Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
There are three inevitable consequences of these very different approaches . One is that the further from a Type 1 structure a school is , the greater the need for communication and coordination in decision - making . The second is that while all primary school decision - making is dependent upon both formal and informal relations and contacts , the more complex structures require a much greater expenditure of time on formal decision - making processes ; at the same time , there is greater risk of divisiveness if groups and individuals feel that they are being excluded from the formal processes or that the latter are less important than informal , behind - closed - doors negotiations . The third consequence is that while in Type 1 structures leadership is synonymous with headship , in the more complex structures leadership is shared among several people . The development of PNP is in part a story of growing sophistication over such matters in Leeds primary schools .
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: yes)
Jennings is less well - known in this country , but his rowdy yet candid songs stood up well , driven by an urgent guitar style . As for Kristofferson , his voice is barely serviceable , but he is a valuable presence in this quartet of songwriters , not least because the songs he brought to Nashville in the Sixties reconnected country with the street . A large band played faultlessly behind the heroes , the hits just kept on coming , and Johnny Cash stole the show with some country harmonica on an encore of Orange Blossom Special that huffed and puffed like a steam engine on a frosty morning . Perhaps in time they 'll turn more of their songs into group showcases , as they did on Cash 's Big River , but as the Highwaymen rode into the sunset , they 'd succeeded in that most country of missions : they 'd kept their pride intact , and their boots on . The Arts : Pronounced triumph THEATRE
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
We are convinced that managers who develop their human resources in conjunction with implementing AMT [ Advanced Manufacturing Technology]will achieve a competitive advantage . It takes many years to perfect and rein - force the practices we saw in these pioneering plants . But companies that are willing to take the time to lay this solid foundation will gain the edge in the long run . ( Walton and Susman , 1987 : 106 ) Renewed interest in worker control is thus based on pressures arising from more turbulent domestic and international market conditions , and from the development of new computerized process technologies in manufacturing , which encourage a reconsideration of work flows and work roles .
Idiom: whoop it up (used idiomatically: yes)
It is understandable that the very existence of an ex , or exes , may be an unwelcome reminder of the mortality of relationships , but that does n't explain why the ex herself is such a hate figure . I agree that it would if I constantly compared her with my current partner , or wistfully mentioned her name from time to time . It might if dust never gathered on the old photo albums full of the ex and I whooping it up in Corfu circa 1980 . I can see how those faded images might suggest sultry nights of Mediterranean passion even if to me they now evoke only memories of sunburn and Retsina hangovers . But the fact is that the very lack of evidence seems to fan the flames of suspicion .
Idiom: black and blue (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's thought the 92 year old had left the gas on … when she went to make a cup of tea the kitchen went up . Neighbour Judy Person probably saved her life … She says she was black and blue on the knees and all burnt on her hands . She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . The flames were licking at the window .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: yes)
The manager was waiting for her at the desk , deftly fidgeting with a half - stuffed peregrine falcon . Herman Katz was a thin , youngish man with nervous eyes and a slight stutter . He was wearing an apron which made him look like a housewife , and tinkering with glass eyes , taking them out of a box and holding them up to the empty sockets of the dead bird , trying to find a matching pair that fitted . It was n't Jazzbeaux 's idea of a hobby , but there were more dangerous people in the world . ' Morning , ' he said .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
My ex boyfriend 's ex just called me out ~ of ~ the ~ blue .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
And how will it adjust ? These are open questions that need to be answered urgently . This project monitors the food supply situation in Butare , and considers whether the food problem could be alleviated in the short run via small but ecologically advantageous changes in food production . Field data is collected with reference to : ( a )
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
But United , playing their penultimate away fixture of the season , were not discredited by their own performance and were ultimately undone by an excellent Hornet 's display and an extra special goal . In the first half , Petersfield had weathered a varied storm with a mixture of luck and determination . Home striker Paul Crimmen let them off the hook on a number of occasions and Horsham had two goals disallowed . In the 25th minute , Mark Dunk elbowed Mike Taylor before shooting home and in the 30th minute Stepney netted from an offside position . United also had their chances .
Idiom: tip the scales (used idiomatically: yes)
Ricoll Electronics If you find sheer weight a good judge of a products quality you 'll be pleased by this one ! Tipping the scales at just over 3.5lbs this metal cased keyboard seemed to be a solid prospect . Unfortunately , apart from a full - size Space bar the keyboard is once again a real key copy of the original . Because there is no numeric keypad added the unit is compact and being built of heavy gauge metal it 'll certainly last .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
When last read , the new regulations now being hatched quite rightly make the process of requalifying just as unattractive and that will drop the entire issue firmly back into the lap of player recruitment within this country , with all that entails . It will also challenge clubs like Nottingham — and perhaps even Cardiff — to become as effective as Saracens have been , not only in finding and developing new young talent , but in building such good relations with the junior clubs in their area as to make this process acceptable to both sides . In the meantime I suspect that the Rugby Union will soon have to acknowledge that they are not nearly far enough down the road with their new registration legislation to have a hope of implementing it on May 1 . It may be that August 1 would now have to be a more realistic target date . I hear that there might be some quite spectacular player migrations from that period , notably in the Midlands .
