Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Fried states this claim most clearly : In order to be as free as possible , that my will have the greatest possible range consistent with the similar will of others , it is necessary that there be a way in which I may commit myself … . The restrictions involved in promising are restrictions undertaken just in order to increase one 's options in the long run , and thus are perfectly consistent with the principle of autonomy and the autonomy of others . But this purported resolution of the paradox , as Fried concedes , only demonstrates the compatibility of uninhibited freedom to enter contracts with respect for autonomy ; it ‘ does not show that I am morally obligated to perform my promise at a later time if to do so proves inconvenient or costly’ . The duty to perform a contract can not be derived from the principle of respect for autonomy .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've just heard what you said . Oh dear . I 'm on the ball tonight . Someone is slowing up . It 's getting late .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
Amid the cricket - clubs and colleges , crime was part of everyday life . Three years before , Darwin had arrived in Sydney proud to be an Englishman and left ‘ without sorrow or regret’ . Sydney had some way to go before it was released from the burden of compulsive immigration , and before it could present to the world a face that was uniquely its own . While Gould 's first impressions were not favourable , he was determined , as he wrote to Sir John Franklin , to keep an open mind : ‘ The heat and dust of Sydney is extremable neither does the presence of Drunkards which constantly present themselves in the streets add to the interest of this place , time and better acquaintance with the country will however perhaps enable me to speak better of it.’ Preparations for Gould 's visit to his brother - in - law 's station at Yarrundi had to be made , and it would be at least three days before Gould could escape the streets of Sydney to resume his ‘ favourite pursuits’ .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
But there 's Salome to think of , Tel , do n't forget her , because I wo n't . ' ' Now look . ' He pointed a finger at me . Werewolf would have snapped it off . ' She 's getting the best attention money can buy .
Idiom: kick the habit (used idiomatically: yes)
So Susan was gone , and Vicky was gone , but still the stage was not emptied . Seth and Suzy Levine had gone through a lot together . He had been the one to persuade her brother , an alcoholic and addict , to flee New Orleans for the sobriety of the Midwest , where he kicked his bad habit . But Seth was also the kind of boyfriend who would visit Suzy at the bar where she worked , with a prostitute on his arm . That their friendship endured explains why next day Seth showed up at his old friend 's house , grinning , freshly showered and dressed , barely able to stand .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
The immediate problem , however , lies in implementing such a system . The Labour and Conservative Parties who benefit from the present system have set their teeth against a change which would undermine their prospect of regularly forming a government on their own . The likelihood of change lies in one of a number of possibilities — all in the long term , and all problematic . 1 If the centre parties gain a clear majority in a future Parliament then they claim that they would immediately introduce a bill to effect proportional representation . The problem is that the prospect is unlikely given the way that the established system works .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
Nevertheless , the positive attitudes towards SSE which are associated with teachers ' contact with the booklet augur well for its continued use for review purposes by Solihull schools . The nature of the attitudes suggests a willingness on the part of many Solihull secondary teachers to undertake institutional self - reviews and to consider self - generated institutional improvements . That it tends to be the lower status , less experienced teachers whose attitudes are most positive and the longest serving , institutionally most powerful teachers who are the most negative may explain why this willingness apparently bears so little fruit . Length of service is also significantly associated with attitudes towards the efficiency and threat of SSE and towards professional development . Teachers ' status in school is also significantly associated with efficiency and threat .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
Newspaper advertisements hailed the convenience and amenities of the place ; specifications were laid down as to the length and style of houses . The imposed regularity of the architecture gives the village its still pleasant air , an unexpected oasis of prosperous history , almost a tiny Edinburgh among the trees . Odd that Johnson did not take note of Strichen , whose development was in full swing when he called there for his Wednesday lunch . That a village should be created , rather than grow from an organic root , such as a river ford , or a crossing of forest paths , would surely have drawn a mot from him . In the early eighteenth century , rural management in Scotland had begun to change .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Okay ? . Get lost . . What are you doing ? .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
Male speaker The greatest relief was that I had n't called in on my way down or I would have been with them . I would have gone straight over to them . Male speaker MEB has very stringent safety rules for its staff and customers will be concerned that it does n't happen again .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
My own guess is that there was no significant demand for free condoms ; nobody is going to go to the trouble of collecting free condoms who would not be prepared to buy them for himself . All the doctors are achieving with their uncontrollable itch to boss , patronise and distribute public money is to establish an idiotic certainty in our morally confused age that condoms ought to be free because they are something the government wants us to use . By the same token , I can not help wondering what will be the result of a survey among half the 2,500 members of the British Psychological Society to establish how many of them have had sexual relations with their clients . Obviously , I do not know the answer , nor do I trust the American claim that only one in 10 therapists over there has taken advantage of the opportunities afforded . But it occurs to me that if they are having sex with their patients ( or clients ) regularly , this may well be the only useful thing they are doing for them .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
WHEN people digest the high living styles of star England cricketers like David Gower and Ian Botham , the inference is that I must be well off too , having played alongside them for so many years . They look at the two good pay days from rebel tours to South Africa and also my benefit with Middlesex in 1986 . But the harsh reality is that if I had n't been picked by England for the tour to India , I would have struggled to make ends meet this winter — I do n't know what I would have done . All the money I have earned over the years has gone — in some cases I do n't why or where — but the fact is that at the age of 40 , I have no savings . And with the job situation generally still getting worse , I shall probably have to keep on playing until the recession ends .
