending Lady Macbeth for her ' thickcoming fancies ' ; Johnson never loved uncritically . ' Shakespeare , ' he told Boswell in 1769 , ' never has six lines together without a fault . '
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
I heard them say that she had been brought to hospital because her belly was still full of urine.’ My reaction to female flesh was neither as extreme nor as ignorant as that , and it was only my own , not that of other women , which caused me to feel revulsion . I have described how I looked in the mirror and , seeing myself ‘ in the flesh’ did not recognise myself . My horrified , ‘ That ca n't be me’ soon became a determined ‘ That wo n't be me’ . But I had no idea how to implement my refusal and , when I began not to eat it was out of apathy and depression , out of a hopelessness concerning myself ( including my body ) , rather than according to a definite plan .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
KAREN BINNS 5 Karen Binns worked the door at various Manhattan clubs . London is like ‘ iced water , it 's crystal clear and safe’ NENEH CHERRY 4 ‘ The reason I do what I do is because it 's something I ca n't help .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
Fujimori charged that on January 26 , 1995 , Ecuador fired the first shot , an allegation denied by Ecuador 's leader , Sixto Duran - Ballen . Predictably , each side blamed the other for starting the 1995 conflict , just as each pointed the finger of guilt to the other for provoking the border war of 1941 , when Peru took most of the 120,000 square ~ miles in contention between the two countries .
Idiom: in the driving seat (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed I wonder whether they will have the time to perform all the many tasks taken on by police authority members , including lay - visiting of police cells attending national committees on a number of subjects or local consultative bodies , there 's a whole list of duties and responsibilities which members of police authorities undertake . Certainly the minimum of one - and - a - half days per month envisaged by the Home Office as being all that will be required , it seems to me to be very wide of the mark . I agree with the Lord of Aberdale that it is vital for the elected representatives on the police authority to be clearly seen to be in the driving seat of the committee . It is a view I believe which is held by everyone connected with policing at local level and additionally , the continuation of the tripartite system with its essential checks and balances on the activities of the three parties involved and My Lords that is the real importance and value of the tripartite system that depends on the local authorities being seen to be in the driving seat . I therefore support Amendment Numbers Five , Eight and Eleven moved by Lord MacIntosh of Haringey .
Idiom: cramp someone's style (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh come on ! Going to Hoover ! Bloody cramping our stu , they 'll be a bit cramping our style would n't they ? Come on ! But , a , not your style Ri , yours perhaps , not mine !
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
They 're very keen that people should know what they 're doing . Item nineteen , annual conference , next Chair , erm , every year we try and hold er , an event or something of interest to the local business community , to local industries , and we have contacts with local freight - forwarders , banks and companies that have exported , embassies , and we 're proposing that we erm , hold the event this year on the subject of exporting and how to do it , because we 've had very many small companies that might be clueless and want to know erm , exact nuts and bolts of it , so if we could run an event on that basis , and then use that event as the core of a group to take across in this case , Ireland , but perhaps in the future , Holland , who knows where else , to actually sell , using the services of erm , the Embassy in Dublin , our Embassy and the Chamber , with whom we have very good links , then it would be to the benefit of our businesses . Erm , we have experience of this , erm , or officers do , from other authorities , and many small companies are fearful of going out there and exporting . But if they go once with a group , they then go a second , and third and fourth times by themselves .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Two years after the care programme approach in mental health was introduced there is still widespread confusion about its meaning and its relation to other changes in the arena of community care . This paper looks at how care programmes are being implemented and at whom they are being targeted . It also examines the relation between care management and care programming and raises some questions about future developments in the light of community care reforms . It draws on data collected during 1992 from three contrasting health districts , all of which had made considerable progress in care programming . Sixty practitioners were interviewed about the theory and practice of care programming .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
At first sight , this approach has the advantage that the classification issue does not depend solely on a value judgment by the court about the appropriate scope of governmental activity . But the approach is not adequate by itself : on the one hand , not all of the functions which government consciously decides to perform are public ; and on the other hand , there may well be functions performed by non - governmental bodies which have not attracted government attention , encouragement or participation but which nevertheless are of public importance . So at the end of the day it must be for the courts to decide how to classify particular functions , and this can only be done on the basis of some normative judgment about the desirable scope of judicial review . A good illustration of this point is provided by a case in which the London Borough of Greenwich sought to challenge by judicial review the distribution by the Government of a leaflet explaining the poll tax : the Borough argued that the leaflet was inaccurate and , therefore , that its distribution was illegal . The court decided that the leaflet was not sufficiently misleading to justify finding in the Borough 's favour ; but implicit in the court 's decision is a further decision that the court had jurisdiction to decide the issue of legality — in other words , that the decision to distribute the leaflet was amenable to judicial review .
