Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
The basic research procedure is a postal inquiry , which will be succeeded by research workshops ; at these , the main participants will be those employers actually submitting a response to the inquiry . Previous application of this method ( viz . a 1-stage Delphi with interactive feedback ) earlier in this research programme has shown that many employers embarking often for the first time on strategic employment policy - making require some means of obtaining confirmation they are on the right lines . Such confirmation can be obtained by meeting with other policy - makers , whose views and proposals for future training policies can be directly compared with their own , both on paper and face - to - face . Hence , although this project will document both what employers do now on training and plan to do over the medium - term future , the inquiry has an intent which is ' educative ' rather than aiming merely for either purely ' descriptive'or ' prescriptive'results . Award Title :
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: no)
And this is the mentality of them ! Childish ! I mean ha when it comes down to it , at the end of the day today we we live in er a media orientated world do n't we ? We turn on the box Well
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Harper was booked and after David Lee drove the resultant free-kick into the box , Chelsea made vigorous claims for a penalty as Fleck fell under Martin Keown 's challenge . Referee Jim Borrett consulted his linesman before rejecting their appeals . Reduced to 10 men by Hall 's dismissal , Chelsea played keep-ball whenever possible , while Everton brought on Ian Jenkins . to try and capitalise . Barry Horne became the fourth player to be booked for a foul on Le Saux .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
As we all dropped to the floor the shifty-eyed character bolted out of the front door and into a cloud of dust and pieces of masonry , caused by the explosions . The mortaring stopped just as suddenly as it had started , and it was quiet again . This house was to be Lovat 's Brigade H.Q and it appeared that we were going to be there on high ground for some time . The way things were going I thought it was time I had a slit trench to dive into . I went outside and walked round the side of the house and into the orchard .
Idiom: keep your eyes peeled (used idiomatically: yes)
Just go fucking steady , will you?’ Benton shook loose . ‘ And you just keep your eyes peeled . Right?’ There was scarcely room for one inside the cubicle , let alone two .
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
She did n't take out the folded sheet . There was no need . Since it arrived four days ago , every last word was beaten into her brain . ‘ … and it is with regret we must inform you that your husband Gerald Patrick McKeown has been reported missing , believed lost at sea as a result of enemy action on the night of 23rd/24th April , 1941 … ’ There was more , of course , about sympathy and sorrow and about writing again when they had anything more to tell her .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
This type of loudspeaker is therefore best used well forward of rear walls , whilst being relatively uncritical with respect to side walls , except in the deep bass . As a result the system can be used in large rooms , or long but relatively narrow rooms , but conversely is ill - suited for use across the narrow dimension of most rooms , which can work well with many other transducers . By the same token they are unsuitable for small rooms , and would be so even if their considerable bulk was n't so dominating in such surroundings . There is one other important feature of the SD Ribbon which must be taken into account : it presents an unusually punishing electrical load to the partnering amplifier ( or power amplifier for those with two or three amplifiers ) . The SD Ribbon is relatively insensitive and needs a good 50–100 Watts before it will blow properly , but even taking this into account , many amplifiers will sound harsh , grainy or in some other way ill at ease , especially if the volume is would up .
Idiom: rise through the ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
Throughout his career he has captured the magic and the frustration of Scottish football , darting arrogantly down the wing in a surge of skill then retreating into a shell of indifference . Jinky was James Dean with a ginger hairdo , an Uddingston rebel without a cause . Born in a small council house in Viewpark in 1944 , he rose through the ranks of local schools football and almost joined Manchester United as a teenager before Celtic stepped in . Johnstone 's size was both his trademark and a source of torment . As a youngster , growing up in the declining Lanarkshire coalfields , he trained at a local Junior ground wearing his father 's pit boots , trying to add strength and shape to his diminutive body .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
Unfortunately , some of them , but not all . ‘ I came in for a lot of criticism but I know in my heart that the good things I did there were very conveniently swept under the carpet at the time . ’ Francis took Andy Sinton and David Bardsley to QPR and gave Les Ferdinand his first-team debut , but he said : ‘ I do n't want to try to collect Brownie points for what QPR are doing now . Gerry Francis has done a fantastic job . ‘ But what I did there was n't all bad .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
And she was rather nice to me in her glittery at - home sort of way . Must be forty — what could he see in her ? Then a long time after that , it was May , and I 'd been the night before , but he was out ( or in bed with someone ? ) and that evening he was in and alone , and we talked some time ( he was telling me about John Minton ) and then he put on an Indian record and we were quiet . But he did n't shut his eyes that time , he was looking at me and I was embarrassed . When the raga ended there was a silence .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
The paper was full of formidable brains . Some of the leading members of staff of that period went on to become directors of international institutes or occupy high positions in academic life . Yet I found that the breadth of my Scottish education stood me in good stead in the work of assessing and editing material from the whole agenda of a serious newspaper . At university I had done Moral Philosophy , English , French and German . I had even studied Geology as my science subject and although I was cack - handed and obtuse when it came to the practical side had enjoyed the theory well enough .
