Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
It had to provide a solid base for review articles and monographs devoted to the exposure of ‘ bourgeois falsifications’ emanating from the West . Flagrant disregard for the evidence freely available in libraries at home and abroad was self - defeating . As a result , the invitation to overcome the distortions introduced under the influence of Stalin 's ‘ cult of personality’ opened the way for re - examination of much of the revolutionary record . Since 1956 , not only has Stalin 's role been sharply revised downwards , but new studies have been undertaken on every aspect of the revolution . There has been much more detailed study of the pre - revolutionary economy , of Russia 's claim to have entered the imperialist phase of capitalism .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Labour history too has developed into a recognizable historical research area and women 's history is following suit . These approaches have a preoccupation with the activities of ordinary people rather than with important figures and are concerned with providing an alternative perspective on our past . Women 's history has yet to take root within our universities and so must wait even longer before it makes an impact in the classroom despite the availability of many histories of women produced in the last decade or so , which could provide starting points for a better balanced approach to history . More social history is being taught but examination syllabuses still focus on political and economic history which conventionally excludes women . I looked at several texts directed at the upper half of secondary schools and roughly the same categories emerged as for social studies .
Idiom: sit tight (used idiomatically: yes)
Anyway , the Wild Wood is seething with them , and in its endless darkness the beasties multiply ; they 've no enemies to control them , and they 've been at it for centuries ! ( If ever I get the DTs I know what I 'll see and it 'll be Cathedral Bugs and more Cathedral Bugs all the way down to the bottom . ) I 've actually seen them only once — Lawrence and I wandered in there one morning– the torch beam just happened to fall on a clutch of them sitting tight on the wall , right by my ear . They were waiting to pounce , I know it ; that 's how they live ; they hang about in the dark , watching ( such a creature will see in the dark , never fear ) and listening and feeling for the minuscule rise in temperature and small vibrations which signal a passing vascular system , then they hop on board and they … suck . Yes .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
and one is the purity . Er I just ca n't think of the words I mean , but if you if you run through those , it 's quite off - putting . And I I remember being eight , nine , ten , eleven years old , and knowing them all off by heart , Yes . and not knowing what they meant .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
Since this heater seems to be out of order , I 'll have him repair it .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
by Mark Baldwin NEIL FOSTER faces an Essex fine for kicking stumps in anger but this weekend he could be punching the air in delight if he receives an England recall for next week 's second Test against Australia at Lord 's . Despite Thursday 's show of petulance at Old Trafford and a comparative lack of first - class wickets this season , Foster has moved steadily up the fast bowling pecking order . He lost his cool and kicked out two stumps during a frustrating day when he beat the bat consistently . But now the 31-year - old , who played the last of his 28 Tests against the Aussies in 1989 , is ready .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
IT 'S A GIFT •Take five of PFK 's top writers and give them a nominal £ 250 to set up a tank . Ask them to — name the products they 'd use and quote their recommended retail prices ; explain how to cut corners and suggest some ways of cutting costs ; and choose the fish for their set - ups . The result is perfect reading for those on the look out for a special Christmas gift for the fishkeeper . So we give you — MARY BAILEY on cichlids ; ANDY PARKES on a tankful of oddballs ; IAN LUCAS with a special catfish tank ; Editor STEVE WINDSOR on general tropicals ; and for the MARINE fishkeeper , LES HOLLIDAY sets - up and efficient marine system for £ 250 .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They would do best to concentrate on technical software , rather than applications where you have to be in close touch with your customers,’ he said . Old university pecking order draws new blood IF YOU want to know the pecking order of the various departments in Britain 's universities , try looking at the shareout of the 312 new academic posts announced by the Department of Education and Science last week . The jobs are an attempt to inject ‘ new blood’ into university departments where the turnover of staff has fallen to a trickle and to give new emphasis to information technology . The theme that emerges , however , is : ‘ To those that hath , shall be given.’
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
Even so , it took us about two years to get a guitar tone that worked . It was very frustrating but I 'm glad we did it . I actually bought the guitar off the shelf but I did n't know what it was . Somebody told me it was handmade but I did n't know anything about it for years . Then I needed to have it refretted so I took it into Joe Satriani 's guitar tech and he said , ‘ Wait a minute — where did you get this ?
