Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
This resounds with the buzz of contradictory definitions of the female as being natural or subject to cultural intervention . More importantly for this essay , Poovey shows how the debate happened around the prone body of the silenced , anaesthetized woman : and how the body itself , now the repository , in a way , of Desire itself , came to behave accordingly . Poovey cites numerous articles describing the sexual and hysterical behaviour of women under the influence of anaesthetic . An article by W. Tyler Smith in The Lancet in 1847 described a woman under the influence of chloroform trying to kiss an attendant . It becomes an argument about propriety : Smith says ‘ May it not be that in woman the physical pain neutralizes the sexual emotions which would otherwise … tend very much to alter our estimation of the modesty and retiredness proper to the sex , and which are never more prominent or more admirable than on these occasions?’
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: yes)
Pension funds represent the wide ownership of shares . Rightly or wrongly , what chairmen want is to narrow ownership back into the hands of rich individuals . Pension funds have been around for a century or more , but their modern form was set in 1950 when Charles Wilson , then president of General Motors , set up a fund for his workers . Unlike most of the other 2,000 pension funds then operating in America , the GM fund did not principally invest in the company 's own shares nor limit itself to fixed - income securities . It sought to provide for workers ' retirement by broad , diversified investment in the American economy , that is , in equities .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
I bet you were laughing though . Uh , uh . Did you see over the top ? What ? Overboard , not over the top , over board .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Look my Dent . scratch on his nose . This has gone all wonkey , someone 's moved it ! Alison his nose as it was around there , they 've gone a bit bumpy .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus is the need to develop a conscience parallel with a knowledge of right and wrong made manifest . The Concept of the Created God , Offered to Young People If a group of young people , from all races , all countries and bearing all creeds were gathered together after having been introduced to the concept of the Created God , and were able to set aside , for the time being , their own taught beliefs , they would find that they had been offered an area of religious discussion which would be on completely neutral ground . They would be able to see that the doctrine could provide criteria whereby they could settle for themselves their own problems , such for example , as that of differentiating between the prickings of conscience and the spiritual crushings of a guilt complex . They would know that they are free to evaluate the religious teachings of past generations and choose their own allegiance , and seek truth where they wish .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
Geometry breeds topology , or once did . For years topology has been forced to labour under the analyst 's yoke ; all open sets and compact spaces instead of knots and Klein bottles . In contrast , P. A. Firby and C. F. Gardiner 's Surface Topology is accessible , includes vector fields and the homotopy group , and it 's got pictures ! So has the more advanced Introduction to Differential Topology by Th . Brocker and K. Jánich , which is superb .
Idiom: chop and change (used idiomatically: yes)
Do n't waste time again struggling . If you start struggling with a piece , just stop it , work out where the next question'll roughly start and start r answering another one and the come back to it later . It 's not a bad idea to chop and change if you get stuck . It 'll it ensures that you 're productive for most of the time . Erm , generally speaking , the people who get firsts are the ones who can write neatly very quickly and that does help .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
On the wall hung beautiful diagrams in the manner of Leonardo da Vinci of the musculature of limbs and the action of levers . There were elegant Calcar skeletons from Vesalius , and diagrams of the nervous system , as well as anatomical charts marked in many colours . On shelves to one side stood retorts containing limbs with the flesh still on them , floating in preserving fluid — human limbs , I supposed , but did not attempt to identify them . And there were preserved sexual organs , male and female , some of them unmistakably animal . And a series of foetuses , beginning to decay in their jars .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Virginia Woolf in her Collected Essays writes that women 's humour tends to make serious what appears insignificant to men , and trivialise what is important to them . J.B. Priestley thought that women were good at deflating social pretension : Victoria Wood 's jokes certainly do this . As in other professions , women comics have to be extra - talented in order to compete with men , and have to adopt an aggressive approach ( Jo Brand , Ruby Wax and Joan Rivers are three that come to mind ) . In the related genre of graffiti - writing , women tend to be more restrained than men , apparently , in their language , although just as preoccupied with sex ! ( Not so much with football , or with " tagging " , acts of identity . )
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I know this sounds like hype but I promise you I do n't come from the sort of academic background where we get involved in hysteria.’ Driving ambition US President - elect Bill Clinton drives his friends round the bend with his love of speed on the roads . Clinton talks , steers , eats and searches for his favourite song on the tape deck — all at the same time . ‘ We need him as president because it takes him off the streets,’ said his close pal , David Leopoulis .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
For months afterwards , I had a purple weal the size of a half - crown . Lesson : never let an unfriendly sheepdog get behind you . The road and railway from Mallaig go south hand in hand along the coast to Keppoch , famed for its glorious seascapes , and Arisaig , a small village beloved of discerning holidaymakers who find there tranquillity in alliance with an enchanting coast . Then both lines of communication aim due east along the southern boundary of Morar , passing Loch nan Uamh where Bonnie Prince Charlie landed from France in 1745 to conduct an abortive crusade that ended in defeat at Culloden . The tourist - ridden and sophisticated coast of Morar is not representative of the district .
