Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Once they have earned the exchange value of their labour power ( L ) in a given day , workers ' additional efforts are expropriated by capital owners as ‘ surplus value’(S ) . The ratio S / L measures the rate of exploitation , and , whatever their personal ethics , all capital owners are forced by market competition to maximize the rate at which surplus value is expropriated from their workers . Marx also took from the classical economists the idea that rates of profit are bound to fall in the long term . Ricardo argued that population growth would bring lower grade agricultural land into production , thereby pushing up average food prices and diverting increasing social resources into landlords ' rents . But Marx argued that falling rates of profit are an ironic consequence of investment in capital goods , which in the labour theory of value are seen as the products of past labour power , a stock of ‘ dead labour’ .
Idiom: rough and tumble (used idiomatically: yes)
Do n't they ? Now why am I stirring in the age long war between the sexes ? Is n't the sparring light hearted and fun underneath all the rough and tumble ? Men really care for us , do n't they ? I mean , the things they say about women when they think they 're alone , they 're just jokes are n't they ?
Idiom: yes and no (used idiomatically: yes)
What that means is that when you 're facing up to foreign situations , you tend to pull together you tend not to divide you tend not to emphasise the differences between you . Now that does n't frankly entirely work but on the whole there is a tendency to push differences less strongly in foreign affairs than in domestic affairs . Now having said the answer is both yes and no , of course part of the reason for the yes and the no is there is a very large overlap between domestic policy and foreign policy . Erm the two interact constantly and you can see foreign policy in some ways as a bridge between what goes on within the frame , the domestic framework of a country and what goes on in the international environment which surrounds it . Now let me try a first question on you .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever kind of survey you have done , whoever carries it out should have ‘ professional Indemnity Insurance,— since in agreeing to carry out the survey , certain legal obligations are incurred , and the basis of a surveyor 's liabilities lies in his contract with his client . It is therefore essential that you yourself are his client , and not an intermediary such as a building society or a solicitor . If a surveyor does his work badly it goes without saying that he can not expect to be paid for it , but usually the client will also wish to claim damages as financial compensation . For instance , if the surveyor failed to carry out his inspection and to present his report within the agreed time and as a result a house at a bargain price was lost , then a claim could properly be made for compensation . If he is negligent , and as a result you pay more for the property than it is worth , then again you can claim damages for the difference and any consequential costs and inconvenience .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
Linked to this is the third factor , the cost of employing these additional workers , and how this sum matches up to the value of the output achieved by each additional worker . The aim of the training programme outlined earlier is to raise substantially the skills of both those in work and those seeking it . It has to be accepted that , in the short run , it is difficult to raise the skills , and therefore the value of the output of marginal workers ( marginal in the sense of their position in competing for work ) . What can be altered in the short term is the cost of employing new workers , and this can be achieved either by forcing down wages , or by reducing the employer 's costs . Ashby 's idea is that the government should introduce a system of employment vouchers , valued at around £ 3–4,000 , for unemployed people unable to find employment after at least two years on ET and a temporary work scheme .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
The vultures take to the sky bearing the deceased with them , upwards to the heavens . The rock is empty . An hour ago there was a body on the rock ; now there is nothing . The butcher sits with the other Tibetans around the fire in animated discussion . There is no sign of mourning , no tears , no wailing , no prayers .
Idiom: back to square one (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Now , your watches . You 'll be on from 7.30 A.M. to 4 P.M. this week ; next week , 1.30 P.M. to 10 P.M. ; third week 3 P.M. to midnight . Then back to square one . Right?’ ‘ Yes , Sister.’
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
Money counts more than Monet in the 1990s . It is in this area of contrasts , where the autoroute to Paris rubs hard shoulders with 9th century castles , that Courtaulds Films is creating its own impression . Acquired from Rhone - Poulenc in 1984 , the business 35 km from Paris is making waves after a period struggling for direction . The progress has been as dynamic , and certainly more precise , than anything produced by those great painters . Factory reorganisation , cost - cutting , team working , training and improved communications contributed to an immediate upturn in fortunes .
