Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
It would be better in the ordinary case , where the justices think there should be no contact , to say there is no order for contact , which , in fact , is what the family proceedings court have done in the present case . The fundamental point in the appeal , however , does not depend on that issue . The court has made a direction to the local authority that the guardian ad litem be allowed to have continuing involvement with a view to making an application in due course if thought appropriate . There is nothing in the Children Act 1989 which provides for the court to tack any direction on to a care order and I have to say that , in my judgment , the addition of a direction of any sort to a care order is a fetter on the local authority plans , authority and responsibility . Under section 22(3 ) of the Children Act 1989 the local authority has the duty ‘ to safeguard and promote the welfare’ of children in care and , in my judgment , responsibility for the care of the child is firmly with the local authority once a care order is made .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
( I argued in Chapters 3 and 4 that knowledge can not attain the state of disinterestedness implied by the schema , but here I am concerned with intentions . ) The point of research is that it is a systematic human endeavour intended to produce a level of impersonal knowledge , standing outside individuals . And , as Popper reminds us , this is so in a literal sense : we can find the outcomes of research on the library shelves , or on the computer disc . Its public character has a solidity and a substance to it . Higher education , on the other hand , is oriented differently .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Historical records showed that every time the quantity manufactured doubled , the cost per unit reduced by the same amount . If the fifth batch of ten cost 80 per cent of the fourth batch then the fortieth batch would cost 80 per cent of the thirty - ninth . Plotted on double logarithmic graph paper this emerges as a straight line making forecasting of costs for projected future batches of the same product a simple exercise as long as conditions are not seriously altered . The slope of the line is specific to the product and the production organization and is arrived at from historical figures . It is common in this type of contract to use this curve in fixing the prices for further batches .
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: yes)
This may have been caused by the heating and lighting used at that time , or perhaps modern communications plus far better fire fighting methods available today ensure that incidents are tackled much more quickly . Prior to the Second World War , the Salisbury Volunteer Fire Brigade , with the reputation of being a very efficient unit , had only a very small permanent staff which I believe varied between two and four firemen . Early in 1921 , a slight chill and a few spots on my chest meant that I was away from school for a couple of days . When I went back on the Wednesday , Miss Hale , the Headmistress of the Infants ' School asked why I had been absent . When I mentioned spots on my chest , she sent me home again — no doubt having visions of an epidemic of chicken pox or measles .
Idiom: not on your life (used idiomatically: yes)
' Oh , no ! I ai n't going there . Not on your life . ' To have to submit to having a part of one 's body removed while one slept was going to be bad . But to have to allow it to be done in a strange place was impossible .
Idiom: by dint of (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd die , honestly , I 'd just look into the space between his eyes and I 'd say something deep and intellectual like ‘ So — er — did you do it with Barbra Streisand ? I mean the film , not — no , come back —’ My mother could n't believe I 'd turned down the highest single accolade known to show business aside from This Is Your Life ( which I 've also managed to avoid by dint of a pact with the reclusive man with whom I share my digs ) . This just , according to her , to rile her , personally . She was gasted beyond her flabbers .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
But he had no idea how strong his back - up might be . And he was no longer armed — he had hurled the Walther taken from Steve into the sea at Walberswick , followed by the magazine he 'd first extracted . Five minutes later he saw the lights of a village pub . The Nag 's Head . He parked his car among a dozen others , out of sight of the road , and walked inside .
Idiom: flat out (used idiomatically: yes)
And even while she remembered , she was also scared by the mystery of the moonlight , by the disorientation and , above all by her daughter 's screams . They seemed to her unearthly ; a new combination of loss , pain and fear : they were howls she would have made herself only half-an-hour before , if she had known how . Then the brighter light of electricity drove out the ghostly moonbeams and she saw only her daughter , her child , flat out on her bed , naked , apparently bedecked in diamonds and rubies , a fierce tattoo of glass and blood . ‘ Christ ! ’ she said , and the next moment , forgetful of her own safety , she had Maggie in her arms , shushing and soothing as she had never in her life done before . Outside Phoebe 's open bedroom door Rachel paused , wondering if her daughter had heard the explosion and responded to it .