Idiom: buy time (used idiomatically: yes)
Of ~ course , no fix to global ~ warming will work overnight . So we need to focus more on adapting to the effects of global ~ warming – for example , by stepping up efforts to cope with inland flooding and the urban " heat island " effect . At the same time , we should explore the practicality of climate engineering , which we may need to buy more time for a smooth transition away from fossil fuels . Acknowledging that man - made climate ~ change is real , but arguing that carbon cuts are not the answer , amounts to staking out a middle ground in the global ~ warming debate – which means being attacked from both sides . For so - called " alarmists , " pointing out what 's wrong with drastic carbon cuts is somehow tantamount to denying the reality of climate ~ change , while so - called " deniers " lambast anyone who accepts the scientific evidence supporting this " mythical " problem .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
History records that it did not happen ; the RCP was marginalised by the post - war economic revival . It was in the decline of the movement that Healy came into his own . Flying in the face of the facts , he prophesied that the economic crisis was so close that there was no time to build the party : the RCP must join the Labour Party , whose working class members , given Trotskyist leadership , would become revolutionary under the pressure of events . In 1947 he was given permission by the Fourth International to form an independent Labour Party entry group . His cadre was small — some fifty people — but they were his .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
Maxim settled down for a gloomy evening . He dare n't yet tell George — or anybody — that he was being followed . It was an Unmentionable Disease , and he 'd caught it because he 'd been to an Unmentionable Place and so it served him right , but that did n't make it any less sore . If they were still with him at the end of tomorrow , he could complain , but not until then . There was nothing he wanted to see at any of the nearby cinemas , he 'd be irritable company in the local pub where he was a contender in a small bar - billiards school , so there was nothing for it but to spend the time watching television with the other sinners .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
Carter , certainly at the beginning , had been reluctant to engage in conventional trading for support , but the Reaganites were significantly less inhibited . When , for instance , the president 's programme of budget cuts was in danger of being subverted in the summer , a rash of horse - trading took place as Stockman reveals . As the moment approached for a key procedural vote that would make or break Reagan 's programme , Stockman received an agitated telephone call from Bill Thomas , a conservative Republican from California and an agent of the administration on Capitol Hill : This extended quotation provides a fascinating picture of the American pluralist system in operation while helping us to understand why the Reaganites were successful in fashioning the coalitions they required in the House of Representatives . That success , as Hedrick Smith shows , also turned on the ability of the Reagan administration to play ‘ outside politics’ . They understood that the modern congress with its emphasis on constituency service provided new opportunities for influencing members of congress .
Idiom: old as the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
But when she was bad She was wicked . The cause was a common one and as old as the hills , but I was unable to talk about it for years . It was nothing really , nothing at all , yet it devastated me and affected me more profoundly than any previous or subsequent event . I found him in bed with me .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Do you like it ? Yes . Would you say that cutting meat and getting it on the shelf every day , takes your department forward ? Yes , yes . It 's just an everyday task .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: yes)
Q Your long hair looks so healthy . How do you keep it like that ? A My hair is so thick , it 's a hairdresser 's nightmare — it takes ages to cut and blow - dry . I wash it every other day and change my shampoo and conditioner every three months . At the moment I 'm using Wella 's Sanara range , which I like as it 's so gentle .
Idiom: feel the pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
There were never any metal gods or iron horses in Glasgow . As soon as steam trains were invented , up and running , they became the tools of the industrialist and of the punter on holiday , noisy , smelly , usually late , and the last word in ways to go down the coast . The canal system felt the pinch . It had been possible to board a steamer for Norway at Port Dundas . The overnight sleeper to Edinburgh , popular with honeymoon couples , was a sedate and leisurely way to travel .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
alcoholic brink Kansas City is a far cry from Kansas country , looming up in glass shafts reflecting the golden sun of late afternoon . The executives’ daggers have done them proud . To me though this is much more a landscape of alienation , and I miss my creek which now seems only to be a nostalgic dream . Same old story .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ All right , all right ! ’ Robbie recognised that it was time to back down . ‘ So I jumped to conclusions . But do you blame me ? When you 've been trying to get rid of me ever since we met ?