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
From Ms ALICE GOLDIE Sir : I am studying for A - levels at the moment and have just sent off my application form to study medicine at university . I realise that , if I am accepted , once I have completed my degree I may often have to work for over 80 hours at a stretch during a weekend on call . But I read in an article this morning ( ' Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . I have calculated that my tuition , rent and equipment for the five years of my degree would cost at least £ 54,500 .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
Used for trees and shrubs with rigid stems , and overgrown houseplants such as ficus and croton . It is done in spring or early summer on outdoor plants , and rooting may take up to a year ; pot plants are layered any time and should root in a few weeks . Wound the stem 12–15 in from its tip by making a long cut to form a tongue . Dress with hormone powder and wedge open with a pad of damp sphagnum moss . Wrap with moss held in place with clear polythene tied either side with raffia or tape .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
She does n't need to get pregnant . You probably took chances rather than precautions . And although it does n't let your daughter 's father off the hook , it does n't let you off either . The difference is that you were left holding the baby . Which is women 's lot .
Idiom: head over heels (used idiomatically: yes)
into an elderberry wilderness — just one wrong foot , a footfall , a rockfall , a word at the earth 's core would have had us head over heels in roots and treetops , crashing through a valley of shadows . The shadow of her breasts was nard and henna ,
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
Tavett in a callbox and some distress . ‘ Give me your number , I 'll call you back,’ she said . When she got through he said he had taken a train on the spur of the moment and was in Bristol . She had panicky thoughts about the Clifton suspension bridge and its alarming suicide rate , but Tavett did not mention Clifton . He wanted to know whether Wickham had arrested anyone for the murder because until then he could not face going to work .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
By the very same token there grows up a new mode of sociality and a new form of enduring society , whose spiritual life , cemented together by a common love of and creation of ideas and by the setting of ideal norms for life , carries within itself a horizon of infinity for the future - an infinity of generations finding constant spiritual renewal in ideas .
Idiom: in your sights (used idiomatically: yes)
I am richer than you are ; all this is an offset to your silver plate and your gold plate . You have furnishings of gold , but your reason , your judgement , your assent , your choice , your desires of earthenware . Everything you already have seems small in your sight , but everything I have seems important to me . Your strong desire is insatiate , mine is already satisfied . For you will learn that none of these things which are admired and sought after are of any good to those who attain them — for when they do get them , the burning heat is just as bad , there is the same tossing about on the sea , the same desire for what they do not have .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
To be successful in a round - robin tournament , therefore , a strategy has to be a good competitor against all the other strategies that people happen to have submitted . Axelrod 's name for a strategy that is good against a wide variety of other strategies is ' robust ' . Tit for Tat turned out to be a robust strategy . But the set of strategies that people happen to have submitted is an arbitrary set . This was the point that worried us above .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: no)
His considerable fortune ( some £ 100,000 in his will , with bequests ) probably accrued from a private ( and discreet ) practice amongst the wealthy . Little is known of his personal life and he opposed formal biography . He enjoyed cricket , visiting Australia in 1902–3 to watch it , was fluent in French and German , and quoted Shakespeare , Goethe , and other poets at length by heart . In January 1866 he married Ann Caroline ( died 1911 ) , the third and youngest daughter of John Conolly [ q.v . ] , the eminent alienist , medical author , and leader of the non - restraint movement . There were no children .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Let them gamble!’ Why were they gambling ? Was it perhaps partly that Mr Mandela , did she get the feeling , was pulling strings , leading the government along ? ‘ Nelson Mandela is twisting them around his little finger.’ CAPE TOWN — Two South African riot police officers were acquitted yesterday of assault charges brought by a fellow policeman who said their unit had acted like wild dogs during protests around Cape Town , Reuter reports .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
He pushed me along more than anybody . Now , I 'm a pro footballer , I 'm grateful to him for pushing me so hard . ' A similar tale was told by quarter - miler Winston Martin , born in London of Montserrat parents ; he got interested in running when ' about 8 ' , and consistently won running events at primary school ( in north London ) : When I moved to secondary school , the PE master used to encourage me in my running and , when he saw I had some potential , he took me down the North London AC and made me a member there so I could train a couple of times a week . Such stories about school teachers taking an interest , lending assistance , providing support and , generally , giving the black youth a shove in the direction of sport are commonplace and the parts played by teachers in the dynamics of sports involvement shine through the stories .