Idiom: be my guest (used idiomatically: yes)
Lots of people had to be refused . I could n't just have them standing at the back . It became out - of - hand and I had to stop Rose , for after all Miss Ironside was my guest and she was getting very angry and upset . I believe she has written other books , you know , though I am sure I do n't know what they are … .’ Before I left , she gave me a long talk on the re - wiring of her flat and asked if we have old - fashioned fuse - boxes .
Idiom: silence is golden (used idiomatically: no)
Top : Train of Speedwing scoops , a simple though very entertaining kite . Above : Cat 's Cradle on a typical scoop kite links leading edge and the cross - spar with two triple bridles . Silence is golden ? Coincident with the attention to reduce noise on the German Speedwing , David Clarke of Windy Kites in the UK had been toying with the concept of a kite with a rigid trailing edge . Choosing to follow the Rogallo principle to the letter , he evolved a near perfect conical camber design with conventional structure of leading edges , cross - spar and spine in carbon tube .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
Jim , a converted satanist from the London area , spoke of the time he was being groomed for initiation . ‘ They taught us how to use all the divination equipment … . I had a particular gift with the tarot cards … not using the traditional interpretations which are given on the back of any £ 5-pack from W H Smiths . Each card is used as an aid . You deal a card , study it , meditate on it , let your mind go blank and allow a picture to come into your mind.’
Idiom: hang by a thread (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh good lord Oh it was in a right mess , but it still did n't come out It 's hanging on by a thread all of that , I ca n't psyche myself up to yank it out , so Mm
Idiom: at a loose end (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's a very personal way of thinking and writing which we have encountered several times already , and which now , twenty - seven years after that letter to his brother , appears most insistently with Raskolnikov as he Paused for a moment to take breath , to collect himself , and to enter as a man ’ and tell the police who it was killed the old money - lender and her sister . But since Crime and Punishment encompasses the drinking as well as the confessional theme , we can approach Dostoevsky 's abiding human question — what is it to be a man?— also by way of the minuscule Drunks fragment : ‘ The reason we drink is we 're at a loose end.’ ‘ Nonsense . We drink because we 've got no morals.’
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
If demand is D 2 D 2 , pricing at short - run marginal cost leads to a price P 2 on the vertical part of SMC . LMC also includes the capital charge c k . Beginning from the plant size with maximum capacity Q 0 , in the long run society can gain the triangle ABE by expanding plant capacity until LMC equals social marginal benefit at E. At this plant size Q 2 the price is P 1 and still lies on the short - run marginal cost curve which is now SMC 2 . Short - run marginal cost pricing equates immediate marginal costs and marginal benefits . In the long run it is by making efficient investment decisions that capacity is adjusted to ensure that this price also reflects long - run marginal cost .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Every few decades ( or less ) they need replacing . One strategy — the one that biologists favour — would indeed be to work out maximum sustainable yield , and stick to it . It may well be cheaper , however , to use the existing ships to hunt for whales as vigorously as possible and if the whales go extinct — well , scrap the ships and invest in some other business ! In short , financial considerations and biological considerations will be in step only if the pursuit of maximum sustainable yield brings the greatest financial reward . But unfortunately it may not .
Idiom: give someone pause (used idiomatically: yes)
This is what you wanted , is n't it?’ he whispered in her ear . ‘ No , it is not!’ Her anguished reply appeared to give him pause , but he had no time to follow it up , as the organ began to play the triumphal entry of the Queen of Sheba . With a practised hand , she threw back her veil , joining him as once more they faced the congregation , which was waiting and watching for every move , every twitch of facial expression . There was no radiance to ‘ ooh’ and ‘ aah’over , just an appearance of aloof calm on her beautiful face .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Is for the future . Okay . And it solves the problem once and for all . It does yeah . Okay .
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm I said , but like you tell me it 's your life , mm he 's like a Jekyll and Hyde that bloke , I 've told you before you wanna be bloody careful how it works out and then he said to me how , how do you feel about your baby now ? Not , you know , and I said okay ?