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: no)
How serious are these musical ambitions ? ‘ Serious enough that I 'm following up on it . I 'm in a band , and when I get back from England I 'm going into the studio to do an album of music with my comedy over the top of it . An experimental album , but I think its time has come , and I do n't think anyone else could pull it off but me and my friends.’ Hmm .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a warm evening , the first they had experienced , and the lawns smelled of lilac . The put - put of tennis balls came from next door but one , and cultured cries of enjoyment . Nutty felt very pleased with life , swinging her legs in the clear water as Jazz slipped past on his second length . Nails was becoming quite human , and looked positively Olympic with the goggles pushed up on his forehead , shouting instructions to Hoomey . The trouble was , a head under water heard nothing .
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: no)
His job applications got nowhere . And the mortgage payments began to bite . Debt was hitting home . Scraping rock bottom After the sixth week of collecting welfare , he opened his post and received a letter containing — a credit card offer .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
While she wanted the little boy to have the benefit of a strong male influence in his life and grow up rounded , she rebelled against the prospect of Vitor 's frequent presence in hers . She stared grimly ahead . But she was going to have to keep the door open to him for the next twenty years and , like it or not , it was something that she would have to come to terms with . ‘ What does Leif think about us getting married?’ Vitor enquired some time later as they turned on to an expressway .
Idiom: turn tail (used idiomatically: yes)
And there it was , it struck me that I had nothing to lose , I was damned either way . If I betrayed the pact between myself and The Fat Controller he would undoubtedly destroy me , fillet me , excarnate me in the screaming void . But if I said nothing , turned tail and ran from Gyggle , what hope was there for an ordinary life for Ian Wharton ? What hope was there of love ? ‘ Or what ?
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Many academics and pundits have castigated regulators and central bankers for their inability to understand the obvious attractions of so - called " narrow banking , " a restoration of Glass - Steagall - era separation of commercial and investment / merchant banking , or dramatically higher capital requirements . If only one of these remedies were adopted , the world would be a safer and happier place , and taxpayers would no longer be at risk of bailing out feckless financiers . In response , bankers have tended to argue that any interference in their business would be an unconscionable assault on their inalienable human ~ right to lose shareholders ' and depositors ' money in whatever way they please . Moreover , they argue that the cost of any increase in required equity capital would simply be passed on to borrowers in the form of higher interest rates , bringing economic growth to a grinding halt . One might characterize this as a dialogue of the deaf , except that most deaf people manage to communicate with each ~ other quite well , through sign language and other means .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ In the peak , we were selling barns for as much as £120,000 , ’ says Nick Wood of Stags in Totnes , Devon . Today good , unconverted barns in his area sell for about £75,000 . ‘ But the cost of buying and converting a barn is higher than building something from scratch , ’ says Wood . There is no real rule of thumb for how much it costs to convert a barn . ‘ To be on the safe side , double the price for the cost of converting , ’ says Marcus Lyon of William H Brown in Malton , North Yorkshire .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
The insider - outsider mechanism . 2 . The effect of the growth in numbers of the long - term unemployed on the money wage bargain . 3 . The dependence of the size of the capital stock on the degree of capacity utilization and hence on the level of aggregate demand .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
He called for a more critical approach , one which recognised the failures and shortcomings of what had been achieved , an accurate assessment of the intentions of policy - makers and legislators , and proper consideration of alternatives which might have been adopted . Above all , however , it was perhaps in the field of economic planning that the failure of the planning movement to fulfil its ambition is most clear . Paul Addison has argued that the character of the ' Attlee consensus ' was one which fell far short of full - blooded planning of a totalitarian kind : In general , the reform programme originated in the thought of the upper middle class of socially concerned professional people , of whom Beveridge and Keynes were the patron saints . To render capitalism more humane and efficient was the principal aim of the professional expert .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever it took , and however long , nothing and nobody was going to stop them making Crystal Springs Hotel a reality . Of course , she had n't bargained for a hurricane . ‘ Ah tell you , mistress , got to take it easy . A big storm be coming.’ Celia 's big eyes nearly popped out of their sockets .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: no)
and it indicates you put one in cos sometimes it 's confusing if you 've put in a tab and you do n't know what 's What happens if you want to edit it and you 've got tabs in , does it make it more difficult ? Does it throw , throw things out of line ? Yeah , yeah it can do if you forget , so it 's handy if you have a T besides it 's handy that Just to remember , remind you ?
