Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Quite the contrary — at times it is infuriatingly obscure . Nevertheless , the peremptory dismissal of the book which established the modern discipline of macroeconomics is disconcerting . Disconcerting but , on further reflection , hardly surprising when one bears in mind that , for more than two generations , Keynesian economics has been taught almost exclusively through the medium of the IS - LM model . The General Theory appears to have assumed the dubious status of a ‘ classic’ : a work to which everyone refers but which no one reads . 8
Idiom: knock it off (used idiomatically: yes)
The gauntlet was down , the opportunity to talk to arrange a forum , to come together , land owners , local authorities , the hunt 's people , er the interested parties , to come together and look for a decent way of hunting and that way is probably drag hunting and we 're giving you a golden opportunity to start that route . It 's got ta start somewhere , there 's a motion , a tide of feeling going across the country on council from council , it wo n't be long before people like me are M P 's and others around you that are M P 's are in the and fellow members that will be down in Whitehall and eventually will put you to bed , if you bury your head in the sand and at the end of the day I 'm afraid the country is going to knock it off . The general public are saying no . Time has come for a change .
Idiom: into thin air (used idiomatically: yes)
Marx , at No. 13 with Take This Heart , admitted : ‘ I decided to cancel the show because it was pouring with rain and I knew I could be electrocuted . ‘ I told the promoter it was too dangerous to play . But what I did n't know was he was a member of the local mafia and did n't want to see his chance of making a fortune disappear into thin air . ‘ A few minutes after I had told him I was n't going on , a gang of his thugs suddenly appeared and pointed machine-guns at us and ordered us to get up on stage . ‘ I was terrified .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
In the GR-50 , you had a mixture of PCM samples and ordinary analogue synthesis , all cleverly embroidered together to form the basis for Roland 's LA synthesis . So one positive step up for the GR-1 , therefore , is quality of sound . What it may have sacrificed along the way is the user 's ability to create new sounds from scratch , though you can still edit existing ones . Still , I must say once again creating new sounds on the GR-50 was a real chamber of horrors , the major frustration being the multi - function control panel and hidden menu regime with the lack of any real - time rotary control . Guitarists like knobs , dammit !
Idiom: give someone the runaround (used idiomatically: yes)
OUTRAGEOUS and outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour … ' thundered the White House . The culprit ? Israel , whose new ambassador in Washington had complained to the press on February 14th that America was giving Israel the ' runaround ' on housing aid for Soviet immigrants ( the administration wanted to be sure that $ 400 m in loan guarantees , now agreed , would not be used to settle immigrants in the West Bank ) . He added that the Americans had also failed to compensate Israel for its financial sufferings in the Gulf war . George Bush dashed off a furious telegram to Yitzhak Shamir , Israel 's prime minister .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ And because of that application form , Matthew thinks that you 're just like me — that you 'll stretch the rules a bit to get what you want . If only he knew you never break the rules Dudley Do - Right . Charity , I should have come clean on that right away . I 'm ashamed of myself.’ ‘ Thinking I would stretch the rules to suit myself is very different from thinking I would be so consumed by greed that I would commit a felony.’
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Colin has not had the best of luck with injuries but technically he is an excellent player . ‘ I 've rated him since he was a kid . There is definitely room for him but the ball 's very much in his court . ’ Pascoe will come into the first team reckoning this weekend if he impresses tonight in a reserve game . NEW Preston boss John Beck will seek Football League permission to sign a goalkeeper on loan to replace the injured Simon Farnworth .
Idiom: pull out all the stops (used idiomatically: yes)
Chatam in with Cup ‘ chance ' CHATAM remains firmly on course for the Gold Cup after his narrow defeat by Jodami in Ireland on Sunday . Martin Pipe 's nine - year - old made Jodami pull out all the stops in Leopardstown 's Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup , beaten a head in a rousing finish . Chatam had not been seen in public since finishing fourth to Sibton Abbey in the Hennessy at Newbury in November , and Pipe said yesterday : ‘ It was a fine run considering he had been off the course for so long and he goes for the Gold Cup with every chance . ‘ He has returned home in fine shape and will not run again before Cheltenham.’
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Their front rows are too fat and slow at the moment , something of a throwback to the old days . But the ‘ Boks set so much more store on scrummaging , looking to destroy the opposition if they can , that they 're reluctant to change until they have to . ‘ Their forward technique is not up to scratch either in maul or scrum , but hose deficiencies wo n't take long to correct . Their real strength , though , is outside . They have so many big , hard runners .
Idiom: take the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
She made ee she made a Heather a birthday cake the other day and I , I 've got say actually this cake was pretty good but like , she had to take it to school ! I mean , the girl is sad ! If you 're gon na take a birthday cake to school I mean , that is sad is n't it ? My brain 's just died ! But that is very very sad !
