Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: heads will roll (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We get a foreign bird to fly into our nest and lay the biggest egg of all time . Let 's just hope we do n't get any of that egg on our faces.’ ‘ We do … and heads will roll,’ Hayman warned . He was deadly serious . ‘ You know it , Paul … we ca n't afford to foul up on this one.’
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
Chairman Garry Gibson said : ‘ We believe it is a realistic target . Hartlepool are in the Second Division under the new set - up , so we need only one promotion . ‘ We are gearing ourselves up for promotion on and off the field . We will start with a better squad than last season . ‘ Judging by last season , I do n't think we have anything to worry about .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Built - in cupboard with gas and electric meter , coat hooks . LIVING ROOM 21′ × 15′ max . being dual aspect with views to communal gardens to front and small private balcony to rear , two radiators , T.V. point , door to KITCHEN 8′ 5″ × 7′ 5″ window to rear , marble effect work surfaces with drawer and cupboard space , inset single drainer stainless steel sink unit , wall mounted Gloworm gas boiler supplying domestic hot water and central heating system .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: no)
Always Defect does well against Always Cooperate , since it gets the high ' Temptation ' score every time . Nasty strategies like Always Defect will come in to keep down the numbers of too nice strategies like Always Cooperate . But although Tit for Tat is strictly speaking not a true ESS , it is probably fair to treat some sort of mixture of basically nice but retaliatory ' Tit for Tat - like ' strategies as roughly equivalent to an ESS in practice . Such a mixture might include a small admixture of nastiness . Robert Boyd and Jeffrey Lorberbaum , in one of the more interesting follow - ups to Axelrod 's work , looked at a mixture of Tit for Two Tats and a strategy called Suspicious Tit for Tat .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: no)
Building Greater Europe MOSCOW – Greater Europe is at a crossroads . Twenty years after the fall of the Iron ~ Curtain , it remains divided , unable to unify into a global force . Each of the three parts of Greater Europe – Russia , the European ~ Union , and the countries between them – is in crisis .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
Nizan himself expressed it more simply : " The major problems consist in infusing art with the spirit of revolution without destroying art in the process . " When Nizan highlights the technically advantageous position of the writer who portrays a society of stability , and at the same time stresses the desirability and the necessity for the contemporary writer to engage fully in a portrayal of the political instability of post-1914 French society in its turbulent actuality , he locates with unerring precision the revolutionary writer 's primary dilemma . This dilemma is given prominence in the distinction that Nizan draws between " balance - sheet novels " ( " romans - bilan " ) , which take stock of a finalised historical period , and " problem - centred novels " ( " romans - probleme " ) which focus on contemporary issues . From the perspective of the 1930s , the historical period prior to 1914 is " closed " , its actuality and unpredictability are no more . The secrets of the period , hidden and unknowable at the time , have been revealed in the historical conclusion of 1914 .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
All are small islets only a few thousand square metres in extent , which support a few Shetland sheep , a sizable common seal population and a few birds . We had to circle all the islands in case we missed the eider . When they are in moult they often sit ashore on the rocks , when their dark brown plumage blends in with the dark rocks . Most of the ducks were at Grif Skerry as we expected and , after counts and recounts , we moved on . The wind had freshened by this time and was causing some choppy waves , so we pressed on to try and finish the circuit planned before counting became impossible .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
We need more projects that bring us together . We need to learn more about other students — and they about us . Otherwise we 're out of sight and out of mind — or just extras to give the appearance of integration . Some of the courses are about Environmental Design . Students learning to be future professional designers will need to think about designing with everyone 's needs in mind .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
Again , sales of ' Palatinate Lager ' have made encouraging progress . Capital expenditure has been directed mainly at improving packaging and distribution . We are now producing our traditional ' Palatine Bitter ' in large cans and 2-litre PET bottles suitable for the take - home trade , and our sales force has made encouraging progress in placing these on off - licence and supermarket shelves . This is still a relatively small aspect of our operations as yet , but the sector is one of the major growth areas and we can not afford to neglect it . We owe a particular vote of thanks to our loyal and hard working employees for all their efforts during the year .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
During the ten or so years leading up to the inauguration of Channel Four in 1982 many proposals were considered but there seemed to be a degree of agreement amongst those favouring a novel form of organization that allocating the ' fourth channel ' to the commercial sector would only complete the symmetrical straitjacket of broadcasting in Britain and continue it forever : two public institutions would each supervise two channels and they would compete , two by two , for parallel audiences in perpetuity . By and large , these criticisms were widely accepted and so efforts were directed to making this channel one which would allow for diversity , for new ideas and for experimentation . In the event , the 1980 Broadcasting Act allocated the fourth channel to the IBA in preference to creating a new authority specifically to run this channel . However , the IBA would not run Channel Four as a franchise in the same way as it ran the other regional companies , but would instead own it .