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Drilling can take several forms . In percussive drilling , the least sophisticated method , a bit cuts a hole through the rock and compressed air blows out chippings . This technique will investigate no further than about 50 m under the ground ; and there is no way of knowing from exactly which point in the hole the samples emanated . Diamond drilling cuts a solid core from rocks as much as 2 km beneath the surface . The core , which may be as much as 25 cm in diameter , can later be analysed chemically .
Idiom: two heads are better than one (used idiomatically: yes)
b. Senior management must encourage line managers to make positive efforts to discuss work problems with staff advisors , and to be prepared to accept their advice . The use of experts should become part of the organisational culture — with emphasis on the building of expert teams if possible,(ie . ‘ two heads are better than one’ ) . c. Staff managers must be fully informed about the operational aspects of the business on which they are theoretical experts .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
Lively . Plenty of spunk . Gave him hell when he stepped out of line , I imagine . But made it up pretty quickly afterwards . Like they all do , eh , m'boy ?
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
When the World Service broadcast news of the fire which damaged the State Apartments of Hampton Court Palace on Easter Monday 1986 David Esterly was busy at his workbench in up - state New York carving grapes in the manner of his guiding spirit , the 17th century genius woodcarver Grinling Gibbons . As he listened with mounting alarm he began to realise that the flames would almost certainly have reduced some of the world 's finest baroque woodcarving to lumps of featureless charcoal . In dismay he put aside his tools and set down his reaction to the disaster on paper . The resulting article , part elegy for the lost carvings , part tribute to the man had transformed the English woodcarving tradition , was later published in The Spectator .
Idiom: go to the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
Er , so that 's okay to an extent , but obviously we 've got an approved list of building societies and banks , which we never used to have , but we 've realized that er since B C C I p particularly and the housing market as bad as it is , there are some building societies and banks who may be in difficulties , and if they go down erm then they may not be taken over . Because y do n't forget that in the past , building societies have always been taken over by you know , sort of friendly merger . But the Halifax said last year that they would n't take on any wounded soldiers , so that if er a society went to the wall and its debts were bad , then nobody may step in to s to actually erm erm solve the problem if you like . Er so do n't , do n't do , quite correct to say beware of putting too much er of your money in one area , and er even with building societies it 's risky . But er if you stick to the sort of er top ten , you know the sort of Alliance and Leicester , the Leeds Permanent , the Halifax , the erm the sort of Nationwides , then you 're unlikely to get into difficulties .
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
I did n't buy the idea of a Reagan mandate then , and I certainly do n't buy it now.’ This is brave talk after the event , but in 1981 the speaker certainly acted as if the president had a mandate , meekly conceding control over the timetable and repeatedly running up the white flag before crucial votes . Thus , at the end of April , as the battle over budget - cutting came to a head in the House with members asked to choose between the Democratic - controlled Budget Committee package and the administration - sponsored Gramm - Latta substitute , O'Neill , ‘ threw in the towel two days before the actual vote.’ Similarly , as the debate on the president 's tax reform bill was about to get underway in the House the speaker ‘ all but conceded the battle was lost — largely as a result of heavy lobbying by the president , his aides and voters mobilized by Reagan 's television appeal’ . It is difficult to understand why the Democratic leadership should have been quite so defeatist in 1981 .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: no)
Grandpa is in the dining room . Oh ! And he 's on the game now . That 's pretty good ! I 'm gon na meet you under the duck pond and whe , when he gets back .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
‘ And anything on where they were taken?’ ‘ Definitely not up the mountain . They went all the way by car and she does n't think they were on the road very long . Maybe about a quarter of an hour . They seemed to keep up a fairly regular speed and , although it was bumpy , she 's sure they did n't climb any steep hills in a low gear .
