Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Requests the Secretary - General to keep under review the structure and strength of UNFICYP with a view to its possible restructuring , and to present any new considerations he may have in this regard ;
Idiom: moment of truth (used idiomatically: yes)
Several other European countries look better than Britain , either because they are in the ERM or because they are trimming budget deficits ( or both ) . Though prices in Britain are barely rising , investors still doubt the country 's anti - inflation credentials . This autumn 's public - spending round will be a moment of truth . For it will show whether John Major 's government is serious about reining in the PSBR . Woe betide gilts prices if investors conclude that it is not .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
She is a very steady person who worked here for years . ‘ He was also seen by one of my first cousins walking up and down the corridor . People who 've seen it say it makes the hair stand up on the back of their necks.’ Before his death , the late Earl himself revealed how he suspected the estate was haunted by his father 's spirit . He told People writer Victor Olliver : ‘ One of the first things we did in 1976 was to repaint the China Corridor .
Idiom: wide of the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
To achieve an export - import balance under current Tory policies would mean an even worse slump than we have at present because the only thing made in Britain under the Tories is a Tory - made recession . Mr. Redwood The hon . Gentleman is wide of the mark . There have been good levels of investment for business and manufacturing in recent years , as the hon . Gentleman should know . It is way above the levels when the Labour party was last in control and understandably so , because Britain is now a good home for investors with much better labour relations , much better quality , much better business management and much better relations between employees and management .
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
On this occasion I didn ‘ t , because it was felt that other factors were more important . Those factors related to money , the Chairman ‘s money . I think you ‘ ll agree that his right as to what he does with that money supersedes any thoughts I may have , in the final analysis . Obviously , I would have preferred to raise money in an alternative manner , but this was not possible . You can ‘ t sell people if there ‘s no - one to buy them .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Now 's not the time to cross him!’ But Simon 's reaction was to throw back his head and howl with delight : he seemed to be genuinely amused . As they belted over the top of the wheel , the wind plucked his laughter away into the night . ‘ A lot going on in her head ! Did you say that?’ he yelled .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
And if he played a bad shot , he let the spectators know about it . They hated him but loved him . We made the cut in 1970 for my first British Open with Tom , but a bad last round put him down the field . In 1971 I was hoping for great things , because the British Open was at Birkdale , my home - course , but Tom could n't handle Birkdale . A lot of the great players could n't .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
It is not the job of Congress not to think.’ In the end , however , Reagan won this crucial skirmish with the legislature . On 16 April the House Budget Committee reported out a budget resolution that incorporated $ 15.8 billion in cuts — $ 20 billion less than the administration had requested — and the battle was now joined for the votes of those who could make or break the president 's programme , the Gypsy Moths and the Boll Weevils . The chances of the Democrats succeeding in this crucial struggle were not helped by the Speaker who , after a trip abroad , gave a ‘ dispirited news conference’ where he said , ‘ I can read Congress . They go with the will of the people and the will of the people is to go along with the President , I 've been in politics a long time .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
There is pressure for the change because , without it , many young British companies in this growing sector might be ineligible for a London quote and might instead float in New York , ensuring significant or even majority American ownership . Biotechnology has been a dynamic part of the American stock market , and already 40 American firms are capitalised at more than $ 100 million . Two home - grown drug research firms , British Bio - technology of Oxford , and Immunology of Cambridge , are expected to go public this year . British Bio - technology , which employs 70 drug researchers with PhDs , could be valued at up to £ 200 million . Finance director James Noble said : ' We have appointed British advisors , Kleinwort Benson , and American advisors , Morgan Stanley and Hambrecht & Quist .
Idiom: out of your mind (used idiomatically: no)
‘ It 's a great life being a professional athlete . You travel all over the place , you meet a ton of people , you stay in great shape . There 's like a challenge to try and get the most out of your mind and body in a sport which I think is as international as any other . I get a real charge out of working hard and seeing good results . ‘ I could be involved in a number of different ways,’ she continues , ‘ but I can still do it well enough , and you never know what 's around the next corner .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
So what is the fundamental difference between Donington and Reading ? ‘ I do n't think there is a lot of difference , actually,’ frowns Sam , cruelly . ‘ You 're still listening to a bad PA , the music 's blowing all over the place , people are crashed out in the mud … it 's exactly the same!’ SAM HAS a point . If , for a moment , you could imagine next year 's Reading line - up then you would be looking at bands building momentum now as 1993 's potential headliners .
Idiom: no strings attached (used idiomatically: yes)
Before he had finished he had become manager 's clerk at the Newcastle branch and the bank had offered to sponsor him at university . ‘ They offered two such scholarships a year as their way of getting the bank better known among schoolkids,’ he says . ‘ They also offered me a job at the end of it , but there were no strings attached to the scholarship.’ His academic excellence at King 's prompted an offer of a PhD course in operations research . ‘ But I wanted to get out into the commercial world .
