Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: yes)
It is unusual for a major organisation to change its chief executive four times in less than a decade and the fact that they chose Roche each time — in a highly competitive market — is an impressive record in the headhunting world . His reputation , style and personal charm enabled him to recover from serious mismatches , such as the ill - advised moving from ITT to RCA of Maurice Valente , who lasted a mere six months in his new job . In the end , it is always the client who has to carry the can , and fortunately RCA backed up Roche by continuing to retain his services . By 1978 , thanks largely to Roche , Heidrick and Struggles were earning higher total fees than any other search firm ; charging 33.3 % of the successful candidates ' remuneration , these reached $ 13.5 m . They then seemed destined to suffer the same fate as Jack Handy 's firm : a sharp decline due to financial extravagance and a lack of closely controlled management .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
Along the ' inner ' wall can be found a staggering array of models , components , uniforms and all sorts of artefacts charting the progress of aviation in a similar timeline to the airframes . The level of presentational skills used here is of the highest ilk — totally absorbing . With respect to this presentation , many eyes will be drawn off the ' window ' wall where a series of ' stacker 'shelves has been cleverly employed to present a ' three - dimensional'array of aero engines running from ABC and Gnome to Avon and RB.211 . This has to be seen to be appreciated , engines can be viewed from several angles , compared with one another , or taken in in one awe - inspiring vista . Of the airframes , the bulk of the NAC are so well documented that they need not be spotlighted here .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
Although he 's the one bearing all the visible marks of the attack last September , it 's his wife , Vicki , who carrys the emotional scars . She was there when John was slashed across the face with a butcher 's knife . Now , 18 days after the attacker was put behind bars , he 's been allowed to return home for a visit and he lives just a few doors away from the Strongs . Female speaker She wo n't go out at night if she knows he 's around .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
Barn sex romp boys cleared of killing twins Simon Trump TWO young men accused of leaving twin teenage sisters to die in a blazing barn walked free from court yesterday . A judge directed Wisdom Smith and Daniel Winter be cleared of manslaughter and arson after the hayloft sex romp turned to tragedy . The defence claimed there was no case to answer because neither had started the fire , but the trial of a third defendant , 21-year - old David Harper , will continue .
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
In other words , they do what an effective non - executive director would do . It is the tension between these two roles that gives Hanson its strength . The problem of business managers pursuing their own ends while shareholders foot the bill is tackled head - on . Managers must dream — that is how they get good ideas — but their dreams must be profitable . Each year business managers draw up a budget and suggest a series of financial targets .
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact they are regularly seen around all the best joints . Is yours one of them ? TRYTON INN rises to the occasion ! Now you can ‘ Snack’ without that guilty feeling — Munch a MATZO ! Matzo — the crisp ' n ' tasty King Size Cracker is really great for all the family — It 's the natural snack for today 's fitter lifestyle .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
One of the unusual features of the contract is that is not necessarily exclusive . The band can release material themselves or take it elsewhere if RCA do not want to put it out . The label also turns a blind eye to the live tapes released by the band . They concur with the group in seeing it as a way of cutting down on bootleg tapes , though it will still reduce the impact of a future live album . The group did not take a big advance .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
However , I did n't notice anything wrong with the first half goal . I also thought Mark Beeney was acting within in his rights in picking up Wetherall 's bodged interception . It 's obvious that refs and players still need to have this law more clearly defined — that indirect free kick was , in my book , a travesty . Or have I missed something in the rules ? It was good to meet up with so many others plus mates from the list .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Much of Joe 's business involves supplying second - hand weapons or unmarked arms so that the manufacturing country is untraceable . And rather than asking for commission from suppliers he often buys the weapons himself and sells them at a profit . Joe likes to think he has a soft heart : when selling arms to guerilla groups with whom he sympathizes , a few bombs are thrown in free . He appears to operate by phone as well through personal meetings in African and European capitals , and most of his weapons never see British shores . He might buy them in one country and ship them to a warehouse in Rotterdam where they stay until he finds a buyer for them .
Idiom: jump on the bandwagon (used idiomatically: yes)
It does not even matter what other people are thinking . They are irrelevant except as witnesses of the power and to carry joint responsibility for what has been decided without their help . They may choose to jump on the bandwagon and agree with the decision that will be made anyway or they may choose to cosset disagreements . It does not really matter . The power person may have real power .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
And although most manufacturers will honour their warranties , even if you did buy the machine from a dealer , this is purely a philanthropic gesture on their part . You must read the warranty carefully before you buy a computer . Before ordering a machine from a supplier , make sure you get a copy of the company 's terms and conditions and read the small print . Many manufacturers wo n't allow you to remove the machine 's case without automatically voiding your warranty : some go so far as to put seals over the case so they can tell if you 've opened it . Needless to say , they have sound commercial reasons for putting this clause in their warranties — if you damage the machine trying to install some extra SIMMs , for example , it 's expensive for them to fix it .
