Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: step on someone's toes (used idiomatically: no)
Sources however think that what will be delivered after the chip is finally announced , probably at the tail end of this quarter , will be the promised 66MHz units . Intel has had difficulty getting working parts over 40MHz and even at that reduced speed the silicon produced so much heat it required a heat sink and a fan ( UX No 410 ) . According to the current timetable , if development of Pentium 's P6 successor chip stays on course , it could step on Pentium 's toes . Intel is therefore reportedly telling its OEMs that the P6 will be purposely held back from the market , despite its state of readiness , to allow them to recoup their investment in Pentium . Last quarter Intel was openly talking about introducing the P6 at the end of ' 93 ( UX 405 ) .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
' I told you , Cal — he just tagged along , and I thought he 'd be good ammunition against Mum and Dad . ' ' But what do you see in him ? And what do his parents think — him going off to a distant town with a stranger like you ? ' ' I do n't know much about him . You do n't ask Vern things like that .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
You have only to think how often we suffer from aches and pains when we are miserable or depressed . Conversely , learning to develop a positive mental attitude can dramatically improve our physical health . ‘ I never catch a cold’ says A — and indeed he does n't . But B knows that he will catch everything going — and so he does . Yet both of them must come into contact with the same assortment of germs and viruses in their daily lives .
Idiom: home and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
Now how many other regions have got the guts to do that and if you do it , come on we can ask the General Secretary to double everything you do now come on give these people the support they need So , we 're home and dry with some help for these people . Come on , make the man stand up and put his money where his mouth is . Make this union as big as John tells us it is
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
No , it wo n't go into the next century , but it will , it would of done back it would of done backwards the eleventh , the eleventh , the eleventh gone all the way from there Yeah , that 's right so obviously it
Idiom: cry foul (used idiomatically: yes)
Behind them is David Mellor , soon to be appointed Minister for Fun — and later to be dubbed Figure of Fun for his fling with actress Antonia de Sancha . The whistle was blown on Chelsea fan Mellor 's game . And HE was the one to cry foul . Bates , however , decided yesterday to play fair and own up about his mistress . Ambition
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
One marvels at the weird contrast between the chastened , helpless child he had become with Sien and this rebel , flushed and combative , thirsting for battle , only disappointed because the fight could not be more prolonged and violent . Struggle , opposition aroused his animal vitality . He protested to Theo at one point that he was trying hard to keep the peace — but how hard ? He seemed more concerned to break than maintain the shaky truce existing between him and his father . How much of this savage attack was for Theo 's ears only and how much of it was actually voiced is not clear .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
in order to see what What happens when N three goes wrong ? That 'll be in the new , in the red line and you go on the other stuff . That 'll go , 'cos you should have looked at them in between . Of course you should have read them in between , so you 're now up to date .
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm you 'll recall the City Council 's objection was both to the level and the distribution of employment land in North Yorkshire , er in particular as far as it relates to the likely effects on regeneration in West Yorkshire and in Leeds in particular . You 've heard before that Leeds works within the rules of the framework set down by regional planning guidance , and that makes very and the main stream of that guidance is the revitalization of our inner areas . Regeneration 's still a major problem in Leeds , if I could just give you some some rough and ready figures chairman . A quick calculation suggests there are over a hundred and sixty brown field sites of an industrial type and they amount to something like three hundred and sixty hectares . So we got a very substantial problem still to overcome in Leeds .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Waste and Recycling Plastic bags worth recycling Recycling plastic bags is economically viable , according to a study by Nottingham University Consultants which compared the cost of recycling with making them from scratch . Recycling also saves energy and produces less pollution . The study calculated that , compared to recycling , the production of new polyethylene bags requires three times as much energy , consumes eight times as much water , generates twice as much carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides and three times as much sulphur dioxide .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
Scritch , scratch , scramble , through the thorny bushes ! In vain the poor jackal howled and shrieked to the tiger to stop , but the noise behind him only frightened the coward more . Away he went , helter - skelter , hurry - scurry , over hill and dale , till he was nearly dead with fatigue , and the jackal was quite dead from bumps and bruises . And the farmer and his wife were never troubled by the tiger again . WHY CASSOWARIES DON'T FLY
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
But for skipper Graham Gooch , a search for inner peace after the turmoil of his marriage rift was shattered in minutes . Ambling into the nets , he had barely taken guard when he suffered the one embarrassment all England batsmen fear on overseas tours . Pankanj Maitrey , a 23-year-old left-arm spinner called in from local cricket to help out with nets , skipped to the crease and , with his first ball , knocked back Gooch 's stumps . With jetlag causing most of the tourists to complain of two sleepless nights since landing on the sub-continent , Gooch 's manager and mentor Keith Fletcher was quick to offer an excuse . ‘ Graham did struggle — I think he was still on the aircraft , none of us has slept well .
