Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
I mean , find stuff that 's actually interesting . The bigger thick American social text books for example are very good on social . Have a look at the introd the erm I find is a bit sort of sleepy , I tend to go to sleep , but the and quite got nice big pictures and interesting stories . I mean just read round for fun yo and see if there 's anything that sticks and if you get chance to use it in an exam , do Okay , then it says develop a stock of gems . All it 's saying there is , if you do find something from erm other bits of the text books that we have n't covered in lectures , bung it it .
Idiom: on a shoestring (used idiomatically: yes)
I have been interested in the dynamics of the golf swing for ten years , and John is an expert on instrumentation who was able to help me with the experimental work . The computer part of the study has been my personal research interest , but it has also over the years provided stimulating final - year projects for students in the Engineering Mathematics Department . As a research project , it could be said to be one of the ‘ old - fashioned’ kind ; it had to be done on a shoestring . Within the world of golf , t here is a considerable body of traditional knowledge , or received wisdom , about the importance of golf club shafts . This wisdom underlies the manufacture of clubs by large companies and small .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
At a local level sponsors so often are involved in the club on a more direct way but it is n't always seen as a problem and can be enormously beneficial to both parties . Sponsorship on a wider basis is much more difficult to manage . Sponsorship should of course be the icing on the cake , there should be enough in , in competition in regattas and themselves but people are interested enough to go and to support and that sponsorship actually allows you to do things that you would n't have been able to do otherwise . The danger of course is that sponsorship for itself , in itself becomes more important than the actual regattas . Th we must be able to learn from this period , particularly a partial austerity mm but these events are sound events in themselves and that we 're not just doing it for the sake of the sponsor or attracting a sponsor and that it 's not , in itself , completely necessary to have a sponsor otherwise the competition would n't exist .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
Housewives can not be accused of ‘ doing nothing all day’ ; nor can it legitimately be said that their only ‘ work’ is ‘ creative’and thus intrinsically pleasurable . As to that other view of housewives as oppressed workers , we need to look more closely at the extent of women 's overall satisfaction or dissatisfaction with housework . The impression already given that , by and large , the women interviewed did not enjoy their work , is dissected and examined more thoroughly in the next chapter . 4 Social Class and Domesticity Out of the conceptualization of housework as work which is a major theme of this study arises the need to spell out the different components in what is broadly termed women 's ‘ domesticity’ .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh well you can pick it up again . Yeah . But I tell you one person who 's getting on my nerves is that good looking son at McDonalds . Yeah ? Her ?
Idiom: watch this space (used idiomatically: yes)
Er , and I expect that margin to continue rising and be much higher again next year , so the medicine is working there . Entertainment , we divide our entertainment into two parts , television and attractions . So starting with television , we said at the er , announcement of the Doulton , Camco demerger that we intended to develop further in the visual media , and so we are setting up a T D , T V division in which we 'll place all of our T V interests , at present just Thames , the investment in B Sky B and er , Yorkshire Tyne Tees , but watch this space , we e we intend to add to this er , division . Now , obviously I 'm not going to talk about profits from the T V division just now , because Thames only came in at the half year , and we 're not including any profits from B Sky B in the half year , but it 's likely that we 'll take some de - loan stock interest in at the year end . Attractions they 've produced a very commendable rise in revenue and profits er , from the Tussaud group , although as you will recall most of the profits in the group come in July and August .
Idiom: get someone's back up (used idiomatically: yes)
But I have had a letter erm explaining where the billboards are in our area and how much they cost . It 's a very badly written letter actually . For one thing it starts , Dear Mrs Knightingale which got my back up . And under the sites may also availability at the time of booking . I look forward to hearing from you with your selections .
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's a revolution . If you 'd been there , if you 'd seen the country , you 'd understand . The FLN wo n't rest until the French are out ; every last colon .’ ‘ But it 's a French colony … ‘ ‘ It 's an Arab country.’