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: no)
He was initially hired by the Oxford Mail , then began to concentrate on sport , and the rest is history . His work in the Sahara was recently included in a Sports Council exhibition that nearly never happened due to a last - minute decision by sponsors Kodak to pull out half of their backing money , which was needed for other photographic projects . This left the Sports Council without a venue for the show , but the day was saved by Whitleys , the oldest department store in London , who volunteered the use of their third floor for six weeks entirely free of charge , thus allowing the show to go ahead as planned . There was much to admire in the exhibition , but perhaps most impressive was Evans ' work . He may have started his photographic career at a comparatively late stage , but that has n't hindered his progress one little bit .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
As soon as Desmond 's bony nose sniffed money , trouble could be expected . He had left school at sixteen to make money . Failing that he had married money ( little though one would think it , mused Viola , to look at her ) and now that much of that was gone on an over - large house , over - large cars , and over - large meals , Desmond was back in the market - place , avid for a quick kill . To give him his due , he made no attempt to hide this consuming interest of his : it would have seemed pointless , for he assumed that everyone else was similarly obsessed , and would see through his attempts at concealment . Now that Viola had let the cat out of the bag , she felt she had no option but to come clean .
Idiom: leave no stone unturned (used idiomatically: yes)
( SE 28 September 18 . ) D J Davis , ILP and councillor , shifted attention to the more positive aspects of the party 's programme : The Labour Party were leaving no stone unturned and had published ‘ The New Social Order’ . There it was laid down clearly and definitely not only what they aimed at , but how they were going to secure it … The Labour Party had an ideal , and it was the only party which had one and told the people how to achieve it …
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
It is scarcely surprising that opt - out schools are apprehensive . As Robert Balchin , chairman of the GM Schools Foundation , says : ' Many schools faced bitter hostility in opting out of the LEAs to which Labour will forcibly return them . By and large , the same people are still in positions of power in those authorities . They are hardly likely to behave as if nothing had happened . ' Straw acknowledges that such anxieties are real , and promises measures to protect former GM schools and their teachers from ' discrimination ' by vengeful town halls .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: no)
The spinach consisted of a single enfolding tomato and rice — a novelty not to be repeated . Bad or indifferent starters and main courses often turn out to be partly redeemed at the pudding stage . Not this time : these were a very ‘ trolleyish’ lot , mostly cut and dried in advance , including a summer pudding that was more like bread and jam in syrup than anything genuinely fruity . To go at all closely into the food and its preparation is in a sense to ‘ miss the point’ of the Ritz , the point being the room , the place , the people , etc . Well yes , but there is a limit , which you hit when you find you are paying about £ 80 for two , excluding drinks .
Idiom: eyeball to eyeball (used idiomatically: yes)
He was grey with shock and rage . ‘ You bastard,’ he grated . Both tall men , they were eyeball to eyeball . ‘ This is your fault . One way or another you caused this , and I 'm going to make you pay for it.’
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
He remembered the gate at the end of the track , had time to hope it was open because he did n't think Conker could jump it . Something knocked his hat over his face , he pushed at the peak , saw the grey 's hindquarters lift elegantly over the gate and out into the light , felt Conker steadying and kicked him on swiftly because there was n't time to stop , he swung his hand back and hit the pony who lifted suddenly , landing with a jolt that made him grunt with effort . Michael , still in the saddle , stood in his stirrups and yelled with exultation , kicking on the slowing pony for a few more strides . Conker walked , blowing heavily , sides heaving , stretching his head down . The grey came trotting gracefully across the field , tail lifted high .
Idiom: hit the jackpot (used idiomatically: yes)
This time the keeper made a hash of a back pass from Brown . Ferris stepped in and with Eachus stranded , floated over a cross for McBride to score with a diving header . Ferguson blasted home a 30-yard drive with six minutes remaining , and there were only two minutes on the clock when substitute Trevor McMullan hit the jackpot from 20 yards . Glenavon keeper Robbie Beck was a virtual spectator but earned his pay - packet with a brilliant one - handed save from sub Michael Surgeon . The worry for Bangor is how they recover from two devastating defeats in a week .
