Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
That still applies and it may prove difficult to finance . In addition , if there were a lack of confidence in the Government 's strategy for getting the deficit under control , it could require a rise in interest rates with very damaging effects on business confidence . And if a deficit on that scale were allowed to persist Italian - style , the accumulation in outstanding debt would inevitably mean higher taxes in the longer run to meet the burden of interest payments . But to act too soon on the fiscal deficit , when the economic upturn is so fragile and unemployment already at such unacceptable levels , could risk stopping it in its tracks . Economic recovery is as much about confidence as it is about deficit financing , as the resolute measures recently announced by President Clinton have demonstrated .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
Old favourites from the Cherry and Frozen EP went down well with much thumping of the air and pogoing . Toni knows how to manipulate the audience and it was good to see a singer particularly a Gothic - looking one actually smiling . Curve are on a roll now . High in the charts with their brilliant single Fait Accompli and with a new album Doppelganger out today they are a name to look out for . Margaret Hussey
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
High profit ventures like garden centres and nurseries had an important place there , and many small holding were owned by retired people . By contrast , some 6 per cent of small farmholders in Wales are more than 50 years old , 33 per cent are more than 65 years old and many are in poor health . Almost 25 per cent of all the farms in Wales were reported as having low standards of living ‘ with an element of struggle in making ends meet financially’ . Most of the farmers interviewed in the south - west of England were more than 50 year old , and the very small farms represented 30 per cent of all agricultural holdings in that region . Farm incomes averaged as little as £ 442 per annum , but were regarded as providing ‘ a useful — even essential — supplement to other non - farming sources of income’ .
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
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 . This posed the dissidents with quite a problem . They did not really want Edward du Cann- he was recognised as having been disloyal to Ted Heath , and his City activities , with Lonrho and Keyser Ullman , were not universally accepted .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: no)
TODAY brings the 90th birthday of one of Liverpool 's most remarkable sportsmen , swimmer extraordinary Austin Rawlinson . The only person to have both competed in and managed a British Olympic team , to have become that sport 's national president , and to have held virtually every administrative office from keeper of the records to team coach , and from time keeper to national selector . With all that history of service and success behind him , Austin remains as sharp and on the ball as ever , having only stopped swimming himself some three years ago . And his interest in the sport is intensely forward - looking . Here , IAN HARGRAVES talks to swimming 's former Wonder Man about the highlights of a truly astonishing career .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
After a little manipulation , the buckle slips round the handle , I give a tug , and the job is done . I drop my bag inside the window and hoist myself over the sill to follow it . When I 'm standing on my own carpet I feel like you do when you come back from holiday . This is my place . Here are my things .
Idiom: fill the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
Both Acts were to give uniform treatment to the many different forms of credit arrangement . There was to be a Consumer Credit Commissioner with wide powers and many responsibilities , including administration of a comprehensive licensing system . In the end , a single statute was passed — the Consumer Credit Act 1974 — which primarily filled the bill of Crowther 's Consumer Sale and Loan Act . Although some aspects of the proposed Lending and Security Act were included in this , Crowther 's fundamental unifying concept of the ‘ chattel mortgage’ was not . And the Director General of Fair Trading was given the powers to exercise most of the functions earmarked by Crowther for the Credit Commissioner .
Idiom: have someone's guts for garters (used idiomatically: yes)
They would arrive in London just after six , giving her an entire day to sort out her problems . As she quickly packed a bag before preparing dinner , it suddenly struck her what a risk she was taking . If Jake found out he would have her guts for garters ! She pursed her lips determinedly . But he would n't find out .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
COATS Viyella , the textile group which expects to hear whether it is allowed to take over rival Tootal in the next few days , has sold its medical businesses to Pharma - Plast Holdings for £ 12 m . The business comprises two operations , Steriseal , which distributes medical and opthalmic products , and Rotax , which supplies scalpels . Sir David Alliance , Coats chairman , said the sales were part of Coats ' continuing policy of disposing of peripheral activities that do not fit in the long term strategy of the group . Business and City Summary By JASON NISSE , Financial Reporter
Idiom: swings and roundabouts (used idiomatically: yes)
As majors handle much more product than independents , they have more staff , maybe two or three label managers , two marketing people , and three or four radio promotions staff . our personnel at IRs reflect the number of people we need to do the job . The advantages of a small company over a large one is a matter of swings and roundabouts . In independent companies , a band can talk to the people who count and who make the decisions . If a manager is in the A&R office at CBS , he or she rarely has access to anybody else in the company .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Ron says : ' It 's wonderful that people will do so much to try and help someone in trouble , just because it is the right thing to do . ' On the home run ROBBIE and the car are now on the home run in Coltrane In A Cadillac ( UTV , 8.30pm ) . On his voyage , he has realised that sport is more than just a game to Americans , and that sports stars are the heroes of the nation . He arrives in Massillon , Ohio , to discover the entire town of 30,000 people preparing for the big football game the next day .