Idiom: pack a punch (used idiomatically: yes)
A superior brand of knighthood , the KBE , goes to the former Liberal leader , Mr David Steel , while Sir John Fieldhouse , ex - chief of the Defence Staff and First Sea Lord during the Falklands War , becomes one of three new life peers . The sole new Companion of Honour is Mr David Lange , the former Prime Minister of New Zealand . Sport and culture pack a bigger punch than politics this time — as does industry — although Sebastian Coe 's OBE represents a foot in both camps . The runner is now a Tory candidate . Bryan Robson , captain of Manchester United and England , gets a CBE alongside Finlay Calder , the captain of the British Lions ' rugby team .
Idiom: put the moves on (used idiomatically: yes)
The distinctly old - fashioned romance is tweaked into the 90 's by a spot of gratuitous nudity and a bizarre courting scene in which the lovers drop trousers and urinate together . ‘ Doc Hollywood’ just about cruises past on the amiability of the cast . ‘ Say , you 're much taller than they said you were,’ exclaims Bridget Fonda as a pouting nymphet putting the moves on the diminutive star . ‘ I 'm sitting on a stool,’ Fox replies . RATING : * * *
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: no)
Profits were good but , as usual , the Westons were only a few precarious steps in front of the authorities . The net , once again , was closing in . They sold the cutter at a profit , and travelled the length of the country to Edinburgh , where they set up in business , this time as respectable linen drapers . They opened premises in the most prestigious part of the town . Things were going well , but old habits die hard .
Idiom: cut your coat according to your cloth (used idiomatically: yes)
He just about takes the biscuit . It 's about time Joe pulled himself together . He talks a lot of tommy rot about not making ends meet , but what I say is you 've got to cut your coat according to your cloth . That 's what I say.’ Conversation speech
Idiom: rain or shine (used idiomatically: yes)
Chamberlain may have shrunk visibly as the clouds across the face of Europe had grown darker , but the British people had taken a different path . Sandbags in the streets , gas - masks issued , ration books and evacuation procedures explained — all had induced a kind of mild hysteria , a desire to ‘ get up and at-'im’ . Like Hannele , nobody who was nobody had any doubts that Britain and her Empire would be victorious : only the grey men in their boiled shirts and wing collars , who strode the streets of Westminster in rain or shine with black hat and rolled umbrella , were afraid . And lately , they had disappeared , gone to Scotland , Yorkshire , Cumberland to fish for trout and salmon , or shoot grouse . What did they know of real life ?
Idiom: get a handle on (used idiomatically: no)
yeah . Erm if they can tie a a handle on to the tree If they 're selling them in Guildford Marks . If they 're selling those imitation trees , and if they 've got that wonderful one that looks like a real tree if they can say to me yes , we can rope it up for you in such a way that it 's got a handle on it . I could carry it back . Well it has .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
This may have held great promise in its early years but it soon became divided and then fragmented , due largely , if not wholly to the same age - old misconception whereby the basis of the religion is the assumption of the existence of a completely undefined ‘ god’ , in this case the ancient ‘ god’ of the Jews . The fragmentation led inevitably to violence and misery . It is often the case , especially in religious matters , that wherever controversial premises are stubbornly adhered to , and crystal - clear reasoning and all human intelligence cries aloud in protest but is ruthlessly suppressed and ignored , then an endless supply of written matter is assured for evermore . Scholars , theologians and a host of other people can spend their whole lives delving into the chaos of unlimited literature , and yet never produce anything which could be an acceptable basis for a viable religion . Such futile efforts can only bring something close to contempt and suspicion among the millions of human beings who crave nothing more than a simple faith based on a credible ‘ god’ .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