Idiom: Dutch courage (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 'll hold your hand down the path.’ ‘ Push me down it , more like,’ he grunted , and turned away from the spectacular aerial view , feeling dizzy . ‘ I 'll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage , then I 'll join you . Go on , I 'll be fine.’ Stephen had already set off down the path .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Worth an incredible £ 1000 million a year , the trade brings substantial rewards to dealers who are permanently trying to weaken CITES controls , and anguish to wildlife conservationists who try equally fervently to add species to the protected lists . With a pair of macaws fetching up to £ 10 000 and with an ounce of ground rhinoceros horn costing more than an ounce of gold in Asian medicine shops , the stakes are high . ( To clear up a myth once and for all , rhino horn is in demand not as an aphrodisiac but for its supposed fever - reducing qualities . But consuming rhino horn will do you about as much good as chewing your finger nails ; however , trying to tell that to the people who consume rhino horn is like trying to tell Ian Botham to lose weight . You will be ignored and you might get thumped . )
Idiom: on thin ice (used idiomatically: no)
WHEN a member of a Harlem street gang decides to escape his life of crime by using his DJ skills he receives little support , and the growing tension leads to violence . Juice ( Cert 15 ; Selected ) is boosted by a strong cast of young debut actors and is the first movie from Ernest R. Dickerson , the cinematographer on many of director Spike Lee 's controversial films . Skating on thin ice SLUSHY LOVE MATCH HOLDS FEW TWISTS PAULINE McLEOD
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Ethelson takes over the chairmanship from Trevor Collins , former Safety and Training Manager for Cadbury at Chirk . ‘ Kiss of life’ cash hope for Laird 's WIRRAL Euro MP Lyndon Harrison spoke yesterday of real hope of a last - ditch kiss of life for closure - threatened Cammell Laird . Mr Harrison said : ‘ There 's now a tunnel with a chink of light at the end . ‘ It requires goodwill on all parts and a genuine attempt by the Government to renegotiate.’
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Using software primarily designed for oesophageal motility , the proportion of propulsive ( 6%–55 % ) waves could be distinguished from simultaneous or mixed waves , or both . A proportion of propulsive waves was noted in patients who had undergone surgery 10 or more years previously . It is concluded that the transposed colon retains its normal motility pattern but some adaptation to its new location may occur in the long term . Replacement of the undilatably strictured lower oesophagus by a short segment of left hemicolon has been practised for several decades . The motility of the left hemicolon in its normal position has been studied only in recent years .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: no)
' I must tell you something . ' ' Yes . ' ' You have heard some disagreeable things about me ? ' ' I only know one story about you and that seems very much to your credit . ' ' The execution ? '
Idiom: keep a straight face (used idiomatically: yes)
Some of the ladies were being helped indoors to the restaurant by the waiters . It was only then I began to grasp that several of these old dears , whose daily habit to foregather here it clearly was , were as drunk as lords and were being helped not because of their age , but because otherwise they would fall down . It was very difficult to keep a straight face . It was as well that I did , however , for one most distinguished - looking lady of very advanced years moved to my table from the group of her friends who had been assisted indoors . The shower failed to materialise .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Where written constitutions speak of positive rights the British tradition is to speak in negative terms . For example , whilst there is an obligation in law on A not to interfere with B 's freedom to pass along the highway , this of itself does not confer a positive right on B , though the effect may be the same . Thus , a public assembly to protest , which on the face of it is lawful , becomes unlawful if it obstructs B 's so - called ‘ right of way’ . That there are different ways of looking at such constitutional niceties is amusingly illustrated by a story S.E. Finer reports as once going the rounds of Soviet - controlled Eastern Europe : In England everything that is not prohibited is permitted .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah ! Wow ! Well and he wrote me this letter saying erm saying I , I realise that there 's been something on your mind recently and I hope you can talk to me about it . Oh yeah , by the Shrimp I could of got pregnant ! Things like and I know you can talk to me
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: no)
We are faced at the moment with the horrifying effects of pollution in all its cancerous forms . There is the growing menace of oil pollution at sea , which almost destroys beaches and certainly destroys tens of thousands of seabirds . There is chemical pollution discharged into rivers from factories and chemical plants , which clogs up the rivers with toxic substances and adds to the filth in the seas . There is air pollution from smoke and fumes discharged by factories and from gases pumped out by endless cars and aeroplanes . Waste is yet another problem .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
The taxi driver speaks no English and I spend a fraught moment or two wondering whether he has understood that I do n't want to go to Keflavik , but after the shorter tour of Reykjavik we arrive . I now discover that he speaks English numbers , as the bill is near perfectly pronounced . for all that he has no words he then asks in the most eloquent and elegant way for a tip . It is a really virtuoso performance — can I put the tip down on my tax form as ' entertainment ' ? — and I am reminded of R2D2 , the smaller robot in the Star Wars films . Although he only chirped , peedled and burped , he had the best lines in the film .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: yes)
However this has not been an across the board extension . In 1985 free in - credit banking was reintroduced , but to off - set these costs the programme for electronic banking was speeded up . Although direct debits and cash dispenser machines had been around since the late 1960s , promotion campaigns made them farmore popular during the mid-1980s . However complaints involving new technology have abunded . There is general dissatisfaction with direct debits being charged at the wrong time or from the wrong account and so - called ‘ phantom withdrawals’ from ATMs .
