Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
There is a previewer provided so that you can see what each of the styles looks like in combination with any of the 12 slide templates . Because of the timing and subject matter of my presentation — it 's about an autumn sales campaign — I selected BLEAVES.STY with a motif of leaves in autumnal colours . One of the most important aspects of a presentation style is that it is suited to your intended output — be it 35 mm slide , overhead transparencies , screen show or printed output — in black and white or colour . Although different presentation styles are appropriate to different media this is not indicated on the list and you will need to refer either to the Quick Reference Guide ( a single folder card that you should try to keep handy ) or to Chapter 20 of the User Guide — which frankly seems rather a long way in ! LEAVES is a 35 mm style which is lucky as that happens to be what I wanted .
Idiom: life and limb (used idiomatically: yes)
( Williams ) Cue loadsa windy sound effects from the rest of the ZZAP ! crew as I type my review of the new Williams pinball table . Hurricane places the player at the local Carnival , where you can sample the sideshows , risk life and limb on the big rollercoaster but not , unfortunately , stuff your face with mountains of hot - dogs and candy - floss . Bah ! This is a pinball game in the classic mould , with plenty of flashing lights and many millions of bonus points to be clocked up .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ solicitor’ means a person qualified to act as a solicitor under s.1 of the Solicitors Act 1974 . ( 2 ) Words importing gender include a reference to both other genders , words in the singular include a reference to the plural and vice versa . ( 3 ) Any reference to any provision of the Act , the AJA , the Solicitors Act 1974 or any provision of any other statutory act relevant to these Articles shall be deemed to include a reference to any statutory modification or re - enactment of that provision for the time being in force . MEMBERS 4 .
Idiom: lose heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Florey 's predecessor , Georges Dreyer ( 1873–1934 ) developed a vaccine against tuberculosis . The press published premature and optimistic reports , while trials of the vaccine showed that it was ineffective . Dreyer was unfairly discredited , and appears to have lost heart for further work . The story was no doubt well known to Florey and may have contributed to his own dealings with the press . There were no endowments to finance the upkeep of the building and the work inside it .
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
It was not a glib doctrinal position simple culled from the inherited opinions of her own Christian forbears , but the result of many years study and patient listening to all that the African students and officers could teach . In return her own deep awareness of God and feeling for Him communicated on a much deeper level than mere words . She could talk in quite rough and ready language if occasion demanded . She was not pious . Her religion was part of life , just as the Africans was .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
The firm now employs 640 people in the manufacture of frozen foods and ready meals , and its six month pre - tax profits to October 31 were £ 1.7 m . Dalepak chief executive Chris Ivory said Mr Carr had been the engineer of the company 's firm foundations . ' He was a very caring person who took a great interest in the people in the business , he was very thoughtful . ' I ca n't think anyone would have an adverse word to say about him , he was always so polite , considerate and caring to others , ' Mr Ivory said . Mr Carr retired from Dalepak in 1988 but stayed on as a nonexecutive director , and was also a non - executive director with Hartlepool - based building group Cecil Yuill .
Idiom: have a go (used idiomatically: yes)
NORWEGIAN international Gunnar Halle last night cited veteran Ray Wilkins as an example of double standards in English football . Halle was booed constantly by the QPR fans after a first-half tackle on Andy Sinton which saw the England winger carried off . But he argued : ‘ I do n't know why the fans were having a go at me . It was a fair tackle , I won the ball . ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Recorded live in Japan in ' 88 , Johnny slams into a set of songs which bear all the hallmarks of his wild and reckless lifestyle . Most telling of all are the three ‘ drug’ songs which sign this selection off . ‘ Too Much Junkie Business’ , ‘ Chinese Rocks’ and ‘ Born To Lose’are pared close to the bone and chillingly too close too comfort . NEGATIVLAND : Points LONG BEFORE Negativland got right up U2 's collective nose , they were busily cranking out a different kind of musical anarchy .
Idiom: spin a yarn (used idiomatically: yes)
Reyburn 's Record Baby Boom Like never before ‘ baby talk’ is one of the major topics of conversation at Douglas Reyburn . It could be called ‘ spinning a yarn’ but the blarney for once is true because seven Mums - to - be are away on maternity leave and more Mums are confirmed but not yet on leave . Of the female work force it represents nearly seven percent and all at once . It must be the fresh Ayrshire air , or the water , or something .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
This might appear to be a criticism of the school in how it undertook its appraisal , but one must question whether it was really in the school 's interests to produce an evaluation in which its weaknesses were openly admitted . Rather than highlighting is internal problems — procedures , policies and matters of individual performance — the school tended to place the spotlight on external matters — the changing intake and the increase in the number of pupils with learning difficulties — and matters which reflected on the LEA 's own accountabilities — over staffing and resources . In the light of the accountability angle of the LEA scheme , to have avoided subjecting school policies and personnel to critical scrutiny whilst at the same time taking advantage of the appraisal to engage in special pleading over staffing and resources , seems to have been a sensible and shrewd strategy . The Governors ' Meeting to Discuss the Self - Appraisal The governors of Northend School met to discuss the self - appraisal report in March 1984 .