Idiom: you can't teach an old dog new tricks (used idiomatically: yes)
Male speaker It 's a nice thing to learn . They say you ca n't teach an old dog new tricks , but I 'm living proof . Voice over Some performers are a dream to work with ; others not .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
2.1 ) Individual motivation . For instance , a married couple may want a bigger and better house , so they are motivated into purchasing one . This may involve the following behavioural changes : * the wife may return to full - time work to increase the family 's total income ; * expenditure on other items , such as cars or holidays , may for the time be reduced ; the couple may place an increased value on the enhanced personal prestige attached to the ownership of the larger property , and will be prepared to accept the financial consequences of enjoying this enhanced prestige . This may involve a change of attitude towards the kind of housing that interests them . The marketer , therefore , needs to understand the needs or wants that inspire individual motivation , and give rise to particular forms of purchase behaviour .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
He has been described as ' eccentric ' but esoteric might have been a more suitable word . During his Vancouver production of the drama ' Flags on the Matterhorn ' he asked Frank Vyvyan , our sound effects expert , for ' the sound of ice - water sluicing through slots of opaque glass ' , and Frank managed it ! We did not have an echo chamber at CBR , so when Lance Sieveking required an echo effect our engineers set up a microphone in the gentlemen 's washroom where the reverberation off tiled walls and floor gave the desired effect . The only fiasco during Sieveking 's west coast visit was when , right in the middle of the echo chamber scene , someone flushed a loo and the extra effect of a sudden waterfall was added to the scene . Fortunately this occurred during the dress rehearsal , so the general public never knew what they missed .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
For all that , New Lanark was a semi - socialist and humanitarian experiment in the midst of universal industrial barbarism . Vast masses of people were subject to conditions that would barely have been tolerated in the Dark Ages . Entire families , forced off the land and driven to the cities , found themselves tied to a treadmill of existence that involved the entire family working , quite literally , night and day . There was no concept of industrial safety , no minimum wage , no law against child labour . It was slavery in all but name , and names meant little to those who had to endure it .
Idiom: fit as a fiddle (used idiomatically: yes)
He and his wife Rita , had been model parents to the twins and had never understood why their sons were basically bad . ‘ He 's okay!’ Terry replied , ‘ he 's retiring next year , fit as a fiddle , but still as soft as shit.’ ‘ He 's a good old boy,’ Nigger growled , ‘ I 'm surprised he 's still fit having to worry about you two buggers all the time.’ Terry laughed again .
Idiom: drop a hint (used idiomatically: yes)
' You do drop a hint here and there . ' ' That 's the most one can do , really , ' says Freddie . ' Get hold of some ordinary chap and drop a few hints in his ear . ' ' That 's why Freddie asked you to come round today , ' says Caroline . ' Perhaps ' ordinary chap ' is a rather unfortunate phrase … '
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Superior stylistic settings and often terrific process effects are largely wasted by the limp , lifeless pacing of adapter - director William Sterling,’ wrote Variety . ‘ Having decided to make it a musical,’ wrote Alexander Stuart in Films and Filming , ‘ William Sterling should have had his team work on the songs until they were really worth including until they added something to the tale.’ Marjorie Bilbow , in Cinema TV Today , described the production as ‘ very plodding and unimaginative’ , and Clyde Jeavons wrote in the British Film Institute 's Monthly Film Bulletin , ‘ Apart from accommodating a number of half - hearted and totally unmemorable songs and dance routines , William Sterling has taken few liberties with the original narrative , but at the same time he has divested it of both its charm and its potential for cinematic comic invention . Visually the film is closer to a Babycham commercial than a Tenniel illustration.’ By the time Alice 's Adventures In Wonderland was released , Crawford and wife Gabrielle had split up , but they kept their parting quiet from the press for eighteen months .