Idiom: take the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
Bali was a nightmare . We had no furniture two days before we were due to open . Maui was a little better — at least the interior decorator finished , even if it was in the worst possible taste , but the Seychelles took the cake.!.’ He chuckled at the recollection . ‘ We had a riot and the bloody natives burned part of the place down a week before it was due to open .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: no)
A consequence of this indistinguishability is that , although Tit for Tat seems like an ESS , it is strictly not a true ESS . To be an ESS , remember , a strategy must not be invadable , when it is common , by a rare , mutant strategy . Now it is true that Tit for Tat can not be invaded by any nasty strategy , but another nice strategy is a different matter . As we have just seen , in a population of nice strategies they will all look and behave I exactly like one another : they will all COOPERATE all the time . So any other nice strategy , like the totally saintly Always Cooperate , although admittedly it will not enjoy a positive selective advantage over Tit for Tat , can nevertheless drift into the population without being noticed .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
Where 'd she get the clothes from ? Oh she borrowed it , and a bonnet and a white flowers an all and Joan turned up like a a twenty five year old Victorian fashion model you should have seen her ! Black silk skirt maroon blouse her hair done up in a bun draped with gold jewellery oh talk about looking the part ! What 's wrong with that ? And John hired this thing like a cape
Idiom: weather the storm (used idiomatically: yes)
Graeme Sharp scored their first , sneaking round the back to meet Nick Henry 's diagonal ball with a thumping right - foot volley . Marshall , after two months of misery and just one goal since his restoration to the front line , nabbed the second with a perfect lob over Bryan Gunn from the corner of the penalty area . Norwich weathered the storm after the break and looked likelier winners as the game wore on . Darren Beckford had a snapshot brilliantly parried by Hallworth , then Fox saw a lob of his own dance just wide . But that simply set the stage for a final , beautiful flourish from Robins .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
Not that this can not be one of the most achievement-full years of your life — for indeed it can . What makes this year so outstanding is that your ruling planet , Pluto , makes a 90-degree angle to Saturn — something that has n't happened for 20 years . Aside from this speaking volumes about the worldwide potential for struggle and conflict on the one hand and great reform on the other , it says a lot about your capacity to triumph over the circumstances that you meet . And with your remarkable gifts , you may be drawn into situations that you had never dreamed possible . Penny is on line for your Scorpio year ahead on 0839 444 568 .
Idiom: in no uncertain terms (used idiomatically: yes)
It was not Dubroca 's fault that the story gathered momentum and became a headline in the English - speaking media for nearly two weeks while the World Cup bandwagon was still rolling on . It was not the fault of the British journalist either , as Dubroca was led to believe by the French reaction to his outrage . With the honourable exception of L'Equipe , who condemned the incident in no uncertain terms on its front page , the French press had an ambiguous , if not sympathetic , reaction . It was the fault of both World Cup and French Federation officials who showed a lack of sensitivity and insight . Instead of acting instantly in the ‘ greater interested of the game’ and convincing Dubroca to do the honourable thing — which would have cut short the entire argument — they tried to sweep the story under the carpet .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ How many people didknow Wetherby before this weekend?’ asked Allen . ‘ As far as we can gather , only Anthea Darnell and Meryl Armitage . At the moment , they 're vying for position under the microscope . But if nothing concrete emerges , we shall check the backgrounds of every person who stayed in this Lodge last night.’ Montgomery glanced at his watch .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
Perdita , however , was excitedly looking down on vast faded pink rivers curling through spinach - green forest , and the blue shadow of their plane lying across Buenos Aires . Now she could see red houses , swimming - pools , race tracks , skyscrapers sticking up like teeth , and roads and railways so uniformly crisscross they seemed like tiles on a vast kitchen floor . Rupert had also pulled some powerful strings . After a lightning whip through immigration , an official located all their luggage and polo sticks and whizzed them through customs . As they came through the exit doors , Ricky looked wearily round for an Avis sign .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
A party , over near Newry . Belleeks , that was it . ' She said it because Rory was in her mind , and he had told her he lived not many miles from Belleeks , at a little crossroads in the lower hills . She regretted saying it , obscurely . ' In Armagh ? ' said her mother , as if she disapproved .
Idiom: on the wagon (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I began to treat Sheffield like one long party,’ he once said . ‘ Maybe I was n't disgracing myself on the park , but I was cheating the Sheffield fans and manager Jimmy Sirrell . Sometimes I would go on the wagon for a few days then have a binge . Looking back it was a serious situation , something I would n't wish to go through again . I was going to the dogs . ‘
Idiom: make head or tail of (used idiomatically: yes)
By a stroke of luck , she had spotted it on a colleague 's bookshelf before lunch . ‘ Take it,’ the woman had replied when Loretta asked if she could borrow it . ‘ I ca n't make head or tail of it.’ Stowing her bag by her feet , Loretta settled down for an hour 's read . Hugh Puddephat , she discovered , had certainly moved with the times .
