Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
In other words it is the work done by taking a unit charge round a circuit . The definition , eqn ( 4.17 ) , though often used , is regrettably not sufficiently general . When the closed path is in a wire loop and the loop is in motion then a force due to the magnetic field is present as well , giving rise to a finite amount of work in the same manner . The more general definition will be discussed in Section 4.7 . This is valid for the case when the flux linking a stationary circuit varies as a function of time .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
It was no good dreaming . What she had to do , finally , was face reality . And reality meant speaking to Arnie face to face . A letter or a phone call would be much easier , but that was the coward 's way and she had too much pride for that — not to mention too much respect for Arnie . He deserved to be told the truth to his face .
Idiom: too clever by half (used idiomatically: yes)
Established fashion names have also looked to workwear for inspiration : Stussy 's heavy army - type hooded tops . Michiko 's biker and military moves , CP Company 's beautiful woollen donkey jackets , Nottingham - based G - Force 's heavy jackets with huge utility zips , Chipie 's ' Work ' line , Union Steel 's reworkings of Fifties rancher jackets . The comment voiced from apparently everywhere is that workwear represents a move away from Eighties designer flash : away from all the heavily - labelled , non - hard - wearing , too - clever - by - half , over - styled garbage . A fair point , maybe , but one that smacks of the kind of social - comment spuriousness spouted by many fashion editors who ought to know better . But wo n't workwear always be confined by its own limitations ?
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: yes)
Then she marched back to the front of the class , dusting off her hands one against the other like someone who has been handling something rather grimy . ‘ That 's the way to make them learn , Miss Honey,’ she said . ‘ You take it from me , it 's no good just telling them . You 've got to hammer it into them . There 's nothing like a little twisting and twiddling to encourage them to remember things .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
The most likely of Ted 's challengers was Keith Joseph , the most senior ‘ dissident’ who had been in Ted 's Cabinet . No one had then realised that , however decent the man , his political antennae were too insensitive . But they very soon did , for within a few days , on October 19 , Keith made a speech in Edgbaston which demonstrated almost unbelievable ineptitude for someone in the running for the Leadership . He referred to social classes 4 and 5 as being the least able to bring up children without resort to the state , and appeared to suggest that they should be encouraged through birth control to have fewer . In fairness to Keith , he realised very quickly that he lacked the requisite qualities and threw in the towel .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
In the spring of 1939 clashes between Germans and Poles in the so - called ‘ free city’ of Danzig added another starting point to the already confused map of Kindertransporte routes . Four transports carrying a total of 124 children came from Danzig , travelling by train via Berlin to the Hook where they joined up with other groups waiting to be ferried across to Harwich . The muddle was such that the welcoming committee threw away their lists of expected arrivals and started from scratch . There was less of a problem when individual benefactors like Lord Sainsbury , Jean Hoare ( a cousin of Sir Samuel Hoare ) and the Reverend Alan Bateman , provost of Coventry Cathedral , set up their own lines of communication , dealing directly with families who wanted to send their children over to Britain , as well as arranging travel and acting as guarantors . Jean Hoare virtually handed over her Bloomsbury flat to young refugees .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It would have been a mistake to bring in consultants immediately . We had to get the basic structure right , the basic information flows in and then bring the consultants in . We believe the systems we have constructed here are state of the art.’ Possibly the biggest change at the Pru came with the appointment in 1989 of a new chief executive , Mick Newmarch . Although he has been with the organisation since his teens , the appointment was revolutionary since Mr Newmarch was from the investment side of the business , rather than an actuary .
Idiom: at a snail's pace (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Ever since the bridge was turned on Saturday ready for its short journey down the motorway to its demolition site , the 79 m structure had been developing visible cracks . Engineers have been forced to operate at a snail 's pace to counter the danger of the bridge deteriorating further . This afternoon the Government and the Department of Transport apologised for the delay . Male speaker
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , it 's not that nice , but there 's a hell of a lot of little roads , all around it , it 's not a like Roundtree is , is it ? It 's just on a little main road , but it 's situated almost in this housing estate . They must say , God they must get pissed off with it , so I 've already looked around , and there 's loads of parking places , Mm . there 's no yellow lines , there 's loads of little roads .
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
They 'd meant to get a little fucked up . It was okay . It was good , once in a while , to get a little fucked up . The thing was not to get fucked up too often . The thing was not to get fucked up to excess .