Idiom: on the trot (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've done it five , this is the first time in five years I 've had New Year 's Eve off . And I was determined , and your mother was I 'd done it for four years on the trot . looking at me as if hey erm and all this like you know she was looking as if In a way I think Gwynn had one too many New Year 's Eve .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: no)
We have worked long hours . It has frequently been necessary to employ the deputising service in the evening ; we were not prepared to jeopardise our patients ' safety . When our third partner left we lost his basic practice allowance , and because of the cost of employing locums we will end up substantially out of pocket . We did not imagine that our task was going to be easy , but we are angry for being penalised for maintaining our service . Stephen Brearley 's suggestion that the medical profession has tolerated poor working conditions because of high job satisfaction is , we believe , an understatement ; professional dedication is nearer the mark .
Idiom: in Dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
I hope to soon know much more than a few sentences in Dutch .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I see it as part of my job to patch up squads and re - organise as best I can . After all , I do n't run a team , I run a squad,’ he said . ‘ I do not want to view any of what has happened in a negative light , though it goes without saying that I could have done without the loss of our first - pick forwards for a game of this type.’ Roxburgh could probably name the Maltese team even this far in advance of Wednesday night 's kick - off . It is now certain that Malta 's coach , Pippo Psaila , could not predict what Scotland 's team will be , for the simple reason that even Roxburgh does not know the answer to that one yet .
Idiom: clutch at straws (used idiomatically: yes)
' They would n't risk travelling together . ' ' What if he 's already skipped ? ' I was clutching at straws . ' What 's to say he has n't skipped already ? I do n't know he 's still there . '
Idiom: marriage of convenience (used idiomatically: yes)
I am deeply sorry for what happened , but she had caused us all terrible unhappiness and worry.’ ‘ So you wanted to take your revenge on her granddaughter . To trick her into a marriage of convenience,’ she accused . ‘ What sacrifices you 're prepared to make!’ ‘ It would n't be a sacrifice,’ he cried fiercely .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: no)
Mosley had done his homework . In August , he had gone to Tuscany for a family holiday in a villa . The phone bill took his metre twice around the clock , to the amazement of the man who called to calculate the costs . Calls were made to every ally around the world . He rang America , Japan , Australia , South Africa and everywhere in between .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Fuck off . Its because they are crap . I saw the game on Manc of the game vs Villa . If anyone lets you play football its Villa . Swindon struggled to put more than 3 passes together .
Idiom: on the dot (used idiomatically: yes)
They were entitled to eat after the last sitting in the central dining car , Emil said , rinsing glasses , but usually they went only for dinner , if then ; I could see why , as after the sandwiches on that first day we ate the all - too - few left - over portions of the Lucullan lunch we had served . ‘ There 's never anything thrown away,’ Cathy said , ‘ when we do trips like this.’ The dishes finally finished and stowed in their racks , it appeared that we were free for a blessed couple of hours : reassembly on the dot of five - thirty . I do n't know what the others did but I made straight towards the front of the packed train , threading an unsteady way through seemingly endless sleeping cars ( passing my own berth ) , through the still busy central dining car , the full and raucous open - seat dayniter , three more sleeping cars , the crowded dome car ( dining room , kitchen , lounge , observation deck ) , another sleeping car , and finally reaching the horses . In all , a little less than a quarter of a mile 's walk , though it felt like a marathon .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
If implemented now , steep rate cuts can still have a significant positive effect . If delayed , their effect is likely to be minimal . Across the board , the world 's major central banks have been slow to respond to the deepening crisis . This failure reflects the dominance of conventional economics , which has produced closed - minded group - thinking within the global central banking community . As a result , central banks failed to see the oncoming financial tsunami , and even after it arrived they continued to fight the last war against inflation .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
So I 'm sorry Mr Chairman if the report is doom and gloom but that is the situation that does prevail we will endeavour to work to the best of our ability , or the lack of it but please remember the constraints that we are under and if we have got any views , to stand , and if we do want to help the people in Dundee and we do want to stop the government pilfering the British Rail pension scheme Neil , can you wind up please . to the tune of four and a half billion , then look towards the legislation that 's been inflicted upon us by the Conservative government . Thank you . Thanks very much , Neil .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Chris and Tina liked telling us things . Working with them was like no cheating , you know like machines and things like that . I ai n't knocking dance music , but at the end of the day we 're a band.’ ‘ IT 'S FUNNY WHEN YOU work with people how attached you get to them . We got real close to the Mondays,’ enthuses Tina Weymouth in conversation over the phone from the States .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
He started early and finished late . ‘ We thought the world of him and just ca n't believe he was involved . Gary was a hard - working lad just trying to make ends meet.’ Mr Larkin says he has learned from the criminal underworld about the events on the night of April 27 . Beautiful
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
Soon after England began their reply there was a bad - light hold - up — probably unnecessary if they had all been wearing Bolle ' lifter ' lenses — and upon resumption , Gooch and Stewart had to brace themselves against a torrid onslaught from Waqar , menace in every step of his run - up , and Akram , who bounded in and flung down something resembling Ivanisevic 's curving left - handed tennis serve , if only 30 mph or so less swift . Had the besweatered Pakistanis held their catches there is no knowing to what depths of despair England might have sunk that evening . There was a lot of short - pitched bowling , with a vast array of slips and gullies , but Gooch ( 8) survived a low catch to Inzamam off Akram , and Stewart ( 14 ) was put down by the same fielder at full stretch off the same bowler when 14 . Amends were made when the same combination sent Stewart back soon afterwards , and poor Atherton 's comeback lasted three balls only as he touched one which went across him . England might have seen ghostly , ghastly visions of Bruce Reid 's capacity for mass destruction .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
However , there were important differences between the classical and nineteenth - century forms of the idea . In its classical form , the concept of liberal education was grounded in the doctrine of metaphysical realism : that there was a Reality , that that Reality could be known , and that the purpose of education was to lead people towards that knowledge . Such knowledge was not only desirable in itself , but would liberate and transform the life of the individual , and through him [ sic ] , the life of the society , since such individuals would or should be the appropriate leaders or rulers , a notion which would become democratized in modern ideologies of liberal education to include ‘ leaders’ in any walk of life ( especially the working - class ) and indeed the ordinary , democratic citizen . However , as the belief in metaphysical realism declined in the nineteenth century in favour of more nominalist , relativist or generally hesitant views of knowledge , the concept of a liberal education seemed to lose its firm epistemological foundation and become not so much a theory of knowledge as a theory of ignorance . There could be little agreement any longer on the nature of reality or truth , but this did not prevent a wide if vague consensus about the undesirability of dogmatism , superstition , parochialism , unexamined assumptions and unthinking lives .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That 's what she said to me.’ He scratched his head . ‘ Did I ever say I wanted to be buried at sea?’ ‘ Not in my hearing.’ ‘ She seemed very convinced of the matter .