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , yes and no . It is obvious that students should not believe that their own ideas by themselves are valid . In our earlier discussion of truth ( see Chapter 4 ) , we saw that it is not available in any absolute sense ; but this does not mean that ‘ anything goes’ . Students ' views are not necessarily as good as those of recognized authorities , but it is still essential that the ideas to which students hold should be their own . They should enter into those ideas , and see them from various angles .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: no)
( He has been addressing the problem rather more seriously since his wife succumbed after breakfast on her way down the gangplank . ) Doctor Turner swears by a universal prophylactic of gin and guava juice , offering me a swig from his thermos . Imodium changes hands like cocaine on Eighth Avenue . Reeling somewhat from the gin concoction , and making for the captain 's office , I console myself with the thought that if I need anything from an appendectomy to open heart surgery , there is no shortage of equipment or expertise to hand . But Something must be Done , and I collar our captain , who is not in his office but enjoying a cigar on the pool deck with the purser .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
Therein individual human ~ beings work in a variety of societies , on different levels , in families , races , nations , all intimately joined together in spirit and , as I said , in the unity of one spiritual image .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
They lack confidence , simple as that and one of the things is that as a group you come in and you probably look at people when you and you look at the trainers and the idea is that early on people can do , can keep some eye contact gon na stare you out but just keeping your eyes and do n't flit away and also when you 're under pressure at this stage his eyes challenge you or something like that , then your eyes go down . So again it 's just thinking about the eyes the eye the beginning . It 's says rule of thumb that eye contact is one to three seconds per person Ah that 's you look . Marty Feldman does anyone remember Marty Feldman when one eye went this way and one eye went the other?that you know watching this happen .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: no)
Try to develop a feeling for the pleasures of language . Winston Churchill , when he was a young officer in India , read for four or five hours a day , developing his knowledge and love of English . In My Early Life he says I had picked up a wide vocabulary and a liking for the feel of words fitting and falling into their places like pennies in the slot . All through his life he used words with power : the active voice ; the short sentence ; few adjectives ; few qualifications of principal clauses ; his books are models of what writing in a technical report should be . 2.6.1 Basic Rules of Good Writing
Idiom: scratch the surface (used idiomatically: yes)
This interaction between sexuality and racism is an important source of the irrationalities and resistances encountered by a rational ‘ facts and empathy’ approach , whether of an antiracist of multicultural variety , and poses highly complex problems for any project of deracialization . There are no easy answers here . Even the prescription of a joint approach to issues of sexism and racism ( Brah and Deem , 1986 ) does little more than scratch the surface of a very much deeper problem . Educational and pedagogic strategies developed by feminists more conscious of the need to dig deeper into psychic processes in tackling sexual identities and subjectivities ( e.g. Walker dine , 1991 ) require more serious attention within antiracism , and have found a sympathetic counterpart in Phil lip Cohen 's cultural studies approach to antiracism ( Cohen , 1987 , 1988 , 1989a ) . In antiracism as much as in multiculturalism , the absence of any serious engagement with issues around sexuality in the ‘ irrationality’ of popular racism is symptomatic of a rationalist understanding of pedagogies and educational processes .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
McAllister was , let's face it , shit . He did nearly nothing the whole game . Johnny Giles commentating on the game expressed the view , expressed by someone on the list recently , that he is only a fair weather player . Fairclough was also marvellous keeping the fat French guy at bay . I thought Deano played well with really no service .
Idiom: down the tubes (used idiomatically: no)
It also guaranteed hours of wasted time as users struggled to choose between Bodini Extra Bold and Franklin Gothic . TrueEffects for Windows allows you to go several steps further in the effort to jazz up your documents . This package lets you add different patterns , shades and backgrounds to all TrueType fonts , thus making sure your productivity will slide further down the tubes . The program is thankfully easy to use . It even comes with its own collection of TrueType fonts to get you started .
Idiom: on the horn (used idiomatically: yes)
Public health could not be restricted to the surveillance and prevention of specific maladies . Nor , it was argued , could medics pursue a mere blind materialism , for the absorbing devotion to material progress , without the subordination of that pursuit to the highest interests of humanity , had generated a crisis of the utmost gravity for morality . The profession 's eagerness for scientific advance had impaled it on the horns of a dilemma , forcing an unnatural choice between science and morality . Repealers scored a notable success when Simon , in his annual report of 1868 , came out against any extension of the acts . As a Christian moralist Simon could not tolerate the seemingly deliberate flouting of principle by the extensionist lobby .
Idiom: spit it out (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Paracetamol is alright when you 're breast feeding . It was very difficult misses , you always have it both ends of your , go on spit it out , spit it out , go on , you 've got a mouthful there . More , , oh , oh dear , go on . Quick , quick , quick .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
Police have arrested one man and are still hunting another . Wife blaze man freed A JILTED husband who set fire to his wife 's home walked free from Chester Crown Court yesterday . Julian Shaw , defending , said William Hegerty suffered a breakdown and mistakenly thought the fire in Thistle Down Close , Rostyllyn , Wrexham , would bring his wife back to him . Hegerty , 62 , of Park Street , Ruabon , gave himself up after confessing to a priest , but had since tried to kill himself .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
To please the USA the Republic stalled . The Communists responded with hostility . Amir now announced that he had all along been a Communist ! From Moscow the sinister Musso returned after 20 years in the Soviet Union . He arrived in Jogjakarta on 11 August and was immediately elected Secretary - General of Gerakan Revolusi Rakyat ( People 's Democratic Front ) dominated by Communists .
