Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: rise from the ashes (used idiomatically: yes)
One could say the same sort of thing about Captain Maxwell and the 26 banks that lent money to his enterprises . There was a Department of Trade inquiry into the Pergamon affair and its inspectors concluded that the Captain was not a fit person to run a public company . Well , time moves on and Maxwell rose from the ashes of this setback , but it is remarkable that the telling verdict of the DTI inquiry should have been so utterly dismissed by the risk - assessors of so many banks . Vexations in the High Court Some creditors will try and confuse the issue by issuing writs .
Idiom: above board (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah and just keep them on meagre wages and then they 'd have to subsidize themselves or Oh , no oh no it 's not like that , it 's a proper model agency in er , in Nottingham , it , it sounds above board , well I 've heard of the , the lass that 's running it actually , she 's an ex page three girl , she 's er very good , you know , from what I 've heard it 's erm , it 's a reputable agency and er , yeah the ones of the sharks doing that , but er , she ai n't one of them thing is she doe she Everybody wants to yeah , yeah , including English women er , what 's he doing with that bird , he still , what 's he doing?oh I do n't believe it , he 's got an AIDS problem and he 's shaving a , oh god
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: no)
Delaney got in , turned , hand on the panel as Nell followed . Andrevitch surveyed the corridor for the last time as he backed in . With a hiss , the double - sided door began to close , just as the figure of Mahon turned the corner and came after them at a terrifying speed .
Idiom: full tilt (used idiomatically: yes)
During the next ten seconds his actions were pure reflex . The terrorists were obviously about to fire their weapon and it was aimed at the main grandstands . He scrambled to his feet and charged full tilt down the side of the dell . The slope added impetus to his speed . Unheard in the tuft of grass behind him a voice cried : ‘ Patrick , hear this , I love you!’
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
First , by drawing a distinction between what it regarded as the natural ( and therefore genuine ) core of religion and the complex of authorities , traditions , institutions and doctrines which went to make up the forms of Christianity , it implied that much , indeed very much of the latter was redundant and could safely be jettisoned . In the process everything distinctively Christian was eliminated : the baby was thrown out with the bath water . Second , and by the same token , the way was opened to setting Christianity on exactly the same footing as any other religion . All might preserve some religious truth and meaning , but none could be allowed to make any absolute claims , though each would be acceptable to the extent — but only to the extent — that it conformed or could be made to conform to the standard of natural religion , conceived of as a set of beliefs or principles which could stand very well on their own feet . The appeal of such a position is of course very considerable , and seems no less strong today than two centuries ago .
Idiom: buy time (used idiomatically: yes)
The proposal of a flexible school leaving age is aimed to buy time while considering the major changes that should take place in secondary education . An official enquiry is needed to examine why the skills acquired by some children in primary schools are lost during their time in a secondary school . But this policy of buying time should not be at the expense of those young people who are currently losing out at school . Hence this proposal to combine the world of work and education in a package which might prove attractive to people who are otherwise likely to be recruited into the underclass . CONCLUSION
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
It was cold and final . ' OK . ' Turning her head , Polly sipped her coffee and gazed out over the expanse of water . ' But we ca n't count on this weather lasting . And this is the second day you 've refused to let me bring my bedding up .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over A huge illuminated whale has taken up residence just off Piccadilly — ' Moby Dick'is in town . The show is a crazy tongue - in - cheek cocktail of Rocky Horror Show meets St . Trinian 's , where a group of school - girls decide to stage Herman Melville 's classic ' Moby Dick ' . But however mixed up the plot may be , there 's no doubting the strength of the music : Reactions from the critics this morning have been mixed .
