Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: break the ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Perhaps its most obvious success was its ability to prioritise community care among those local councils , health authorities , and FHSAs which historically had no inter - agency collaboration . Many professionals wish they had been given more detailed and honest feedback far sooner , perhaps as early as the SSI / RHA 's initial monitoring . It seems once the ice was broken and egos calmed , getting down to the eight key tasks with help from outsiders did not seem so bad after all . Suddenly there was no need to dodge difficult issues any longer . Everything was out in the open — political resistance , management failings and just sheer inertia .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
Neither head turned . She was safely to the front door . She took her jacket off the hook and poked it above the suitcase , so that she had a free hand … ‘ Where you going?’ She jumped around at William Ernest 's whisper .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
She had driven over to him after the metamorphosis had been completed to her satisfaction — not just the punk hair - do , short spiky , crimson - dyed and outrageous — and the make - up , orange domino mask and a curve of ochre on the cheeks — but clothes , too , tight , tarty , as far removed from the Victorian image as possible . She had n't expected him to greet her with ecstatic joy — his emotions were n't extreme like Lowell 's thankfully — but neither had she expected a degree of embarrassment . It was , she discovered , easier to look the part than to feel it . The tablets should help . Rose held two of them on the palm of her hand .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
If the money stock ( M ) is only £ 500 , then the average number of times each pound changes hands , the velocity of circulation ( V ) must be 10 . As an identity , the quantity theory is no more than a way of calculating the velocity of circulation . The identity , however , is converted into a theory of the determination of the price level by assuming:(a ) that the money supply is determined by the monetary authorities;(b ) that the number of transactions is fixed in the short - run because of the classical presumption that the economy operates automatically at full employment ; and ( c ) that the velocity of circulation is also fixed in the short - run because it depends largely on institutional factors ( such as whether workers are paid weekly or monthly ) which themselves tend to remain constant for long periods of time . With T and V constant , the identity can be rewritten as follows : It now follows that changes in M , initiated by the monetary authorities , will cause proportionate changes in P. Notice that the direction of causation runs from changes in the stock of money to changes in the general price level . Definition : The quantity theory of money states that the average price of transactions in an economy is proportional to the nominal quantity of money in circulation .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
It is true that the present nature of the threat can be seen to come from the left . But this need not necessarily be so , and almost certainly it will not always be so … My thesis is that our institutions must be so structurally altered that , so far as regards permanent legislation , the will of the majority will always prevail against that of the party composing the executive for the time being , and that , whoever may form the government of the day will be compelled to follow procedures and policies compatible with the nature of Parliamentary democracy and the rule of freedom under law . Questions 1 .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
He did n't mind at first but when he kept bumping into sculptures of boats , animals or castles he became more and more frustrated . The most popular shape was a ten foot long shark in the ' AMERICAN HISTORY ' section . Once all the books on the bottom shelf were used to make three gigantic pyramids that sent him into a fit of despair . He ran about the library shouting and shaking his fists at the shelves and the Headmaster had to send for Matron to calm him down . He had a theory about what moved his books .
Idiom: good riddance (used idiomatically: yes)
Good day.’ He went and Dad slammed the door after him . ‘ Good day and good riddance to you too,’ he said angrily . The next day another visitor called but he said the same as the first . Dad looked sad and worried .
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr West 's company is preparing for zero growth over the next two years . If interest rates go up further that may be an optimistic forecast . And while the house market has ground to a halt , you 'll have to move quickly if you want to become a pub landlord . The freehold pub market is booming , with prices continuing to rise in the Central South region . It seems for many the idea of setting up behind the bar is even more powerful than the interest rates .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
The company pins great hopes on its new small AC drive Dinverter . The digital AC motor speed controller is no bigger than a filofax . ‘ Our policy of focusing solely on drives for electric motors is continuing to bear fruit,’ said Mr Wheatley . Control Techniques was founded 20 years ago and floated on the Stock Market in 1985 , when the annual turnover was £ 6.8 m . Nearly a quarter of the workforce is based in and around Newtown which , as well as housing the main production facilities , is home to the company 's research and development division .
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
This is a linguistic smoke - screen which obscures an absence of reasoning . Surely it is not the scientists who are guilty of hubris here but their accusers , in implying that humans could play God . A third approach is to pray in aid the so - called slippery slope . Pro - lifers will claim that if we allow experiments up to 14 days , then next year it will be a month , then three months . Meanwhile , pro - choicers argue that if we restrict abortion to 18 weeks , then next year it will be 15 , then 12 .