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: yes)
Before the setbacks , the new Lancias had passed their tests with flying colours . Auriol and Biasion tore through the first four special stages to take a commanding lead . But the Frenchman fell victim during the first off - road stage turning his car over several times . He climbed out leaving the car upended on its roof . Biasion 's puncture cost him two minutes and he ended the day two minutes and six seconds behind Fiorio .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
She would have stopped there if the adrenalin in her system had been less potent or the half - smile on his face had n't taunted her to further repartee . ' I would n't be surprised if your ' lovely Lotta ' , whoever she is , deserves to have your precious Knudsen as a reward for having had to put up with your ideas of chivalry ! ' Abruptly she turned , determined to leave having had the last word . ' Wait ! ' She was halfway to the door when Rune 's authoritative command stopped her in her tracks .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: no)
Just then two policemen rode past and stopped . They said they were looking for me and I had to go with them back to the convent.’ She wiped her eyes with her dainty lace handkerchief and I wiped my own on the back of my hand . She told me how she wrote several letters to her home complaining of the punishment she was given and begging to be taken away but she received no reply until one day her brother paid her a visit and gave her the news that their parents were both dead . After that she went into service and there she stayed until , when she was about twenty - two years of age , her brother came to tell her he was married and to ask her if she would leave her employer and come to look after his wife who was expecting a baby .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
Swelling more on left than right ; aching sore limbs , worse at night with restlessness ; extreme chilliness and sensitivity to the cold ; dry burning thirst ; cold sores on the lips ; highly inflamed and enlarged parotid and submaxillary glands , worse ( < ) cold , cold winds , cold wet . Bryonia . Very irritable and wants to be left alone ; slightest motion causes pain , even turning the head ; dry lips and copious thirst for cold water . Arsenicum . Severe weakness , chilliness , clammy sweats , anxiety and thirst for sips ; also has extension of the illness to the breasts , ovaries and testes ; worse after midnight .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
Now I think he 's got a real chance of winning on Saturday.’ If Spot , who won more than £ 1,500 for owner John Adams before being struck down by cancer , can resume his winning ways , it 'll be a bonus for his connections , who had to find more than £ 250 for his two operations . ‘ If he can start winning some of that back , it 'll be the icing on the cake,’ says his devoted trainer . ‘ But really we 're just happy that he 's still alive . The decision to operate is typical of Redpath , who , apart from training greyhounds at her kennels near Petersfield , Hampshire , runs a ‘ find a home scheme’ for racers when they finish their careers .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
The Government had been warned repeatedly about problems in the service before ' the tragic events of last month ' , he said . He called for the inquiry to accept submissions from outside the service , for the final report to be published in full and for more resources to be provided if the report said they were needed . New revolt fears as Tories poised to make cuts By Mark Davies , political correspondent MINISTERS hoping to head off another revolt over expected public spending cuts are to hold a series of meetings with Tory MPs to try and win support .
Idiom: run the gauntlet (used idiomatically: yes)
Some of the most successful war artists were appointed from combatant ranks after proving to be inept soldiers . Kennington was one of these in World War One , Carel Weight another in World War Two . The move to war artist did not necessarily prove an easy path , since artists ran the gauntlet of their military colleagues , who considered them malingerers and sycophants . They also had to work under demanding physical conditions , especially extremes of temperature , and had to endure cultural privations , with music and books in short supply . Unlike the forces , they worked and often largely existed , alone .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
Her eyes had remained on the tall , casually dressed man at the other side of the room , noting that little had changed in six years . He still held himself with the easy confidence she remembered , his dark head carried at an unconsciously arrogant angle , and he still had that polish to him , the patina of success . He had been talking to a tall girl with white - blonde hair , but suddenly he turned his head slightly and looked straight at Maria , and every muscle in her body clenched in furious , shocked resistance . Reason said he could n't possibly have any recollection of a nineteen - year - old nobody he had once caused to be dismissed from her first job , but the knowledge of her bones was stronger . Luke Scott remembered her .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
3 . The Course Scenarios With regard to the theme of today 's Conference — namely the retraining of language teachers , I hope that my experience on these pilot courses will be of interest , and may even ring some bells . Here are come of the issues and challenges we faced . I was English Language Tutor on all three of the courses outlined just now .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
And Hu himself dined with Obama twice during his two - day stay in Beijing – a gesture never made to any visiting foreign leader , including Obama 's predecessor , George ~ W .~ Bush . Obama also initially appeared to make some progress in giving voice to the universal values of human ~ rights and democracy . He met with students in Shanghai in his favorite " town - hall " format , which allowed for face - to - face discussions with young Chinese . Moreover , China 's government allowed Nanfang ~ Zhoumo , the country 's most liberal newspaper , to conduct a 12-minute exclusive interview with Obama . But the Chinese public soon discounted the value of these political set pieces .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
This would have solved the problem of the national debt ( the influence of French precedent is revealed by their translation of biens nationaux as bienes nacionales . Moreover , they were the heirs of the regalists ' campaign against mortmain and the political economists ' attacks on the entailed mayorazgos . Political prudence and the dangers of a frontal attack on the Church restrained them to the sale of common lands and the abolition of civil entails , ' pulling up by the roots the tree which bears such bitter fruits ' . Most controversial was the abolition of seignorial jurisdictions ( señorios ): this was not a measure to relieve an oppressed peasantry but to establish property rights on an acceptable contractual basis and to abolish enclaves of private jurisdiction in constitutional Spain . Typically enough , the liberals claimed to be re - establishing the early medieval fuero juzgo — a claim which caused endless legal confusion — when in fact they were crowning the work of the eighteenth - century civil servants with the economic individualism of the French Revolution .