Idiom: kick up a fuss (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That had nothing to do with me.’ She touched his lips with her fingers . ‘ You must appreciate Stephen is jealous and kicks up a fuss every time I even suggest seeing you , but I do n't intend to let that stop me in future . Life is too short.’ Martin took her hand in his .
Idiom: jump the gun (used idiomatically: yes)
Total employed labour on farms fell by six per cent continuing the long term trend decline . Sale does not quell sheep quota doubt IN SPITE OF Tuesday 's lively sale of sheep quota at Lanark , top price £ 46 , doubts remain among some farmers and other marts that their colleagues may have jumped the gun , writes Fordyce Maxwell . Quota transfer forms have not been issued yet to sheep farmers and , on past form , grey areas in the legislation have still to be clarified . As things stand , buying at Lanark has been described as more a sale of intent rather than actual sale of quota .
Idiom: dead as a dodo (used idiomatically: yes)
Over the centuries a number of species have become extinct , among them the Mexican grizzly bear , great auk and passenger pigeon . But now the animal world is facing its biggest ever challenge — to stay alive in a world dominated by greedy and thoughtless humans armed with guns , explosives , machines and money . Will the world 's 4,589 species currently under threat become as dead as dodos ? The race for survival has begun . The world supports an astonishing amount of life .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: no)
carps at , my , my cousin , they 're really weird , you go to feed them , they come to the top , oh the water stays crystal clear Does it ? Mm the water in my other pond is crystal clear , see straight down to the bottom , and another thing I want this hedge quite high cos keep the sun off my pond , if you let the sun on the pond it 'll just go green Yeah , if you shade it like my cousin 's it 's well shaded , he started
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
I disagree . The problem is that the IMF was unable to interpret the evidence with which it was confronted . I served on the IMF Board in June 2006 when it discussed its annual review of the United ~ States . The staff " saw " the relaxation of lending standards in the US mortgage market , but noted that " borrowers at risk of significant mortgage payment increases remained a small minority , concentrated mostly among higher - income households that were aware of the attendant risks . " A few months later , in September 2006 , just ten months before the sub - prime mortgage crisis became apparent to all , the Global Financial ~ Stability Report ( GFSR ) , one of the IMF 's flagship publications , stated that " [ m]ajor financial institutions in mature ... markets [ were ] ... healthy , having remained profitable and well capitalized . "
Idiom: man of the cloth (used idiomatically: yes)
Thomas Gaisford , who later became Dean of Christchurch , Oxford , was only four years old in 1770 when the great cedar tree was planted which still stands on the hillside walk behind the house . Later he planted the drifts of snowdrops and martagon lilies in the wild garden and the woods . Men of the cloth are nearly always good gardeners . In 1899 , when the house had become dilapidated , it was bought by Harold A. Peto , the architect who formed the famous partnership with Sir Ernest George . Lutyens joined their practice as a young man and was much influenced by Peto , who was brilliant , eccentric , energetic and funny and during the later part of his life became increasingly keen on garden design .
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
In a recent tasting , long - life was voted the clear winner , suggesting that is moving beyond its traditional ‘ stand by’ position and is on its way to becoming a product that will be chosen for everyday use . SWEET TALKING It 's all sweetness and light here at BBC Good Food . We are offering 200 free copies of Sweet Thoughts , by Rosamond Richardson ( Martin Books , £ 9.95 ) , a super selection of delicious dessert recipes using Canderel , a low - calorie sweetener made with Nutrasweet . Write to BBC Good Food /Canderel Offer ( Address on p.8 ) or call ( 0839 ) 168104 .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
There I threw myself on the grass beneath the hazel - bushes and read the note again , repeating the words by ~ heart , and then re - reading them over and over , while the sunlight danced between the leaves upon the letters , so that they were blended and blurred before my eyes like golden and bright green and crimson blossoms .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
At Podromanija they met up with the Swedish relief convoy of 10 trucks , 9½ being filled with food and the remainder with medical supplies . Despite assurances that the checking at the Serbian side of the line would be a formality the convoy was delayed at the checkpoint for twenty - eight hours . Eventually at 5 pm on May 2 the convoy crossed the Serbian front line and advanced cautiously through ‘ no man 's land’ with the UNHCR Land Rover leading and the WHO Toyota in close support . A huge hole due to a previous mine explosion and rocks in road tunnels caused further delays . At the Bosnian line , the checkpoint was unoccupied but the road was blocked with a vast heap of earth .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
As the law stands , he of course has no separate claim , following the abolition of claims for loss of services by s2 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 . Provisional damages 1.26 Some of the risks have been taken out of the system of " once and for all " compensation by s32A of the Supreme Court Act 1981 ( Appendix B ) and the corresponding s51 of the County Courts Act 1984 . They deal with awards of provisional damages where the plaintiff proves or the defendant admits that there is a chance that the plaintiff 's health will change or will get worse because he may develop a serious disease or suffer a serious deterioration in his mental or physical condition . It does not matter that the plaintiff can not say when this is likely to happen .