Idiom: scratch the surface (used idiomatically: yes)
Jacobs will record his Ulisse in late spring with a few more sparkling vocalists . His recording of Giulio Cesare has recently shown that he can succeed when his singers are on the same level as his musical ideas . Unable to offer Rossini a bicentenary gift of Il viaggio a Reims ( Ferrara finally inherited that project ) the Théâtre des Champs - Elysées presented in the space of a week a display of Rossini singing that barely scratched the surface . Routine performances came from Chris Merritt ( with piano ) and Marilyn Horne ( with orchestra ) . The most stupefying performance , however , came from Cecilia Gasdia , a voice of evidently limited power ( the second part , made up of arias , showed her physical limitations , notably in ‘ D'amor al dolce impero’ from Tancredi ) , but her dash , her sinewy vocalization , her miraculous phrasing , the skill with which she marshalled the resources of her voice , all conspired to make the first half ( La Separazione , Mi lagnerò tacendo , Bolero above all ) a miraculous experience .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
Angela McKeever as Juno Boyle , Paul Dougan as Johnny Boyle and Neil McGreevy as Gerry Devine , all added flesh to the O'Casey characters . Also highly praised were Paul Magee as ‘ Joxer’ Daly , Ann Conlon as Mary Boyle and Fiona Ennis as Masie Madigan . Harry Foy as Needle Nugent looked the part and always stayed in character . The Festival continues tomorrow night with the Moneyglass Dramatic Society 's production of ‘ The Freedom of the City’ by Brian Friel . Lara Windies hero
Idiom: seize the day (used idiomatically: yes)
We could have stayed for longer . We all enjoyed it so much , and not only enjoyed it , but gained something very special from the experienced . Not only had we increased our self - awareness , but we felt content , happy with ourselves and we 'd also received the encouragement to go for the things we want — to seize the day . Peter , Phil , Jimmy and Martin — thanks for the questions , the insight , the atmosphere , the openness , the sharing , but most of all , thank you for the challenge . MAGNIFICENT MYSTERIES : St Mary 's College , Wallasey , presented highly entertaining performances of The Mysteries at English Martyrs , Wallasey , in December .
Idiom: true blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Gold aims to overturn a 7,637 majority in one of Britain 's most middle - class seats . And , with manicured hedges and cross - weave trellis , respectable folk are floating . In Gold 's favour are tactically minded anti - Tories , and the perception by some that local true - blue Irvine Patnick might be a twerp . Against him is our old friend , fear of Kinnock . ' I would n't want to let him in , ' says a lofty academic . '
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
What about the mystery exponent , X ? Any number raised to the power of exactly zero is unity ; clearly , it would be no help to make all the numbers identical . But we can treat the zero exponent on the ladder of powers as the log , since its effect on the shape of data batches fits exactly at this point ; it corrects upward straggle more powerfully than taking roots , but it is not as strong a transformation as the reciprocal root , or reciprocals . There are two refinements to notice about power transformations . In general , exact zeros can not be transformed in this way ( the log of zero is undefined ) , so it is conventional to add a very small amount ( usually one - sixth or one - half ) to all the values in a batch containing zeros before transforming .
Idiom: watering hole (used idiomatically: no)
Ooh if I do that you 've all got to scatter and we were really worried about what we might find . There are tigers there , and there 's leopards and things called sloth bears , a sort of bear , but they 're actually quite rare so er we did n't see any of those , apart from the rhinos , we went very very quietly crawled under the undergrowth and we saw them in a water hole and they were just bathing there . But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . Ooh
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
Up 12.3 at 2237.0 SE-100 up 15.6 at 2860.0 Down to 1.5174 dollars Up to 2.4764 marks THE Princess of Wales today took command of her new regiment already nicknamed ‘ Squidgy 's Own’ . And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year - old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion.’ The new regiment was formed through the merger of the Queen 's and the Royal Hampshires in September last year only months after the publication of an alleged telephone conversation between the princess and her friend James Gilbey in which the nickname Squidgy was used . The princess was in Canterbury for the first full parade of her troops , also known as ‘ Di 's Guys’ .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
so that 's fine like if you 're coming off a dual carriageway , maybe you 'll see that and what 's it running that way ? and that way ? left and right hand turn no huh
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
FACT ONE : It can get to you , however silly it seems 90 per cent of the time . Just look at the death of Harold Bishop . This funny fat fool , this symbol of old-style decency was drowned at sea the other day just after declaring how happy he was to be alive . So he wo n't be back running the Ramsay Street coffee shop , huffing and puffing over his vegetarian quiche — and I 'm sad . The writers have weaved their magic again .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
Idiotic and dangerous to send an untrained man to Moscow … inadequate preparation on East Europe desk … incompetence … and now the turned bloody ankle of embarrassment . The sort of affair that would not be tolerated now that he held the stewardship of the Service . And yet the matter had so nearly been blessed in a strange and unforeseen way , the Service had almost wriggled off the hook through no credit to itself … Incredible , bloody incredible , that the Service should have found itself within a whisker of escape , within a few heartbeats … Extraordinary that the Soviets had not already grilled and broken this man , unbelievable that they had permitted a trial for espionage to go ahead without the evidence of a confession .