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
Wherever we can , whenever tenants want it , and where resources allow , we will pull down the eyesores which have blotted our cityscapes and too often provided breeding grounds for crime and delinquency . The Government is spending about £ 100 million tackling the problem of rough sleeping in our cities . As a result we have seen a sharp fall in the numbers who sleep rough on our streets . Working closely with the voluntary sector we will continue to provide help for those sleeping rough , particularly in the capital . We will revolutionise the management of council houses and flats .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's obviously irritating and awkward for us that they have changed their minds , but they are perfectly entitled to do that’ , explains George Gordon of the Old Masters department . ‘ If you have pictures whose past is confused , or questioned , or whose title and ownership are a matter of dispute , the one way to settle this is to put it up for auction and see what happens . In this way , it means those who wish to stake a claim may do so . We should n't be bashed for putting it into a sale ; we help to bring it to a resolution by bringing out it into the open’ . Three months later the picture is in limbo , believed still to be in Sotheby 's storage .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: no)
Rather than wake him by pulling the clothes off him and having to face the likely consequences , Mrs Stych put her housecoat over her nightgown , got a spare blanket out of her old hope chest , and eased herself down beside the chrysalis which was her husband . She slept immediately . In his dreams , Boyd Stych made a million for his son out of forty - storey apartment blocks , and was chased by a flying book the name of which he could not see . When Mrs Frizzell arrived home from the tea , Maxie Frizzell was already in , since it was early - closing day . He was sitting in the breakfast nook , a copy of the Tollemarche Advent , open at a page of advertisements dealing with cars , spread out in front of him , a cup of instant coffee in his hand .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
Is it not the case that after all the hype and hopes that were insinuated in the debate , the Scottish Office is toeing the Ministry of Defence line ? Does the Minister accept that there is an atmosphere of crisis within the defence contracting industry in Scotland ? Does he accept the make - or - break significance of the next round of type 23 frigate orders for Yarrow and the central importance of GEC - Ferranti ? Will we have regular reports of what the diversification unit set up by Scottish Enterprise is doing , its remit and the kind of results it is recommending ? Mr. Stewart
Idiom: on the horn (used idiomatically: yes)
Harry later — ; not so much later — sought to marry an island girl , and settled down . Three days afterwards , a group of men from the Belmont camp out hunting for some gamefowl for their supper , strayed into an ambush : this time , the prizes were more valuable , for Philip Ingledew , Tom 's fourteen - year - old son , was among the hunters . Tiguary 's men recognised his value from the chased silver on his powder horn and on the barrel of his gun , and the gleaming gold gimp on his velvet breeches . They picked him and one other as their prisoners , and let the others free to spread the news . So by the end of February , with the Hopewell in mid - ocean and all his fortunes pinned on her safe arrival and a high price for her goods , Kit was n't in good heart .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
The tubes through which sperm travel from the testes to the penis are cut or blocked so that sperm can no longer enter the semen that is ejaculated when the man ‘ comes’ . MAIN ADVANTAGES A once - and - for - all method for couples who are absolutely sure they have completed their family . MAIN DISADVANTAGES It can take many ejaculations to clear sperm already in tube .
Idiom: take a leaf out of someone's book (used idiomatically: yes)
WOMEN Institute joins Opportunity 2000 The Institute has taken a leaf out of CIMA ' s book and joined Opportunity 2000 , the business - led initiative launched by John Major , which aims to put more women into top management jobs by the beginning of the next century ( see ACCOUNTANCY , December 1991 , p 15 ) . It is currently drawing up the goals it intends to achieve , which , as an Opportunity 2000 signatory , it is required to announce publicly . This will take place at a celebration breakfast for Opportunity 2000 's first anniversary on 17 November at the Park Lane Hotel .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite its fashionable subject the book is in no sense routine . Uncritical testimonials to the postmodern 's attractions are ten a penny , and conservative denunciations thereof not much scarcer . This study has the distinction of being both critical and radical , essentially turning the tables on advocates of the postmodern and reading their rhetoric as symptomatic of a conservative milieu 's interests in a period of overall stagnation . It is ‘ of course’ unlikely that Callinicos ' criticism will cut much ice with those whose substantial career investments lie in one or another of the postmodern 's corners : movementist politics , the radical academy , post this - ism and that - ism , a variety of well - upholstered ‘ dissenting’niches from both the dominant culture and traditional opposition to it . Too much is at stake for a book dedicated to proving the continuing value of classical Marxism to dislodge them .
Idiom: mean business (used idiomatically: yes)
Young , able , married and with a young family , he is manager of an insurance firm , having just spent three years in America . ‘ Now I come back to my own country — and I ca n't even go into a Wimpey bar.’ We asked him what step Ian Smith and his men could take that would convince the Africans they mean business . We thought he would say , ‘ Majority Rule Now.’ Instead , he thought for a minute .
Idiom: fair game (used idiomatically: yes)
ROBINS : Calm Frank ? He is fair game ! OUT of Africa comes a bellow of defiance directed at Frank Bruno . ‘ Who 's no problem?’ roars Pierre Coetzer as he starts training in Johannesburg for their fight at Wembley on October 17 .