Idiom: blow someone's cover (used idiomatically: yes)
Joe could n't be sure without checking , but he thought that the street was somewhere outside of Soho proper and bordering on the fringe of Chinatown . Not too likely to be residential , more probably a row of shops and restaurants and oriental supermarkets . And after such a lengthy period of secrecy , was Lucy going to blow her cover so comprehensively in a single gesture ? ‘ I doubt it,’ Joe said . ‘ But who knows?’
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: no)
‘ But I do n't deserve to be loved.’ We do n't have to deserve it — we just have to be willing to do it ! As we learn to love , everything else in life will naturally fall into place : relationships , work , money , health , success , joy . ‘ But I do n't deserve that either’ says Ego . Just be willing !
Idiom: put a damper on (used idiomatically: yes)
The recommendations , which reflect concern that the EC is accruing too much power over research , are being presented to France 's new research minister , François Fillon . Fillon has pledged to support efforts , particularly those by the CNRS , to increase the control of individual countries over international research collaborations . Widely known for his anti - Maastricht politics , Fillon says that he wants to avoid ‘ getting bogged down at the EC level … whose cumbersome procedures put a damper on the research community’ . The proposals are also being presented to national research councils , which have recently discovered that a growing proportion of Europe 's research budgets come from the EC 's research commission . Meeting for the first time in Bonn in January ( see Nature 361 , 576 ; 1993 ) , the councils are trying to make EC - supported international research programmes more efficient and have scheduled a meeting in London in October to discuss the issue .
Idiom: at a loose end (used idiomatically: yes)
Beds were provided in churches and halls , two meals a day were available for all of us . Slowly we made our way by steamer and train down to Calcutta , to join our families and wonder about the future . In India we missionaries were at a loose end . Military and government people were quickly absorbed into the war effort , but the churches were at a loss what to do with us . My wife and I went to Poona and for nine months took charge of the Willingdon Soldiers ' Club , at a time when welfare and amenities work was only just beginning .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Is n't he ACE … ?’ The object of their adulation moseys into the house and I mosey in after him . A perfect end to a perfect day : a chocolate - smeared face peers up from under the table . There 's a cherry on his head . Oh god … the gateau !
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
Each state still retained a large measure of protectionism against the others , and complete free trade still remained as far away as ever . Indeed , the excise duties remained so markedly different that tax controls on the borders between the Benelux states had to be maintained . It is fair to say that by the time of the establishment of OEEC progress in Benelux had more or less ground to a halt . Its experience demonstrated the difficulties of establishing an economic union even in such a compact and relatively homogeneous area as the Low Countries , where there was also a large degree of consensus on the project . Nevertheless , Benelux did advance further than other proposals for economic union , such as that toyed at in 1945 and again in 1948 by France and Italy , and perhaps it offered valuable lessons that could be learnt by future attempts in the same direction .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
How dare your boss , your customers , life in general , deal you such a blow ? And in the absence of someone you can legitimately blame ( it 's rarely possible to give the person firing you the sort of vitriolic tongue - lashing you 'd like to ) , you may hit out at your nearest and dearest . It 's no accident that loss of occupation and collapse of relationships , even marriages , often go hand in hand . The initial shock is followed by grief . This is the same process suffered by those who 've been bereaved , failed to pass vital exams , or who 've had to move away from much - loved homes .
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: no)
Hankin cleared the decks when in temporary charge and team - strengthening is essential . New recruits for the board are equally important and negotiations have continued since former director Alan Noble took over as chairman . COMMONWEALTH Games bronze medallist Colin Walker clipped nearly ten seconds off the North - East Championships 3,000 metres steeplechase record yesterday and the described his performance as ' rubbish ' . The Gateshead Harrier clocked 8 mins 38.7 secs to eclipse Dennis Coates ' time of 8:48.0 , set in 1981 . But Walker , who is contender for Great Britain 's Olympic team , was clearly hoping for a much better time on what amounted to a solo run .
