Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
1977 , and the survey in Stoneman , 1983 ) . As it turns out , a variety of studies that have identified adjacent users or producers in different ways suggest that spillovers associated with R&D expenditures can be fairly large . One US study found that spillovers lead to average cost reductions of between 5 and 13 per cent in the short run and 10–20 per cent in the long run , creating a divergence between private and social rates of return of 67 per cent in chemicals , 123 percent in petroleum , 30 percent in machinery , and 90 percent in instrument engineering ( Bernstein and Nadiri , 1989 ) . Another US study found that firms averaged 2 patents per $ 1 m of own R&D , and 0.6 patents per$1 m of rivals ' R&D , suggesting that own and rivals ' R&D are complementary ( Jaffe , 1986 ) . However , studies which try to measure the spillovers associated with specific innovations ( rather than those associated with R&D expenditures ) have found only very modest effects on the productivity growth and profitability of adjacent innovation users and producers ( Geroski , 1991 ) .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
The wreckage landed in a field belonging to farmer Bruce Arkell . Now he wants aerobatic flying near the village to be stopped . He says we see them going up in the air , they do these tight manoevres . Any failure of the controls , they 're going to drop out of the sky indeed we saw that on Saturday … Today the planes are flying home … their pilots shaken by the first accident at Fairford in 23 years .
Idiom: pie in the sky (used idiomatically: yes)
His wage concessions were negligible . . And that 's when we saw that the railways would just as well have been run under private enterprise . Nationalization was a pie in the sky , and the pie fell to the ground very soon . Well generally speaking , how did that that awareness affect your feeling and other people 's feeling about the forty five government ? Er
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
But neither citizens nor policymakers appear willing to bear its social and political costs . In a charged and uncertain political climate , in which new crises erupt on a daily basis , it is unsurprising that economic reform has been postponed repeatedly . Politicians know that macroeconomic stabilization and social cohesion can be irreconcilable in the short run . Slashing food and energy subsidies in order to reduce fiscal strain is unlikely to win favor in a country like Egypt , where 40 % of per capita income is allocated to food . Politics is thus constraining efforts to strengthen public finances .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Some central issues in the future work by the government would be research and technology and a program to subsidise own - your - own dwellings , as well as insuring the state 's status as a place of high employment and to do business in .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
The advice was was not to hang on and see what the May elections er looked like . Couple of reasons , one was on a much smaller sample yeah ? But B of course if you did badly in those elections in May the government might have done badly in May , then morale would have been rock bottom of having to go into an election , he would have had to go for an election six weeks later or they 'd run out of time , yeah . But the real the real glorious irony I think that cheers up erm psephologists like me , political analysists , is that in those May elections the Conservatives did dramatically well compared to what they 'd done in the general election . In the general election they 'd won it , but their majority was down .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
On 11 April 1941 five Hurricanes were shot down in combat . Sgt . A.H. Deacon was shot - up by Bf109Es and stood P3978 on its nose when the undercarriage collapsed on landing , Note the 806 Squadron Fulmar in the back ground . ( note panel in cock pit canopy smashed by a bullet . ) Wg . Cdr .
Idiom: take the mickey (used idiomatically: yes)
well the only way that I can retaliate , towards him , to show him my cracking up there . Do n't you see by ha do n't you see by not retaliating , you 're already showing us something it 's just a personal opinion I have I 've it 's like , I dunno if you have the se erm i if people are taking the mickey out of you , ignore them . Yeah , that 's right . The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
The company , the money , the girl … ’ He nodded , his face ruthless , and said , ‘ We 'll announce the news to your father as soon as we return!’ Of course , her father was over the moon . ‘ I 'm so pleased!’ he said , clutching her in a clumsy embrace . ‘ This is what I 've dreamt of for so long … ’
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
are two there are two companies within the estates . I think the estate agents erm probably is the most likely . Erm I do play golf I mean that 's neither here nor there . I think the estate agents simply I do know a bit about the housing market erm Where from ?
Idiom: back to square one (used idiomatically: yes)
At that stage any pressure may be such a test for faith that the believer is faced with a choice : Give up or go back to square one . If we give up , then we abandon faith altogether . But if we go back to square one ( and so back to the roots , back to the foundations , back to the beginning ) , we will find a faith which is solid and secure . The lesson of the Square One Principle is this : the person who has the courage to go back when necessary is the one who goes on in the end . Seen this way , the collapse of Christendom is a blessing for Christianity , and the present crisis of faith may be the best opportunity in centuries , at least for Christians in the West .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
You shut up and sit down or I 'll kill you all ! I am a soldier of the People 's Liberation Army and I 'll kill you , all of you!’ But she was crying too , and the young man in the black shirt put his arm around her and held her . She leaned against him , crying , and he whispered something in her ear . It was then that Harald moved .