Idiom: thick and fast (used idiomatically: yes)
A supporter said yesterday : ‘ What they want is to have somebody they can control,’ but Mr Field found it impossible to operate on that basis . He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty . The ideas have come thick and fast — a basic tax at 12p in the pound with the abolition of all income tax allowances , a flexible school - leaving age between 14 and 18 so 14-year - olds would have the option of leaving for a job in which training is guaranteed , and the reintroduction of child tax allowances . His chief challenger is Mr Paul Davies , a Transport and General Workers ' Union district official . Mr Davies has worked hard to affiliate 15 TGWU branches , and has written a pamphlet attacking Mr Field 's views on social policy .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: no)
On the contrary , as soon as government information is designed to be immediately open to everybody , its value as information declines and its value as an instrument of manipulation increases . Consider how gangsters in crime movies talk when they know that the police are listening . They speak clearly and offer banalities while exchanging notes under the table . That is government in the age of transparency . In his study of truth - telling in ancient Greece , the philosopher Michel ~ Foucault pointed out that the act of truth - telling can not be reduced to citizens learning something that they did not know before .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Millions of people have already discovered the magic of walking and are walking regularly for fitness , slimness and health . Why cause ourselves so much anxiety , and spend so much time , money and energy on failed diet / exercise routines when the answer to all our problems is staring us right in the face . Walking is the easiest , cheapest , most convenient , most effective ( in the long term ) exercise of all . And we have been doing it all our lives . The only problem is that we are not doing enough of it and in the right way .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
Yours sincerely , Dear I refer to your letter sent to Mr Drewry in which you request special leave to attend your fiancé 's father 's funeral . I can confirm that Friday 5 February 1993 will be treated as special leave . May I take this opportunity to offer my condolences .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
No . There 's no problem putting the doors on ? No , cos it , eh , a , it 's one of those things you already know how to do it or you do n't , and he 's pretty good though , I , know I ca n't , I 've read the instructions and I put that one , that one loose in the bottom and this one Ah . but I could n't do it , but he just knows how , he just knows which way to do it .
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a terrible thing to even try and shoo them away . ‘ No one owns the sea or the fish of the sea,’ said her gran , ‘ and no one owns the air or the birds of the air.’ For her the slow , wide - winged beating across the waves of morning said it was time to run to the rocks and tug in the lines and get a move on . This morning she felt as though the cormorants were late . She shifted the sand with her toes , waiting .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
Not with someone close , someone I love ? ' I do love you , ' I said , like a child touching wood . He turned his head and smiled at me . ' I love you , too . ' I smiled back gratefully , and went to sleep .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year And , and where 's it actually going to , ‘ I mean , we , we say the rainforests , er where , how ? Well , we have er W W F , the World Wide Fund for Nature has two hundred and seventy five projects already up and running er in rainforest areas of the world , and there are constant demands for more projects to be undertaken , and of course , all this costs money ; for men , machinery , equipment er and persuading governments , talking to people to make sure that we , if we ca n't halt this devastating destruction of rainforests , at least we can slow it down . So , if people ca n't get hold of an application form , can they still turn up on the day , I think that 's the final thing is n't it ? If they want to come along on the day and enjoy themselves , that 's fine ; we 're even providing a bouncy castle , so children can bounce for the rainforests at the Banbury walk .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
Ralf Wastie and Charles Luker stalwarts and fathers respectively to Audrey and Tom Luker . In the background the decorative Harpsden Barn ( 1962 ) . John 's mother , Audrey , joined the Club in 1938 and remained a stalwart in the Ladies ' Section up to the time of her death in 1984 , and his father Tom served the Club in many ways and was very highly regarded . In 1958 at the Club 's Golden Jubilee celebrations , Charles Luker recalled his early years when the rough lived up to its name and when after each game very golf club head was well rubbed down with emery cloth to prevent it rusting . Finances at the end of 1913 were little different from 1912 .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
The book is a collection of documents aimed at stimulating discussion and action and at promoting a more general awareness of the cultural environment in which the mass media play a major part . Few Voices , Many Worlds contains a review of NWICO since 1990 , a profile of the late Seán MacBride 's contributions to world peace , the Statements of the MacBride Round Table on Communication , and statements from WACC - sponsored meetings in Manila and Lima . Also included are relevant background documents such as the recommendations of the first book , Many Voices , One World , the International Principles of Professional Ethics in Journalism and excerpts from An Information and Communication Policy for Africa . The book is jointly edited by Michael Traber , WACC 's Director of Studies and Publications , and Kaarle Nordenstreng , Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Tampere , Finland . Few Voices , Many Worlds ( paperback ; 80 pages ) costs £ 4 and is available from WACC , 357 Kennington Lane , London SE11 5QY , UK .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
There must , in fact , be few marriages in which temporary sexual difficulties do not arise and , as we have seen , at any one time they exist for a fair proportion of married adults . If hopes are too high in the first place they have further to fall . Returning to Gorer 's work , this situation adds point to the feeling among most of his respondents that give - and - take , understanding and discussion , mutual trust and help etc . rank high in a happy marriage . Sexual compatibility itself figured low in the order of such attributes — Gorer feels that a satisfactory sexual life is frequently taken for granted — but the application of those named to sexual considerations is clear . It is when understanding , compromise and trust in sexual matters are lacking in a marriage that the sexual problems which are at times inevitable assume their largest proportions .