Idiom: pull out all the stops (used idiomatically: yes)
He will use a crunch summit with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl to try to win a deal securing the future of the high - tech Euro - fighter designed for Nato forces . The superplane — to be partly built in Britain — is under threat after the Germans signalled they would pull out on grounds of cost . el2 With shutdowns and redundancies already hitting British Aerospace , Mr Major is determined to pull out all the stops to save the £ 22 billion project . At the very least , he is hoping for a stay of execution to keep the project rolling — and jobs safe — for at least a year . The Germans will be put under pressure by a succession of ministers at the meeting on Wednesday .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
The Market : Optimistic start to new account By Karen Cooper IF the more positive tone yesterday was any indication , investors have either come to grips with their fears of a hung parliament - Labour victory or are ignoring the polls altogether . An upbeat message emerged from economist Mark Brown at stockbroker UBS Phillips & Drew who said his firm had switched from seller to buyer of domestic equities at these levels . He believes that at below 2400 points the downside of a hung parliament is limited and that there remains upside in the chance that the Conservatives ‘ could still sneak in’ .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: no)
You both took at least ninety minutes for lunch . I timed you myself.’ ‘ We got stuck in a queue,’ Fiona said . ‘ We 'll make up the time , I promise.’ ‘ It 's not good enough .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
Li Yuan … if you would avert your eyes while the Lady Wu gets out and finds her clothes?’ ‘ Of course … ’ Li Yuan turned away , hearing the giggling that went on behind his back as Fei Yen went across to help her cousin . ‘ All right,’ Wu Tsai said , after a while . ‘ You can turn round now , Prince Yuan.’
Idiom: down at heel (used idiomatically: yes)
' It looks quite big enough and smart enough . ' Hoisted back to the London street , she saw them both reflected in the plate - glass of the shop window , superimposed in transparency above silk and fur , gilt and leather , the swaggering dummies with blind inscrutable gaze in their preposterous clothes . Their reflections , gliding above these sumptuous displays , showed a shabby pair , distinctly down - at - heel , as sharply contrasted as the proletarian flotsam in some Victorian street scene , dingy spectators of the nobs in their satin and feathers . The dummies in the windows wore clothes so unlike Helen 's that they might have stepped from some other culture : rainbow colours , fabrics of wondrous texture and design , skirts like puffballs or split like a dancer 's . The chairs upon which they sat or leaned were gilded or of shining chrome and glass ; bales of material were half unfurled to spill around more silk and satin ; jewellery was flung down in handfuls upon tables or simply on the ground .
Idiom: blow someone's cover (used idiomatically: yes)
But did she dare impersonate a journalist ? No , she did n't . It would only take one phone call to blow her cover . She wondered if she could stage an apparently accidental meeting with Veronica . She could not think of any means of doing it without involving Andrew .
Idiom: pop the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Planning early and a are the secrets of a successful wedding Big day can be so very expensive Traditionally , if you wanted to get married , the chap was supposed to ask the girl 's father for permission before dropping down on one knee and popping the question . These days you need to get down on both knees and ask permission of the bank manager . The fact is that getting married can cost an arm and a leg , not to mention a cake , three bridesmaids and an organist .