Idiom: sweep the board (used idiomatically: yes)
He especially did n't like to think what would happen if his mother ever discovered that he was going to sneak out of the house to attend an illegal meeting a few days hence . Joseph had been tremendously excited when Patrick had strolled into the dusty bookshop that morning . The small Irishman had just sprinkled the wooden floor with water to keep down the dust and was briskly sweeping the warped boards with a long - bristled broom when Patrick arrived . The shop was empty , few people having braved the chilled and icy streets , and Joseph had simply dropped the brush and dragged Patrick to the back of the shop . " There 's trouble brewing at home , " he said breathlessly , pushing his wire - frame glasses back onto his face .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Although this has been particularly influential for many forms of Western Marxism , it also represents a deviation from Marx 's original claim that history is the effect of material conditions rather than of human consciousness . In this way Foucault could be said to be returning to Marx in removing the subject from the centre of history , were it not for the fact that he dispenses with the consolations of Marx 's historicism also . In this situation he asks , how do we come to terms with the event , with continuities and discontinuities , in short with history as difference and not just the story of sameness ? Foucault adopts a strategy , obviously indebted to Bachelard , designed to restore the otherness that History by definition must disallow : he produces an account of epistemic shifts , with prior epistemes presented as altogether estranged from the present . In order to come to terms with the past , the initial gesture must be to confront its strangeness , rather than to seek for similarities and continuities so that it can be equated with the present and thus , in effect , dehistoricized .
Idiom: take the fall (used idiomatically: no)
Sales for the first nine months of the year , at 1,698,221 , are now 11.52 per cent behind the same period last year . Importers are being hard hit in some cases , with the total share of the market down from 59.94 per cent a year ago to 55.45 per cent last month . The Volkswagen - Audi group took a heavy fall with sales down from 1194 to 6943 . Even worse hit was Nissan , with September sales down by nearly a half from 11,871 to 6058 . FSO sold just 99 cars compared with 480 in the same month last year .
Idiom: work wonders (used idiomatically: yes)
And I never found any embarrassment there because there was I always saw the wom woman , you could always see a woman chemist . I always saw the woman and there was , she knew me and er there was no problem . Also the er the erm these Doctor something pills er she advised me to take them because of these pains I had and er but a lot of people thought they wold work wonders you know . That , if there 's any baby there it 'll get rid of it but I do n't think it ever would . I do n't think it was strong enough for anything like that .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Smoke machine up . Yeah , you got a smoke machine we , we , we would set in little , in a hole in the back . And all of these air conditioning valves are on ? Yeah .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Marie used to do that when I met her — you know , sleep all day and then go out at night . I suppose you get used to it after a while , sleeping in the day . When the man finishes , he sticks all the rubbish in this big black placky bag like they have at the laundrette , and he takes it away . People leave a lot of litter around . They just chuck it on the floor .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
There will be no red - green coalition in the state of Schleswig - Holstein - at ~ least for the time being .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
International games to play with your Six or Pack . PEARL FISHING This game is played by Brownies in Sweden . All you need is a pile of different coloured , large buttons — black , white , yellow and green . Place the pile of buttons on the floor in the middle of the room .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
no , I did n't say that in the , in the fog , what you do ? what you do when driving in fog check your speed , yes and slow down , keep a safe distance , you should always be able to pull up within your range of vision , what else do n't you do , what do n't you do in fog ?
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Not smoking ( smoking heralds many dangers , and is an independent risk factor for sudden infant death syndrome ) . Professor Berry stresses , however , that these are risk factors , not causes . The hunt for causes goes on , and research into the causes goes hand - in - hand with care for the families . Recognising factors in sudden infant death is also very important in eliminating ‘ old wives tales’ about cot death ; some of these superstitions have been the cause of great suffering for the families involved . It does not take much imagination to understand the depth of grief that the parents feel at the loss of their baby .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
While my report deals with ways to improve the Organization 's capacity to pursue and preserve peace , it is crucial for all Member States to bear in mind that the search for improved mechanisms and techniques will be of little significance unless this new spirit of commonality is propelled by the will to take the hard decisions demanded by this time of opportunity .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
' Give me the passport , sir ! ' Harald whispered , very quietly . Very slowly and carefully , Carl took it out of his pocket and gave it to him . Harald tore the passport into pieces . Then he ate them !