Idiom: toe the line (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus , reviewing the Zande material in the light of our widening experience , we can again detect what may be seen as a main morality religion ( the ancestor cult ) co - existing with a subsidiary , or ancillary , marginal witchcraft cult . One final point before we leave witchcraft — at least for the moment . In the Lugbara case , the ancestors make no bones about their direct administration of the moral code : if you do not toe the line they quickly bring you to your knees with a few sharp , salutary lessons . In other religions , however , the forces of order are more devious and underhand . Punishment affords them little pleasure and they seek to maintain an untarnished image of uncompromised benevolence .
Idiom: kill two birds with one stone (used idiomatically: yes)
The French designed the model head station , the Gare de l'Est ( 1852 ) , long regarded as the finest station in the world . The two - sided station continued to be built throughout the 1870s , particularly in Italy , and Central Europe , though many of them had pseudo - heads , blocks built across the end to link the wings where the main entrances were . Nevertheless its greater flexibility ensured the eventual triumph of the head - type and many railway companies killed two birds with one stone by building a hotel to serve as station frontage . Where the British station developed with characteristically pragmatic , forthright , and sometimes undisciplined adventurism , the French were as ever busy drawing up rules , theories , definitions , and philosophies of station - building . It was academic theory that was to define the two great periods of French station - building which produced in the Gare de l'Est and the Gare d'Orsay terminals which came to be regarded as definitive types .
Idiom: below par (used idiomatically: yes)
He was appointed director of the council when it was set up last year . His York office had two part - time workers , one white and the other Malaysian - born Malar Ware . He later warned the council 's executive committee chairman Erica Wheeler that Mrs Ware 's work was below par . Mr Onyett said : ‘ Marla Ware then started to produce a series of complaints against me , and my relationship with Erica Wheeler started to deteriorate . ‘ Marla Ware and the chairman were friends.’
Idiom: marching orders (used idiomatically: yes)
PORTADOWN 5 OMAGH TOWN 0 OMAGH TOWN had a man sent off for the third game in a row as they were outclassed at Shamrock Park . Striker Barry Paton got his marching orders from Alan Snoddy for pushing Ports skipper Brian Strain to the floor after 71 minutes . It was 2 - 0 at that stage , and while Omagh boss Paul Kee was n't happy about the dismissal he had no complaints about the final result . ‘ It was like men against boys,’ he said .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
What he said was disgraceful , ’ Crowe added . Aqib , fined last summer after a bust-up with English umpire Roy Palmer , is the first player suspended under the International Cricket Council 's new code of conduct . The problem arose when a ball from Aqib lifted sharply and lobbed off batsman Andrew Jones 's glove to be caught at slip . Aldridge , however , signalled a no-ball , ruling that the ball flew above the permitted height under the series rules . Aqib , 20 , visibly upset by the decision , appeared to exchange words with the umpire and took some time before continuing his over .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
The United Nations states that ' food supplies might be adequate if they were evenly distributed in relation to needs ' . In fact one ( admittedly optimistic ) international study of agricultural potential estimated that the world could feed 25 times its present population . With the population due to stabilise at merely twice the current numbers , there would appear to be little cause for concern on a global level . However , per capita food production in Africa has been declining slowly and steadily over the last few decades . Yet this is the continent where the UN 's Food and Agriculture Organization envisages the greatest potential increase in production : from 43 million tonnes in 1975/79 to 108 million tonnes in 2000 .
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: yes)
Elisabeth 's face contorted as her mind filled with contradictory thoughts . How grateful the Jews have been to God and how sorely treated by God the Jews have been . The old lady was right to turn the prayer on its head . But if there is nothing beyond man . … Elisabeth Danziger opened the vaults of her memory and took to her heart her grandparents Gertler , her parents Anna and Jurgen and her lover , Daniel .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
In the event , the resolution was carried by a two - to - one majority . A party spokesman then suggested that it would be ignored , saying : ‘ Future levels of defence spending will be considered by a Labour government solely in the context of implementing the policy review.’ In the debate itself , some of the behind - the - scenes tensions were reflected by party spokesmen attempting to discredit Mr Benn 's contribution , pointing out that he had served in Labour governments which maintained nuclear weapons . In spite of the setback on the defence spending vote , Mr Kinnock later scored a further advance with the results of the national executive elections , which saw Ken Livingstone replaced by John Prescott , the party 's robust transport spokesman .