Idiom: mean business (used idiomatically: no)
The go - ahead has already been given to build privately run remand centres . Home Office officials from Britain went to West Palm Beach to see how electronic tagging systems are working there before introducing a trial run for people on probation in Nottingham later this year . If the Nottingham test proves as successful as the system seems to have worked in Florida , it could mean even better business for Marconi in Swindon who promise more jobs . In Swindon we are obviously delighted because all of the production of the equipment , all the design and the research , is all carried out at Swindon except for the software , which is provided by C S I. We actually believe that our dedicated production line will require expansion later in the year .
Idiom: blood and thunder (used idiomatically: yes)
But it 's all I ever wanted to do . Most of my family is in the medical profession and doctors always seem to be full of drama . My twin sister is a nurse and I suppose all the blood and thunder of things took me a different way . It was three years later that I did finally audition , at seventeen . I did the well trodden path , with phoebe in As You Like It .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
Then the sidewalk three yards to the left of me started exploding , and an earthquake line of stone chips advanced towards the cart . The noise of the machine gun was deafening . I pushed myself back out of the line of fire as the wooden cart splintered into an abstract sculpture . Little darts stuck into my legs from the knee down . I fired in the general direction of the officer 's head , and missed .
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: yes)
But we know that the real checks would come when we left . The Vadinamians do n't care what you bring in — but they 'll go to any lengths to stop you taking things out that you should n't take . Vadinamia 's claim to fame , in its vid adverts , is as’ the bank that ca n't be robbed’ . In fact I know about one occasion when it was robbed , though they 've mostly hushed it up . It was when a thief of some brilliance spirited away some micro - miniaturized documents hidden in a pimple on his chin .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
Their immediate reaction to the Beveridge Report 's proposals was displayed graphically in a cartoon , the caption to which read ‘ Cheer up , Maggie , we shall get £ 2 a week when we are 97 — a bitter comment on the gradualist compromises of the new pension scheme . A Pensioners’ National Appeal had been taken up by the Daily Dispatch in 1938 and Ritchie Calder 's articles in the Daily Herald , ‘ Life on 10/ a Week’ , provided a further boost for the 1939 agitation with their Orwellian revelations . In keeping with the rank - and - file strength of the movement , however , pressure was applied most effectively at local level . By comparison with the ‘ insider’ methods of the Old People 's Welfare Committees , it was also profoundly political , resembling , as later commentators put it , ‘ the abrasive approach of 1960s pressure groups such as Shelter rather than the more staid ‘ non political’approach ' of the voluntary organizations . Given the qualified success of the 1939 escapade , The Pensioner remarked in April 1940 that ‘ To exert pressure on the Government as a whole is to invite failure as is demonstrated by the fate of many petitions.’
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Even before the first exit polls came in he was buying new tackle in readiness . He once said he was ' looking forward to the day I can go fishing without someone sitting in the back of the boat saying do n't I know there 's a war on ' . Apart from getting big in the fishing business he wanted to get ' big in the golf business and big in the grandchild business ' . But he may find his new sporting pursuits bunkered by some retirement activity he had n't planned on . For five years Bush insisted he was ' out of the loop ' on the arms for hostages deal .
Idiom: part of the furniture (used idiomatically: yes)
Column Eight : Sterling is part of DTI furniture By SIMON PINCOMBE Secretaries of State for Trade and Industry may come and go but Sir Jeffrey Sterling , chairman of the P&O group , has long been part of the furniture at 1 Victoria Street . Sir Jeffrey , who has acted as unpaid and part - time special adviser to six trade and industry secretaries , yesterday added a seventh to his belt . Nicholas Ridley , the latest incumbent , is retaining his silken skills to advise on ‘ industrial and financial affairs’ and the Airbus programme .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
Try to generate a CB for each . 1 Child picks and peels wallpaper off the living room walls . 2 Child draws on walls with crayons .
Idiom: in the driving seat (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever the difficulties which lay in wait , she could not help but be touched by this meeting of her son with his father . ‘ Is that guy a relative?’ Leif demanded , as Vitor sat in the driving seat with the child on his knee . She looked at him in alarm . While Thomas had inherited her nose and her chin , the likeness to Vitor was apparent in the shape and darkness of his eyes , in the line of his mouth .