Idiom: put the boot in (used idiomatically: yes)
When the storm broke over The Satanic Verses , Salman Rushdie did a U - turn on British culture . He had been one of the most energetic scourges of this sceptic isle , but once he was victim of a fatwah , he became an outspoken defender of the freedoms that are available in British cultural life . So too , in less tragic circumstances , artists and intellectuals who instinctively loathed the Arts Council rallied round when Thatcher put the boot in . In both instances it was a case of better the devil you know … In New York , incursions on the National Endowment for the Arts have lead to some equally startling volte - faces .
Idiom: boys will be boys (used idiomatically: yes)
I think it 's , it really begins in the home , this , because mothers can do quite a lot in not educating their own sons to think of them as servants . A lot of women do this , they 're very tolerant about boys ' mess in the home and untidiness generally , and in a sense they , they lay the foundations , right from the very beginning , of boys ' growing up to think of women as kind of household servants . This attitude , you know , boys will be boys and they make a mess and poor Mum has to do all the washing , is really quite , quite misguided because it , it does encourage those assumptions that mothers are there to tidy up after sons , and of course then sons when they grow up and get wives want to replace their mothers . So women themselves can do something about educating men in the home , starting with their sons . Talking to members of the Education Area about their researches , I was struck by the constructive relationships that they built up with the schools and groups that they studied .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: no)
It will be tough , but the odds are on Mr Murdoch coming through . What can other businessmen learn from his predicament ? Mr Murdoch made two bad moves . He paid $ 2.8 billion — $ 1 billion too much — for Triangle , an American publisher ; and his latest gamble , satellite television in Britain , is taking longer to come good than he hoped . Yet blaming Mr Murdoch 's problems on two deals is like saying that the only sin of David Gower , England 's most gifted cricketer , is flashing at balls outside the off - stump .
Idiom: banana republic (used idiomatically: yes)
Buying such gilts via a stockbroker normally incurs a higher cost . The index - linked gilts on the market have maturities of up to 2024 and most of them stand at a substantial premium to their par value . This is proof of the erosive effects of past inflation rate which climbed to banana republic levels in the 1970s . Surprisingly there is only one index - linked gilt unit trust ; it is run by Guinness Flight . This is primarily designed for small , self - administered pension funds .
Idiom: name names (used idiomatically: yes)
The certificates were found at Heathrow , Cyprus and Miami airports , apparently just days after the FBI got a tip - off from Thomas . Detectives believe a New York Mafia family , who planned to ‘ launder’ the bonds , sent a hitman to silence Thomas before he could name names . Thomas died in December , but it is only in the last few days that Scotland Yard has received information from the FBI about why he was killed . One officer on the case said : ‘ Thomas stole the bonds on behalf of some very heavy criminals .
Idiom: run riot (used idiomatically: yes)
It was n't easy to maintain a light level tone as she asked , ‘ Is that the way you usually deal with problems ? By running away from them?’ The images his words had triggered were running riot in her brain , and it took all her strength to blot them out . ‘ No,’ said Nathan , refilling his glass . ‘ Then why let that awful little man think it is?’
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
And funerals . Would he be the only person ringing the bells ? Oh no there was a there was another man but he was a but queer like you know he was alright but he used to ring the bell and Did you hear the bell ringing on Sunday ? And so I said , Yes . And it was him that was ringing the bell you know .
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: no)
To the left of this ; Steve Whitall and Dave Rolls added three bolts and claimed Easy Rider , HVS 5a . also added Chestnut Mare , E4 6b up the buttress left of Plunger . On the steep , previously unclimbed face opposite the Behind The Lines area of the main face , two diagonal weaknesses were climbed by John Adams and Bill Birkett . On the left is Face The Times,(F6c/7a ) with five bolt runners to a pig 's tail lower off and on the right , Face The Music,(F7a ) with ten bolt runners to the same lower off . In Black Hole Quarry , Birkett and Adams also added No Face For Dwarfs,(F7b ) with four bolt runners . The climb lies on a wall just above the east descent route in the back corner of the quarry .
Idiom: save someone's skin (used idiomatically: yes)
but I 'm here now and that 's all that matters Barnsley man is going to save your skin , he 's gon na wrap up the fire and drop it in the bin
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
Mellor hung on . But once Mona , daughter of the PLO 's chief fund - raiser , had admitted that he had enjoyed a summer holiday on her money at the time of the Gulf crisis , the gap - toothed Lothario was on his bike . No one had known until then that Mona had footed the bill for the Mellor family at the Marbella villa . But on the libel trial 's first day , from the witness box , 36-year - old Mona admitted without prodding that she indeed had shelled out . ‘ I paid for the rent for the villa , which I arranged myself with a Belgian count who owned it , and also paid the air fares for all the Mellors,’ she said .
