Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: buy time (used idiomatically: yes)
Intruder alarms were fitted in many premises and linked to 24-hour manned police stations , storage facilities had been strengthened , property marking had taken place and extra fire barriers installed . Roller shutters , anti - climbing barriers and spikes on walls and drainpipes were fitted to try to stop break - ins . ‘ While we would hope the money we are spending at the moment is proving to be cost - effective , at the end of the day electronic security is really only buying time,’ said Mr Banks . ‘ We need to get to the root cause of the problem . ‘ We have instituted a range of education - based schemes in schools like talking about vandalism as a crime , developing crime prevention panels and other measures.’
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
The next point that I wanted to turn to is who the duty of care is owed owed to , er as I understand it the present law is quite clear . The auditors owe a duty of care to the shore share holders collectively , not to individual share holders or what are called stake holders , employees for example , er nor do auditors have a general duty so far as the public interest is concerned . I believe that 's something that needs to be looked at and if the government were prepared to embark on a review of auditing er generally then that is something that I think there is some useful point in pursuing further er it 's interesting that er er erm when Bingham examined this point at paragraph three er point three nine in his report er he has a long paragraph er discussing these matters and er he says that er he at the end of the day he does n't come to a concluded view er although he does er acknowledge the fact that there are many people er depositors or example , share holders and employees who might have an interest in a particular company . Then in paragraph three forty he goes on to s to point out that the law er er which was then recently established was that auditors due owe a duty of care to their client company and the whole body of share holders but not to individual share holders and not to non share holding depositors . Now he was talking in the context of er of of a , er but it is something that I think the government does need to look at because given the nature of multi - national companies or even the nature of public companies and private companies in this country where there is a public interest , not just in efficiency but also in probity .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
DIY giant B&Q had spearheaded the four - year battle to open on Sundays , claiming Britain 's laws breach EC free - market regulations . Spokesman David Ramsden said the law ‘ still remains unclear’ until a final judgment by the House of Lords . Councils have been turning a blind eye to shops opening on Sunday because of the uncertainty over what the Euro - judges would decide . Now the ruling , which could open the way for new prosecutions , has thrown the issue into chaos . Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke wants to bring forward plans to change the law in the new year .
Idiom: donkey work (used idiomatically: yes)
As second type of cache is the cached IDE host adaptor . This effectively replaces SmartDrive and acts as a dedicated hard disk cache . The card often has its own processor , typically on 80186 or 80188 , and it can relieve the main CPU of some of the donkey work of controlling a hard disk . Cached IDE host cards can produce excellent results . Do n't forget that if you have such a card fitted , you do n't need a software cache like SmartDrive .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: no)
$ 27 m PC CONTRACT FOR DEC Digital Equipment Corp reports a $ 27 m contract for personal computers and services from Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co : under the five - year deal , DEC will provide hardware , software , installation and maintenance for the next generation of the firms business management system . BT TO GO TO SEVEN - DAY ROUND THE CLOCK WORKING British Telecommunications Plc is seeking to introduce rolling seven - day round the clock working to improve productivity , the Evening Standard reports , suggesting the plan will meet stiff opposition . NEC LOOKS FOR SUPERCOMPUTER BUSINESS
Idiom: upset the apple cart (used idiomatically: yes)
Alas , we were left to wonder . ‘ STOP POISONING OUR CHILDREN’ . Pamela Stephenson is upsetting the apple cart with her war against harmful pesticides in our food . By Josephine Fairley Clustered in the corner of an airless photographic studio , five worried mothers are discussing what to give their children for dinner .
Idiom: stick out like a sore thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Okay . But I can take some of these back to the office and have a look at them under the funny lights — ultra - violet , infra - red — to see if anything shows up . Having a whole batch together should make an odd one stick out like a sore thumb . That 's another reason why you would n't try forging one.’ ‘ Thanks , but … if you could just print up the photos for me … ’
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
John the Baptist 's ritual at the Jordan would certainly seem to have entailed something of the sort . It appears to have been roughly analogous to , say , the investiture of the Prince of Wales . Having been baptised by John , Jesus had the ‘ seal of approval’ of an accepted and established prophet , a revered holy man — just as Saul , the first King of Israel , received a ‘ seal of approval’from the prophet Samuel . If John had been of the same family as Jesus , moreover , his ‘ seal of approval’ would have carried the additional authority of a royal warrant . One thing , at any rate , would seem to be clear , and this is that Jesus , after his baptism in the Jordan , undergoes a significant change .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
What ? You ought to liven up a bit ! I 'm pissed off ! Because of work ? Are you going to go
Idiom: pie in the sky (used idiomatically: yes)
My brief was to teach art and history of art to all age groups . I had no experience of teaching art to anyone , but the headmaster assured me that it simply involved giving the boys some paints to play with and then telling them to get on with it . He expressed the hope that my presence would ‘ give a boost to the standing of art history in the school’ , but unfortunately that wish was pie in the sky . Art classes were seen as ‘ free’ periods by the boys and any suggestion of serious work was unwelcome . My slide shows did go down reasonably well , if only because while the lights were out , they had the chance to change places under cover of darkness in the hope of confusing you know who .
