Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
But it comes down to , first of all , whether it 's sensible to borrow against assets , and all of us do if we 're lucky enough to own our own homes we tend to have borrowed either our first mortgage or sometimes a second against it , and we make our own judgement , and I see there are some suggestions on how the Government spotted this with regard to schools in suggesting that perhaps schools could raise money by mortgaging their school buildings , of course But it seems to me we 've got more than enough assets to cover the borrowings we 've got at the moment and indeed many more besides . It should be a matter of judgement for local authorities to what degrees they are indebted , because they do have to pay the interest , by and large from the er , from the money they raise on erm , on on council tenants , and and from other income . Oh alright . When you , when you sell a house you pay off the mortgage
Idiom: in your dreams (used idiomatically: yes)
We 'll be twenty four . And I 'll be twenty one ! In your dreams ! Seventy one more like ! Ah funny !
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
To build and maintain status , talking well helps . And understanding the values of self - expression and commonality are what talking well is about . This statement flies in the face of what many regard as high - status behaviour . The widespread belief is that to build status you need to bulldoze everyone else — your self - expression and agenda should dominate ; you operate by overpowering others . But what happens then is that people stop telling you things .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
And then it struck him . Bang ! Right out of the blue . It was their names and the jobs they did . The two were magically linked !
Idiom: above board (used idiomatically: yes)
The ten l.e.d.s are fitted to the board as Fig . 5 illustrates , making sure that the cathodes ( k ) , usually indicated by a flat on the l.e.d . casing , go to the common wire which connects to one side of resistor R6 . The other side of R6 has a wire attached which should be taken to the common ( -V ) foil track on the main board . The use of sleeving on the l.e.d . wires ensures that they are all at the same height above the board : Also make sure that they are in line when viewed along the length of the sequence . Preferably use yellow l.e.d.s for pitch positions D1 to D8 , with a green for the batsman 's position ( D9 ) and red for the wicked ( D10 ) . Fig . 5 also shows how the board is fitted to the panel — but do n't do this just yet .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
Scorpio ( Oct 23–Nov 22 ) Your personal life is threatened this week as Pluto , your ruling planet , comes under mixed influences . You should try not to feel so tense and let things get on top of you . Cultivate a more relaxed and positive approach to life to see you through .
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
Just before half - time , skipper , Andy Melville was caught red handed on his own goal line ; a penalty for Rovers which John Aldridge crashed home . Aldo was supposed to be carrying an injury , but it did n't stop him from running away to make it 3 - 0 . United took off skipper , Andy Melville for the second half , but they were down and out when full - backs Garry Smart and Mike Ford got in each other ; s way and produced an own goal . Tranmere 4 — Oxford 0 . and the Oxford players have been sentenced to a game in the reserves at Bristol City tonight … there 's better news of Hereford United … they're the good guys this week after a three - one win at Rochdale
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: no)
A question should be free of ambiguity , precise and clear ; each question should express a single idea . Asking a question such as " Should Britain spend more on defence or on education ? " and requiring a single response one way or the other does not cover those cases where a person might feel that more should be spent on both , or , for that matter , less on both . The question begs other questions and is potentially leading and confusing . Loaded questions should also be avoided , although in statements comprising attitudes scales such " loading " is often deliberately intended to express a strong point of view with which the respondent can concur or not . Questions should also be as short as possible , be easily understood , and avoid esoteric language .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
Beijing ’s busy people , however , seemed not to pay close attention : for them , it was business as usual . The Chinese public ’s indifference to their country ’s ceremonial transition of power is hardly surprising . All critical decisions were taken well ahead of the Congress , behind closed doors , with very little input from outsiders . This apparently seamless transition , however , is widely expected to usher in a complex and potentially difficult decade for China – and for the rest of the world . China is at a turning point .
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: yes)
It took the UN 14 months to appoint a chief prosecutor . Another year passed before his office issued indictments against high - ranking figures responsible for major crimes . By then , the massacre of about 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica , the largest mass killing in Europe since World ~ War ~ II , had already taken place . But , though some aspects of the ICTY ’s performance merit criticism , its overall performance and achievements over the last two decades have made it a great success . That success is twofold : the tribunal ’s achievements with respect to the former Yugoslavia , and its impact worldwide on ending impunity for war ~ crimes , crimes against humanity , and genocide .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
I wish she had done . You know , once a woman 's got a name as a neurotic no one takes her seriously any more . No matter what 's wrong , they prescribe more pills and tell her to take it easy . Nobody listens to her . No one believes her any more but they 're ready to believe anything anyone else says about her!’
