Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
Meanwhile , Apple Computer Inc says it will fit out its Quadra 700/900 AUX 3.0 servers with DigiBoard multi - port boards , whilst a new worldwide OEM deal will see IBM supply DigiBoard 128-port asynchronous cluster controllers for its RS/6000 series . CRAY TO CUT ANOTHER 650 JOBS AND WILL TAKE $ 40 m HIT THIS QUARTER Cray Research Inc , which laid off 150 contract staff in September is having to make much bigger cuts this month in an effort to save $ 50 m next year and , it hopes , substantially increase its competitive strength and profitability in the current global economic climate , and help counteract pressures from flat revenues and reduced profit margins . The supercomputer manufacturer is laying off about 650 regular and contract employees , with about half from Wisconsin and the balance from Minnesota operations and field offices . Cray is also introducing a company - wide wage freeze in 1993 ; executive officers will forego 1992 bonuses ; it will defer or eliminate a number of its current activities ; and will consolidate the Rice Lake , Wisconsin manufacturing operations with the Chippewa Falls base .
Idiom: hit the road (used idiomatically: yes)
PC Whitehouse continued . He had reversed down the road as the gunman fired bursts of semi - automatic fire . ‘ The bullets were hitting the road and I could see them coming towards me a lot faster than I was able to reverse.’ One bullet had hit the windscreen . Then the police car had crashed into a fence .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Simple lies we tell ourselves to hide the truth.’ He put out a hand and ran it possessively over her hair . ‘ I 'd like to take you to bed now , but I know it 's out of the question after all I 've said . Last night you made me feel more alive than at any time since the crash . If I 've been wrong about you I 'm sorry .
Idiom: put a damper on (used idiomatically: yes)
Surely there can be no firm rule : everything depends on the company . With your close family and real friends , there is no need for deception . However , if you are with a group and everyone is laughing , it might put a damper on things if you remained tight - lipped and poker - faced . There is no deception in a smile , in looking pleasantly relaxed . Doubtless you will agree that Mrs McG took things too far : whenever the speaker 's mouth went up , she said , ‘ Yes , yes,’ and whenever the mouth went down , she said , ‘ What a pity!’
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Where the uncertainty lies is what comes after Deng,’ said Mr Murray . ‘ Tiananmen has obviously moved us towards an attitude of caution.’ Hong Kong Special Report : After the traumas , the colony picks up the pieces By ROBERT COTTRELL FOUR months after the traumas of 3 - 4 June , Hong Kong has picked up most of the pieces .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Living things inhabited caves , did n't they ? A large wave passed . As Titron lifted , the black water in the dock sucked away , opening up a drop of several feet , only to be followed by a surge upwards . The submersible rose higher in the dock , the overflowing sea rushing like a tide over their boots . Pumps cut in , clearing the water through drains .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
In the newspapers there 'd been an army officer 's wife who 'd disappeared while the army officer was engaged in a liaison with a woman in the army catering services . This woman had become the army officer 's second wife . His first wife had gone to Australia , he had claimed in the dock , but there was doubt about that . There 'd been photographs of these people 's faces in the newspapers , but Stephen had forgotten what the faces looked like . Now faces appeared in his mind , with features that were grotesque in their exaggeration of innocence and evil .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
Very nice ! Oh Jack go away ! I do n't mean to be horrible or anything but he really gets on my nerves ! It is Rudolph Nuryev . Which is the only sport that I know .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: no)
Dolphins are also harpooned if they approach boats closely enough , and some are also taken incidentally in purse-seines and coastal set-nets . FAROE ISLANDS — BUTCHERY AMIDST AFFLUENCE Participating in a traditional bloody ritual called the grynd , that dates back over the centuries , Faroe Islanders each year herd large schools of pilot whales into shallow waters and then , with man and whale alike thrashing in red blood-stained water , the animals are gaffed , speared , or knifed to death . The effect on the whales is tragic — at least 220,000 pilot whales have been killed in these drives since first records were kept in 1709 . To the outsider , the way the whales are killed is nothing short of barbaric .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: no)
As you would expect , it has oven liners that help to clean themselves . MOFFAT DISCOVERY Cookability comes clean If you 've been impressed so far , you 'll be pleased to know that there 's even more to discover when you see the new Moffat Discovery for yourself . From top to bottom , this elegant , advanced example of British engineering is a World - beater .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
Then one day we found out how much money we were being sold for . Allergic to injustice as we are , we had no choice but to go it alone and manage ourselves . Easier said than done !
Idiom: do a runner (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Get me a camera and if we repeat this morning 's little exercise , we 'll be able to prove the leak end of things . But I want to look round Pegasus Farm and see if we can dig up anything there . If we blow Sorley he 'll just sell the van and do a runner.’ ‘ The Exhilarator only does night exercises — do n't look at me like that , that 's what they call them — on Friday and Saturday . That 's why Alec and Salome went then , so they could look around .