Idiom: jobs for the boys (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's right , it 's erm its empirically verified that in developing countries er the civil service or the , the government sector is very very large relative to the , to the economy , now whereas say U K or somewhere like France the government public and semi public er organizations employ ten percent of the , the workforce , perhaps a bit , bit more in France than the U K erm in developing countries the government sector can be , you know , over half of the total urban , urban employment , in some cases it 's seventy and eighty percent of er employment . Now it is generally observed that most civil servants whatever country they come from make sure that they er give each other pay rises and I know it happens in this country the Civil Service pay pays quite well and it 's certainly a key erm feature in er pay structure in developing countries that if your , if you work for the government you are very very well paid , like government wages can be , you know , four , five , six , ten , twenty times of the , the national average and it 's not because erm they 're paying high wages to get the , the most able people , it 's because there are mechanisms , institutional mechanisms that keep wages high , there 's no market in the jobs for , th these are generalizations but I think they are fairly , fairly true erm becau there is no market for er for the jobs , for civil service jobs that appointments are made and it is much more important who you know than , than what , what you know and the old boy network , as it 's called , in this country is fairly important in the English Civil Service but a similar sort of network tends to be far more important in developing countries , something that is euphemistically called patronage erm but we might call the old boy network or er er jobs for the boys whatever , but erm Do they issue them , part of the reason that of them having higher wages is that part industrials are bias that they , they have a higher wages and they think they will have a stronger growth in the industrial sector Well because there is er an industrial bias , erm what industrial bias means is that gets subsidized because it 's subsidized they can pay higher wages er erm so it 's not just the government jobs that are well paid it 's the industrial jobs .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
Other than that , the bourgeoisie lay low , biding its hour - which could not far off .
Idiom: go up in smoke (used idiomatically: yes)
They had left her at school as long as they could , because they did n't know what to do with her ; but now she was to take this course and later get a job on a newspaper . ‘ I hope the chemist will send up the things tonight,’ Breeze said , to change the subject . ‘ Matron will go up in smoke if he doesn't.’ ‘ Oh , Breeze , Matron is the limit ! Did she send you in with an order tonight — when she knew we were going to do our Christmas shopping and have a meal together ?
Idiom: take someone to the cleaners (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh they , yes Varying sort of choice presents are they ? Oh yes they are they 're nice presents and erm she said she is is sort of in charge of his suits and he can only wear a suit she takes a suit to the cleaners every three weeks . Every three weeks she has to ? That 's London .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
I got a picture of one if you want it Jonny . What ? I got a picture of one if you want it . That 's the one . It 's not on the back of his door ?
Idiom: up to here (used idiomatically: yes)
I had no doubts about his musicianship , his talent or his ability to tell a funny story funnily . All I doubted was his willingness to do so . Like The Fabulous Baker Boys , the King Brothers had broken up as much because they 'd ‘ had it up to here’ as because of the ominous advent of ‘ the group’ . Den was now a successful composer and he claimed to hate performing . So it was with some trepidation that I put forward the idea of his leaping back into the West End , twenty years after he 'd gratefully left it .
Idiom: up to here (used idiomatically: yes)
Awful ! You 'd get a So we were gon na move an office up to here with some natural light in it . Yeah . Cos there 's nothing worse than there being a room with no natural light in , really .
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: no)
And shall we all come out of the ground like daisies ? Day rose , for one day only So say the heart , like that , gathers no dust And say love , that parts every petal 's falling Parts , and blossoms , and breaks us —
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
He laughed at Shildon 's stupidity before saying : ‘ The case is pretty well over , did you know that ? Mr Wickham 's just about ready to haul someone in.’ He pulled a face and said less colloquially : ‘ I mean , he 'll be asking someone to accompany him to the police station.’
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
The Straits Times index was 3.28 points easier at 1,404.98 . Sydney : Shares finished marginally weaker but off their lows , with the All Ordinaries index down 3.1 points at 1,772.5 . Bombay : An official denial of moves to end price controls on steel triggered nervous long liquidation across the board . Johannesburg : Interest was minimal and the market closed weaker , with the general index 19 points down at 2,710 . Paris : The CAC-40 index climbed 9.37 points to 1,918.41 in a robust response to increases in European interest rates .
Idiom: fill someone's shoes (used idiomatically: yes)
This blurs distinctions between departments , between line and staff managers , and between management and workers.’ Through this rotation the commitment to a tenure principle and the prevention of organizational arteriosclerosis are maintained simultaneously . Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes . Typically , the enterprise will always leave some management slots vacant . Nominal subordinates may discharge managerial tasks .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
And he said , come out of his driveway , turning into Rosebury and somebody forgot to stop ! Coming out of Rosebury straight into his side of car ! Serve him right ! The insurance , insurance will pay for that wo n't they ? I heard this one .