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
On the first Sabbath Day , 6024 was booked facing southwards towards Stratford , with the Princess Royal Pacific heading northwards . For the second Sunday , the engines are due to be changed , thus many excellent opportunities for photography en - route exist , providing decent prevailing weather conditions at this time of the season . The trains will run empty coaching stock to and from Tyseley Sidings to Hall Green , locomotives being exchanged in the loop adjacent to the museum . 46203 ‘ Princess Margaret Rose’ will depart Tyseley light engine at 08.40 for Stratford - upon - Avon ( arrive 09.20 ) . All other light engine movements will follow the main train .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
I did a double - take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . I was n't used to uniforms calling me ' sir ' . Come to think of it , even when the taxman wrote to me , he spelled it c - u - r ; which is why I never wrote back . ' Er … I 'm not sure , Officer .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
Jeepers ! You get about All over the place ! a bit then ? Have you got pen and paper with you ?
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
He now pulled a face at Agg and went on , ‘ He said he thought she was new to the job.’ ‘ Is that all?’ ‘ Aye , except he pointed out that if she was new to the job and she tried to muzzle in around that quarter , the others would soon make short shrift of her . Remember the other month , it was in the papers , was n't it ? about them tearing the clothes off that one who tried to queer their pitch ? If I remember , that was on a Saturday night when the gents came down for their pickings .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
I , I came this way and called on Susan , she was n't in , I ran the dog round here and er called on Susan again and she still was n't in , so that was that What a good dog . They 're really going to town on these pavements are n't they ? Amazing . I suppose they thought they 're pretty bad .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You what?’ he said incredulously . ‘ I want you to help me ride over the next big bore in my two seater kayak,’ she replied defiantly . ‘ Are you sure that Yankee sun has n't turned your head.’ There was a hint of anger in his voice . ‘ That bore nearly killed me recently , and that was in the estuary at Purton .
Idiom: warts and all (used idiomatically: yes)
Empathizing as far as possible with his hosts , the anthropological research worker seeks to seize the essence of life around him and to incarnate its animating spirit . He dashes about from place to place and function to function endeavouring to record all aspects of the local scene , trivial as well as tragic . His range of interests is as large as life : births , marriages , deaths , quarrels , reconciliations , rhetoric , religion , cultivation , animal husbandry , home - crafts , politics — all claim his attention and are ( or should be ) faithfully reported — warts and all . The minimum required of the social anthropologist is that he should write the biography of the people he studies . If he has no contribution to make to anthropological theory , he can at least do that .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
In the meantime V will fall . Monetarists also recognize that the demand for money can shift unpredictably in the short run with changing expectations of prices , interest rates and exchange rates . Thus V is unpredictable in the short run , and hence the effect of monetary policy on aggregate demand is also unpredictable in the short run . For these reasons monetarists argue that monetary policy can not be used for short - run demand management . Here at least , then , there is a measure of agreement between Keynesians and monetarists .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
The funeral had in fact been held only the day before . For the same reason , the annual post - Oscar ball sponsored by Pat Brown , the Governor of California , was cancelled altogether . Oscar night did not seem particularly relevant to those uncertain days of vague social unease , political upheaval and , of course , the Vietnam War rumbling away inconclusively on the other side of the globe , yet brought home with a vengeance to the American people on nightly TV news broadcasts ; and accordingly the attendant razzmatazz of the movie industry 's Night of Nights was reduced to what was considered a decent minimum . Despite his later expressed views about the distastefulness of holding the ceremony so close to the death of the Reverend King , and his saying that ‘ movies are n't made for tuxedos’ , Dustin , in hired white tie and tails , was there to present the best cinematography award with Katharine Ross . He retained his liberal credentials by escorting Mary Abigail McCarthy , the daughter of the anti - war Senator Eugene McCarthy , to the shindig , despite being warned by the Hollywood imagemakers not to ruin his box - office potential .
Idiom: keep your head (used idiomatically: no)
Mind you I 'd I 'd been running er ru running the tail route , that 's another route as you meet on er goes onto a gate on the left hand side where you got wagons about eight wagons , put it put them back , fasten this rope at the back . And the line they 're running down like that . They 're going they 're going some too I tell you you 'd got to keep your head down . used to take them down , run them in one gate , and next day you go a bit further on . Alright after you you perhaps took wagons down and put into that place where you and find the old ones in that room where your wagons are you see .
Idiom: be all ears (used idiomatically: no)
But the self that gets revealed in the novel 's action is a bundle of contradictions , like some people we know well . So there 's no inconsistency when Dostoevsky says that what is ‘ most important ’ is the ‘ special tone of the narrative ’ whereby ‘ everything will be saved' , and that the tone of the narrative rests in Stavrogin ‘ not being elucidated ’ . Stavrogin 's ear-biting and nose-pulling present two small samples of this all-important narrative tone . The first of these revelations which elucidate nothing is introduced as ‘ completely unthinkable but from another point of view and in one respect all too easy to envisage ’ . Slippage again : the crumbling , self-thwarting surface of the prose .