Idiom: under the wire (used idiomatically: yes)
Good morning ladies and gentlemen . Morning . Sorry for coming in under the wire at er nine fourteen according to this clock . Erm Hugh 's asked me to open this morning 's erm quality seminar . Erm a a you 're in for quite a good day .
Idiom: cut the crap (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's a phase yu going thru What yu offer me wo n't do So cut de crap an set I free . Me green poem Everybody talking bout protecting de planet
Idiom: go the distance (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'll tell him after how it went.’ It should be a happy account and I take Eubank to halt the smaller - framed Thornton by the eighth round . If the fight goes the distance , there might hardly be the thickness of a stamp between them unless Chris ups his recent workrate . But he should have the power to hurt the battle weary , 36-fight Thornton — and then move on to Manchester . HAVE BELT , WILL TRAVEL CHRIS Eubank 's world championship roadshow stops in Glasgow tonight for his ninth title fight in just 22 months .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: no)
You may be able to sue a negligent surveyor or go to arbitration , but you are likely to be the loser , though your interests are now ( since April 1989 ) better protected in law . In 1988 The Guardian reported the case of a couple who had bought a mid - terrace cottage in Wales for £ 16,500 — but on the day they should have moved in , builders were tearing the place to pieces . The couple thought they had done the right thing by paying £ 140 for a house - buyer 's survey , which had given the house a clean bill of health with only some minor exceptions . However , after completing the purchase , they were horrified to find that the cottage was infested with dry rot — this cost them £ 5,000 to deal with . At that time they were faced with legal fees of £ 3,000 if they sued the surveyor , and the risk of losing this as well if they could not prove the surveyor 's negligence in law .
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: yes)
' Good morning , ' Meredith returned . Harriet really did look far from well . ' Take it from me as a medico , ' called Pringle up to her , ' no stirrup - cups today ! Sure you will be able to keep up ? ' ' I 'm all right , Jack .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
She shut her eyes , breathed slowly , hoping that the shivering would stop . She felt him pass over her head a chain , heavy , cold . Now , she could n't open her eyes . Shut , they somehow protected her . To move would be impossible ( and yet I have only to stand up , pull off the bracelets , announce an end to all this … ) .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Even that great opponent of the industrial system of the nineteenth century Thomas Carlyle ( 1795–1881 ) failed to relate his criticisms to the Christian doctrine that he had abandoned as a young man . He became increasingly attached to an almost Greek sense of the hero , but recast in a mould similar to Nietzsche 's superman . This form of romanticism becomes not only reactionary , therefore , but conducive to the sort of fascism that took root in Europe in the twentieth century . William Blake ( 1757–1827 ) , that great romanticist , attacked the new industrial capitalism in the early nineteenth century with great power but not with the radicality of the gospel ; he sought to oppose the emergence of modernity with the gnosticism of his mystical Swedenborgianism . When I was an undergraduate student studying sociology we were all warned of the dangers of romanticism .
Idiom: take it or leave it (used idiomatically: yes)
Other drawbacks are inherent in the method . Only the members of a particular committee are likely to have any proper grasp of a subject ( has anyone outside the Plant Committee actually read its report ? ) while the rest remain blissfully , and dogmatically , ignorant . It presents the public with a take - it - or - leave - it set of policies . It places all the power in the hands of the party machine , which appoints the committee members . Somehow , the party is going to have to find a better way of operating this time round .
Idiom: off and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Now if you 're a horse racing fan … the brain will be galloping … the mouth watering … at the thought of what 's to come over the next few weeks … The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a month away … the Grand National a few furlongs further … On top of that the new point to point season is off and running and that 's where we 're going for this week 's Friday Feature NICK PRICE / Club President JON TRICE - ROLPH / Champion Jockey