Idiom: beyond the pale (used idiomatically: yes)
She would never have let someone like that come home with her . His mouth was open and drooling and his tongue lolling between his lips and his eyes staring as if he did n't see her and everything about him red , and his hands bruised her skin where he tugged at her to move her where he wanted her , and he was making awful noises and pushing at her and pushing at her without the slightest gentleness almost as if he did n't realise it was her . And was it for this awfulness that she had taken the great jump that would divide her from the rest of her life , that she could never go back to , for this she had put herself beyond the pale and ruined her life ? She felt rubbed and sore and hurt all over and she only wanted him to stop , only to stop because she was sure he was damaging her somewhere up inside her . And he did n't take any notice of what she was asking or saying and he did n't take any notice of her at all .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
You have no reason to feel ashamed of showing it.’ He spoke so reasonably , so casually , that she could almost imagine he cared about her feelings . But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy . There was hostility , disguised beneath the surface calm . Roman de Sciorto appeared to despise her , she decided , almost as thoroughly as she despised him .
Idiom: keep a low profile (used idiomatically: yes)
five years , so I was wondering if he would . His not that sort of bloke ? He keeps a very low profile . I thought I thought he was very all sort of , I thought he or you know , good at delegating and eh . hm , I do n't , I would doubt it , I mean he has absolutely nothing to do with our school .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
The procedure called is named fixCalibStrip . Level 4 — recalculates the blackout and whiteout values by calling getBoundaries , but this time only the reference area is looked at . A ' safe ' interval between these values is then defined and the function goodExpsrRange is called in a REPEAT loop until a satisfactory value is delivered . Level 5 — at this level the user must specify the area of the reference card and the order of averaging . the procedure refAndWgt is then called to save a set of ' good ' measurements of the reference card — to be used later to check consistency — and also to compute a weighting between the top and bottom of the image .
Idiom: have a cow (used idiomatically: yes)
Quite a long time I would have start probably with more than thirty years ago , because me Mum always make cheese and I just thought making when I was still a girl at the school and since we came here and farmed on me own behalf well twenty six years we 've been making cheeses here . Is it all your own milk that you use for cheese ? Yes we have our own cows and its all our own milk . I 've got a churn of milk . How do I go about making it into a cheese ?
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
Manpower Planning Information System The complexity of drawing together accurate personnel data in a dispersed organisation — some elements of which have autonomous powers — is a major deterrent to basing decisions on facts . Although the penalties in financial terms may be great , there is always a temptation to cut corners when time is short and " take a view " on the probable situation . To try to counter these problems , a system of storage and retrieval of personnel records has been established , accessible on demand at both the Group 's Central Executive and in the 16 Regional Bank Head Offices . Any changes in deployment , recruitment , promotion and grading can be quantified , tested and checked by reference to a library of analysis routines and projection models .
Idiom: great minds think alike (used idiomatically: yes)
They 've been yo - yoing between the First and Second Divisions for as long as I can remember — at the time of writing , they 're well on their way to the Premier League . City have had more than their fair share of great players : Gordon Banks , Peter Shilton , Gary Lineker , Alan Smith , Gary McAllister , Mike Newell — pity they sold 'em all ! Anyway , I 'd always believed great minds thought alike , until I found out that SEGA FORCE 's Paul ‘ if the cap fits , it 's a miracle’ Mellerick supports Leicester too ! MARK CASELL — OFF HIS ED Nowadays I ca n't bear anything to do with football , kicking an air - filled pig 's bladder up and down a muddy pitch ai n't my idea of fun .
Idiom: get someone's back up (used idiomatically: yes)
survived this far . Right last Friday we went through the four stages of selling . Now I must admit my first thoughts of it were it really gets my back up for some reason or other . I do n't know whether anybody else feels like that but I do . Now having said that and looking at it with an open mind I think it was certainly a very useful day .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Information Services , Ipswich Retirement celebrations Always ready to lend a helping hand and make a welcome cup of tea , her lively personality will be greatly missed . Again , she is a member of staff who will be greatly missed , both for her knowledge of and unfailing help to , the company 's customers . Welcoming a new member to the pension scheme ?