By Anna Tomforde in Bonn CHURCHMEN and intellectuals in East Germany , worried about the new , aggressive tone that has crept into the emotional issue of reunification , yesterday warned against confrontation and called for a temporary end to mass street demonstrations . Meanwhile , evidence has emerged that the West Berlin branch of Chancellor Helmut Kohl 's Christian Democratic Union party ( CDU ) has been active in stirring pro - unity emotions in Leipzig , supplying demonstrators with West German flags and handing out stickers in the black , red , and gold of the two German flags with the slogan : ‘ We are one people.’ Mr Stefan Heym , the East German author , warned yesterday that the dream of a democratic revolution could turn into a nightmare . At demonstrations , he had seen faces ‘ filled with hatred’ which reminded him of the months preceding Hitler 's rise to power in 1933 .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
Is this a publicity nightmare or perk of budding stardom ? His shrug seems to say , ‘ Hell , why not?’ Earlier , at the start of the FACE photo shoot , the actor had confided , ‘ I 'm not sure I am doing the right thing.’ But , an hour later , the models tearing at his clothes as he lies in the king - size bed , he seems resigned to the proceedings . Borrowing a line of dialogue from his new movie , The Mambo Kings , he proclaims , ‘ I love this country!’ as a buxom brunette in a skimpy white dress straddles his prone body .
Idiom: to the hilt (used idiomatically: yes)
He seems to assume I 'm about as liberal - minded as Genghis Khan and the annoying thing is , when he talks to me , I start sounding like the worst sort of reactionary . He provokes it . I take up points of view I do n't actually support strongly and start defending them to the hilt . Even when I do agree with him , he makes it extraordinarily difficult for me to say so.’ Meredith smiled to herself at his mounting vehemence .
Idiom: have a cow (used idiomatically: yes)
UDO HORSMAN BATTERSEA Bulletin Do n't have a cow man ! The Bart Simpson cult continues . This talking doll version costs around $ 30 in US stores , and speaks fluent brat : ‘ Au contraire , mon frere!’
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
And you have trouble , so we ca n't do that . Er we 'll play it safe . I can take I can take it easy Well he easy He wo n't he you you wo n't come to any harm stopping the water tablets for forty eight hours .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
Was n't he an actor ? A person whose whole life was devoted to his art ? Love with such a person , Miranda knew , would be exactly as she had imagined it : ringed with radiance , and tenderness and glamour , larger than life , more brightly - coloured , just like the movies . She could see it all . Falling asleep , she had a clear picture ( close - up ) or her mouth and Miles ' perfect mouth drawing closer and closer together , to the accompaniment of swelling , soaring , unseen music .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
The demonstration , made in Canada , that diabetes resulted from malfunction of the pancreas was made as a result of experiments on dogs and led to the award of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1923 . The disease was then treated by injections of insulin derived from pigs . Research on diabetes continues in many centres , including Oxford , where research on animals has led to techniques of isolating and purifying the human pancreatic cells that produce insulin with a view to implanting them in diabetic patients and curing the disease . Clinical trials are about to begin in Oxford but this stage would not have been reached without research on animals . Finally , work in Oxford on a strain of diabetic mouse is beginning to reveal the genes that govern susceptibility to the disease .
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
We also have tremendous parent support.’ Maxine Ferguson : Relationship with pupils more like friendship . THE majority community is sick and tired of hearing how a nationalist area was saturated with the security forces who departed a short time before loyalist paramilitaries entered to commit murder . You just ca n't win . If the security forces are thick on the ground and loyalist gunmen commit murder it is the result of collusion .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
I will indicate , as I go through them , the way in which they work : that is , how they fit into the diagnostic story that we developed in the last chapter . Relax As we saw , a large part of the Stress Syndrome , once it is in full swing , arises from sustained physical tension . People may tense their bodies in a variety of ways to cope with the threat of strong feelings , but then as it were forget to relax the muscles after the immediate threat has passed . To start unravelling stress ‘ from the bottom’ they may invent or seek a range of tension - reducing activities , which we might group into two categories , those that relax softly and gently , and those that involve a more vigorous release .