Idiom: dead and buried (used idiomatically: no)
Tom says he owes his life to Joyce , and he ca n't thank her enough . But he hates to think what would have happened if Joyce had n't been there . He says he would have been dead and buried now . Six feet under . The best - selling novelist Joanna Trollope has caught the film bug .
Idiom: take someone to task (used idiomatically: yes)
Government takes Vietnam to task : repatriations too slow
Idiom: grasp the nettle (used idiomatically: yes)
In more general terms the community is putting forward a demand that it should have the decisive voice in determining its own future , something no state is likely to welcome . ‘ They want to see economic development in the local area for them’ . The community has also grasped the nettle of the unemployment argument for development . As another part of their struggle against mining , the population has formed a Community Development Association to explore other options for development in the area . The local resistance raises even more basic questions about the type of destructive development involved in mining : what is the point of destroying a sustainable ecologically - managed way of life for the short - term benefits of outsiders ?
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
It is as difficult for beginners ( except perhaps those of exceptional ability ) as other professions are ; many give up and leave it each year . If you have a career open to you in a family business you would probably be well advised to enter it ; and in that case there is no point in obtaining a professional qualification . If you have specialised in Law in your University , Polytechnic or College , your knowledge will give you a useful background in many walks of life . It is always a help to know when precisely a contract is concluded , for example , and of possible legal liabilities against which it is advisable to insure . If you are reading this book before starting on your higher studies , the present chapter may cause you to decide not to study Law at all , or not to specialise in it .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
I could n't believe it and , at the pictures , persisted in dragging them surreptitiously on and off whenever he took his eyes off the screen and looked at me . For your eyes only Mind you , he 'd come home from university one time to see me in bed with flu , glasses and no front teeth , so I guess he was pretty immune to my charmlessness — or was too shortsighted himself to notice . Or maybe love really is blind . During the 70s , in my Loving Spoonful London Hippie period , I favoured tiny , blue - tinted , gold - rimmed Lennon specs like everyone else — and , for the first time , felt utterly at peace ( man ) with my bespectacled self .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
His dancing gets wilder and wilder . ) Ant : And now for the best bit ! ( He leaps up in the air and comes down in the ' splits"position . There is a loud ripping noise . ) Ant : Oh no !
Idiom: dead and buried (used idiomatically: yes)
Even the recent recruitment of West Indies’ skipper Richie Richardson in Tendulkar 's place has n't silenced the controversy . But now Asians connected with the county have leapt to its defence . Solly Adam , who first alerted Yorkshire that Tendulkar was keen to play in England , is convinced that prejudice is dead and buried . He said : ‘ They have made it a priority to discover a Yorkshire - born non - white player to play for them . ‘ Last year the Yorkshire committee paid for an extensive coaching programme for six weeks to help youngsters in the area who were predominantly of Pakistani and Indian background .
Idiom: in stitches (used idiomatically: yes)
He went first to a choir school , St Michael 's College , Bexley , then , having failed his Eleven - Plus , to Oakfield School , Dulwich , where he received the private education on which his parents were so keen , although that meant sacrifices for them , such as giving up smoking . The youngster never enjoyed school but captained the football team , preferring sport to academic lessons . In class he would play the clown and have the other boys in stitches , but a teacher would walk in and all fingers would point to him . Crawford later recalled , ‘ I did n't enjoy my last three years at school . I failed the Eleven - Plus — that horrible thing and that made me feel I was n't any good .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ From — you?’ she asked uncomprehendingly , but was feeling in so much of a fog , she had to admit , ‘ I do n't think I understand.’ ‘ I 'm not surprised,’ Ven replied , and taking a long pull of breath , ‘ I do n't seem to be doing this very well,’he stated , ‘ but at least we 're talking — which makes it less difficult than I thought it was going to be.’ And while , still in a fog , Fabia could only stare at him , he touched a hand to her arm and this time , instead of commanding her to ‘ sit down’ , he quietly asked , ‘ Would you be seated ? Sit down and give me the time I need to explain everything to you?’ Fabia stared at him for a moment longer .
Idiom: hate someone's guts (used idiomatically: yes)
The Lab would n't have welcomed his appointment . He was pretty unpopular with most of the senior staff . But there are always one or two who would have preferred a colleague to a stranger even if they hated his guts . And the Union made the expected noises about not appointing a forensic scientist . " Why did you appoint Howarth ?