Idiom: blaze a trail (used idiomatically: yes)
He hypothesized and sought to show that the consequences of this included a greater self - assertion by participants , a decline of leadership , a weakening of party government , and a loosening of the nexus of class and party . " In an ironic sense , " Beer declared,"Britain is maintaining its leadership . As it once showed the way toward democratic success , today it blazes the trail toward democratic failure . " While Beer 's hypothesis is plausible as to the effect of institutions that fail to meet new expectations on legitimacy in government , it is arguable as to the extent to which such a failure to meet expectations has taken place . This is a point to which I shall return in the concluding chapter .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
she 's coming over before David Yeah have a few weeks well Yeah she 's having seven weeks
Idiom: to beat the band (used idiomatically: yes)
Fabia got out , then found that before she could say a word , Ven was escorting her inside the hotel and waiting with her while she collected her room key . From there he walked over to the lifts with her . ‘ Thank you for a super time,’ she offered sincerely as she waited for the lift to arrive — and felt her heart race to beat the band when , all male dark eyes stared down at her . The lift landed with a ‘ clump’ but as the lift door began to open , ‘ I enjoyed it too,’he answered gravely , Fabia felt suddenly mesmerised , and his head started to come down . She was hardly breathing when , his lips warm and gentle , he pressed a light kiss to her cheek .
Idiom: make a splash (used idiomatically: yes)
The National League new boys are one of six teams chasing four remaining play - off places in the third division . Sedgefield need victories in all three of their remaining games to keep in with a chance . ONE of Cleveland biggest annual fundraising events is challenging local businesses to make a bigger splash than ever this year . The sponsored Superswim at Eston baths not only broke all records last year , but won world acclaim when its organisers were honoured by Rotary International . The 1991 swim raised enough money to donate £ 10,000 to more than 100 local charities , while putting £ 6,000 into a permanent Superswim Fund which will help to support charities for years to come .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
Power firm in £ 90 m deal LONDON Electricity has bought the power distribution networks of Heathrow , Gatwick and Stansted airports from BAA , formerly British Airports Authority , for £ 90 million . It is buying the external high and low voltage electricity distribution systems of the three airports which , together , supply a maximum demand similar to that of a city the size of Cambridge . The agreement gives London Electricity responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the systems while BAA will pay it an annual fee , set at £ 13.5 million for the first year , linked to the retail price index . BAA staff who currently run the networks have been invited to become employees of London Electricity .
Idiom: in the nick of time (used idiomatically: yes)
It would have been nice for us to be all together , that 's all … but they 're growing up now . They 've got other … ’ ‘ Fish to fry,’ she joined with him , and rolled her eyes , having seen the awful pun — typical of Dad — coming just in the nick of time . ‘ Yes , I suppose they have , these days.’ They had a cup of tea , then chatted for a while longer while Belinda made the kedgeree and Mr Jones washed the dishes , then the latter said with a grimace , ‘ I 've got to go now too , love .
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: yes)
Although they work for advertising agencies they are not strictly advertising people but specialists in their particular field , such as photographers , illustrators , printers or film technicians . Once again , the marketing mentality permeates these specialist services for they need to understand marketing principles and concepts even if they do not directly involve themselves in the data and planning . Marketing terms such as " segment " , and " audience " are all par for the course and everyday jargon if you work in advertising or in the specialist companies serving the industry . No two agencies work in quite the same way . Smaller but still competitive advertisers tend to prefer the creative " hot - shops " , whilst major spenders usually prefer well established slightly more " solid " agencies .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
And an RUC Special Branch detective startlingly revealed to the court that police wanted to recruit Brown suspected to be a top IRA intelligence officer , as a double agent . Brown turned blonde for her own trial at Belfast Crown Court , where she appeared immaculately groomed with co - ordinating clothes and costume jewellery . Throughout the two - day hearing , she appeared relaxed and confident , often turning to share a joke with her two male accomplices in the dock or smile at friends and family who crowded the court 's public benches . At one point the mistress of disguise demonstrated to her co - accused how the ginger wig she had been wearing when they were stopped by police , fell off as she adjusted her hat . But during her short acting career , Brown was held in high esteem by the theatrical fraternity in Northern Ireland .
Idiom: pass the time of day (used idiomatically: yes)
But the fact that they see the same pl face See not everybody wants to talk to a policeman to report crime do they ? A lot of them want to just talk , to feel secure that they 've seen a policeman . Or just pass time of day . Cos that 's what they remember from their childhood . It 's perhaps fair to say as well that if if er er a member of the public knows that P C Smith or P C Jones is his local policeman , he would prefer to see P C Smith or P C Jones .