Idiom: rags to riches (used idiomatically: yes)
Northcliffe , Beaverbrook , Kemsley or Thomson , on the other hand , could not easily be jettisoned : their press empires were more substantially theirs . All , in fact , were self - made men — which no doubt is a clue to their style and motives . There is more than a touch of rags to riches in the story of the outsize barons . Despite great wealth , too , the barons were not generally profit - maximizers . If they had just wanted to make money , there were far better ways .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
I exchanged a greeting with a Frenchman of No. 4 Commando as he walked towards me . Suddenly there was the unmistakable swish of a mortar bomb , then the explosion a few yards away . I stood frozen to the spot unable to do anything ; I could see soldiers diving for cover ; the Frenchman who was coming towards me with a smile on his bearded face was now lying on the ground . It must have been all over in a few seconds . They were now tending to the Frenchman as he lay on the ground .
Idiom: shut the door on (used idiomatically: yes)
By shutting this door to exclude fear , even if you have to do it a million times , you are making the statement that you decide not to let that thought feed on your life 's energy . If initially you find this is too hard to do , see the reason why this time you are afraid to shut the door . For instance , if you speak about one you love who has betrayed you , you are afraid that if you shut the door on that person they will never come back and find the love which is between you both . Understand that you are not shutting the door on the one you loved , but you are shutting it on the negative force that lived — or still lives — within them . While you live , there is hope ; while he or she lives , there is hope .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
6 . This presents the problem for the constructivist of how to regard beliefs . To be consistent with holism the constructivist has to say that individual ‘ beliefs’— mental states that are only in the running for truth — do not correspond to anything in the mind . This is then , in Fodor 's ( 1987 ) terms , not a ‘ realist’ theory of belief . Paradoxically , constructivism would side with Stich ( see note 1 ) about the unreality of belief .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
just such a voice was emerging . By 1974 the people of the occupied territories clearly did not wish to return to Jordanian or Egyptian control and wanted self - determination , something which 242 did not propose , as the PLO began to complain . Even the requirement of ‘ A just settlement of the refugee problem’ begged the question of the 1949 Armistice Line as a practicable international border . Where would the refugees go ? No one , apart from the Palestinians , seriously thought of a return to the ( Israeli ) part of Palestine from which they came .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
‘ How did you find me out here in this back of beyond?’ she asked . ‘ When you did n't call me back from your place in Wandsworth I checked with headquarters in Norwich — to find out where your sister had lived,’ he said casually . ‘ I thought it was worth a try , so I drove up here , booked myself in at a hotel down the road . Hey presto ! I 'm on your doorstep this afternoon.’
Idiom: in the pink (used idiomatically: yes)
we were ready to try anything once and sang ' I will make you fishers of men ' , even the little cocksucker in pink . Taking Off Sometimes , spontaneously , a group of girls
Idiom: meat and potatoes (used idiomatically: no)
They sat down at the big kitchen table and Mrs Wood put the food on three hot plates . Then she went to have supper with Mr Wood and Linda . Tony ate his meat and potatoes and drank two cups of strong , sweet tea . Then he had three small cakes and an apple . He was always hungry .
Idiom: take a dim view of (used idiomatically: yes)
Dewsbury station . Yeah . I think the message is there that er we took a dim view of it and we have now Yeah . removed them from our approved list for a , a period .
Idiom: two a penny (used idiomatically: yes)
well respected Yeah . now , they 're two a penny are n't they , almost ? Well I do n't Marg , I 'm not one of them ! Nothing to talk about !
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
You can concentrate the detecting on to one single personality , and thus concentrate your reader 's attention equally . You can write about the sort of person you know well , or even are . In my first book , Death and the Visiting Firemen , back in 1959 , I made my detective a schoolmaster ( as my father had been ) and was able to use a teacher 's summing - up of a class of twenty or thirty potential delinquents as a parallel for an investigator 's examining of six or so suspects . And , when you think of it , many professions require a similar ability . It is certainly applicable to certain niches in society , as witness that archetypal gossipy spinster , Agatha Christie 's Miss Marple , whose love of knowing everything about everybody made her quite plausibly a solver of crimes .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
But the part also has a 64-bit data bus and 36-bit address bus . The bus is clocked at 66MHz and is heavily pipelined — it can continue operating while up to two cycles remain uncompleted . The CPU is said to have some support for out - of - order execution of instructions , which requires very tricky circuitry to reassemble the stream in the right order and avoid dependency conflicts . The part has an enlarged on - chip primary write - back cache rather than the write - through cache of the 80486 , which means that the CPU does not have to wait for the cache controller to copy stored data back to main memory . Up to three external caches are expected to be supported .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
The process which has just been described is clearly a very complex affair , but most of the decisions involved in it are programmable types of decisions . It is possible , therefore , to apply the considerable power of a computer to the process . Computers have the ability to undertake masses of calculations very rapidly , they can perform a number of separate operations at one and the same time , and have the ability to store massive amounts of information . 5 . The use of computers in production is extending all the time , as fully - automated plants and robots can bear witness .