Idiom: drop like flies (used idiomatically: yes)
Saunders and Houghton are together now at Villa , along with Steve Staunton , who left the year before because nobody foresaw how Liverpool might need his ability to cover three positions . I 've watched Liverpool from before the days of Bill Shankly but can not recall a plague of injuries . Then Souness comes and they drop like flies for two seasons running ! Rush ( three knee ops ) , Ronnie Whelan ( knee ) , Rob Jones ( shins ) , Wright ( hamstring ) and Barnes ( heel and calf ) were under treatment last time . NINE out is today 's bulletin but do n't let that fool you into thinking the whole nine would be in if they were available .
Idiom: on the take (used idiomatically: no)
HERE 'S another sticker for your fabulous Daily Mirror souvenir wallchart to celebrate Nigel Mansell sweeping to the world Formula One title . Today 's sticker is from the Grand Prix won by Mansell in San Marino . Carry on collecting all this week and you will have a great souvenir of the season in which Mansell won an amazing NINE Grands Prix , including the first five straight off , and went on to take the world crown for the first time . He became only the seventh Briton of all time to wear the champion 's laurels and will go down in history alongside Mike Hawthorn , Graham Hill , Jim Clark , John Surtees , Jackie Stewart and James Hunt . Now you can capture all the glory of Mansell 's victory in our stunning souvenir wallchart .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr President , Commissioner , as proof that this Parliament has not yet overcome its role as a consultative and subordinate institution , the excellent report by a fellow member of my Group , Elisabeth ~ Schroedter , has not been able to reach plenary sitting because the plans for regional development for the period 2000 - 2006 for Objective 1 regions have been sitting in the Commission 's offices for several months . Bearing this in mind , this House should , in any event , demand that , before the Community support frameworks for the period in question are approved , they be studied and submitted for debate in this Parliament , specifically in light of the guidelines that we have presented today . This is because we think that they are particularly able to create employment in the poorest and least - developed regions and we would thus contribute to reversing the harmful trends towards inequality that exist in European society and to the move towards a fairer Europe .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
The team got off to a good start on the general knowledge round , they then had to answer questions connected with local councillors ' work . It was the simple questions that proved troublesome , and none of them will now forget who was the local councillor and is now MP for Huntingdon . Full marks on their specialist round on palms — lots of long unpronounceable latin names , and then on to the quick fire round where they could blow it all by answering incorrectly . They did n't falter and they were told a European holiday was theirs . This could be converted into a worldwide trip , so Roland went on to the ' Hot Spot ' to try and get around the world in 80 seconds answering as many questions as possible .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
He observed from the way peter Yeo gathered himself and sat up straight that he was on familiar territory , and understood further that the general patter was well rehearsed . It was , for obvious reasons , a great deal less incisive than Francesca 's summary , but the same skeleton was recognizable under the attractive padding placed round it by Peter Yeo . Much emphasis was put on the importance of identifying the key decision - takers and making sure that they had the right information — much was made of the necessity of their getting a balanced picture on which to take their decisions . ' Ours is not unlike the job of a good barrister , ' Peter Yeo observed , reaching a peroration . ' We try to make sure the judge has all the facts before arriving at a decision .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: no)
Having done so , I find the one feature that is common to both the New Zealand and British schemes is that their basic purpose is to relieve financially - embarrassed governments of claims for further investment . The alleged purpose of improving the service and operating at a profit has already been achieved by New Zealand Rail as a state - owned enterprise , as Bernard Hickey points out . That is what is making it attractive to private buyers , whereas here the Government naively believes the opposite , that privatisation of itself will do the trick . New Zealand Rail is likely to be sold off in one year as one going concern , comprising the network , rolling stock and inter - island train ferries , as urged by the railway management . In contrast , the scheme for BR is fragmented , confused , spread over a dozen years and opposed accordingly by railway staff and users .
Idiom: cold comfort (used idiomatically: yes)
Small , little - known groups do n't generally muster a large audience , of course , but they are often a good way of commanding interest from future employers . Certainly the new actor should never remain idle but create chances wherever possible . This may sound like cold comfort when you 're desperately hoping for something to come along and get you going — but continuing your work and maintaining skills is vitally important . Above all you need new audience experience now you are out of drama school . And , although nobody wishes to be exploited with low wages and very difficult conditions , it is frankly better to find the ways and means of presenting yourself somehow , than not perform at all .