Idiom: look on the bright side (used idiomatically: yes)
But she could n't help wishing he had offered to take a more active role in the affair . The prospect of inquiring into a murder single - handed was not one that she relished . But , looking on the bright side , she might have more idea of how to proceed after her visit to the cuttings library that afternoon . And , although she had come up with the idea of a visit to Oxford very much on the spur of the moment , it was n't a bad one . She would need somewhere to stay for at least a night , and her closest friend in the town was herself an academic .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
( Piontek was coach of denmark in the eigthies when they had their danish dynamite team which impressed in the world cup finals — the team including the likes of in - form Jan Molby , the elder Laudrup brother , Soren Lerby and a very good striker ( whose name slips me right now . Piontek may sell danish international striker Frank Pingel and buy Strandli to Bursaspor , Turkey where he is manager . Hmm — two norwegian Leeds - rejects in the same club … ) ' In the first half Frank showed why he still is the norwegian attacker who should reach the farthest on the field : He won every single duel in the air , always with at least one turk on the neck . He ran in every direction and more important : faster than the turks .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
AMNESTY 's British Section attracted 30,000 new members in 1991 , bringing the total to 90,000 , and saw the formation of 17 new local groups — 13 of them campaigning groups — a total of 318 , according to AIBS director David Bull in his report to the AGM . 1991 ended with youth affiliations at an all - time high of 360 , and school donations of more than £ 17,000 coming in to the section . But Mr Bull said the good news must be set against the closure of seven groups and the fact that the number of new members fell slightly short of the 1991 targeted figure due to the onset of the recession . Notwithstanding these disappointments , 1991 proved to be a year of immense activity for AIBS . Mr Bull pointed to a welter of campaigns , urgent actions and prisoner dossiers taken up by the Section .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
They were proud of him , they said , so pale , so educated , so English , and paraded him in the clubs and messes for a while . For Edward , India had lost the only element he had liked in it — the easy affection of the Indians that he had taken for granted as a child — and gained nothing in compensation . There were three rows with his father , behind closed doors , then they reached agreement . Edward left . His father , fortunately , had certain eccentricities .
Idiom: flash in the pan (used idiomatically: yes)
We had just played two games in three days , so I had the players in for a hot bath and a massage before taking them for a couple of pints of Guinness . ‘ I do n't know what the landlord thought , but the locals were gobsmacked when us lot trooped in!’ Gould is obviously delighted by his team 's form and convinced it 's no flash in the pan . ‘ I know what a lot of people are thinking . They sneer and think it wo n't last,’ he said .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Once chosen , sense of uniqueness adheres to each element , each effect . Resonance of result , as one plays against other and eye moves across and round and up and down . One could easily get lost in there forever , Moira F. said . That is why it needs to be transparent , I said . A background of the ordinary .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
Looking ahead , Landau does not see the general environment about to change drastically . ‘ In late 1992 we think we might see some signs of improvement in the US or some European countries’ . Nevertheless , Rhô - Poulenc is optimistic for 1992–94 , when the full benefit of recent acquisitions will bear fruit , Landau explained , and the profitability programme for fibres will show greater impact . ‘ We are convinced that we will have an increase in operating results of 20 per cent pa in 1992 and 1993’ . Divestment , valued at FFr 4000 m in 1991 , will continue in 1992 and 1993 .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: no)
A daughter church , St Luke 's , of recent erection , is situated in North Ella . In the latter part of the 18th century South Ella was the property of Arthur Eggington Esq JP , who kept one of the finest herds of black Aberdeen Angus cattle in England , prize winners at many English and Scottish agricultural shows . Dairying and arable farms still occupy what open land is left , and one could wish that old and evocative names like Willywire Bottom , High and Low Gillenders , and Folly Flatt could be incorporated into modern developments . Methodism is represented by a first building dated 1897 and a more recent and well - supported church , both in Willerby Square . Two modern hotels at Willerby offer superior services over a large area , in addition to several public houses dispensing their brands of hospitality .
Idiom: jump on the bandwagon (used idiomatically: yes)
Jimmy Dean , that hoary old Fifties icon , became a necrophiliac fantasy for 14-year - old Malteser chompers everywhere as some bobby soxed nymphette did a gravity - defying dance with a Dean look - no - a - bit - like in a recreated picture palace . The Wrigleys chewy ads portrayed Yankie youth , resplendent in full Sacramento High College clobber , wrecking their gums to a doo wop accompaniment . Even the world 's most boring beverage , Ovaltine , jumped on the bandwagon by using Steinski and Mass Media 's parodic collage of kitsch Fifties adspeak , ‘ We 'll Be Right Back’ . ‘ Hi honey , I 'm home!’ said Mr All New Ironic Ovaltine Man . The rag trade adopted the same approach when it came to designing and flogging its clobber .
Idiom: find your feet (used idiomatically: yes)
I know that the new members of Council have been welcomed into our midst and it must be along time since there 've been so many changes . Remarkable that out of thirty people elected last May , fifteen of them are new to this Council , a staggering seventeen percent of the Council if you do it statistically . To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . And resolve to take an active part in the in this chamber , but in particular in committee and sub - committees where the real work takes place . It 's only a few days since I was sitting in the seats you all occupy , realising the difficult job that a Lord Mayor has to undertake in keeping members in order .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Forget all this,’ he said , with decision . ‘ I could try,’ I said . He got to his feet then , and I followed suit . The sun , slanting in through the window , showed up the faded shabbiness of the room , but outside the treetops were golden and the bees were loud in the roses . The scents of the garden , blowing in through the open window , had removed the last trace of stuffiness from the room .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
No you could n't tell You 're not allowed hand signs . Hot air . Puke . Oh !