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
So far this accords with almost any interpersonal situation which produces problems between the persons concerned . But , when younger people are involved , their own problems are too easily and often seen as somehow less valid than those of others involved . It is sometimes necessary to invert one 's own view , one 's own attitudes and even one 's own moral values in order to get a clear picture of the total situation . Because of the wide diversity of outlook on sexual matters between the generations , the necessity may be particularly marked where sexual considerations exist . This is not to say that the child or young person is always right ; it is , perhaps , to say that he or she is seldom completely wrong .
Idiom: ahead of the game (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's simple . You pot a red then a yellow then another red then a green … and so on . Ahead of the game THE Queen , rather pre - occupied these days , has nevertheless found time to quash attempts to strip Sir Walter Raleigh of his title for introducing the dreaded weed in to this country . With a rare glimpse of humour one of her aides told us : ' You will remember that Her Majesty 's predecessors , King James I , had Sir Walter beheaded .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Shearer is in to stay , but while Taylor deliberates just who should be his partner up front Campbell plans to gate crash the party . Adds Campbell : ‘ There are some good strikers around , and I do n't know if the England manager has ever had such a choice.’ Whelan comes clean YOUNG Ipswich defender Phil Whelan pleaded last night : ‘ Do n't call me dirty.’ The 20-year - old , who has picked up three Premier League bookings already this season , also sprang to the defence of the game 's most notorious tough guy Vinny Jones .
Idiom: blow a fuse (used idiomatically: yes)
Shut up She 's American . blown a fuse , and it 's on tape Julian shut up , just cos you know just cos you Cos I like what ?
Idiom: go Dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
Alyssia looked at him in surprise , although his remark was n't totally unexpected . It was n't often that men shrugged off her attempts to pay her way . They knew that she had money , and most of them saw no reason why they should n't go Dutch when they went out , and , until now , neither had she . Only Jonathan had no qualms about paying for her wherever they went , but maybe that was because he was as rich as she was , even if it was all his father 's money . Was n't that what had attracted her to him in the first place ?
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
The catalyst for these gloomy thoughts was the magazine produced jointly by the Independent , El Pais , La Repubblica and Le Monde to celebrate Expo ‘ 92 in Seville . On the surface , it all seems very distinguished . Four standard - bearing newspapers ; lofty themes like ‘ Europe at the crossroads of history’ and ‘ The future of religion’ ; eminent contributors like Nestor Almendros and Hans Kung . The thing is glossy , weighty , handsomely produced : the advertisers include banks , Moschino and Saint Laurent . Its name is Leonardo .
Idiom: spare someone's blushes (used idiomatically: yes)
Steve Acteson FRANCO BARESI , the AC Milan captain , last night reversed his decision to retire from international football . That will spare Italy 's World Cup blushes — but it 's bad news for Scotland , their next opponents , who will now have to face him at Ibrox on November 18 . The 32-year - old libero , regarded as one of the most accomplished and stylish defenders in world soccer , turned his back on the national team last month to spend more time with his family . But Italy 's defence was in chaos without him in the dismal 2–2 draw with Switzerland in their opening qualifying tie and he changed his mind yesterday under pressure from his wife and Italian federation president Antonio Matarrese .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact ' they ' said a lot of things when Wild Country decided to make a Flexible Friend 3 . Most of it has been proved wrong . On the face of it , the Friend 3 seems the model least likely to benefit from flexibility — the thick stem interferes little with the working of the cams , both designs have the same strength rating and there 's only a few grams difference in weight between them . Yet a flexible stem makes such a difference ; horizontal placements , angled placements , pockets , all gobbled up by its voracious cams . Certainly my wire is yet to get bent and distorted with use — the real durability test of any flexible camming device .
Idiom: fly a kite (used idiomatically: yes)
Second time unlucky for David Lawrence . The England bowler fractures that knee again . And , let 's go fly a kite . Why it 's cool to be gone with the wind . Welcome back to Central South .
Idiom: alive and kicking (used idiomatically: yes)
But he benefitted as well from the instruction of the Zoological Society 's draughtsman , William Harvey , who had once been a student of Bewick . Harvey 's team of illustrators were encouraged to enliven their work in the dramatic , almost irreverent , Bewick style , to rebel against the static poses and solid profiles of previous zoological illustration . The menagerie of the Zoological Society provided the perfect opportunity to observe subjects alive and vigorously kicking , and the tiny woodcuts of the Society 's guidebook vibrate with squawking , flapping , screeching birds drawn as never before attempted in a British work of its kind . The impact of the book , however , was severely limited by its size . The woodcuts are only a few inches square , and defy the artists ' desire for detail and extravagance .