Idiom: gone with the wind (used idiomatically: yes)
Winning Poms . The Brits are home first Down Under . And , gone with the wind … disabled sailors on the crest of a wave . Anne Dawson Hello again .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
Preferably Chertro with his stupid grin and all the crooked FedPols who let someone walk away with the Ardakke prisoner . But Mala , looking paler still , was assuring her friend that there was no problem . I realized that she was n't going to tell him about events on Vadinamia so that he would n't jump to any conclusions and complicate things . And that was when he grinned and offered one more piece of terrifying information ' One funny thing that technician said , about phetam .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
Ah ? Very intent he is what 's your dad doing ? Is he pulling faces at you ? How are you are you getting bored now are you ?
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
The service is maintained all the year round , with a twenty - minute headway in winter and a twelve - minute headway during the summer season . In the exceptionally heavy snowfalls of 1940 and 1981 , several trams were stranded and the service suspended for several days . Each winter two cars are fitted with snow ploughs , which are operated in tandem , and the Unimog fitted with rotating brushes keeps the Promenade track clear . ( see p. 98 ) . In contrast , a pleasant summer scene in 1984 along the Golden Mile , with a new livery railcoach picking up passengers at Central Pier .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: no)
I went back to Desmond and got myself into more trouble because as soon as I got out I wanted money . I went on the game this time and earned a bit of money there , and I did chequebooks and cards . It was Desmond who put me on the game — that lasted for a few months , then I got fed up with it . I just felt dirty all the time . I 'm a professional chequebook girl and pickpocket .
Idiom: come in from the cold (used idiomatically: yes)
Its reluctance is largely a result of the strict financial regime imposed by the government as part of its general campaign to improve efficiency in the public sector and under which all rail improvements have to demonstrate an 8 % return on the capital before approval is granted . At the same time levels of public expenditure on the railways have been declining steadily over the past few years in the run - up to an expected privatisation and are now well below those of Britain 's Continental neighbours . Although the recent decisions on the Channel Tunnel and the PBKAL ( Paris - Brussels - Cologne - Amsterdam - London ) line are signs that Britain may be coming in from the cold , the country is still seen as an isolated outpost of a European transport network in which the main traffic flows will run north to south linking the industrial areas of France , Germany and Italy . Although European railway executives see British rail traffic as important , it is quite clear that it is not crucial to plans for the development of a European network which will proceed whatever happens on the other side of the Channel . The corridor effect
Idiom: keep mum (used idiomatically: yes)
The spooky ceremony was arranged by Di 's step - mother Raine . She believed her husband was troubled by the ghost of his father , the seventh Earl , because of an earlier feud . The Spencer family kept mum about the exorcism at Althorp — visited by thousands of tourists every year . But now Diana 's younger brother Charles , who became the ninth Earl following his father 's eventual death earlier this year , has exposed all the ghostly goings - on . And he admitted he was shocked that an exorcist was brought in .
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Microsoft Corp says its Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit Version 2.0 will be available early this month for $ 500 : the new generation supports several emerging multimedia systems and brings content - based title development within reach of publishers that might not know programming languages , the firm said ; Viewer 2.0 replaces the Multimedia Development Kit , the registered users of which can upgrade for $ 200 . X INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION TAKES OFF That long - anticipated non - profit X trade association , the X Industry Association , brainchild of The X Business Group , is getting off the ground : it 's picked itself a chairman in David Harris of Adobe Systems Inc and the board includes Peter Winston of Xhibition , Peter Shaw of AGE Logic Inc , Stephen King of Tektronix , Brian Fitzgerald of Digital Equipment Corp and Michael Harrigan of Network Computing Devices Inc and Anil Malhotra of IXI Ltd ; members include Applied Digital Data Systems , Grafpoint , Hummingbird , Kinesix , Non Standard Logics , Omron , Shographics , TeleSoft , Visual Edge and Walker , Richer & Quinn ; the new body is to market , promote and educate in the name of X , leaving the X Consortium , while it still exists , to grapple with the technical issues . LARGEST XTRA PROCESS EVER X / Open Co Ltd is about to embark on the largest Xtra process ever : it expects to invite 50 to 75 user groups worldwide to participate , get 35 to 50 of them actually involved and circulate 10,000 multiple - choice questionnaires in six languages : English , French , German , Spanish , Chinese and Japanese ; it is now trying to figure out how to get feedback from the non - industrial nations ; results will probably appear in Rome in early December .
Idiom: get the boot (used idiomatically: yes)
Why wo n't you go to the chiropodist . Because I keep bumping them it 's got nothing to do with the chiropodist . I can get you some army boots . Bumped my toe this morning .. Those green things are for Susannah 's picnic .