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
If the telephones had rung you would have taken fright . They were Bakelite and dusty . Bundles of papers and box files were stacked on termite - proof metal shelves but their labels had faded . Paramat stood by the doorway with the attitude of a tourist at the shrine of an exotic religious sect . He was both eager to adopt the right stance and unnerved by the strangeness of it .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
He was at great pains to ensure that the public did not associate his performers with the bad name that dancers usually had . It was to be the golden rule that no Tiller would have a hint of scandal about her : a difficult task for the pretty vivacious girls from the poor streets of Moss Side . Suddenly they were wearing expensive clothes on and off stage , taking cabs everywhere , men were showering them with gifts in an attempt just to be seen with them . It was difficult to keep their feet on the ground when they read about themselves in the newspapers : I am more than pleased to see the Tiller troupe remain .
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
The prospect of inquiring into a murder single - handed was not one that she relished . But , looking on the bright side , she might have more idea of how to proceed after her visit to the cuttings library that afternoon . And , although she had come up with the idea of a visit to Oxford very much on the spur of the moment , it was n't a bad one . She would need somewhere to stay for at least a night , and her closest friend in the town was herself an academic . There was a good chance that Bridget would be in touch with all the gossip about Puddephat 's disappearance .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
Following your excellent exposé of our ambiguous one , and Danny Baker 's candid assessment of the Boy In The Bubble , I had hoped for more than the arselicking articles printed . But given your slobbering sentiment towards SexKylie ( sic ) — Stuart Bailie , respect to you , excepting — I should be so lucky . In bed with Madonna ? No , in her pocket . Many at NME think Maddie is crap , but that does n't mean we should refuse an interview .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't want you walking down to the pub in this , in the dark cold night . Alright I 'll ring up and see , I 'm not going to go anyway . Get tucked up in bed with a good book Casualty . have those things on my bed .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
Everyone , that is except Hannah . She moved with a nunlike tranquillity from one sequence to the next , thinking nothing of being asked to drag a beast through a blizzard , and clearly suffering none of the discomfort felt by others . The elements may have seemed brutal to the documentary makers ( and some had roughed it in various parts of the world ) but to someone like Hannah who had experienced the winters of 1941 and 1962 that November was child 's play . In between the exterior locations Hannah sat by the coal fire in her kitchen , and by the illumination cast by an oil lamp , as the camera turned , she described her incredibly spartan lifestyle . Living alone , with no electricity , no water on tap , one cow and a calf , and an income of £ 280 a year —‘if things go well’ .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
Moray and Robert Stewart had similar tales to tell of the poor leadership and rash foolishness at Halidon Hill , although being themselves young and inexperienced they did not see it in quite the same terms as had the veteran Keith . They could add some illustrious names to the toll of the slain ; the list seemed to leave few of the great names of Scotland surviving . But at least they were more hopeful about casualties amongst the rank and file , especially the foot . The majority of these had probably escaped back across the marsh , they thought ; indeed many had never been engaged . Where they all were now , who could tell , their own levies included ?
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ At one point it might have looked attractive to consider breaking away from the AAA altogether and striking out on our own . That was particularly so when the 50p levy was generating quite a lot of finance at local level . ‘ But even then it was obvious that , as the sport became more attractive ( and after all , was n't that what we were all working for ? ) more and more people would join the clubs , and the amounts raised from levying unattached runners would gradually decrease . The more attractive the sport became , and the more committed people got , the less wealthy we would grow ! ‘ We should be honest , and accept that most of the money in the sport comes either from TV directly , or as a result of television interest , which is mostly in track and field .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
We eventually left seven hours later with our ears ringing . This was to be the turning point for me in terms of Car hi - fi . Over the next two months I stripped out my stereo and taught myself to re - fit it from scratch following various manuals and the original wiring installation . I must mention that this is my own car and not the company car , in case our car fleet manager is getting worried ! Since August last year I have found myself spending a fortune as I desperately wanted to compete in the ‘ Sound Off Championships’ 1992 .