Idiom: smoke like a chimney (used idiomatically: yes)
' Is this were Edwin Garland and your husband spent their time ? ' She smiled . ' Always ; both of them smoking like chimneys . I fancy sometimes that I can still smell stale tobacco - smoke in here , the place is impregnated with it . Edwin rolled his own cigarettes , my husband was a pipe man .
Idiom: on a shoestring (used idiomatically: yes)
Another very important factor was that at the Boat Show the R Y A announced that it was taking responsibility for the national coordination of all activities er for sailors with special needs , that 's blind , deaf , disabled and there are many organizations who are working in this field but the R Y A is the coordinator . Now the trouble is that we have been the victim of those successes . The charitable world as a whole , as I 'm sure many of you know , has been severely hit by the recession er our donations received this year are dramatically down on last year 's and we operate on a shoestring but the provision of teams to go round the world , the provision of training , even with all the help we get from the R Y A still costs a lot of money . It would be absolutely disastrous if after the excellent work that 's been done this year we were not able to maintain that . We do n't mind what it is , it might be a parent race , it might be a barbecue , it might be an auction .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
Improv is based on a multi - dimensional model . You can just click with the mouse to view the model a different way . ' Lotus sees Improv coexisting with 1 - 2 - 3 but serving the needs of users who are in the no - man 's land between spreadsheets and financial modelling . ' Financial modelling packages tend to be expensive and hard to use ' , says Mr Ingram . ' We think that 's where we 've cracked it .
Idiom: heart of gold (used idiomatically: yes)
I know I 'd be divine , because I 'm a natural cougher . ' More chameleon than Camille , Dustin proves himself just as natural a cougher . But the heart - of - gold whore and the con man are sentimentally conceived . Ratso takes Buck to visit his father 's grave , and a series of frenetic flashbacks and nightmares reveal Buck 's past in a superficial attempt to explain his character . ' You 're gon na be the best lookin ' cowboy in the whole parade , ' his bible - bashing granny tells him when he is a child .
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
The obsessive vision that propels and sustains Birdy on his long night has a once - in - a - lifetime quality about it , a quirkiness that does not augur well for a successor … The Cement Garden , by contrast , seems entirely professional in its execution , the work of a young man whose private demons , however unruly , have been successfully harnessed to a career . To call an activity , or aspects of an activity , or even a person ‘ professional’ is not necessarily to apply a seal of approval . In sport , for example , the professional player is often held to be socially inferior , if at the same time technically superior , to the amateur . In English cricket until recently , ‘ gentlemen’(i.e . amateur ) and ‘ players’(i.e . Professional ) had separate pavilion facilities , and professionals seldom achieved the captaincy of their clubs .
Idiom: go round in circles (used idiomatically: no)
What a good idea ! Tony would like a new hat . He 's learning to row a coracle but he keeps going round in circles , it must be tiresome for him when he 's used to going in straight lines . If you could send some more troops up here I 'd be very grateful , but not the ones who eat sheep 's eyes and have ten women each as they are a strain on the economy and we 've run out of rice pudding . Thanks for the new road , I 'm sorry Boudicca 's churned it up .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
5 Personal representatives and trustees in bankruptcy As a general principle , personal representatives and trustees in bankruptcy merely stand in the shoes of the deceased or insolvent partner and have no greater rights against the continuing partners than are conferred by the partnership agreement ( or by statute in default of a sufficiently comprehensive agreement ) . In particular , they have no right to take part in the running of the firm 's business , which remains firmly under the control of the continuing partners . ( a ) Death The estate of a deceased partner will ordinarily be entitled to some payment on account of his partnership share ( see above ) and his personal representatives will be entitled to have all appropriate accounts taken in that behalf . The provisions of s42 of the Partnership Act will ( unless excluded by the partnership agreement ) apply until final settlement of this matter .