Idiom: tread on someone's toes (used idiomatically: no)
Wait a minute the brake 's on . Because I ca n't if you 're holding that handle there there 's nowhere for me to walk . I 'll just be treading on your toes all the time . You heels I mean . You 've got your hands full there .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
From then on the hospital became my second home . I spent most evenings and every free period from college by your bedside . I watched you progress slowly to being able to point out words letter by letter on an alphabet board so we could communicate ; I heard you gradually learn to speak again ; and I saw you take your first steps , shaky as they were . I was so proud of you — as proud as though you 'd been a child of mine trying to walk . And I was thrilled as you began to learn to feed yourself again .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
In this context , the material before the board indicated —(1 ) that investors were persuaded by company representatives employed by the Winchester Group to cancel their existing policies and to ' switch ' to Norwich Union without their best interests and any disadvantages attendant upon so doing necessarily being considered;(2 ) that other undesirable selling practices — for instance'overselling'whereby investors are persuaded to take out a range of policies which they may not be able to afford in the long term — have been employed by company representatives selling on behalf of the Winchester Group;(3 ) that the fact find forms completed by the Winchester Group for forwarding to Norwich Union were inadequate for the purposes of ensuring that products were only sold to investors on a ' best advice'basis;(4 ) that the connections between Mr. Tee and Mr. Kissane ( a former director of the Winchester Group now awaiting trial on charges of theft of client moneys ) and also between the Winchester Group and Mr. Randhir Singh were such as to call into question the extent to which the controllers , directors and senior managers of the Winchester Group could be regarded as being of good character and competent or otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and also whether the Winchester Group could be safely regarded as a fit and proper person for the purposes of enjoying appointed representative status;(5 ) that policies had been sold by eight persons engaged by the Winchester Group who had not been appointed as company representatives of Norwich Union or in any other way authorised to sell investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and that other individuals who had been appointed as company representatives had not been registered as such with Lautro;(6 ) that certain company representatives engaged by the Winchester Group appeared to be channelling client moneys through their own personal bank accounts . ' 7 . In deciding to impose the restrictions set out in paragraph 4 above , the board also gave weight to the fact that according to Norwich Union 's letter to the Chief Executive of 18 October 1990 , that company had no contractual power to suspend the Winchester Group pending the conclusion of the investigation in the absence of Lautro intervening under rule 7.3 . ' 8 . Procedural .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
Firstly , jump up and collect the shield , then go left , jump on the platform to your left and then the platform on your right , grab the weight , climb the right wall and throw the weight on the switch , jump / fly up onto the block on the wall , go left and cross the gap on the swing , fly up two platforms and run right , go under the guillotine , jump up the pipe and collect a weight , walk left and fall off the last platform , throw the weight on the switch , go left and use the fly to climb up the platform , take the weight and throw it on the switch above you . Go down , catch the swing and go up on the lift , go left and collect the shield , go right and up when you reach the right - hand wall , go left and fly up the pipe , go right and fall down the gap , then go left and collect the weight and throw it onto the button to your right , go up on the lift , right , up and left on the lift , fly up past the spikes and collect a weight , fall down and go right under the spikes , throw the weight on the button , go up on the lift , up , go left when you can and fall down to collect the weight . Go back to the lift and go up , carry the weight to the button and drop it on the button to start the swing , stand on the swing and fly up - right , collect the weight above you and throw it onto the button next to the swing , go back to where you grabbed the weight , go left , collect the weight , go right to the wall and fall down , throw the weight on the button , go up , left , up the pipe , collect the flower and go down the pipe . Go right across two platforms and catch the lift , go up on the lift and go left , take the weight and continue left , throw the weight onto the person , go left , up , up the pipe , take the weight , go right and throw it on the button , go up on the lift and go left , go up , take the weight , throw it on the person and fly up the pipe , go left , take the weight , go right and fall down the wall , go left , throw the weight on the button . Fall down , then fly up the pipe , use flying power to get the weight above you , go right , fall down , fall down again , go left to the main wall , jump up and throw the weight onto the button , go up the pipe , right , up on the lift and collect the weight , go left , fall down and throw the weight on the button , go down , right , up on the lift , left and up the pipe , go right ( dodge the guillotine ) and leg it to the door .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
With 3 million dishes already sold , a minimum of one million households is not an unreasonable initial target and they are after five million in the long term . The beauty of the idea is that it need not be exclusive to succeed . In other words , FTC would be quite happy to share coverage of the game with the BBC and ITV , so long as there was give and take . Live coverage is not a serious problem since most of FTC 's output would be recorded . The flexibility of the FTC offer may enable the Football League to do a combined deal with another TV company , possibly ITV .