Idiom: take someone to task (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Barry Brittlebank accuses Miss Penny Phillips of being ungrammatical ( ' How many years ' experience does she recommend that an editor clock up … ? ' ) . In fact Miss Phillips was using the subjunctive mood quite correctly ; compare ' I order that you be taken from this court … ' or ' Lawyers have asked that the president not testify … ' . Barry Brittlebank ( Letters , 22nd January ) takes Penny Phillips to task for her usage in the question , ' How many years ' experience does she recommend that an editor clock up ? ' , and assumes that it should be ' clocks ' . This is in fact a correct use of the subjunctive mood , which used to be known to writers and sub - editors , and even to publishers and booksellers . Fie , Mr Brittlebank , for chiding Miss Phillips on her perfectly correct , and indeed elegant , use of the subjunctive mood .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
The period of perestroika under Gorbachev revealed widespread criticism of the lack of control and supervision over the party and government bureaucracies , together with resentment at their ostentatious privileges . Boris Yeltsin built his early popular reputation on his castigating of bureaucratic privilege while he was secretary of the Communist Party in Moscow ( Jozsa , 1990 , pp . 23–9 ) . Whatever system we are discussing , it is neither necessary nor helpful to subscribe to conspiracy theories of the behind - the - scenes influence exercised by civil servants . It is more important to study the structural relationships maintained by bureaucrats , and the potential power coming to them from their control over much of the information required for the administration of a modern state . How , with respect to what , and for and against whom they use that power are what we should be investigating .
Idiom: add insult to injury (used idiomatically: yes)
Everton celebrated but a linesman 's flag signalled offside . As Everton regrouped bad - temperedly , Crystal Palace attacked swiftly down the left , Rodger pulled the ball back from the byline and Coleman sidefooted into an empty net . To add insult to injury , Palace , attacking with renewed vigour , were then awarded a doubtful penalty . Bright was put clear by Coleman 's flicked header and though his shot was saved by Southall , the referee ruled Keown had pushed the striker . Bright put away the spot kick for his 20th goal of the season .
Idiom: up sticks (used idiomatically: no)
Wring our hands and bleat that the world is ‘ interdependent’ , ignoring the plain truth that interdependence without equity leads only to the deepening dependency of the weaker ? Demand a return to the North - South Dialogue , forgetting that a dialogue between a mendicant and a mandarin can result , at best , in condescending charity ? Shall we pick up sticks and stones and drive our rulers from their seats as Toussaint L'Ouverture did in Haiti 200 years ago and the Burmese and the Palestinians are now trying to do ? Or shall we seek comfort in the language of religion ? At least that promises a second innings , another chance for Caliban 's redemption .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
All told , life expectancy has increased by two years for women in Britain in the last decade , and by two and a half years for men . Again , there is more than we would like to do , and more that in time we will do . But for the moment it is right to take stock of how much has already been achieved — to the benefit of us all . One could talk about many other areas of improvement : the huge 68 per cent increase in real spending ( over and above inflation ) by Government on community care services since 1979 ; the 29 per cent increase in real spending on the whole range of benefits for elderly people ; or , in a completely different field , the improvements in public transport which have , for example , seen the number of rail passengers increase by 14 per cent . Similar signs of progress and improvement are to be found across the board .