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
The Russian government has published a report acknowledging that large quantities of Soviet nuclear waste were dumped at sea , in violation of international standards . It confirms a number of previous reports over the last few years [ see EDs 68 , 67 , 65/66 , et passim ] . Radioactive waste had been disposed at sea by the Northern and Pacific Navies and the Murmansk merchant fleet . According to the report : " The most serious potential radioactive danger is posed by the dumping in shallow waters around Novaya Zemlya and the Kara Sea of reactors from atomic submarines and a container from the icebreaker Lenin with nuclear fuel already unloaded " . It claimed , however , that there appeared to be no immediate threat to humans or the environment .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
CDU Secretary ~ General Hintze said the economy package was necessary so that Germany could compete on the international level .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
4 ) Flyer takes Base 's hands again , carefully places one foot on Base 's head and pushes him-/herself slowly into the Bolk on Mid 's feet . Base holds Flyer 's hands steady at roughly Base 's head height , Mid takes care to maintain a straight posture .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Convention and Consensus Assume that almost every lawyer and judge in Britain accepts that if a statute is duly enacted by Parliament with royal assent , and there can be no real doubt about what the language of the statute means , then the law is what the statute plainly says it is . They all think this " goes without saying , " and they count it among their paradigms of legal argument . This assumed consensus has two possible explanations , however . Perhaps lawyers and judges accept that proposition as true by convention , which means true just because everyone else accepts it , the way chess players all accept that a king can move only one square at a time .
Idiom: tread the boards (used idiomatically: yes)
CAPTAIN Chiropodist put his best foot forward in Cleveland yesterday . Accompanied by his pals Vera Verruca and Betty Bunion , the captain strode out to promote National Foot Health Week . The trio were treading the boards at Linthorpe Road Junior School , Middlesbrough , in a short play devised and performed by South Tees Community and Mental Health chiropody department . Twinkle Toe 's New Shoes aims to show children the importance of having their feet measured when choosing new shoes . ‘ By injecting humour into foot education , we hope children will enjoy themselves and remember the important messages,’ said acting district chiropodist Paul Thurland .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
She is waiting for the clock downstairs to strike twelve . When it strikes , she will shut her eyes . When she was a girl , at midnight on New Year 's Eve , she could hear the steam trains ' celebratory whistle beyond the crossing down Station Road . Now she hears nothing but the sounds of her own house . When she was a girl , she could lie in bed and hear her mother and father talking in the next room .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
The result was gratifying to Göring . His man had increased the Nazi presence in the Volkstag from a single seat to 27 seats . And just as in the Reich , on the back of electoral success rode increased party membership ; between June 1930 and December 1932 membership increased from 800 to 9,519 . The Danzig Party leapt into the political struggles of the Volkstag with renewed energy and Forster settled down with confidence to work at his leisure the rich vein of economic discontent that ran right through every strata of Free City society . The discriminatory policies of Poland , which had been prompted by Germany 's boycott of Polish coal in 1925 , had by this time developed into a fully - fledged trade war , and this , combined with the effects of the new port at Gdynia , the increasing Jewish population , the irritating presence of Danzig Poles and the continual clucking of the League of Nations , all helped to shift the political perceptions of the local population towards simplistic , populist , nationalist and ultimately racist solutions — namely those offered by the Nazi Party .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Many governments and financial institutions recognize this . In recent months , the World ~ Bank , the European Investment Bank , and the United ~ States Export - Import Bank have introduced policies that restrict financing of new coal - fired power ~ plants unless they can capture and store their CO2 emissions . Five ~ Nordic countries have joined the US Treasury in ending public financing of new coal - fired power ~ plants overseas , and others may soon follow suit . And this fall , the US Environmental ~ Protection Agency proposed emissions standards for new power ~ plants that would rule out conventional coal power – an important step that would cut carbon pollution and drive innovation . Likewise , China , concerned about the serious health costs linked to burning coal , is prohibiting new coal capacity in three coastal provinces under its newly adopted action plan on air ~ pollution .
Idiom: hold the fort (used idiomatically: yes)
Film Postcards from the edge Anne Billson stares into the abyss with Lawrence Kasdan , and starts to panic Here in the comfier parts of the planet , life 's struggle is confined to laying down sandbags . Insurance policies , wise investments , sensible diets and burglar alarms : if only we can lay down enough of them , the reasoning goes , we can maybe hold the fort against the chaos that rages outside . But every so often , something will erupt out of nowhere , break through our defences and turn the well - ordered furniture upside - down . It might be the unexpected death of someone we know , or a mindless crime , or a freak accident , or a hurricane that tears off the roof tiles — any one of these is enough to remind us that total control is a delusion .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: no)
When anyone 's like that with me or with one of my friends she just sits there looking at you because , cos she 's big , she 's kind of threatening sometimes , you know what I mean ? She 's sitting there with a fag hanging out her mouth . She just sits there staring at him saying you make any funny moves you 'll see what you get . Oh Shelley 's She 's erm , she 's on a diet . Oh really ?