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Do n't be so fucking flip.’ Pulling on a pair of Garfield boxer shorts , grumbling Dommie tiptoed barefoot across the gravel out to his Lotus . ‘ You go west , I 'll go north.’ ‘ Have you seen a yellow pony with a white face ? Have you seen a yellow pony with a white face?’
Idiom: count your blessings (used idiomatically: yes)
It seems unlikely , however , that this is a true reflection of the significance of such behaviour . But leaving this to one side , Pearlin and Schooler do deal with some methods of mentally restructuring the meaning of the difficulty that are commonly used to reduce distress . These strategies were exemplified in statements on the part of respondents such as‘count your blessings’ , or ‘ we 're all in the same boat’ , and in methods such as perceiving hardship as the forerunner of an easier future , or devaluing the importance of aspects which are noxious ( such as an unpleasant boss and colleagues ) and magnifying good aspects ( such as the convenient location and reasonable pay of the job ) . These are all examples of ways in which people learn to live with long - term social difficulties which they have not been able to change . Many specific events also have something of this quality , such as requiring major surgery or needing to sell up and move from one 's home to cover a business loss .
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
In bed it was easier to think . He 'd never even seen the wedding - dress the boy had mentioned . His mother had shown him lots of things , photographs and even odds and ends she 'd had as a child , but she 'd never shown him her wedding - dress . It seemed strange that it should still be there , in a trunk . It seemed too strange to believe .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Terry Venables has been keen on the 23-year - old for months and armed with over £ 2million from the Stewart sale , is set to move in on the £ 1.2m - rated player . Venables inquired about Owers several months ago and is now expected to move in again — with an offer Sunderland would find hard to refuse . He 's impressed a number of Premier League managers but Venables will be the first to make a move . The Spurs chief is determined to beef up his midfield following the departures of Stewart and Paul Gascoigne . Although Vinny Samways has now come off the transfer list , Spurs look light in the key area .
Idiom: heart and soul (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Yes , Luke,’ she cried . ‘ Oh , yes!’ And then he entered her and she felt the sudden glorious thrust of possession as together they reached the pinnacle of pleasure and he took her heart and soul forever — with his love .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: no)
I used to spend a lot of time in demanding places like the Andes and in remote parts of Africa . He was eventually put in charge of the twenty people comprising the explosives technical services department and got his first taste of real management . After four years in the explosives division , his management potential had been spotted and moves were made to launch him on a management development programme of rotation to broaden his experience . He was offered a job on the production side , which would have entailed being a works superintendent . Not realising the long - term strategy behind the offer , Haslam turned it down , regarding it as an inferior job for someone with his mining engineering skills .
Idiom: stay the course (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't think so . But who ever gets a guarantee ? Some lovers split after three days , some stay the course until they die . Either way , forever 's not an option . Or do you usually bar women from your bed because of their mortality ?
Idiom: the rest is history (used idiomatically: yes)
Gold Blend sales rocketed by 40 per cent to 10 million cups a day through the award - winning campaign . It all started when Sharon moved in to the flat next door to Tony and asked to borrow some coffee . The rest , as they say , is history . Gold Blend makers Nestle say this episode will be the last . But they have deliberately left the story line open … just in case .
Idiom: in the swim (used idiomatically: yes)
A local charity was £ 750 better off yesterday thanks to a bridge evening held thousands of miles away . The cash for York Against Cancer was raised at an event in the British Embassy at Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , organised by Mary Masefield , whose husband is a pilot based in Saudi . In the swim : A sponsored swim by 61 probationary police officers at Aykley Heads , the North - East District Training Centre in Durham , has raised £ 1,227 for the British Epilepsy Association . Court closed :
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
they came in our tent cos they all look the same I lay there and I heard this zip go z - z - zip up , god someone 's coming in tent , tried to get in bed with us . Er , oh get lost and I said who 's that?and he went oh god , shit we 're in the wrong tent and they went out and you can hear 'em I mean being a tent they 're laughing their head off for about half an hour the others
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
You 've got to do better . But how ? By bucking your ideas up , by getting a grip on yourself , above all , by pulling your socks up . But how ? Exactly .