Idiom: small beer (used idiomatically: no)
THIS mid seventeenth - century story is recorded in the second edition of Richard Butcher 's Survey of Stamford of 1717 and is taken from a testimony written by Samuel Wallis , a Stamford shoemaker , upon whom the ‘ miracle’ was performed . Wallis was critically afflicted with consumption and William Foster , in a letter published in Peck 's Annals , claimed that Wallis had been sick for thirteen years . On Whitsunday 1658 a stranger called at his house and begged for some small beer . He then instructed Wallis to take a herbal remedy of red sage leaves for twelve days after which time he would be cured . The miracle occurred just as predicted .
Idiom: sweat like a pig (used idiomatically: yes)
' He armed . He know no fear , ' Felicity chanted . ' He sweat like pig . ' Alice was powerless . Yet she had lost her terror .
Idiom: run a mile (used idiomatically: yes)
The distances doctors cover are a great waste of time … some spend up to four hours a day walking from department to department . Voice over Meanwhile back on the ward , Doctor Beri 's bleep goes again … this time it 's a call to casualty … and the weary house physician has to run half a mile from one end of the building to the other … along the new corridor linking the old part of the hospital with the new . By the end of the morning , he 's covered six miles … one day recently he covered eighteen miles : Male speaker It 's very exhausting and when doctors are tired it affects the compassion doctors show to their patients .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
RB I think ' deconstructing ' is the right word for Muriel Gray because she 's quite spiky ; she 's very clear about her own views as a Scottish Nationalist and as a feminist ; she 's unconventionally dressed and she did ' deconstruct'television very effectively , albeit often quite didactically , on The Media Show . I think it 's a shame she then made the ' career move ' to a chat show format because she 's much more interesting in her own right than anything she elicits from her guests . Whereas someone more conventional , like Sue Lawley , who describes herself as a ' post - feminist woman ' , is actually much better at drawing out chat show guests . It 's interesting who get to be the ' authoritative ' women in television .
Idiom: brownie point (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's not for nothing that he has earned his reputation as Scotland 's most effective ‘ company doctor’ . However , Sir Lewis has made great efforts to dispel an admitted ‘ deep scepticism’ at his appointment among the group 's staff of more than 7,000 , and there is growing confidence among them in what he is doing . He gained a lot of brownie points , for example , when the company announced its record interim losses of £ 45.1 m and then revealed plans to sell off the majority of is leisure division . Just before the official announcement , Sir Lewis had 140 copies of a video distributed around the group , letting staff know of the position and of future plans . Probably the harshest decision was the need for a new chief executive ( yet to be named ) to replace Andros Stakis — a move he made unhesitatingly , but ‘ with much regret and much personal vexation’ .
Idiom: on a shoestring (used idiomatically: yes)
Airlift already has two full - time reps in London , and 10 freelance reps covering the UK , Ireland and Europe . Both the Shambhala contract and the new sales team are evidence of the steady expansion of this specialist distributor , which claims to have discovered the potential of US titles on certain subjects — broadly , titles of the mind , body and spirit variety — in the UK long before the major UK publishers , and which has scored some notable sales successes . Founded in 1981 by Beth Grossman and Don Skirving ‘ on a shoestring , a friendly bank manager , and a cold market’ , the company now employs 24 people , has a projected turnover of £ 2,75 m for the current year to August , and is looking for larger premises to cater for an expanding stockholding . The company describes itself as ‘ essentially a warehousing operation with a sales front end’ , and believes it is unique as a distribution agent in its very clearly defined ‘ editorial’ view , which ensures that the mix of publishers whom it represents falls into three distinct categories : mind , body and spirit ; women 's ; and literature . ‘ New client publishers are judged by the complementary nature of their lists and by the quality of the relationship , rather than by the potential turnover that may be gained,’ Mr Binns comments .