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: no)
He feared that another show , arranged for him through the Lefevre Gallery , at Durlacher Bros , 11 East 57th Street , New York , would also have to be delayed as by the end of the summer he had not done enough work . However , the New York exhibitions went ahead , opening in October 1948 , but with thirty - one drawings and only eight oils , of Corsican and Kent scenes . ' As for painting — I do n't know where I 'm going though steadily downhill , I expect , ' he told Edie . When Keith Vaughan left for a holiday in France in July 1948 , he had momentarily found himself alone at Hamilton Terrace and again reported to Edie on his progress . He was also working on Cornish subjects based on drawings made the previous March when he , Eric Verrico and Bobby Hunt had gone down to Mevagissey , where Nessie Dunsmuir was living alone whilst Sydney Graham was in America .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
And we would go through a song and everybody would keep trying different things . I do n't remember any takes being identical ; there would always be some little something different on each one . ' Did you do many takes for each song ? ' On some things we did . I 've seen it written , ' They did seventy takes on this , ' but a lot of these might be the count - off between every start .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
But the shape and layout of a house is not entirely conditioned by such things . The choice of items of furniture and equipment , and their arrangement within rooms , is more likely to be related to work carried out in the home , to the use of the home as a place for leisure and entertainment , or to its value as a symbol of status in society . By comparing objects in museums with those mentioned in inventories or seen in old drawings and photographs , we expect to get a fuller picture of domestic life in Scotland than we can find in any one source alone . This will be made more complete with the help of archaeologists , architectural historians , furniture specialists , social historians and others . Research on collections is an important aspect of the work of museums but this partnership of the NMS with the University of St Andrews is an unusual and welcome opportunity to take a very wide view of a subject which embraces many different disciplines .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: no)
Back at base , crews make practise drops at locations all over this country . Male speaker You fly to the drop zone , the loadmaster removes the restraints , navigator says action stations , then the red light , then the green light and the load is dispatched . Voice over For famine hit areas of Africa , the Hercules also brought aid .
Idiom: keep a straight face (used idiomatically: yes)
The FDIC is showing intellectual leadership as ~ well ~ as organizational capabilities – Vice Chairman Tom ~ Hoenig ’s speeches are a must - read . Wall ~ Street is pushing back , of course . But the rolling series of scandals surrounding global megabanks makes it difficult for anyone to keep a straight face when executives insist that our largest banks must maintain their current scale and scope . Do we need HSBC to facilitate global money laundering ? Do we need Barclays and UBS to manipulate Libor ( a key benchmark for interest rates around the world ) ?
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: no)
Like Gwen John , or Artemisia Gentileschi , Angelica Kauffman was never entirely obliterated from art history . There is quite an extensive bibliography on this artist,(that is relative to the virtual absence of any monographs on most women artists of the past ) including a number of appreciative biographies — starting with one published in 1810 , then another 1892 and the still definitive volume published in 1924 . Interest was refuelled in the 1980s by feminism , and the exhibition is accompanied by a substantial book of essays , edited and headed by a leading Angelica Kauffman scholar , Wendy Wassyng Roworth . But there have been many more relevant developments in feminist literary and historical studies which are engaged in reconsidering the importance of the 18th century for the emergence of modern western culture , its class system , its gender relations and its racism . In the revolutionary moment in which republicanism and social rights were actively proclaimed , the concept of man , rational , specifically male and white emerged in opposition to the correspondingly redefined ideas about woman , nature and Europe 's cultural others .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
He looked down at her , his smile darkly menacing . ' At least , I am not going to hurt you very much . ' Before she could make another move , his mouth covered hers and he gathered her so tightly to him that making any move was impossible . He was ruthless , holding her so close that she could hardly breathe , and his kiss was devastating . As he plundered her mouth Jenna was faintly aware that there was very little anger left in him ; this was complete sensuality , no doubt because he had been robbed of an evening with Claudine in his arms .
Idiom: run the gauntlet (used idiomatically: yes)
The Labour Party Conference : Maxwell forced to run gauntlet By ANTHONY BEVINS , Political Editor ROBERT MAXWELL , publisher of Mirror Newspapers , was last night forced to run an embarrassing Labour Party gauntlet of workers sacked at his Pergamon Press company last May. His annual conference reception , at the plush Grand Hotel in Brighton , was marred by what he was reported to have described as a ' media circus ' of camera crews and reporters as former employees protested at their treatment . Earlier , two Labour MPs , Brian Sedgemore and Tony Banks , were escorted from the hotel by police in an attempt to prevent them presenting a petition on behalf of 23 Pergamon Press workers sacked for going on strike .
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: yes)
The biggest specimen was landed on two size 8 trebles to 12 lb line . MAIL BOX •MORE than £ 1,000 in prizes is up for grabs in the British All - comers Championships at Tynemouth this Sunday , February 17 . Details from Dave Higgins on 091 252 4695 . PASS EXAM OR YOU DON'T GET A LICENCE !
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Holt 's theme is sex as a source of confusion . His secondary theme is Athens , which on the whole he seems to prefer . He treats both subjects with a wit which is lucid and ambiguous at one and the same time , so that I recalled Charles Lamb 's remark about the possibility of obscurity through too much meaning . The artful honesty of this novel 's conclusion — with Eupolis impelled towards a moment of self - knowledge which he is not quite permitted to understand — certainly makes the book stand out . The rest of the series may justify some of the thickness of material introduced here .