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
In terms of transportation growth . Erm want to see expansion in half a million there . Passenger transport in order to promote the new transportation erm policies of the to get off the ground erm during the erm previous council . seriously do need to put erm into the passenger transport . Town centres er we think there should be growth of two hundred thousand , it 's not enough .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Ideally this water should be wrung out into another container and not mixed with fresh rinse water . It is critical that the water in contact with the surface is not allowed to cool too much otherwise dissolved or suspended residues may be redeposited . Brushing : Brushes have superb mechanical cleaning properties but are not , as a rule , able to hold much solution . If therefore the cleaning operation intends to combine chemical and brushing action a specific technique should be used . The brush should be dipped and loosely scrubbed over a surface wetting the area , rather than cleaning , then dipped again and used to scrub rapidly the wetted area .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
The sad thing is Well my friend never paid Tal talking about pensions Tom , the chap er cha with the office girls and that and , and checking our expense sheets , he , he er they put a notice on the board you could ante your what , in your pension , you could a put a bit more into it and I were looking at notice and he says ooh he says it 's no good for you , he says er w well I told you about it did n't I ? Yes . And I said ooh
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Once on this tour … he wanted to throw me out!’ Jim Bob : ‘ The only big one was when we played the NME party ( back in 1990 — Ed ) , because we had such a big fight . We were just drunk as usual , but everybody was arguing with each other and it came to a head and we had a fight . I broke my guitars — then we had another fight around at his house . There 's been times , erm , other things , usually something unconnected with the music.’
Idiom: turn tail (used idiomatically: yes)
He smiled faintly . ‘ No , you won't.’ Again , she had plenty of opportunity to turn tail and run , to prove to him somehow , somewhere , some way , that he had got entirely the wrong idea about her . But she stood frozen to the spot , a rabbit caught in a white light , a moth caught in its destiny with a flame . She gasped when his lips touched her .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
REWARDS : THE CARROTS All organizations work on a carrot - and - stick policy . Punishment and rewards go hand in hand . Police forces are no exception . In the words of the chief constable some years after the post - Strike intake:'There is much more stability amongst the Constables due to rising years of service , too valuable to be risked .
Idiom: into thin air (used idiomatically: yes)
Put in a nutshell , it puts the whole concept of justice into jeopardy . If all is relative , then protest against racism , sexism and so forth is at root an arbitrary subjective one — why should n't somebody be racist if all is a matter of mere opinion or expediency ? If there are no absolutes or eternal values , then the moral imperative behind such movements evaporates into thin air . The appeal to human rights , which has provided the primary motive power behind freedom movements throughout the world , has a non - discardable moral aspect to it which denies the relativist stance . This moral underlay even shows itself in the fervour and intensity with which relativists dismiss those who disagree with them as " dogmatic " .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Mark hencher from Newent In Gloucestershire was amoung the first on the scene . He hepled rescue a woman from a car . Arthur Sando from Swindon lent a hand with the rescue , then helped to flag down traffic to prevent it making it worse . Five firemen were honoured … and three policemnen , including Pc Roger Cooper who was also given a Chief Cosntable 's commendation . He adds that to one he received for work during the Hungerford massacre five years ago .
Idiom: go with the flow (used idiomatically: yes)
The kids were mortified but I thought it was a real hoot.’ All sorts of concerns can stop our enjoyment if we 're out at a party or dinner party or anywhere we expect to have fun . Disputes about who 's going to stop drinking and drive home do n't help us go with the flow . If we 're on our own , neither does a nagging concern about having to walk home alone in the dark . So it is important to make some preparations in advance and accept that having fun can involve hard work .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The 22 June 1990 brought a thrill to British Rail Guard , Mr Cyril Reynolds when 44 BCRS members and an enthusiastic ‘ train - loving’ dog , Juno , joined the 19.26 service bound for Swansea , and travelled to Llandrindod Wells . It is difficult to capture the essence of why a trip is enjoyable . Little cameos come to mind : The glorious greens of the rolling countryside in the slanting rays of the evening sun . Magnificent patches of white elder , their scent adding to the heady summer evening .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
I wanted to help her . On impulse , I knelt down ( the second time in twenty - four hours ) , hands together , eyes closed … and waited for inspiration . It came at once in the form of none other than the mighty Lord 's Prayer ; but it was n't until I got to the line about daily bread that I saw the light — I had n't given her any ! Or daily water either . I could not help thinking that something beside mere chance was at work here , showing me the way .
Idiom: at a loose end (used idiomatically: yes)
Not only that — they also thought , because I 'd gone to the grammar , that suddenly I was too snooty to be friends with them . And , on top of that , all the new friends I made at the grammar lived out West , in Greenford or Ealing . So , through no fault of my own , I was at a loose end quite a bit . I felt ostracised quite honestly . Starting to play music was a way round that It was a way of entertaining myself , passing the time .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: no)
Hells bells ! they could not even spell teem ! We managed to salvage the Spotlight feature but my bloody notes had already been printed . They had nothing for it but to crawl back to Mr Scully and to pay Mike Channon 's cancellation fee ( £ 353 ) out of their own pockets . If this club wants to know how to make money then it ought to listen to my boy Chester . At his suggestion we will be holding a car boot sale at ' The Tip ' in the near future .