Idiom: piping hot (used idiomatically: yes)
ABDUL AHAD / Jaipur Restaurant Voice over All aboard the curry express : A piping hot Indian restaurant meal served at a hundred and twenty five miles an hour . British Rail enlisted the services of the Jaipur restaurant in Milton Keynes to prepare and serve a one - off Indian menu on the 5:15 Euston to Wolverhampton Express . Male speaker
Idiom: toe the line (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Even if you do find him , you ca n't make him go back to your sister,’ she said slowly . ‘ I think I can . I did n't say his manipulation of the accounts were n't serious — they are — but I 'm prepared to let them go if Garry toes the line.’ Claudia breathed out audibly . Men had n't a bit of sense when it came to personal relationships .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course , there have been just as many happy moments making Aspel and Company as crises — the trouble is that they tend not to make such good stories ! Many of the best ones arise out of the preparations for the show and so are never shared by the viewers . The researchers have had some interesting experiences when they 've been out and about — it 's not all work and no play — just mostly . Like the time that Clint Eastwood was being interviewed by a researcher in Paris . They finished chatting in the afternoon , and the researcher went back to her hotel room .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
Lisa 's prize for inspiration and achievement is one of three awarded by the Downs Syndrome Association every year — former Doctor Who Peter Davison , their patron handed out the prizes . The other two national winners are Tracy Young , who was born with two holes in her heart and could n't walk til she was five — her prize was for her personal achievement in ballroom and latin dancing … and Ronnie Broomhall who is the first person in the country with learning difficulties to become a qualified amateur gymnastics coach . Lisa 's award is in recognition for the good job she does — the Downs Syndrome Association hope it will also publicise the fact that the opportunites for adults with Downs Syndrome to do ordinary jobs are few and far between . They 're hoping more employers will follow Lanes example in giving more of them a chance . Anne Dawson
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Some burglars have hidden stolen property in the hedge of the house they have broken into,’ said Detective Inspector Jon Shatford , who led the 150 officers carrying out the raids in Operation Bumblebee . ‘ They have then waited there for a minicab to arrive and take them and their bounty away . ‘ This should be a lesson that drivers who carry burglars will carry the can.’ Some criminals had admitted sharing stolen goods with drivers as payment , he said . Officers on Operation Bumblebee have already arrested and charged 3,640 people in connection with house break - ins .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
As an absolute minimum they will hold the member liable for any failure to supervise . The extent to which the member firm is responsible on a strict liability basis , regardless of any intention or negligence on its part , is a moot point . A contractual obligation , such as an exchange rule gives rise on the face of it to strict liability . However , the exact liability of the member will depend on the wording of the relevant rules , and associated factors such as the extent to which the member is responsible for the actions of others , the seriousness of the breach , and the degree of fault or negligence required . The main alternative to the multilateral contract described above , is the statutory system found on some European exchanges .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: no)
Wilko is a sensible bloke . I m perfectly sure he understands Rocky 's frustrations . With any luck they will meet and get this sorted once and for all . What galls the most is not having him on the subs bench . For this match ( in particular ) its silly to have him on the bench .
Idiom: on the fly (used idiomatically: no)
The Global Economy on the Fly ISTANBUL – In the last four weeks , I have traveled to Sofia , Kuala ~ Lumpur , Dubai , London , Milan , Frankfurt , Berlin , Paris , Beijing , Tokyo , Istanbul , and throughout the United ~ States . As a result , the myriad challenges facing the global economy were never far away .
Idiom: like clockwork (used idiomatically: yes)
There was plenty of cash in the bank . Yearly gross income was close to $ 1 billion . The lenders were collecting their interest like clockwork . The brothers could do no wrong . Then finally , Paul Reichmann saw the opportunity he had been waiting for in London , a city he fondly recalled from the days when he studied there as a young man .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Certainly his ‘ egghead’ image fitted awkwardly into a Maidenform - Bra - moulded mind . Stevenson himself was one of the few to speak out strenuously against the newly received wisdom —‘the idea that you can merchandize candidates like breakfast cereal’ . The truth may be that in the long run , as Lincoln thought , people are not fooled . But in the short run the new game of image - building spread , even to conservative England , even to the most patriarchal conservative , Harold Macmillan , who by the late Fifties was being promoted with his enthusiastic cooperation as ‘ Supermac’ and sold on the hoardings by Messrs Colman , Prentice and Varley , the advertising agents . A good deal of credulity and nonsense was indulged in the name of psychology but there was no nonsense about the concept of ‘ psychological obsolescence’ , the new technique for making people dissatisfied with what they had bought more quickly than ever before .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Quantifying the direct costs of the problem is relatively straightforward — the salary cost of the individual plus overtime or replacement costs . Indirect costs are more subjective , and , as the Andersen survey points out , ‘ have a wider implication for the competitiveness of the firm’ . Any measurement of the problem —‘an essential precursor to effective action’— is dependent on access to accurate information , but AA found that ‘ the introduction of computer - based monitoring systems has not gone hand in hand with the development of reporting and management systems’ . ‘ The number of companies that do n't have the right picture is amazing,’ Mr Desoutter says . Where absenteeism does become a focus of management attention , there are very tangible improvements .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
We in a world complementary medical evidence showing it does state in effect that the have our local populations . Even in this country where advances be in minimal amounts of impurities that can go through simply not the population prepared to allow this to happen to us . Surely in this day and age the all we hear governments consultation documents , even your own consultation documents has been put out to the er future towning plans . People must be allowed say in the development of their own environment . This is what we are here for , it 's what your Council is here for .