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: no)
In the analysis provided by Beveridge , education could keep the intelligence ‘ alive and growing’ , but it could not affect either the causes of industrial fluctuation or prevent casual labour . However , adolescents were by definition ‘ adaptable’ and this asset , he said , needed to be developed . Young people could be ‘ moulded to the demand’ from employers and this was crucial because in the long term , the ‘ character of the demand … is ultimately governed by the possibilities of supply.’ In other words , as the supply changed its character , so the demand would also change and unemployment could be reduced , in particular that caused by ‘ lack of mobility and adaptability under circumstances making these qualities essential’ . But there was another very significant aspect of adaptability which indicates the continual blurring , by almost everyone concerned , of economic and social ( moral ) issues .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
’ I m responsible for themusic if you can call it that’ ’ I 'm 13 and I want lots of fans to write to me’ ’ Its noisy and there 's always loads of equipmenjt lying about all over the place , but it 's great fun.’ ’ We play a supportive role . They write all the material themselves and transport all their gear .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: no)
Maggie 's eyes and back are aching like hell . Good excuse to be grumpy and quiet while the others talk about the meeting and to avoid Jo 's eyes , pretending not to hear her abrupt conversational openings . Maggie grabs her bag from the wire cage under her seat , throws on her coat and is down the stairs and out in the street before any of the others . First time in a year she has n't waited for Jo so they can do their shopping together . Maggie 's gone the opposite way from Tesco 's ; her heels are sinking into grass .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
Scheme is backed by civic society By David Greenwood Daily Post Staff PLANNERS are almost ready to go public on a scheme to improve the image of Anglesey 's most historic town . The conservation strategy at Beaumaris , outlined by Ynys Mn Borough Council less than two months ago , has brought a swift and positive response from the town 's civic society and the Baron Hill estate . Council director of planning Arthur Owen says the draft strategy his department has drawn up should be revised to include some of their suggestions .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
ZILOG OFFERS PERIPHERAL ADAPTOR CHIP FOR MAKERS OF PCMCIA PERIPHERALS Zilog Inc , Campbell , California has come out with a new chip designed to enable manufacturers of mass storage and peripheral boards to enter the PCMCIA card market quickly . The Z86017 general purpose peripheral adaptor provides the PCMCIA bus interface and control logic needed to implement peripheral functions such as hard disk controllers , Flash memory cards , facsimile modems , keyboards , and local area networks on a PCMCIA card ; the Z86017 will function over a 3V to 5.5V power supply , includes a 256-byte attribute memory for defining which function the card is designed to implement , and costs $ 7 in large volumes ; samples are out now . XEROX ENGINEERING SYSTEMS IMPROVES SUPPORT FOR ITS PRINTERS AND PLOTTERS Xerox Corp 's Xerox Engineering Systems in Rochester , New York has come out with network server software that supports all industry - standard files , including PostScript , and Ethernet and non - Ethernet local networks for printing on all its raster printers and plotters .
Idiom: the die is cast (used idiomatically: yes)
If Barnes is this irreplaceable in the nation 's best club side it again raises the question of what England have been missing all these years . Barnes first took the eye for Oxford University , and when he appeared opposite Rob Andrew in the Varsity match it was he who represented England 's great hope for the future . Andrew 's performances then , and subsequently , were rock solid and the die was cast . So it has been ever since , with Barnes , a more colourful , controversial and flamboyant alternative , condemned to a state of permanent reserve as Andrew 's safe hands and feet unfalteringly served his country . There has been nothing to complain about .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
But this ideology , though revolutionary in content , in fact sustained capitalist relations of production in general and big business in particular . Wage - earners were totally subject to the control of employers . In fact , power in many walks of life was delegated to members of the business elite and business organizations which became part of the state apparatus ( Miliband 1969 , pp . 87–96 ) . Fascism as a form of state needs to be distinguished from other authoritarian forms which are associated with particular stages in the development of capitalism . In the Third World the military dictatorship has been widespread and provides another example of the relative power of bureaucracy under specific capitalist conditions .
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
What you need most of all is peace , quiet and the undisturbed opportunity to be along with your thoughts . LEO ( July 24/Aug 23 ) This weekend your ambitious drive may run out of steam , but friends and colleagues will be all the support you need to encourage you to keep on hammering away at achieving an important goal . Their praises and flattery gives you new heart and helps you feel top of the world on Sunday . VIRGO ( Aug 24/Sept 23 )
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
And on that first night at home we had our first real sexual encounter , a rather one - sided one , with Dana quite passive . Trying not to make a sound , I achieved a long and delicious orgasm , a heavenly mixture of sheer physical bliss , emotional release and satisfyingly agitating anxiety . I was ‘ over the moon’ , as Joe liked to say in imitation of his working - class friends ' picturesquely idiomatic Cockney . But was Dana ? I could see at once that my parents and Aunt Lyallie had taken to him .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
There was a direct connection with the shipyards , not only in terms of orders by British owners ( who now build abroad to a far greater extent than any other non - flag of convenience maritime nation ) , but through the training of engineering officers who traditionally served their time as fitters in the yards or engine works before going to sea . The Tyne seamen have had some sort of union organization since the seventeenth century . The present - day National Union of Seamen was founded on the north east coast , which was also a major centre for the Seamen 's Reform Movement which recaptured the union for the rank - and - file in the mid-1960s . Tyneside maritime culture is rather different from that described for Liverpool by Lane ( 1988 ) . It has never been docile — the press was resisted with great violence in both North and South Shields in the early nineteenth century — but it has always been ordered .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
After watching several performances he approached Ray and asked to paint his portrait . His request was initially cold - shouldered , Ray recognising Minton as one of a drunken , rowdy crowd who had several times filled a box in the theatre . They met again by chance in a club and Minton passed Ray a note : ' I 'm a married man with four children , but I want to paint you . ' Thereafter they became briefly lovers and lasting friends . Ray 's unambiguous homosexuality could not satisfy Minton 's complex needs , but as a lodger , he proved to be easy and independent .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
After all , he 's the person you 're concerned about.’ The anger in Luke 's face had deepened while she had been speaking . Well , was n't that what she had wanted — to let him see that she had known all along what lay behind his invitation this evening ? And it was even more important that he should see , also , that she had n't been deflected by persuasive words and looks , kisses that seemed to draw her soul from her body . It would , she concluded unhappily , have been better for her own peace of mind if he had n't gone to such extreme lengths , but as he had …
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Time to think . ' He took another sip of his drink , eyeing Cowley carefully . ' Come clean with me , Mister Cowley . This accident … it was to get at Jack , right ? Jack Stone .