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
Groan making jokes from the presidents of the BA and PA at the BA dinner and dance are obligatory these days , and the Torquay Conference was no exception . But among recollections of getting stuck on chamber pots and jokes about wives running off with police patrol men was an insight from Sir Roger Elliott of the BA director 's office arrangement — wonderful were it true : Tim Godfray has two in - trays in his office , one labelled ‘ In’ and the other ‘ Deep In’ . One of the refreshing aspects of Torquay was bumping into first timers , for whom everything was interesting and for whom rubbing shoulders with the likes of Alan Giles , Bing Taylor , Trevor Glover , Paula Kahn , Peter Winslow , Richard Charkin , Kip Bertram , Frank Brazier et al was a bit of a thrill . This should be what it 's all about , after all . But there were far too few new faces , and far too many head office honchos .
Idiom: fair game (used idiomatically: yes)
The trick is to know how and where to set boundaries that concede neither too much nor too little to those with a vested interest , for good reasons or bad , in avoiding scrutiny . Some of WikiLeaks ’ releases of sensitive material have been perfectly defensible on classic freedom - of - information grounds , exposing abuses that might otherwise have remained concealed . The helicopter gunship killings in Iraq , the corruption of former Tunisian President Zine ~ el - Abidine ~ Ben ~ Ali ’s family , and the paucity of progress in Afghanistan are , by this standard , fair game . None of this makes Julian ~ Assange a Daniel ~ Ellsberg ( who 40 years ago leaked the Pentagon ~ Papers , exposing US - government thinking on Vietnam ) . Nor does it put him in the same league with Anna ~ Politkovskaya , the crusading journalist who was murdered after refusing to stop investigating Russian human ~ rights abuses .
Idiom: stick in your craw (used idiomatically: yes)
Doubting Thomas Lexington 's hatchet job on Thomas Jefferson ( April 17th ) caused me to chuckle . It 's quite obvious your loss of the American War for Independence still sticks in your craw . In defence of Egypt Your article on Egypt ( May 15th ) is based on unfounded assumptions and perceptions .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
Payne , Whitson and Varga are believed to have been responsible for much of the consortium 's recent sales of its catalogue and anti - NT white paper , a source of revenue . The departures , which UI has attempted to minimise and ascribe to a collection of reasons , leave in place president Peter Cunningham , vice president of marketing David Sandel , director of marketing Barbara Walker , director of desktop marketing Jesse Bornfreund , Colin Fulton , now running both the Pacific Basin and Asia Pacific geographies out of Singapore , newcomer Wilson Haddock , reportedly responsible for a downsizing study , a new accountant and some support staff . The latest cuts were reportedly made without severance or accrued vacation . Scott Hansen continues at UI Europe , his team now trimmed to six . DEC DISTRIBUTES JSB 's MULTIVIEW MASCOT
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
Candidates and cheerleaders prepare for today 's Presidential election Picture : JEFF PITT TEN years on and going from strength to strength … On November 2 , 1982 , television history was made with the birth of Channel 4 . With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . A decade later and it is still tackling the controversial issues and delighting its loyal audience .
Idiom: leave no stone unturned (used idiomatically: yes)
NAM had bitten the bullet . Fund - raising took on a new meaning and a massive mail - out was undertaken to companies , councils , tourist boards , charitable trusts etc . No stone was left unturned . During the summer NAM successfully renegotiated a new fifty year lease on their site — no point truing to cement their future with a display hall if someone was going to move not just the goalposts but the pitch . Newark and Sherwood District Council showed their faith with a substantial grant towards the project .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: no)
you go right through the tunnel and this Queen 's Drive was ooh , about a mile or two out of Liverpool so to get back to the tunnel you come down Upper Parliament Street , I 'll never forget to my dying day , and it was down hill and these traffic lights down the bottom should of been should of been , but they were n't operating , they were digging th they were digging the road ooh , they were n't there alright , I thought they were just out of order cos it was road repairs and a policeman was supposed to be on duty because it was this great big wide Upper Parliament Street , and going across it , if I look at Liverpool Was there , did you do Upper Parliament Street ? Mm .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Doubtless Beatrix Potter felt it was a neater finish to the story than a vasectomy . ' RAINDANCING Faced with a national drought that was playing havoc with his own garden and those of his village neighbours , one Richard Bullock took matters into his own hands and ended up in the dock for his pains . ' I was brought up in Nigeria , ' he explained to the court , ' and when the consequences of the drought became obvious I decided to put the national interest first and perform the n'dula , a naked rain dance , on the village green . That night the rain began and continued for twenty - four hours .