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
Greenpeace 's atmosphere campaigner , Steve Elsworth , has warned that the plan was " carefully calculated to impress domestic opinion in Britain " . He claimed it would allow Heseltine to avoid mentioning that Britain was lagging behind Europe in curbing carbon emissions in the run up to the general election . If the proposals were accepted , said Elsworth , they would " let the US off the hook and allow business as usual throughout the world , exactly what the scientists warned against " . Guardian 28 May Financial Times 3 June Global Warming
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: yes)
Though young and impressionable , and usually on Grandad 's side , there was enough of the pessimist in William , even at the age of nine and a half , to concede that his nan was probably right . Whole rooms of the Turk 's Head were taken over by bits of fairground waiting for the revival that would send Uncle Titch and Grandad chortling off to the local branch of the Co - op . And while they were biding their time over a game of backgammon down in the café , William used to wander through the silent , cluttered rooms where their investment languished , gathering dust . Scenes of empires lost and won , Gordon at Khartoum and fuzzy - wuzzies at Omdurman , dreadnoughts and dreadlocks , gallopers plunging and rearing and lying on their sides with their legs broken , bears and tigers and great striding birds and British lions with Union Jack saddles . A battleground of historic events and a jungle of eyes watching him out of the gloom , bright eyes and eyes dulled from misuse , flaring nostrils and faded plumage and gaping jaws and once - golden beaks .
Idiom: turn the screw (used idiomatically: yes)
The UN predicts that a reduction of 30 per cent in the commercial debts of the 15 most indebted developing nations would result in a 25-per - cent increase in their national incomes over the next five years . This would in turn lead to an increase in their demand for imports of $ 18 billion a year , one third of which would be spent in the US . Adjustment — turning the screw What is politely and euphemistically called ‘ adjustment’ is the next piece in the jigsaw of a declining Third World . This refers to the shock treatment applied by Western - dominated financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) to the economies of developing countries so as to make them more efficient .
Idiom: chickens come home to roost (used idiomatically: yes)
Consumers are frequently lured into debt by careful manipulation of the English language . Retailers have effectively redefined ' debt ' as ' credit ' — a move which has been dubbed the greatest marketing coup of all time by the National Association of Citzens Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) . But , for the over extended borrowers , the chickens have come home to roost . The NACAB has recorded a rise of 120 per cent in the number of debt related inquiries in the last 10 years . NACAB increasingly deals with clients who have run up large bills on their credit cards only to find that the repayments crippling .
Idiom: pull a fast one (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Which happened to be my train,’ the tall blonde offered uneasily , ‘ already two hours late from Plymouth.’ ‘ Which doubtless made you miss the Garvie Ferry connection,’ their inquisitor barked . ‘ You 're trying to pull a fast one , are n't you ? You 've been skylarking somewhere!’ ‘ We have n't !
Idiom: plain sailing (used idiomatically: yes)
The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord . Those disciples , they had the storm stilled for them and it got easier sailing . It was plain sailing then to the other side . They were more comfortable , it was a , it was a more enjoyable journey , and let 's be honest if I can go through life without hassles and without problems my life will be more enjoyable , of course it and these difficulties , and these storms coming away , coming your way your life will be more enjoyable . But like the disciples , it will not be any better , or any safer .
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: yes)
The decision to look outside the bank for a chief executive is likely to assuage some critics of Barclays in the City . Norrie Morrison , an analyst at the broker Kleinwort Benson , said : ‘ I think it will go a long was to reassuring shareholders about corporate governance … The City will take heart that Barclays is listening to its shareholders.’ Peter Hewitt , director of UK equities at Ivory & Sime , agreed . ‘ It is pretty clear they have got the message from institutional shareholders,’ but he warned that it could take years for Barclays to recover from the bad lending made in the late 1980s .
Idiom: give someone pause (used idiomatically: yes)
Theodora was tempted . If some local traveller wanted to sleep it off in the Rectory , who was she to say he should not . Only one thing gave her pause . How had he got in ? She 'd looked for an opening and had had to contrive her entry .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Given this market context and strategic choice , increasing the flexibility of work organization was crucial in an industry in which the relative cost of model change is a key variable . Changes in collective bargaining structures have enabled local work reorganization , specifically the partial reversal of the Fordist paradigm of task fragmentation and ever - intensifying direct control . Employee involvement represents Ford 's first step in the long - term renegotiation of the psychological contract between the individual worker and the company . In this sense , their post-1980 labour relations initiatives are premised on an implicit understanding that flexibility in work organization is dependent upon worker commitment to company goals , rather than upon sophisticated control techniques ( Walton , 1985 : 78 ) . Even so , the limits are shown by management 's determination to maintain tight control over the terms of the effort bargain in newly extended job roles , both by improved measurement of individual productivities and the retention of strict disciplinary rules on the shopfloor , and by the manual unions ' hostility towards the Employee Involvement programme .