Idiom: buy the farm (used idiomatically: yes)
People do For a year or so . Oh yes , this is what the big business people , why they run far why one of the big business people used to buy farms . He got the pleasure of farming , and the losses were merely set off against er This is what used to upset the farmer down the road
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Organisers of the Tenerife Open failed to make the requisite telephone call by 10 am yesterday morning to tell tour officials that they could raise the money , so it has been replaced by the Atlantic Open at Estela , near Oporto , from February 15 - 18 . The second event is the Dubai Classic and the third the Mediterranean Open at Las Brisas . The tour may have lost an offshore event but financially it is far from being at sea . Prize money will rise by a further 18 per cent during the forthcoming year , which takes the total to £ 16 million , considerably more than the £ 1.3 million on offer in 1980 . The Atlantic and Mediterranean Opens are new events , the latter being sponsored by American Express , and there are four new tournaments in all .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
Like a pendulum , her emotions swung the other way . ‘ Were you expecting me to fail?’ He turned his head slowly , eyes chilly . ‘ Ca n't you accept a compliment graciously?’ She moved , uncomfortably aware that he had good reason to be annoyed .
Idiom: make a killing (used idiomatically: yes)
Hanson has been earning megabucks for decades ; his personal wealth is estimated at around £100m and speculation is rife that before he retires he will go out with a final spectacular takeover . He came near with ICI and Ranks Hovis McDougall but backed off when the stakes got too high . Pundits reckon he has his sights on at least two other UK concerns , and if you can put your finger on them before he pounces , you will make a killing . But even without another huge bid , Hanson will forge ahead . Profits this year should top £1.2bn .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
I says , do n't tell me , I said , he did the same thing to me the other day , and it were only within a couple of days of each other . When he puts those glasses on , honestly he 's his double . I think it 's the way he looks , like , if you know what I mean , you know like pull his face and like , look over glasses , I mean , he did it to me when did it to Johnny . He probably thought like . He 's like me dad , er me dad , he never had no patience , and our Colin 's just like him .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: yes)
The names of many people are recorded on documents signed at Halling and these names are repeated over and over again by the historians . But what of the ordinary villager ? We have to dig deep into records to find these and then only if they have committed a crime or some other act do they get their names recorded . Many will never be known for many lived and died without a proper name . But by researching we are able to uncover a few of our early inhabitants .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Fiduciary duties as a Mechanism for Controlling Managerial Power The second mechanism for controlling managerial power which was singled out in the legal model was the fiduciary duties imposed upon the directors and officers of the company . These duties can be formulated as three distinct rules . Directors owe a duty of care and skill ; a duty of loyalty ; and a duty to act bona fide in the best interests of the company and not for any improper purpose . One analysis of the function of these duties is that they ensure that the directors of the company have sufficient discretion and flexibility to be able to manage the company efficiently , whilst precluding them from exercising this discretion contrary to the interests of the shareholders .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: no)
But right now I 'm loath to leave Rainbow even for a minute . Still , I 'm no fool ; a chance like this does n't come along every day , so I can hardly pass it up . I nip down to Engineering and borrow a remote ( must keep tabs on things in London ) , then set off for the circus . I 've been at trade shows before , but this is the big one . Even I 'm feeling overwhelmed .