Idiom: bring up the rear (used idiomatically: yes)
Self - government for Scotland was given the thumbs - down by the Scottish business community , with more than 60 per cent of respondents saying that it would have a detrimental effect on business , while only 10 per cent thought there would be some advantage . Meanwhile , Scotland is expected to remain in the slow lane of economic recovery , according to two surveys published yesterday . Both the Confederation of British Industry / Business Strategies report into consumer confidence and the Trade Indemnity investigation into business failures show Scotland bringing up the rear if , as expected , the economy moves out of recession in 1993 . The CBI / BS report predicts that Scotland 's gross domestic product will grow only 0.9 per cent this year , compared with a UK average of 1.5 per cent . Only the North of England and the Home Counties will perform worse .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
I like to say what I have to say in as few words as possible and to lay my cards on the table for all to see . Terry Wade , get rid of him , Les . Now I have nothing against Terry as a person , although I do not think I would cross the road to help him if he were run over by a lorry , but that is neither here nor there . It is the football that counts and frankly , me and the other two regulars are not impressed . Somebody once said , I think it was you , Les , that football is all about attitude .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
Or is it ? Ah ! Do n't hang it on the back of his door ! Just a little bit in the corner . Those .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
SHARE & BOND ISSUES Ameritech Corp 's Cleveland - based Ohio Bell is calling its 8.75 % debentures due April 15 2026 : all $ 125 m of aggregate principal out will be redeemed on April 30 1993 by National City Bank of Cleveland at 107 % per $ 1,000 bond , plus accrued interest . Auspex Systems Inc , building servers in Santa Clara , California has filed to go public with an initial offer of up to 5.19 m shares , 2.6 m of them new ; no target price was available . Underwriters are Goldman , Sachs & Co and Hambrecht & Quist Inc. Catalyst Semiconductor Inc , Santa Clara , California has filed to go public with an initial offer of up to 2.5 m shares at a target price of between $ 9 and $ 11 a share .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: no)
Unlike most earlier films on the subject , such as the American ' Longtime Companions ' , which were primarily pleas for compassion , a film can now show an AIDS victim who is denounced for his duplicity . This year 's Pulitzer prizewinner play , ' Angels in America ' , does the same thing on stage . It points its finger at the odious hypocrisies of AIDS - sufferer Roy Cohn , one of Senator McCarthy 's henchmen . Not everybody , however , is happy with the use of AIDS as the shaper of a plot , or the vehicle for a political message . Miss Baye somewhat defensively said of ' Lies ' that ' AIDS is a subject like any other . '
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: no)
It felt cold to his fingers . He said , ‘ Wo n't take us long to get back . Quicker , going downhill . And a nice cup of tea'll make you feel better . I suppose they will give us tea at that pub ?
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Sometimes it pays to leap before you look . As a schoolboy , descending from a traverse of Ben More and Stobinian , I had the odd experience of being the recipient , rather than the creator , of a deer panic . In a remnant of old forest I came on some grazing deer and quickly dropped to ground and crawled in under a small bank where I was able to stay out of sight , out of smell , and enjoy a very good look at the herd . Slowly the deer grazed diagonally down onto my hide . The wind was strong from them to me so eventually they would scent me when they 'd passed downhill .
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: yes)
Four finalists will go through to the closing contest on Sunday when James Lockhart and the ENO orchestra provide an operatic interlude while the jury is out for the final count . Lord Harewood chairs the panel , which includes Covent Garden 's current Valkyrie , Dame Gwyneth Jones , as well as Norman Bailey and Josephine Veasey . My money 's on Alastair Miles , currently stealing the show as Raimondo in WNO 's Lucia . Readers who want to hear who wins the Peter Pears Award First Prize of £ 5000 can buy two tickets for the price of one in the stalls or dress circle ( £ 6-£8.50 ) upon presentation of this page at the Sadler 's Wells Box Office or by quoting this offer on 01 - 278 8916 Sun 6.30pm Sadler 's Wells , Rosebery Ave EC1 . POP /Far Out sounds from Stourbridge : Giles Smith samples The Wonder Stuff and chooses the gigs of the week
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
As she entered the lounge where Susan was sitting , playing a César Franck prelude in an oddly preoccupied way , she found herself wishing that the senior partner of Factota Limited were a little less amenable . Susan was quite well now ; at least , she had recovered from the effect of nursing their father through that long , heart - breaking illness , but she seemed to have lost all her spirit . To Breeze and Gay she was unfailingly gentle and sweet - tempered ; moreover , she was interested in her work , and her little pupils loved her . But she seemed so empty , somehow . That was the only way Breeze could express it .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: no)
Are you sure it was n't his cat that scored against John ? ? ? Lets face it just about everyone who can kick a ball scored against him last year ! ! ! Loosing to Coventry and then Charlton in the space of a couple of weeks made just about everyone I knew suicidal — and all cause of Brendan Ormsby failing to kick the ball out into touch on his own dead ball line . Cheers Chris From :