Idiom: show a leg (used idiomatically: no)
' Come on , Robbie , ' shouted Plummer , cupping one hand to his mouth . Beside him Carol watched the modern - day gladiators as they came at each other . She was wearing a tight red dress which showed off her shapely legs . It clung to her so tightly that she wore no underwear beneath . Plummer liked that .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
She walked over to her door , practising the sentences with which she would wake Rachel . ‘ Mummy , wake up and listen to me . ’ When her hand was on her doorknob she paused ; the call of the dark was so strong , it slowed her movements down . He was calling her . Promising her .
Idiom: beer and skittles (used idiomatically: yes)
Supporters of BOTTS COMMON CORINTHIANS will no longer have to put up with annoying cancellations or last - minute postponements because of a frost - ravaged pitch during the winter months . The club has disbanded . HELLINGBOROUGH are holding a beer and skittles seminar next Thursday evening for budding footballers . The event will go under the title ‘ Dribbling for Beginners’ . STOP PRESS The Ken Mentle Trophy was won by Mitchley Comprehensive , who beat the Mother Theresa Convent School 3–2 in a hard - fought final .
Idiom: slip of the tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
He once shone a surprising shaft of original light on to the economic scene . In 1924 he spoke in the House of Commons of the need to reduce exports . The general view was that this was a slip of the tongue for ‘ imports’ , but Baldwin when questioned persisted in his first statement . What he meant was that , with the terms of trade running strongly in Britain 's favour and with a substantial underuse of resources , the economy was too much directed towards the depressed export trades — coal , steel , shipbuilding and cotton — and not enough towards newer industries which would mainly supply an enlarged home market . It was a fumbling towards the shift of men and activity from South Wales to the Slough Trading Estate or from Scotland to the Ford factory at Dagenham which symbolized the economic geography of the later period of his power .
Idiom: meat and potatoes (used idiomatically: no)
Pasta , stuffed with spinach and cheese , spinach is full of iron you know . Yes , would n't bangers and mash be a bit more But Bernard , sausages are full of preservatives , pork takes longer to digest than any other meat , and potatoes are ninety percent water . Morning all . Morning Maggie .
Idiom: pick someone's brains (used idiomatically: yes)
We very quickly had a woman Head of Marketing , a woman in charge of publishing , a woman Head of Presentation , a woman Programme Manager , another woman commissioning editor , Sue Woodford , in charge of multi - cultural programming , Carol Haslam in charge of documentaries . Then we rapidly had a large number of other women . Yet when the BBC did their big programme two or three years ago ( commissioned by Michael Grade ) about women in the media , although they had phoned up and , as it were , picked our brains about women and Channel 4 , they quite failed to honour the fact what Channel 4 had done . I think it is arguable that the fact that Channel 4 did do something different , and for much of this period has had almost half of its management structure female , actually led , inside the Channel , to a totally taken - for - granted different way of behaving and thinking about things , and a lack of poncing around , a lack of all these other structures and hierarchies . Instead for many , many years there has been in Channel 4 a culture , which allowed you to expect these matters to be dealt with properly , without being made to feel that you were being perverse in raising the issue yet again or that you were making a point or a special case .
Idiom: out of this world (used idiomatically: yes)
The play , by Tom McClenaghan , former writer - in - residence at London 's Royal court , previews on July 2 with further performances on July 8 , 9 and 10 . As a bonus , ticket holders will be able to tour Plymouth before the 8 pm performances , and to go on board HMS Onyx , moored alongside . Out of this world I FIND television good for winding down because I Red Dwarf is one of my favourites and Craig Charles is a really funny bloke . The programme is very innovative and interesting but funny at the same time .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: no)
SNP starts Euro campaign By Alan Dron THE Scottish National Party yesterday foreshadowed its campaign for next year 's European elections , in an effort to raise Scots ' confidence in going it alone as an independent nation . The announcement was again dogged by the spectre of the SNP 's deal in voting with the Government on the Maastricht Bill two weeks ago , with its leaders being asked why voters should have confidence in a party which voted with an administration which strongly advocated the continued Union . However , the party leader , Alex Salmond , challenged Labour MPs to vote against the Government in forthcoming European votes ; they would refuse to do so , in spite of having a chance to defeat the Conservatives , he claimed .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
We lunched at the Royal Circle , immaculate and relaxed except for the restless pacings of the under - employed waiters . Maybe they were anxious to be at the School of English , maybe at the place next door to it . ( Memo to restless waiter : old English proverb say unhygienic to wipe nose on back of hand . ) Last Monday , New Year 's Eve , they had a £ 22 a head banquet attended by that great Peking tradition , the karaoke machine . ( Second old English proverb ; if you ca n't beat 'em , join ' em . )