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact , this is all a pointless charade . Yes , the principle of regulating bank capital seems sensible . Borrowing increases risk in any business : you ca n't go bankrupt if you have no debt . Heavy borrowing also encourages owners and managers to go for broke , because it 's the creditors who bear most of the downside risk . Prudent lenders therefore try to limit both how much a business can borrow and the other risks it can take .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
In that case , the hostess of a club selling non - alcoholic beverages importuned three passers by . The persons solicited in this way reacted with annoyance , perhaps indicating that they supposed that they were being solicited for the purposes of prostitution ( the magistrates having found as a fact that ‘ it would be impossible for anyone so touted or solicited without enquiry to appreciate the purpose of the solicitation , and that a solicitation for this purpose in the circumstances of time and place was such an affront that it might provoke a breach of the peace.’ ) These findings of fact were given remarkably short shrift by Lord Parker C.J. who held that the conduct could not amount to insulting behaviour . If it is insulting to suggest to a person that he is a homosexual , is it not equally insulting to suggest to a man that he is the sort of person who might be susceptible to solicitation in the streets by women ? Lord Parker 's response to that suggestion was that no offence had been committed in any event because , even if it could be said that such conduct was insulting ( which he doubted ) most men approached in such a way are not likely to resort to violence .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
And grateful . Claire sits across from Keith . He holds her left hand across the table . Claire 's right fist holds a crumpled Kleenex . She is breathing normally .
Idiom: beyond the pale (used idiomatically: yes)
As a result it is highly unlikely that a party with a serious commitment to any substantial change in the institutional form of the market would ever get elected as it would be portrayed and perceived as being ‘ too extreme’ . The net result of this state of affairs is that there exist citadels of private economic power ( Unger , 1983)— that is , relatively small groups of people who are in a position to control the basic terms of collective prosperity by making crucial decisions about investment and deployment of capital . These decisions are not , of course , subject to any effective process of democratic accountability and , for the reasons already outlined , these citadels of private economic power are themselves effectively beyond the pale of normal party political conflict . So , in both the public and the private sphere , there are now substantial accretions of power that are not subject to any effective means of either political or judicial control . Perhaps the most serious defect of the current representative model of English politics though is that it disenfranchises , in a double sense , the broader electorate which falls outside the established consensus .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
The protective effect of HDL against atheroma formation is believed to be due to the HDL 2 subfraction ( Miller et al , 1981 ) . The role of serum triglyceride remains controversial . Several studies have reported a positive association with ischaemic heart disease , but after correction for the effect of cholesterol serum triglyceride does not appear to be an independent risk factor ( Hulley et al , 1980 ) . Also , these studies did not take into account HDL levels , which are well known to be inversely related to serum triglyceride concentrations ( Hulley et al , 1980 ) . Another site of damage in diabetes may be the microcirculation which might be important in disease of the myocardium in diabetic subjects .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
Is there memory in dreams ? for I had a sense Of another sleep , a different arousal , a time when I breathed And woke to rain falling on houses , on gardens , Where I live now That do not know my past as my sleep does .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Way To Health editor David Dickinson says : ‘ An interesting video which allows you to work harder as you get fitter and vary your workout is most likely to keep you motivated . ‘ You 're not bound to hurt yourself doing some of the risky exercises we found , especially if you are already fit , but there are safer ways to get the same effect . ’ The panel did n't review supermodel Cindy Crawford 's new video which has already come under fire in some fitness circles but Mr Dickinson adds : ‘ It clearly contains some of the exercises the panel had elsewhere criticised as outdated ’ . Not all the celebrities rated badly however . Cher , who left the instruction on her tape to an expert , scored above average marks for producing an entertaining workout although not one for beginners .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: no)
But among adherents of Romanticism , whether Christian or not , the tension was being described differently , as when de Quincey wrote of ‘ the oscillation of horror , alternating between death as an agony and death as a mystery.’ The Gothic imagination dwelt on the mystery , and found it more productive of nightmares than of dreams of paradise . Doubters , sceptics and Benthamites sought to dissolve the mystery in the clear light of reason , but succeeded only in creating a vacuum that was equally disturbing . Death , as in the classical era , was again becoming an underworld ; it no longer heralded , except for the devout , a glorious resurrection . Nor could men be sure , as faith diminished , that death would only visit them , or their loved ones , in God 's good time .