Idiom: give someone pause (used idiomatically: yes)
Giancarlo had never known passion , and had only occasionally felt the pull of lust . Nevertheless , he felt that intellectually he understood both emotions better than his friend . When they parted , he was sure that he had given Ludovico serious pause for thought . He was wrong . Ludovico went straight to the Via Santo Spirito , strode purposefully through the leafy courtyard , and ran up the broad shallow stairs to the top floor .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
WE can see from the definition of a tackle that : ' If the ball carrier is on one knee , or both knees , or is sitting on the ground or is on top of another player who is on the ground , the ball carrier is deemed to have been brought to ground ' . So being ' on his feet ' means that no other part of his body is in contact with the ground . Horan was on his feet , just , when he played the ball and so the try was legal . Congratulations Campo on number 50 . We also saw in both tests the law change allowing a quick throw - in from touch .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
You do n't need to head up high to get a kick from the countryside . Paul Traynor outlines six of the best walks around Britain to tempt you off the peaks and into the valleys . Valleys have one big advantage over hills . On a misty day when on a hill walk all you 'd see is your feet , in the valley acres of countryside can stretch before you . Whatever the weather British valleys provide a stunning variety of walking — whether you choose to follow the course of a fast flowing stream or a broad meandering river .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: no)
IN BRIEF OUT AND ABOUT IN MEDAU Chris Ruffle taught Medau at a Dance for Africa Day in Ashford at Christmas , and Marlene McGee gave a class at a ‘ taster’ event organised by the Open University at Lowestoft . Anne Seaton taught at a SKFA ‘ associated movement’ course in Glasgow in February and at a WLHB charity rally in Ayr in March ( specification — tow identical half - hour sessions , each for 100 people , using balls and clubs ) ; Anne was also invited for the second year to help judge a heat in the Movement and Recreative Dance section of SKFA 's Open National Championship . In March Elsie Streek and class members took tambours and bean bags along to the Woolwich Branch of the Salvation Army , and everyone had an enjoyable afternoon of Medau .
Idiom: in living memory (used idiomatically: yes)
Some schools are so overburdened by all this activity that they have been forced to draft in extra staff to deal with the more mundane aspects of education — like teaching children . No wonder everyone is so busy . Primary schools are pioneering the most far - reaching shake - up of education in living memory . Since October 1989 teachers have been delivering the first stages of a new national curriculum ; and in the early summer they will start testing ( sorry , assessing ) all seven - year - olds on the three core disciplines : mathematics , English and science . as if all this were not enough , schools have started managing their own financial affairs .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
Arguments between these two positions have never been fully articulated , and because of their highly theory - dependent nature are dealt with , in this book , only in passing . ( But see Gordon & Lakoff , 1975 ; Ross , 1975 ; Gazdar & Klein , 1977 ; Lightfoot , 1979:43 - 4 ) On the other hand , concurrent developments in semantics have isolated intractable phenomena of a parallel kind : presuppositions , speech acts and other context - dependent implications , together with troublesome phenomena like honorifics and discourse particles that had long been given short shrift in the work of generative grammarians Further , thought about the nature of the lexicon , and how one might construct a predictive concept of " possible lexical item " , has revealed the importance of pragmatic constraints ( see Horn , 1972 ; McCawley , 1978 ; Gazdar , 1979a : 68ff ) . It is these issues , arising from the study of meaning , with which this book is centrally concerned . In addition to these particular problems that seem to require pragmatic solutions , there are also a number of general motivations for the development of pragmatic theory .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
The 2.5 - 3.5~million foreclosures expected this year will exceed those of 2009 , and the year began with what is expected to be the first of many large commercial real - estate bankruptcies . Even the Congressional Budget Office is predicting that it will be the middle of the decade before unemployment returns to more normal levels , as America experiences its own version of " Japanese malaise . " As I wrote in my new book Freefall , President Barack ~ Obama took a big gamble at the start of his administration . Instead of the marked change that his campaign had promised , he kept many of the same officials and maintained the same " trickle down " strategy to confront the financial crisis . Providing enough money to the banks was , his team seemed to say , the best way to help ordinary homeowners and workers .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
It will be a 15 minute Exercise to Music session at a level suitable for all our members , lead by Olympic gymnast Hayley Price , who represented Great Britain in 36 Internationals , including the 1984 Olympics . Every participant will receive a certificate signed by a number of Olympic personalities , and there will be some ' special prizes ' distributed during the session . Attractive posters have been supplied by the organisers — please get them displayed in public areas with a request to sponsor yourself or a Medau member ( other classes in an Institute / Hall / Club could be very fruitful ) . All monies collected with be shared equally by the St John Ambulance appeal and Medau . d ) BALLS : We would like to use balls for one of the classes and need as many teachers as possible to each bring 10 marked balls in a marked carrier .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
The second is to suppose that the guidance of God is always extraordinary , individualistic , and sudden . Four strands in guidance David Watson has some wise words to say on the matter in his One in the Spirit ( p. 54ff ) . He draws together from the Bible four strands in divine guidance which , taken together , pro - vide a confident basis for action , and avoid excessive recourse to that overworked claim , ' The Lord told me to do such and such . ' First , God guides through circumstances ( Acts 16:10 ) .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
This was then applied to the native influences on his economic thought . The development of Mosley 's economic ideas in the 1920s showed a gradual transition from a socialist to a nationalist Perspective . Mosley 's socialist ideas , mainly worked out under the influence of the Birmingham Labour Party and the ILP , were basically a synthesis of Keynesian monetary theories and socialist concepts of planning , J.A. Hobson 's under - consumptionism , C.H. Douglas 's ideas of social credit and the war - time experience of government direction of industry . These ideas were published in the pamphlet Revolution by Reason in 1925 .