Idiom: show a leg (used idiomatically: yes)
The more the men whistled , the more ribald their remarks , the faster she walked ; but the faster she walked , the more of a sexual object , or sexual quarry , she became , twisting and turning between the rows of benches ( for she soon lost her bearings ) , stumbling over piles of metal parts , skidding on the oily floor , her cheeks as red as her hair , the wings of her nostrils white , her eyes fixed steadfastly ahead , refusing to meet the gaze of her tormentors . ' ' Allo , darlin ' , lookin ' for me ? Fancy a bit of that , Enoch ? Show us yer legs ! Coom over ' ere and ' old me tool , will yow ? ' At last she found the exit at the far end of the enormous shed , and burst out into a dark courtyard , littered with the hulks of abandoned machinery , which she remembered from the morning .
Idiom: easier said than done (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I believe he is bringing the sport into disrepute . Clearly , we are going to have to warn officials about the possibility of a banned runner entering races under a pseudonym and to be on the look - out for him.’ That could be easier said than done . British officials made similar noises after he ran in Cardiff , but Hamilton - Jones said that no official had challenged his participation on Wednesday . Ward said : ‘ He is causing a bit of a headache for us , but he 's been able to get away with it so far because he has been unknown , but it will be increasingly difficult for him if he keeps trying.’
Idiom: over your head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Run from it , Wilson . You run as fast as you can away from it . Cower in the bowels of the earth from it , and pull the bedclothes over your head . You change your name and address and never tell a soul you saw it . You flee it , my dear boy.’
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Mark and I went down to Yorkshire on Saturday morning to stay with an old University friend of mine and to go to the Bedale Point-to-Point with a group of people . Luckily it did n't rain , though we did get a bit cold , and it was a fun day . In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! I 've lost count of the number of weddings happening this year — hence the need to do some dressmaking . I ca n't always wear the same outfit !
Idiom: go for the jugular (used idiomatically: yes)
Er kommt ! ' passing German skiers would shout reassuringly ) , we lost gloves , hats , goggles , poles and sunglasses . What the boys never lost was nerve . Watching the children together gave reassurance that childhood is not all one - upmanship and go - for - the - jugular . The boys were solicitous of each other 's confidence : the quick were sensitive with the slow . The children 's bedroom seemed to me like a microcosm of maturer communities : the same shifting alliances , occasional irritations , necessity for tolerance and need for periods of privacy .
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
Julia 's attention was caught . ‘ You know , Julia , perhaps you sometimes ask too much of those girls . I know they take liberties . But it 's your response to them that 's really the issue here . Being told in a spiteful , truculent way that you 're not perfect rings louder bells for you than it would for most .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
There was no danger … he was more frightened of me than I was of him … but that 's not the point … if it had been an old lady … he coulde have given her a heart attack … I 'm alright … I 've no heart ! Voice over Douglas Cox is now safely back at home entertaining his friends with his tales of bravery .
Idiom: act of God (used idiomatically: yes)
The Protestant Reformers argued that salvation was earned by faith and not by ‘ works’— good deeds . But they then had to contend with the response that faith itself might be interpreted as an ‘ inner work’ , a good deed of the mind . They therefore adopted the view that faith was not a work because it was an act of God rather than of the human person . Whereas works were human actions , faith was a gift of grace , a divine action , something implanted in the believer by God — the sort of imagery that Barth refined in his work on Anselm . Naturally enough , this view of faith as a divine gift rather than the product of a human effort was used to mark off the believers from the unbelievers .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
In last week 's episode , we had Intel refusing the repeated pleas of Compaq Computer Corp and other personal computer vendors inside ACE to create a new ARC - like standard for Intel machines complete with an ARC - like Hardware Abstraction Layer ( UX No 383 ) . Now it appears in a story published in Computer Retail News that that 's exactly what 's afoot in the personal computer camp — with Intel , Compaq , Microsoft Corp and IBM as players , and a game plan that tries to equal workstation performance with a PC - compatible . We know Compaq wrote the specification when it was still a ploy — Systems Network Integration says they even have a prototype up and running — but whether this can ever amount to anything more than a high - end PC depends on sorting out fact from propaganda . Intel , after all , is said to have lopped a year off its P5 ( 80586 ) design cycle just to compete with RISC chips . DEC TO END BUNDLING AGREEMENT WITH INGRES FOR ULTRIX