Idiom: blow your own trumpet (used idiomatically: yes)
You name us what you want to see , and we 'll tell you when to go and where to stay . And if you want peace and quiet without any crowds , we can also tell you when to stay away ! Blowing your own trumpet is n't a very British thing to do , so we 'll have to blame it on our Germanic streak , but GTF really are incredibly efficient . We 'd even go so far as throwing modesty to the wind , and say you wo n't find better value for money holidays or flights anywhere else . BERLIN A born again capital
Idiom: dyed in the wool (used idiomatically: yes)
The leaders of the main parties and the Darlington candidates have left me with the following impressions . John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire . Neil Kinnock former idealist who realised that he has to temper idealism with reality and also persuade his dyed in the wool colleagues that their ideas were out of date . Paddy Ashdown gives the impression of an officer exhorting his men to go over the top and kick a football towards the enemy lines and to die bravely against unbeatable odds . Michael Fallon superior school swot who feels that he is too good for his fellow men and appears to be out of his depth in his Government post .
Idiom: work wonders (used idiomatically: yes)
If this sounds familiar , then it 's high time you took a fresh look at your hair . Charles Worthington , who transformed Aimee 's looks , stresses the importance of giving fine hair a definite shape and style . A good cut can work wonders at creating the illusion of body and bounce . ‘ Lots of women who have fine hair hanker after long , thick hair , so they grow it in the mistaken belief that the longer it gets , the more hair they have and the fuller it will look,’ explained Charles . As he snipped several inches off the length of Aimee 's hair , he pointed out why he encourages all his clients who have fine hair to keep it in a short style — or at least above their shoulders .
Idiom: on a shoestring (used idiomatically: yes)
Firstly , we need to stop paying lip - service to the importance of IT in history and other humanities disciplines and do something to actively take the lead in promoting its development . Here in the UK there is an impressive array of humanities scholarship which actively employs computers in innovative and fruitful ways . As is admitted in Information Technology in Humanities Scholarships , a report co - sponsored by the British Library and the British Academy , however , nearly all of that research is conducted on a shoestring ( 1993 : 28 ) . The intention here is not to turn this essay , or indeed the panel to which it contributes , into yet another moaning session about the state of British higher education . Rather , it is to indicate that in this particular instance , underfunding is an accurate reflection of the second - class status that computer - assisted humanities research and teaching have in this country .
Idiom: drown your sorrows (used idiomatically: yes)
She had admonished him before they left the hotel to drink no more than one glass , and his brother , Chuck , who was sipping his own wine confidently without the restraint of any such embargo , looked down and laughed good - naturedly at his indecision . " It looks like Momma 's upstaged you — she 's the real belle of the ball after all , not you . So take another one and drown your sorrows — I 'll be responsible . " Joseph scowled back with mock ferocity at his brother as he picked up another glass and he was sipping it more circumspectly when a grinning dark - haired French youth of about eighteen approached them , holding out his hand . " Bonsoir , messieurs , I 'm Paul Devraux .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
The line is never a true crack until near the top , where pumped arms alight on bigger , better jugs and the usual abrupt Pembroke finish : horizontal relief stands in sharp contrast to the unrelenting verticality beneath . LAYAWAY MOVES Cool for Cats is of only slightly lesser quality , which means it 's a splendid climb on equally fine rock in a rewarding position , but just lacking the extra ' something ' evident on its neighbour . From the bifurcation of the two routes , Cool for Cats moves airily up the shallowest of grooves above the semi - rest , with more Stennis jugs for company , to a stopping place beneath a faintly bulging section which bars entry to the more pronounced line on the right flank of the blunt arête . Fear not , for excellent runners are once more in abundance and arms , should they be feeling the angle , need only last a few layaway moves to gain larger holds in the base of the slim upper groove .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
Code generated by EZ - RPC will run on different protocols without modification , NobleNet says , although a tailored version for DCE will be available when OSF 's DCE technology finally arrives as a bundled , commercial package . While wrinkles may be beginning to appear on Sun 's ONC — and the market waits on a fully - configured commercial DCE package — NobleNet is positioning itself to mop up the interim business , targeting developers with mixed proprietary and open architectures and non - communicating RPC 's . The privately held company 's main concern for the time being is , it says , to get the toolkit on to as many platforms as it can , and is eagerly offering itself up to OEMs — Sun being the prime target of its attention , with three million ONC licencees under its belt . Muscling its way into the Unix market , with a $ 10,000 price tag and no run - time fees , NobleNet is looking to take fish out of the net of its main rival , Boulder , Colorado - based Netwise . Netwise 's RPC - Toolkit costs a hefty $ 40,000 plus run - time fees for its network RPC library .