Idiom: the die is cast (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 've never heard of such a thing.’ Once at the Prince Albert Street police station , Amaranth and her escort were taken to a small , comfortably furnished room where they were interviewed by a woman detective . With a feeling that the die was cast , Amaranth put her signature to the statement alleging sexual assault on the part of one Ronald Barton . She was asked to step next door where she was cursorily examined by a female Indian doctor who offered no opinion . Mrs de Crespigny ( ‘ Nora Champion de Crespigny is my full name’ ) wrote to the effect that she had been passing the lounge at the time , and was a witness , if not to the actual assault , then to Mrs Wilikins 's evident distress .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
Earlier on in the debate , Keith Vaz , Labour MP for Leicester East , had requested that the DTI ' be asked to act on the representations to it by creditors and staff about the way in which the liquidation is proceeding ' . ' The first scandal in BCCI was the fraudsters profiting from the misery of ordinary people because the Bank of England failed in its duty to protect them , ' he said . ' The second scandal will be the liquidators becoming rich on the victims ' money while the Government stand by and watch … In a year we shall be here again debating another inquiry into the way in which the liquidation has been conducted . ' As of 15 July , the liquidators ' cash book receipts for BCCI SA England stood at just over £ 325 m .
Idiom: tough titty (used idiomatically: yes)
daddy hit you on the nut did he ? Ah ooh you want that bit of bread do you , ooh . Ooh you want the remote control do you , ooh , tough titty no , thank you Peter Are you going to eat your get away from here , I ca n't see for the flaming
Idiom: go overboard (used idiomatically: yes)
You should also have the right and freedom to express your own feelings in a frank manner , without feeling guilty . Not only you but also your teenager will benefit from such honesty . You are demonstrating to them how to recognize , name and communicate their feelings without going overboard . Psychologists refer to these statements about one 's own feelings as ‘ I’ messages . If your daughter comes home late yet again , you might say ‘ When you come home late at night I am worried sick .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Right . So we would have have to make sacrifices in some respects . Right , so you recognised early on , that you would have to make a move for some of the stances that you wanted . So there 's er , there 's er an important movement , actually . Yes .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
However , this research was specifically conducted in the mid-1970s with the then current concern about rape in mind , so other types of sex crimes were neglected . The emphasis of the research mainly focused on the press reporting of the rape victim . It was argued that when the woman was ' named in a press report , this obviously dramatically widens the number who may point an accusing finger at the unfortunate victim — or at least the victim believes it will ' . In both 1951 and 1971 , the same proportion ( 54 per cent ) of the press reports actually named the victim . Further , there was no invariable respect or reticence for age , whether young or old .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: no)
Before these questions can be answered , organizations have to consider the costs involved . The two basic costs of inventory items are ( i ) ordering costs ie wages , administration and transport costs etc , and ( ii ) carrying , or holding costs ie interest on money invested in stock , storage costs , insurance costs etc . It is these two types of costs that inventory control aims to minimise in the light of the required inventory levels referred to in the previous paragraph . The O.R. scientist applies mathematical and statistical formulae to models of an inventory so as to produce data on which buying and stockholding decisions can be taken .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
Ms. Fugmann - Liesing stated , " The balancing of the budget must not be achieved on the backs of the provinces and towns . "
Idiom: an Englishman's home is his castle (used idiomatically: yes)
By PETER HARRIS IT IS a rather puzzling irony that in a country where we are apparently so obsessed with our homes , such a huge proportion of our new houses are mass produced boxes which are put up speculatively by developers who have little knowledge of their end customers ' needs and requirements . If an Englishman 's home is his castle it has typically become , since the last war , a castle which lacks character , individuality and substance . The architectural profession has singled out individual housing as an area of potential new work especially for smaller practices . Richard MacCormack is the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects .
Idiom: in broad daylight (used idiomatically: yes)
And night before they 'd sunk a hospital ship . U - Boats . We came across in broad daylight . We got to Southampton alright . And I 'd written the postcard on boat er they gave us all postcards to send home .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: no)
I understood . She could not apologize , but she could still pity . I spent a night and a day and a second night in agony . The next day I saw Lily and told her I was going to volunteer . All the blood left her cheeks .