Idiom: dead in the water (used idiomatically: yes)
Balboa might find it amusing : nearly five centuries later , the land he crossed in the sixteenth century on foot has still not been completely bridged for those crossing it by car . I found this less amusing when , on the outskirts of a grimy little town called Chepo , the highway quite simply fell apart under my wheels . One second I had been speeding at fifty miles an hour along a ribbon of uninterrupted concrete ; the next , to the wide - eyed amusement of a group of policemen standing beside a checkpoint , there was a loud crunch , every shock absorber on the Nissan thudded home to its end - stops and I found myself dead in the water by a pothole large enough to accommodate half Balboa 's army . The dust began to clear after half a minute . A donkey grazed morosely beside me .
Idiom: to a turn (used idiomatically: no)
His solutions may not be acceptable ; but others must be found . Other Nineteenth - century Trends So far in this chapter we have concentrated on only a small selection of the most creative and influential thinkers in theology from Schleiermacher to the turn of the century . A full survey even of German theology in that period would have had to mention very many more , and to bring out a far wider range of approaches and issues ; but we have attended particularly to those whose legacy did most to shape the background to more recent thought . Before we leave that age , however , we must at least mention some others , especially in Britain and America , and note some further themes in their work .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Magrit rushed in , the same soft - curled hair between brown and auburn glinting around her face , same soft green eyes misted with tears . Her anonymous worker 's suit did n't entirely spoil her figure . ‘ Oh , I 'm glad to see you , Karel!’ she said , holding her hands out to him . He turned away , swallowed , but composure was far away . The picture wall in his underground burrow seemed to absorb him ; it was a holo of the South Seas , forested hillsides plunging down to warm waters and punctuated by the vivid exclamation marks of birds .
Idiom: close to home (used idiomatically: yes)
And they were n't out to mug just anyone passing . Oh no ; they were after me . They must have been waiting in a car , as neither wore an overcoat and both were suddenly there smack in front of me , blocking the pavement , tantalizingly close to home . Even in my befuddled state I could see they meant trouble . It would n't be a fair fight either ; there 's no such thing as far as I 'm concerned .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
They are planted at a height of between 100 and 190 metres . Below these slopes , between the D201 and the D9 , there are more vineyards planted on flatter ground which provide wines of a much inferior quality to the rest of Mareuil . In the nineteenth century , according to André Jullien in his Topography of all known vineyards ( 1824 ) , Mareuil wines were no different from those of Aÿ ‘ and pass , in commerce , as Vins d'Aÿ ’ , hence the village 's name Mareuil - sur - Aÿ , the wines being sold on the back of the wines of Aÿ . Today , the wines produced from the slopes below Mutigny and on the spur of the Clos des Goisses are of the highest grand cru quality . The former have all the dash and flair of the neighbouring wines of Aÿ , while those of the Clos des Goisses , which belong exclusively to the house of Philipponnat , are high in alcohol , somewhat richer and possess great longevity .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm , if I can find it ! The right angle triangle . The areas and squares on the two short sides add together to equal the area on the square of the hypotenuse . Right ! The square on the hypotenuse
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: no)
VISITING LADY : Never in my life . LADY JONES : But pray , sir , when is the happy time to be ? BELVILLE : I would have it tomorrow , being Monday , for on a Monday seven weeks ago , I planned to carry her off and on a Monday I wrote the letter which prevailed on her so kindly to return to me . PAMELA:[interrupting]Aye , but on a Thursday was your poor Pamela baptised , on a Thursday my lady took me from my parents into her protection . Let it , I pray you , be not tomorrow but next Thursday .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Treat calluses by rubbing with a callus file , a pumice stone , or a hard - skin remover . Corns are better dealt with by a chiropodist . Over - the - counter remedies sometimes lead to skin sensitivity . Stubborn patches of dry skin can be removed with a rough skin remover cream , rubbed in , then rinsed off . Massage cream into feet to prevent hard skin and to make your feet softer and smoother .
Idiom: get your feet wet (used idiomatically: no)
I ' ve tried it . You hardly earn the shoes you wear out , and you 're never without a cough or a cold from perpetually getting your feet wet . "
Idiom: get away with murder (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I told you ! She looked as though she 'd been crying , and I felt sorry —’ ‘ Dear God,’ he interrupted , ‘ no wonder you get away with murder , eyes so wide one would swear you were innocent . A face devoid of guile , the sweetest smile I 've ever seen . Sorry for her , were you?’
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
His arm went around her , squeezing gently , a reassuring , comforting gesture . Lissa felt her stomach muscles tighten , and turned away . She found Adam by the bar , munching on a sausage roll , his plate piled high with tempting savouries . ' You have the appetite of a horse , ' she told him , and he gave her an answering grin . ' I need it , ' he said , wiping crumbs from his mouth .