Idiom: sleight of hand (used idiomatically: yes)
A series of fugitive , fictional voices set to illumine the rural microcosm , with a grander national pageant glimpsed fitfully in the distance . A discriminating poet 's eye ( Thorpe 's Mornings In the Baltic was shortlisted for a Whitbread Poetry Prize ) to weld the fragments together . The blurb talks about ' traditional English pastoral ' meeting the postmodern , and the stage seems set for a prose version of Geoffrey Hill 's Mercian Hymns : history , myth and self - awareness cunningly aligned with maximal sleight - of - hand . And it is a good idea , up to a point . For a start , Thorpe 's protagonists are carefully chosen .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Her husband then became extremely emotional and said that if she did not sign , the whole company would go bankrupt and their son John would lose his home as well . She described her husband as going quite white and in tears . Mrs. O'Brien said that she believed what her husband told her about the company doing well and having good potential , but she was concerned for her son and felt that it was only for three weeks , and if it would do the trick , she would sign . Accordingly she went with her husband to the bank . She went with a young lady … to a small office where the documents were laid out for signing .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
[ For third congress in February 1986 see p. 34230 ; the second congress had been in 1980 — see p. 30817 — and the first in 1975 — see p. 27595 . The party had adopted its current name only in 1965 , having been in power since 1959 following the 1958 revolution . ] The congress was held behind closed doors , and the exclusion of foreign journalists and overseas political delegations encouraged speculation that political divisions existed between the party leadership and membership , represented by 1,800 delegates . The congress reportedly passed without noticeable discord , however , and supported President Fidel Castro Ruz in his rejection of a mixed economy , especially in agriculture , and of Western style multiparty political systems which he described as " garbage " . Castro claimed that the country would survive even if " surrounded by an ocean of capitalism " .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: no)
The police fear that the remainder of the device was removed in order for the thieves to find out how it works for future occasions . The packaging of the alarm also indicates that should a vehicle be stolen with the Nightstick in place the manufacturers will pay the owner some compensation . Purchasers should note the smaller print which indicates this offer does not apply outside the USA ! Mr and Mrs C.F. Drury , 2 Kelloe Villas , Kelloe , Co Durham . Whingeing Aussies
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
It exists , but seeing as it is taboo and that nobody talks about it , there 's no need to have words for it .
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
RECESSION Life after IVA for Hook Harris Partners in the south coast firm of Hook Harris & Co , which hit the headlines two months ago when it entered into an individual voluntary arrangement with its creditors , have bought the two main practices from the joint supervisors of the IVA . Gaynor Harris and her husband Charles Bullworthy have purchased the Southampton office , which Ms Harris set up in 1980 and ran as a sole practice until it merged with A E Hook & Co , an old established firm on the Isle of Wight . The purchase , she said , was made with money ‘ borrowed from family and friends’ .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
After the letter and before sixty . So poor apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God whose prodigal life is fulfilled in Christ Jesus . To Timothy his dear dad great mercy and peace to you from God the father and Christ Jesus our Lord I give thanks to the God of my forefathers who I worship with a clear conscience when I mention you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day . When I remember the tears you shed I long to see you again and so make my happiness complete . I am reminded of the sincerity of your faith a faith which was the light in your your grandmother and Eunice your mother before you and which I am confident now lives in you .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
In the autumn it went before a Cabinet committee chaired by Butler . Jock Bruce - Gardyne and Nigel Lawson quote ‘ a senior member’ of the committee summing up its conclusion thus : ‘ even then we thought it was going to ruin us ; but also that you ca n't control the march of science’ . The Treasury and the Ministry of Aviation , now run by Julian Amery , Macmillan 's son - in - law , remained at loggerheads as the issue moved to full Cabinet on Guy Fawkes Day 1962 . The ‘ Europeans’ lined up with the ‘ technologists’(and those who spoke for party opinion in the Commons ) against the Treasury . At last Macmillan showed his hand : it was essential to get the aircraft companies to contribute to the cost of Concorde 's research and development .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
The role of ultrasound in organic synthesis concentrates on classical reactions such as reduction , carbanions , alkylation , ester hydrolysis and acylation of aromatics with a mention of biological and sonochemical reactions , together with a list of references . The chapter on new free radical reactions discusses the Barbier reaction — which is similar to the Grignard reaction — and the next chapter gives details of catalyst preparation , activation and the various types of systems , with a comprehensive list of references . The use of high and low frequency ultrasonic waves in polymer chemistry is followed by polymerisation together with references . Ultrasound in chemical technology includes atomisation , precipitation and crystallisation , filtration , membrane permeability , and electrochemistry . I enjoyed reading this book and can recommend it as a source of information about the background theory and application of ultrasound to chemistry .