Idiom: by the back door (used idiomatically: yes)
You can share a bed with Hareton or Joseph.’ I was so angry with them all that I could not stay there a moment longer , and rushed out into the darkness . I saw Joseph by the back door , caught hold of the lamp he was carrying , and ran with it to the gate . But the dogs chased after me and attacked me , and I was soon knocked to the ground . Heathcliff and Hareton stood at the door , laughing , as I shouted at the dogs and tried to get up .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Arguably , the defence has no evidential burden to discharge in this situation , for , since the defence is seeking to do no more than deny the basic elements of the prosecution 's case , any assertion of consent by the defence should be placed before the jury . This view has not , however , been taken by the courts , which have generally insisted upon some evidence of consent before a jury direction on consent is required . With respect to certain other forms of criminal sexual conduct , however , the legislation has , on the face of it , succeeded in ruling out consideration of consent altogether . Thus , for example , criminal sexual conduct in the first degree is established where the defendant engages in sexual penetration with another and the actor is armed with a weapon or any article used or fashioned in a manner to lead the victim reasonably to believe it to be a weapon . It is similarly established where the defendant engages in sexual penetration with another and this occurs ‘ under circumstances involving the commission of any other felony.’
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've also just been lent a political fiction saga by one of Mrs T 's former advisers which is said to be excellent . Much Much love as always . Forgive the typed letter — bit impersonal , but I am trying to get to speedy grips with the little apple laptop powerbook 100 which I got when George was home — heaven alone knows how I would have done without it in the last few weeks . Since the UK dole is so little , that is self evident , and indeed I am writing down all I spend which concentrates the mind appropriately , given that the standing orders for gas and power go on . Sitting with tracksuit on , plus 3 layers on top thermal body vest job , geriatric cashmere sweater ( with airvents — = undarned holes ) and a sweatshirt to match tracksuit bottom on top .
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: yes)
The National Gallery , Washington Rusty Powell ? Well , strictly off the record … NEW YORK . Ask a dozen American curators about Earl A. Powell III , the new Director of the National Gallery , Washington , and you get more or less the same general response : ‘ If you were having lunch with Rusty ( his nickname that everyone uses ) and did n't know what he did for a living , you would think he was either an Assistant Secretary of the Navy , a General Manager of General Motors , or a football coach .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
One of these days he 'll crucify them . Tramp , shuffle , the sound of marching feet — it 's the legions . I hope they 've learned how to turn corners , they 're making straight for me . ' Lingones — wait for it , wait for it — halt ! ' bawled the centurion . ' Permission to speak , sir . '
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Let it also be borne in mind that Scrooge had not bestowed one thought on Marley , since his last mention of his seven - year 's dead partner that afternoon .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
Drew designs and makes instruments for monitoring diabetes and has distribution agreements with two medical companies with global networks , Ciba Corning and IL . Elsewhere , shares were mostly dull . The FTSE moved in a narrow band either side of the break - even line and by lunchtime was down 2.7 at 2809.5 . A cluster of ex - dividend stocks trading without the benefit of dividend payments helped keep dealing subdued . Better than expected figures for trade in April with countries outside the EC failed to move the market .
Idiom: by the back door (used idiomatically: yes)
By Ian Harper TOP pension fund managers are having to consider shifting funds into government gilt - edged stock as a result of the fall in the yield on UK equities brought about by changes announced in Tuesday 's Budget . In a move which pension fund managers describe as ‘ pension fund taxation by the back door’ , the decision to cut from 25 to 20 per cent the tax credit that can be reclaimed on dividends , has reduced the yield on the FT All - Share Index from 4.1 per cent to 3.9 per cent and could cost the funds £ 1 billion a year . Tom Crombie , the chief investment manager at Scottish Equitable , said : ‘ It is a bit of a worry . Whenever the yield has gone below 4 per cent before , it has been time to get out of the door and sell equities.’