Idiom: do a runner (used idiomatically: yes)
Well her mother was saying , they got engaged and , you know , there was drinks and her mother was saying oh the wedding 's gon na be in February , it 's gon na be a quick wedding and all this so I was talking to her , I said Cath I said when are you are getting married then ? She said I , she said I 'm not getting married . So I think her mother 's gon na be in for a bit of a shock because they all think that they 're gon na get married so quick , I think she just wanted to get that ring on her finger so she can reap the ackers and I think she 's gon na do a runner . Which I do n't blame her there again , if he 's stupid enough to If he ca n't see it , aye .
Idiom: bite the bullet (used idiomatically: yes)
Under a restructuring programme , Reuters was seeking to shed several hundred jobs . Mr Wise , who is 42 , felt that he had reached his peak at Reuters in 1987 when he was made technical projects manager . But at the end of 1990 the group was reorganised and Mr Wise was less happy with the outcome : ‘ I found the general direction in which the group was going did n't really satisfy me in terms of long - term interests or challenge , so I decided to bite the bullet.’ The depths of a recession is hardly the best time to make such a move , but a substantial redundancy package has helped to cushion the risk and Mr Wise could not be certain the opportunity would come his way again . However , his search for alternative employment has so far met with no success .
Idiom: kiss and make up (used idiomatically: yes)
Mike Walters BARRY FRY wants to put Stan Flashman through the wringer by forcing the man dubbed ‘ Fat Stan’ to account for yesterday 's decision to sack him as Barnet manager before an industrial tribunal . Fry , dismissed by the 20-stone ticket - broker for the third time yesterday , wo n't be kissing and making up this time … he'll sue for wrongful dismissal . And he said last night : ‘ It could be the first all - ticket tribunal ! But first I shall be consulting my solicitors , the League Managers ' Association and suing the club for unfair dismissal , without a shadow of doubt .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
It was all very eerie and feeling a little frightened Endill would run back to his workshop for safety . Several weeks later the mystery of the footsteps was revealed . Endill had been dragging an ironing - board back from a room where everything was half buried in the floor when , turning a corner , he bumped into a tall thin man who had appeared from nowhere . Endill dropped the ironing - board and began to run . ' Wait ! ' shouted the man .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
From Antwerp she had gone to Santander , where she had been due to return to London , but had been diverted to Bilbao instead . For all Miss Macdonald 's painstaking work , I could not get really interested in these itineraries . My mind kept going back to the case that was nothing to do with me , the unsolved mystery of the man with a load of live ammunition in his pockets found dead on the Thames mud . I got out the file that Inspector Redpath had given me , and studied it . Hundreds of man - hours had gone into its compilation — all for nothing .
Idiom: water under the bridge (used idiomatically: yes)
If it were n't for that bloody fire , you 'd never ' a ' brought that damned woman and her brats to this house . ' Sensing he was going too far , the old man was more cautious . ' Water under the bridge , ' he mumbled . ' As for Larkhill , I do n't want to know . I 've told you … that 's your responsibility .
Idiom: cold comfort (used idiomatically: yes)
Ice cube tray from larger branches of Boots , 99p each . Jolly frosty snowmen and frozen fir trees will add a touch of cold comfort to a gin and tonic or a fruit cup . Six ice cubes per tray ; made of flexible plastic , so they turn out easily . Spherical Christmas pudding mould
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: yes)
He says something in Tibetan . Someone translates : ' While we work , no pictures . ' The man in white , two other men and the boy , climb onto the rock . The remaining two Tibetans , relatives of the deceased , sit by the fire . The man in white is thin and wiry with flashing black eyes and black hair sticking out from under the cap , wild looking .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
If you do n't do this , the adjacent floorboards will be damaged even if you use a floorboard saw . A good tool for lifting floorboards is a wide bolster chisel . Make the cut through the floorboard as near as possible to the middle of a joist . The nails indicate the joist positions and you should aim to cut as close to the nails as possible without damaging the saw teeth , leaving the nails securing the piece you are not removing . Once the floorboard piece has beer cut through and removed , you will be able to see whether any electric cables and/or central heating pipes are likely to cause trouble when you come to put the floorboards back down again .
Idiom: twist someone's arm (used idiomatically: yes)
Seen in the accompanying picture , they are : Back row , from left , Stan Cape , Ken Munday , Harry Eccles , Albert Daubney and Bill Sammonds ; front , Ray Darney , Charlie Chase and Don Clarkson . About 50 , some from Canada , Australia , South Africa and USA , attended the reunion which was graced by a fly - past by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight 's Lancaster , City of Lincoln . The reunion is held every two years and although this year 's was intended to be the last , organiser John Gray of Plymouth , said : ‘ Every time I say I 'm not going to do it again , they twist my arm to plan another.’ In fact , the attendance was better than that in 1989 . Lone Grave
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Samson stretched out his arms , appealing to the crowd . ' It ' ud do to buy us a few drinks with , Sam , ' a woman called from the far end of the smoke - blackened room . Over the tops of the heads Jess stared at her , hunting for help that she knew would never come . ' I 'd be kind to thee … see if I did n't ! ' The woman winked at Samson .