Idiom: on the make (used idiomatically: no)
Debate over constitution plans — Privatization Important elements of the constitutional proposals put forward in November by President Vaclav Havel [ see p. 38584]were rejected when the Federal Assembly debated the relevant issues on Jan. 21 . Havel had proposed the ratification of a new constitution , a new law on the holding of a referendum on constitutional issues , a new law on the dissolution of the Federal Assembly , and a new law on the make - up of the federal parliament . ( He had also proposed a new electoral law , but on Jan. 16 the constitutional and legal committees of both chambers of parliament had refused to recommend his draft to the Jan. 21 joint session of parliament , preferring a draft put forward by deputies , which provided for votes to be cast for parties rather than individuals . ) The Assembly on Jan. 21 voted against acceptance of Havel 's constitutional reform , which would have guaranteed the two republics ( the Czech Lands and Slovakia ) the right of veto over any new constitution .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: no)
Why ca n't I play tablet games on the computer ? Tablet games are designed for the tablet systems and architecture , which are different from a normal computer .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
The shop is built in four bays and has 12 roads — 3 roads to a bay . On the two outer roads of three bays coaches can be built , the fourth bay being used for a large door - making gang , step board makers , seat makers , and for dealing with steel panels , roof irons , stores , etc . Twenty - four of the longest bodies can be built at one and the same time . ‘ Another steam traverser serves shops Nos . 16 and 17 and these together with the small departments denoted as Nos . 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 and 18 may be considered together . No . 20 is a veneer shop , containing veneer - presses and a special steam heated press .
Idiom: part company (used idiomatically: yes)
And then Goode nicely juxtaposes this statement against one of Brian Way 's : … if the approach is through the intellect rather than through intuition , that is , through a tangible and examinable process of understanding and thinking , rather than through an imaginative and emotional and therefore intangible process of relishing and enjoying , irrespective of whether or not there is full understanding ( p. 8) . He says that the two quotations demonstrate where ‘ Way and Heathcote part company irrevocably’(p . 8) , and he is right , but it is interesting to note that they both value intuition . I think Brian Way has in the past misjudged Dorothy Heathcote 's work because he has seen it as intellectual . Indeed , my emphasis on her ‘ literary’ conception of drama seems to confirm the view .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
AQUARIUS : Jan 21 to Feb 19 You are feeling pretty good about yourself and this could result in your forming a new friendship with someone attracted to you . Do not try to go it alone today — everything you do will be enhanced by the company of another . PISCES : Feb 20 to Mar 20 As a romantic you will be glad to hear that today is a great time for making moves in this area .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Mm . But erm he 'd always had a temperamental heart and erm at times he was n't at all well Mm . mm it 's interesting t to think that he 's now in his eighties and er
Idiom: teething troubles (used idiomatically: yes)
Sensitivity is the same as normal condoms although lubrication can be a bit of a problem . The thing to watch out for is getting them twisted because as the male member bangs away and does n't get in very far , it can push the whole thing inside and slip around the sides . With practice , teething troubles such as these get ironed out and the Femidom becomes a happy rival to your Mates , Durex , or Jiffy . For couples who currently use condoms regularly and would like a bit of a change , I 'd say these things are ideal . Still essentially ridiculous objects , they at least do n't smell as bad as male condoms and seem to give women greater independence and protection when things start to get moist .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
If the sense in which all behaviour was non - autonomous turned out to be the same as the sense in which abnormal behaviour is now understood to be so , then the same attitude to it would be appropriate . But as we have just seen , Strawson gives us reason to think that it can not be explicable in just this sense , and he is therefore mistaken in concluding that a holist theory would involve us in responding objectively to all actions . Thus it is not clear what it would be like to regard all actions as requiring non - intentional explanation , and this makes it much harder for the individualist to argue that , whatever it would be like , it is out of the question . However , Strawson goes on to suggest that the transformation in our attitudes which would be needed if we ever came to believe that all our actions had this character is beyond our capacities . This claim about human nature is then followed by the assertion that we could never gain adequate evidence for a holist theory , and so could never give up our view of individuals as basically autonomous actors :