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
He is very prone to accidents . I warn him , and he puts a skull and crossbones in his diary on those dates , and is extra careful . ‘ One Christmas , when he was about five , I was in bed with flu . I said to Kenny , my husband , ‘ Watch him’ . But he fell asleep , and he stood on a chair , fell off and broke his arm .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
These include three gold roundels , two pairs of gold earrings , a gold and a bronze torque and the basalt head of a bearded man . A spokewoman for the director 's office said that security at the Ashmolean Museum was approved by government security advisors and was constantly under review . A ' rigorous reappraisal ' would be carried out in the light of the latest theft . In addition , and three days earlier , a ' Martyrdom of Saint Catherine ' by Giovanni Francesco Caroto ( c.1478–1555 ) was taken from the Christ Church Picture Gallery on 3 March . A member of the Thames Valley police force stated that they had no information to suggest the thefts were linked .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
On January 17th , the day after Mr Gorbachev called for the suspension of a new law designed to guarantee press freedom , Nezavisimaya Gazeta published a white space on its front page captioned : ‘ This is what Soviet newspapers will look like after political censorship is reimposed.’ At the government - controlled newspaper Izvestia , the staff threatened to go on strike when their editor , who is a Kravchenko - like conservative , tried to get rid of his liberal deputy by giving him a cushy job as Madrid correspondent . The conflict reached heights of black farce when the editor told a parliamentary meeting that his staff was betraying him , and ended his speech by having a heart attack . All this suggests that gentle pressure will not work on the press . Journalists who refuse to toe the line will have to be sacked .
Idiom: fast and furious (used idiomatically: yes)
His reports from Bradford were no longer of the sporting kind . This was tragedy . The fire that engulfed the main stand , devouring some 56 lives in the process , was both fast and furious . Delahunty 's reports from the burning stand that afternoon won him worldwide acclaim and a number of top international radio and journalistic awards . For Delahunty , though , although it was an horrific afternoon , it was also just another day 's reporting .
Idiom: lame duck (used idiomatically: yes)
The discrepancy between the Heath government 's pretensions , and presumed mandate , and its actual powers can be shown up by considering , first , the famous ‘ U turn’ and second , the circumstances of its electoral defeat in 1974 . The U turn The intentions of this government in the ‘ Selsdon’ phase are well known : to regenerate a profitable , fast - growing , internationally competitive British capitalism by creating ‘ incentives’(direct tax cuts ) , outlawing the ‘ disruptive’activities of industrial militants , and reducing state ‘ interference’in the workings of the market : no more support for ‘ lame ducks’ ; no more detailed quantitative restriction on credit ; no more incomes policy . These policies were fairly soon in disarray , for a number of reasons . Relations with the trade unions deteriorated rapidly , as could only be expected .
Idiom: make a clean break (used idiomatically: yes)
After reporting a $ 260.5 m net loss for its fiscal first quarter , chief executive Robert Palmer declared that ‘ Digital will change . We are intent on ensuring that the customer is the focus of everything that we do.’ Palmer is making a clean break with the past in many ways , and in an interview with Digital News & Review magazine , he takes issue with Ken Olsen 's dismissal of Unix as ‘ Russian trucks and snake oil’ . ‘ This denial stuff does n't work,’ he says . ‘ If the market wants to move to Unix , independent of the fact that it 's inconvenient for you , you may have to recognise that early and really get out in front.’
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Everywhere I go people expect me to be the happy person they see on TV . No one can be like that all the time.’ Floyd , who has just finished filming in the Far East and has his autobiography and a cookery book in the pipeline , plus a new TV series , dreams of getting away from it all . ‘ Floyd the private person wants to be up to my waist in water with a fishing rod,’ he said . As Shaunagh continued to insist ‘ it was just a tiff’ , he refused to contemplate a reconciliation .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
Nor are there any madrigalian extravagances in Hassler 's madrigals ; they make good use of antiphony between higher and lower voice - groups as in the openings of ' Ach Schatz , ich thu dir klagen ' and ' Fahr hin , guts Liedelein ' ; but they lack rhythmic spring . That element appears , however , in his last collection of secular , including instrumental , works , the Lustgarten neuer teutscher Gesang Balletti Galliarden und Intraden ( 1601 ) . Many of these were written under the direct , sometimes very direct , influence of Gastoldi 's balletti , ' fa - la ' refrains and all —'Tantzen und springen ' , ' Unter all'n auf dieser Erden ' , ' All Lust und Freud'while others such as'Ihr Musici , frisch auf'are masterpieces of the German madrigal . One song , ' Mein Gmut ist mir verwirret ' , was soon given sacred words ( ' Herzlich tut mich verlangen ' and , later , ' O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden ' ) ; indeed the Lustgarten sank deep into the consciousness of German musicians , both composers and amateurs . Its examples were followed in one way or another in the various collections of Christoph Demantius ( 1567–1643 ) , Valentin Haussmann ( d. c. 1612 ) , Erasmus Widmann ( 1572–1634 ) , Hassler 's pupil Melchior Franck ( c. 1580–1639 ) , and others .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
From the stands Pears ' deliberate knock - down of Pell 's ‘ scoring’ pass to Hensley defied the laws of probability . Mapletoft , having knocked over the conversion , trumped it by banging over a 30-metre dropped goal off his weak foot to level at 20–20 . Inspired by such virtuosity , the Revan - powered Rugby scrum was in no mood to let Quins off the hook . A five - metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . Fittingly , a Mapletoft penalty brought the curtain down .