Idiom: seen better days (used idiomatically: yes)
Overflowing dustbins festered in areas and neglected front gardens . Ranks of curdy milk bottles waited for a milkman who never came . ‘ This part of South London has seen better days,’ said Finn , through a mouthful of bubble - gum . ‘ Yes,’ said Melanie , who was not enjoying her walk so far . It was a high and windy suburb .
Idiom: on the trot (used idiomatically: yes)
Is he involved in the coaching end of things using his experience for the young guys ? If so surely it was an inspired move . Anyway it 's the first time since the Revie years that we 've won 5 on the trot in the league so lets just be happy for a while . Declan From :
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Hazel and his companions had been on the jump for nearly two days . Indeed , ever since they had left their home warren , five days before , they had faced one danger after another . They were all on edge , sometimes starting at nothing and again , lying down in any patch of long grass that offered . Bigwig and Buckthorn smelt of blood and everyone else knew they did . What bothered Hazel , Dandelion and Hawkbit was the openness and strangeness of the down and their inability to see very far ahead .
Idiom: cast your mind back (used idiomatically: yes)
Today 's exercises will have really extended your fitness , suppleness and strength . At the end of the whole routine you should feel as though you have achieved a great deal . Cast your mind back to Day 1 and your first attempt at the elementary exercises I asked you to perform . Do you remember how awkward it felt , how stiff you were , how you ached the next day ? Not any more : your body is stretching magnificently and your muscles are getting into better shape every day !
Idiom: down and dirty (used idiomatically: yes)
Hell , though , it 's humiliating . I 'm a high - power man myself , always have been . Never mind your down - and - dirty , hands - on , feel - the - response nonsense for me . I do it by the book . Compton One - Charlie departure , squawk 7026 and contact London Control , maintain flight level three nine zero , descent checks complete , good morning Frankfurt Tower , established on the localiser , flap 30 , reverse thrust , thank you very much .
Idiom: drop a hint (used idiomatically: yes)
Otherwise you may find you have made twenty garments , all in different shades and have about 300 grammes of each colour left on your hands ! If you meet children from school , a word to mothers at the gates sometimes gets you started . It might be better to drop a hint to your best friend ( who also frequents the school gates ) that you are willing to knit pullovers in the school colours . Asking directly can sometimes put people off . Another ploy I have heard suggested is to knit a garment and give it to , say , a friend to wear at the office .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Of course schools will want to continue their good practice of regular reports to parents and responding to any concerns parents might have . Parents should understand however that the expectations they might have as a result of the parents guide are not based on anything other than an unrealistic and unreasonable demand being made upon schools without consultation and preparation.’ Clydal Pal all the rage CLYDAL Pal will be all the rage for Dunmore 's Ulster Derby final next Saturday night after an impressive semi final victory . The brindle made the trip from Roscommon to stamp his authority on the event with a 30.66 victory over the 550 yard trip .
Idiom: look on the bright side (used idiomatically: yes)
SAY HELLO TO THE CRYING SCOTSMAN By Paddy Shennan MISERY GUTS Rod Mackay never looks on the bright side of life he does n't believe there is one ! The gloomy Scotsman , of Menlove Avenue , Calderstones , Liverpool , says he was doomed to be depressed from the day he was born … 67 years ago . And he has now made it to the finals of our fun competition to find the Most Miserable Man on Merseyside after being nominated by step - daughter Christine Johnson and wife , Margaret .
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
Gilford was the star performer with his iron play , especially in an outward 31 in which he had six birdies . Only one of his birdie putts was more than 12 feet as he continued to pepper the pins . But he ran out of steam in the closing stages , took a 6 at the long sixth , and gave hope to the rest that the £ 41,660 top prize might still be available . Long - range marksmanship was a feature of the day and to Martin Poxon went the honour of an albatross - eagle . It arrived at the sixth , where he drove into the lake , picked out his ball under penalty , then hit it 260 yards with his 1-iron straight into the hole .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Kelly has shown recently that correct calculations about the shearing strength of solids are rather complicated and that there is a good deal of variation between the theoretical shear strengths of various substances . However we can achieve an approximation to the theoretical shear strength by means of a very simple model and the result is not grossly in error . Consider a model , on paper or in the solid , consisting of sheets Or spheres or balls to represent the atoms . There will be certain positions in which such sheets of spheres will lie on each other as close together as possible . To disturb the layers from this position involves moving them further apart , which is resisted by tension in the bonds .