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: yes)
The army started to lose its nerve . The defence minister , General Jose Garcia Samayoa , suddenly called for a return to constitutional rule . The civilians took heart . Mr Serrano was told by the electoral authorities that he would not be able to hold either a plebiscite or elections for a new Congress , which he had hoped to do . Newspapers started to defy the strict censorship imposed during the coup and to poke fun at Mr Serrano .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
One of the most ambitious operations was launched in 1960 in the Belgian Congo ( as Zaire was then known ) . In the confusion following Belgium 's partial withdrawal from its colony , the UN force was at first given the foolish order not to shoot unless attacked . After losing some men and witnessing some horrific atrocities that it might have prevented by timely action , the force began to jump in to keep the peace . There is little doubt that by going on to the offensive the UN force saved Zaire from being cut in two by civil war . There is no doubt at all that without the peacekeeping force the war would have been worse than it was .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Looks nice . Take you long?’ ‘ All day , on and off.’ Clare nodded . ‘ Rather you than me .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's been set up — ' Spare the lecture , Sabrina , ' Kolchinsky cut in sharply . He placed the cigarette on the edge of the ashtray before looking at her again . ' Look , I hear what you 're saying . And if it 's any consolation , I do n't think he shot Barak either .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
In the same year the artist Stephen Boggs was charged with " reproducing the currency " by painting amusing pastiches of bank notes which he then traded as an example of performance art . There was little danger that his pictures ( which were valued at hundreds of pounds ) would devalue the currency or be torn out of their frames and passed off as real banknotes : his jury acquitted after retiring for only ten minutes . Government law officers are generally reluctant to put journalists and publishers in the dock of a criminal court , for fear that a jury will play its historic role and acquit . The law of sedition , for example , makes it a crime , punishable by imprisonment for life , to " stir up enmity between different classes of Her Majesty 's subjects " — an offence committed by some newspapers in every edition . The right of an editor to trial by jury is one reason why this law has not been invoked since 1947 : no government will risk the embarrassment of an acquittal .
Idiom: grease the wheels (used idiomatically: yes)
It was not paid for the years 1268–72 , and the king 's envoys to the Council of Lyons in 1274 registered a protest against the feudal bond . The following year Edward warded off the papal demand for payment by invoking his obligation — in matters affecting the crown — to consult his parliament , the meeting of which on this occasion was unavoidably delayed . Thereafter the tribute was only paid to grease the wheels of Anglo - papal diplomacy , but even these sporadic payments ceased from 1289 . The popes were prepared to be tolerant in this matter , in the hope that Edward would eventually get launched again on crusade , a hope stimulated by his taking the cross in 1287 when he vowed to depart in June 1293 and by the fall of Acre in 1291 . Edward gave successive popes few grounds for complaint with regard to episcopal appointments .
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
Well how do you go on then ? Well that 's what I 'm saying . They Les takes my word for it . So they in turn take Les 's word for it . But if they wanted to
Idiom: first up (used idiomatically: yes)
But this does not mean Hart is a certainty . Hart has attracted some sharp criticism , especially from Otago and southern parts of the South Island . They have put forward their nine - year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first - up . Other nominees are Ross Cooper , who helped Romania during the World Cup , Peter Thorburn , after seven years with North Harbour , and the wondrous Wellington duo of Earl Kirton and Andy Leslie . Kirton spent a year as an All Black selector when Hart was out of favour and now seems embroiled in a television commentary career which largely involves tearing strips from the referee and running a one - man coaching clinic at the same time .
Idiom: call someone's bluff (used idiomatically: yes)
She retired behind the glowing silken curtain of her loose hair as the jet began to taxi away from the small private terminal at London 's second airport , her feelings in a turmoil . Was she mad to have agreed to play this role in his life ? Should she have called his bluff ? She turned the pages of the fashion magazine over , but her eyes did n't take in any of the models so enticingly displayed in its pages ; her attention was all focused inwards on herself . ‘ Regretting your decision already?’
Idiom: with open arms (used idiomatically: yes)
I do hope you 'll be happy here . You 'll like the village , I 'm sure , and there are some awfully decent people scattered about . Mr Dare — he 's the vicar — has started a campaign for livening things up , so he 'll welcome you with open arms . He 's one of the best , and Mrs Dare gives the most marvellous picnics . ‘ Then there are the Paigntons , and the Rossiters , and , of course , the Blessington - Dalrymples .
Idiom: pass the time of day (used idiomatically: yes)
He says who does what and Gleeson was doing what he was told . Badly , as it happens , but it 's no skin off the boss 's nose , Gleeson getting done . And inside , the rat finds things out — though Christ knows how , no - one in their right mind would pass the time of day with him — and reports back to The Man.’ Marcus considered what Gleeson might have known about him . Only that he objected to being scrutinized in the shower .