Idiom: twist the knife (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ For one moment I thought I had discovered a hidden adventurous streak , Caroline . She felt stung by his patronising tone . Why was he so keen to twist the knife about her ‘ adventurous streak’ , or lack of it ? Did he think she was completely useless , the kind of girl who tripped over the side of boats half - dressed every other day of the week … ? ‘ Not everyone yearns to dice with death!’ she retorted sweetly .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
The door at the end of the hallway was wrenched open with a ‘ crash’ and Delphinia MacKenzie , her hands white with flour , pounded down the carpet with as much grace and haste as her station in life and her stays would allow . ‘ Oh bother!’ she allowed herself a wee expletive and reached for the telephone daintily with whitened fingers . Cook had the afternoon off and she had been coming to grips with her occasional souffle , when the ‘ monster’ had started its cacophony . ‘ Hello?’ she asked , holding the wooden earpiece as close as she could without upsetting her hair . ‘ Hello?’
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Twenties . Yeah . er s er but those occupations that worked shift and had to go round the clock had to have eight hour shifts , three shifts . You could have earlies , lates and nights , which many people do n't know , and I worked earlies , lates and night in engineering . Earlies er when I worked at the Ford Motor Company it meant getting from Ilford to Dagenham and starting on a machine at six A M in the morning , in the middle of winter or the middle of summer .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
We are so awfully tired . Eventually , Lorraine tells us the way to Siobhan 's new house . We thank her , get lost in Swords village and finally find it . Crilly tells me that his mother has worked all her life to pay for this house . It is small , smaller than my flat , and tidy , purpose built , near the airport .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Just like a vaulter 's carbon fibre pole , FUSION conserves and then re - distributes energy — for stunning propulsion effect . THE NEW STATE OF THE ART Q. What is the new state of the ART ? A. Motion Control B. Shock Absorption C. Energy Return D. All of the above How ART ( Anatomical Rebound Technology ) Works
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
It appeared to Nizan as the only realistic method of conducting human affairs in a civilised manner . To abandon collective security was to abandon peace , civilisation and democracy in favour of war , barbarism and fascism . In the final analysis , collective security was founded on what Nizan referred to as the Soviet formula of " treaties accessible to everyone " , not on the Hitlerian formula of " treaties accessible to a few at the exclusion of everyone else " , Nizan ceaselessly denounced all attempts to reduce international diplomacy to what he disparagingly termed " private agreements between gang leaders " . " This is a fascist policy " , he remarked , " only the collective effort of nation states can guarantee that such a policy is not imposed on a world - wide scale " . It is quite clear that between 1935 and 1939 Nizan formulated a coherent and realistic communist political strategy centred , on the one hand , on unfailing support for the Soviet socialist state , the site of cultural enlightenment and material freedom , and the guardian of international peace and security , and on the other , on unequivocal opposition to the fascist states of Germany and Italy , the site of cultural barbarism and material oppression , and the harbingers of international war and instability .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
‘ There is no third way for Poland,’ says Mr Jan Litynski , a former member of KOR , the pre - Solidarity Committee for Workers ' Defence . Now a left - leaning Solidarity MP with close ties to trade unionists , he points out that the only choice is between more recession and less recession . Indeed it is ‘ the left’(if it still makes sense to talk of left and right in Poland ) that is most desperate to present a solid front in support of market economics . What Poland needs , quips Mr Bronislaw Geremek , Solidarity 's hirsute and widely respected parliamentary leader , is a liberal - conservative - social - democratic - rural party . Part of the left 's problem , admits Mr Geremek , is that the communists have sullied the term ‘ socialist’ beyond redemption , even though people respond favourably in opinion polls to such left - wing causes as social justice and equality .