Idiom: first among equals (used idiomatically: yes)
In the absence of its national chief , José Antonio Primo de Rivera , the party had become divided into a number of factions whose mutual animosity was only kept in check by their common interest in a Nationalist victory in the war . A provisional executive committee had been set up , whose chairman Manuel Hedilla Larrey , was a former member of Acción Española . Hedilla believed that he was head of the party , but other members of the committee and their respective coteries considered that Hedilla was no more than " first among equals " and that , in any case , his authority was only provisional . The parallel between Hedilla 's situation and Franco 's is striking . Each was temporarily leader of his respective peer - group and power - base , but each had less than unanimous backing , especially in the long term .
Idiom: take to the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
Reach for them , and they were mist between your fingers . Every castle mustered its defences and stood by to repel the normal sharp and brief attack ; for only when they were insolently sure of their supremacy did the Welsh assay a siege . Their strength was in their mobility , and in the contemptuous austerity with which they could discard their meagre establishments and take to the hills with their real possessions , their liberty , their horses and cattle , their tribal loyalty and their weapons . Much had changed in Wales in the two hundred years since Llewelyn ap Iorwerth the Great ; but this was not changed . The earldom of March was in the king 's ward ; for Roger Mortimer , earl of March , had died in action in Ireland , leaving a six - year - old son to inherit .
Idiom: go down the wrong way (used idiomatically: yes)
We have a serious mission to accomplish , we four and I do n't want them getting in the way.’ ‘ We four?’ My Bud went down the wrong way and I had a fit of choking . ‘ What is this we four all of a sudden?’ ‘ Talk it out amongst yourselves.’
Idiom: hold the purse strings (used idiomatically: yes)
What does it mean ? What does the phrase really mean ? It all comes down to who holds the purse strings , and at the point when it comes down to that level , something has gone wrong . We are both happy with the contract we have got and feel we have the ability to control the situation . Although , you could view it as a bad contract , as there are some things in there that are slightly ambiguous.’
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Now , the shore was fading and there was no going back . And every now and then there came these appalling moments when feeling boiled , when , it seemed to him , he became slightly mad . Most of the time one was all right— or at least as all right as one had ever been — and then out of the blue it struck , a hideous uprush of fear , of longing , of shame . It could be prompted by anything , or nothing . It could come in the wastes of the night , or at the most humdrum moments of the day .
Idiom: pull someone's leg (used idiomatically: no)
Henry hails from hard country . He 's from rural New South Wales , where a working dog really works . It 's where shaving 's for weddings , ties are for funerals and tea is brewed in a billy , then swung overhead to settle the leaves ( or to scare the spiders away , depending on who 's pulling your leg ) . It 's probably where the expression ‘ work like a dog’ was born ; no wonder they shuffle under the shearing sheds and grab as much sleep as they can when they 're not clambering over sheep 's backs or kicking up the fine , red dust . Now Henry lives near Henley , and while he would sneer at the Hooray Henries crowding that town 's regatta ( in true , no - frills , Aussie style ) , he 's become quite a showman himself .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
His mother did n't reply . ‘ You never liked him much , did you?’ ‘ What I think about him is neither here nor there . He 's your friend.’ Peter backed down the hall and into the kitchen .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
upsetting people on the other side and Oh . and I had n't the heart to tell No . Something over my son 's wedding and she was in tears
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Each time credit is passed from rule to rule , the rule which passes it keeps back a little for itself . It works as follows . We fix , once and for all , two numbers : C , the value of a reward , which is any positive number , and K which is between 0 and 1 . Any rule chosen from the conflict set has its weight reduced by the factor K. If it is the last rule of a successful search , so its action leads immediately to a goal , then the reward C is added to its weight . Any other rule used during search is rewarded by the amount of weight which the next rule loses .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
I would feel very differently if , through an open ~ door , I observed pilots who were frustrated at the poor responsiveness of the plane ’s controls , arguing about their next step , and getting no help whatsoever from the operator ’s manuals . So it is unsettling that policymakers in many Western economies today resemble the second group of pilots . This perception reflects not only the contradictory pronouncements and behavior of policymakers , but also the extent to which economic outcomes have consistently fallen short of their expectations . This perception is evident in Europe , the United ~ States , and Japan , where indicators of economic sentiment are deteriorating again , already - weak recoveries are stalling , and over - stretched balance sheets are becoming even more precarious . Understandably , companies and households are becoming even more cautious – inevitably making a difficult job for policymakers that much harder .