Idiom: writ large (used idiomatically: yes)
Furthermore one may remark on the fact that that which is considered ‘ feminine’ , which the male also now takes on , corresponds simply to what have traditionally been women 's tasks ( nurturing and caring ) . Through suggesting that God should be seen in these ways , for example that those biblical verses which give feminine attributes to God should be drawn upon , one does nothing to change the conception of what are authentic roles for women . The idea that femininity is in the first place to be associated with motherhood is simply writ large . Thus for example in the quotation which I gave from Anselm , it is to be noted that God is to be seen as a Father in authority and teaching , as a Mother in kindness and mercy . This is hardly a feminist revolution .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
I have devoted some time to the Aplysia story here , not only because of the significance of Eric Kandel 's achievement in terms of its wealth of experimental data and theoretical model building , but perhaps above all because of the place it has come to occupy , not only in the text - books , making memory research neurophysiologically respectable , but in the framing of the research field . Despite certain important differences between the experimental findings and interpretations of the Aplysia and Hermissenda research schools , both have contributed to this framing , sharing a common theoretical perspective which leads to an explicit but , I believe , ultimately flawed reductive philosophy and strategy in their search for the mechanisms of memory . Of course , no creative scientist holds rigidly to a fixed position in the light of new evidence , and only Kandel himself can say how far he has now moved beyond such earlier , campaigning reductionism . Here it is time to turn to a consideration of what has become in the last decade , and is still as I write , perhaps the single most popular learning model in the trade today . LONG - TERM POTENTIATION
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
One of them saw a list of their original haul when they visited Coventry . " They were all files of single parents , " she said . The campaign works indirectly by rumour to frighten people , and whatever they can or ca n't prove the threat is carried by word of mouth and claimants run for cover . A Sunderland woman in her twenties who had a lover for several years who spent some but not all of his time in her home , said,"We decided to start claiming together because there were a lot of snoopers around , and people I knew had got done . But we were £ 10 shorter as a result . "
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: yes)
He was never able to bear uncertainty . He lost sleep , his mind churning , piling up imaginary complaints and magnifying them . He wrote again , a careful , stilted letter , expressing gratitude for the help he had received and suggesting they shook hands and called it a day . His reserve broke before he had got far and he revealed his own grievance . If it was hard for Mauve to guide him , it was equally hard for him to be guided ‘ strictly’ .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
On Thursday night we had a light supper after we 'd registered and unpacked our things . I was sitting next to Professor St John Goth , who 's a long established member of the Circle , and often lectures at our meetings . At the end of the meal , Dominic came to have a few words with me . He was accompanied by Lee Horan . When they 'd gone through into the lecture hall , I noticed the professor staring after them with a very odd look on his face — a stunned , frozen look .
Idiom: below par (used idiomatically: yes)
Jockey Club squash doping allegations FEARS that a new doping scandal was about to erupt were firmly quashed yesterday by the Jockey Club , which announced that a series of tests carried out on recent race- course flops had proved negative . Rumours that a number of horses had been ' got at ' had swelled following a succession of below - par performances by short - priced favourites . Among the horses tested was Boogie Bopper , trained by champion jumps trainer Martin Pipe , who was beaten by over 50 lengths at odds of 4 - 6 in a hurdle race at Leicester last Thursday . But David Pipe , the Jockey Club 's Director of Public Affairs , said yesterday : ' The tests are all clear .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Morgan than the life and times of Michael Milken , evangelist of junk bonds , shy wearer of a toupee and now resident of a federal prison . In the takeover boom of the 1980s which Mr Milken came to epitomise , banks and firms stood far apart . Investment banking had been legally separated from commercial banking since the 1930s ; and in the 1960s and 1970s firms ceased to want bankers of either sort on their boards , because of conflicts of interest . Most bids were hostile , or were responses to actual or threatened hostile bids . The only monitor for management was the market .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
He would go off into a musing in the outfield . ' I had a curious strain of not attending to things which failed to grip my interest . ' His father believed that he had a good eye and could have played the game well if he was not liable to slip into a trance and forget that his attention was needed . These attitudes did not commend themselves to his colleagues . They regarded him as an oddity .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Electromagnetic radiation from a source small compared with the wavelength is predominantly dipole in character with higher multipoles becoming progressively weaker . For gravitational radiation the same effect is present , but because dipole radiation is forbidden by conservation laws , the dominant gravitational waves are quadrupole . Space - time is therefore an extremely stiff medium , and by the same token small - amplitude waves carry large energies . The most energetic waves likely to be observed on Earth are those due to stellar collapse in our Galaxy . Gravitational waves emanating from such events are predicted to produce stresses in space – time of amplitude about 10 -18 .