Idiom: true to form (used idiomatically: yes)
Celia wondered whether they had reached an impasse , whether Dr Shalcross was secretly horrified at her although , she reflected , psychotherapists were never horrified , were they ? They were meant to be devoid of personal feelings , deadpan , like lawyers who had to defend a case they did n't believe in , who went home at the end of the day leaving all their patients ' foibles filed away in their consulting rooms . I must try to remember , Celia said to herself , that I am only a statistic to Dr Shalcross , possibly a case history she might wish to quote , anonymously , because I do n't happen to run true to form . I lack that biological instinct which makes most women want to reproduce themselves , especially when they are in their thirties and feel they might be leaving things a bit late . as if to refute everything that Celia had been thinking , Dr Shalcross suddenly said , ‘ Many women fight shy of motherhood for one reason or another .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
The benefits of the balancing , bouncing and clambering are that your body is relaxed instead of recital - rigid and the voice comes over in a strong way . ' When the body has spring and the legs are free , the voice has so much more authority , ' she says . ' We practise lying on a bouncing ball and reading aloud or singing the words in the book . It is amazing that you can look so undignified and yet sound so much more authoritative ! ' There are lots of simple techniques — all fully explained in Angela Caine 's The Voice Workbook ( Hodder and Stoughton , £ 11.99 , including audio cassette ) — which quickly help the voice develop its strength .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
It would be much better to learn other coping methods . You can learn how to be a better decision - maker , how to plan and organize things efficiently , how to relax , how to take your mind off your problems by engrossing yourself in other things . Developing such skills will stand you in good stead for when some stressful situation occurs to which you would normally respond by eating a box of chocolates or downing four or five gin and tonics or glasses of beer . What overweight people think slim people are like The obese , even the mildly chubby , sometimes regard slim people as veritable paragons of virtue when it comes to food .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
It looks as though USL was valued at around $ 355 m , up $ 30 m from when they did the private placement 18 months ago . We 've found no one yet who 's willing to tell us what the collar is . That 's what they call the high and low value of the stock in a stock swap such as this . Therefore it 's impossible to estimate the actual value of the deal . Personal NetWare
Idiom: every man for himself (used idiomatically: yes)
' Best get to it , ' came Jonathan 's closing comments . ' Nine hours left . Every man for himself . '
Idiom: up to no good (used idiomatically: yes)
In other words , undertaking socially responsible activities boosts profits . For example , Pepsi bolsters its bottom line by shifting to more nutritious , healthier food . Yet , in much of the world , doing well still implies that you must be up to no good , especially if you are dealing with the poor . A recent case in point is the imbroglio in Andhra ~ Pradesh in India , where the administration has moved to curb microfinance . Microfinance has become the darling of development enthusiasts .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: no)
As the high water mark was half up to to what we call the outer bogs at Houseby . And the driftwood was lying away up the field . Also barrels of apples and tobacco and many other useful items that had been part of the boat 's cargo were strewn all along the beach . The dyke at Gripness was laid flat by the sea but the smaller boats had been pulled up afore that . Aye .
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't want you to go to bed . It 's my bed . And I 'm sick and tired of it.’ ‘ You mean you do n't want me to stay ? You want me to go ?
Idiom: move the goalposts (used idiomatically: yes)
This is the crux of the matter . Opinion polls are taken as evidence of electoral viability ; and winning elections — not lesbian and gay rights , or even socialism — is Labour 's primary purpose . The Livingstonian GLC , even with its espousal of lesbian and gay rights , was electorally viable until Thatcher & Co. , in the face of Labour defensiveness , managed to move the ideological goalposts . Post - GLC and with Third Term Thatcherism staring it in the face , Labour did , in a sense , revert to type . But that ' type ' was not so much anti - lesbian and gay as pro - family .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: no)
Oh . So do you leave it switched on even when nobody 's talking ? Ah well I , you can actually switch it on and off I suppose , but But do you walk about with it attached to you ? Aye .
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: yes)
Just south of the border at Kirknewton , the church has two stained glass windows , one in memory of the men and women of RAF Milfield , the other of Lt Cmdr D R B Cosh , DSC , CO of 881 Squadron , Fleet Air Arm . He was killed whilst on a course with the Fighter Leader 's School at Millfield . This is a good example of a local commemoration which almost slipped through the net , had it not been for the sleuthing abilities of north east enthusiast David Thompson . David also rediscovered an elaborate but obscure memorial at Catterick to those of the local camp and aerodrome who fell in the 1914–18 war . Yorkshire , in common with East Anglia , has an ever - growing number of memorials , many of them dedicated to Canadian squadrons of Bomber Command .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
The music came back . Things were not as bad as they seemed … In the long run , they were much worse . The night before the wedding , Cameron Nielson Jr burned his manuscripts , one by one . Alexia stood by and watched him do it .
Idiom: pick someone's brains (used idiomatically: yes)
So I mean there are other advantages , and the answer is that in in in the long term you are getting your name down for one , so clear a space on your desk it 's a week 's course Yeah , cos I think Ann 's been two courses now and we 've picked her brains so we can have basic use , but er you start to realise it 's only a little bit of the system you know , you could do a lot more Well they sent me , I went on a computer course two days before I went to in hospital and was away for eight weeks and I forgot totally Well so the answer is yes , you 'll be getting one , if you check with them they 'll tell you what the timescale is I wish all items were as easy as this .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
Pedestrians under the influence of alcohol also feature but the true extent of this is not know . BACKGROUND Driving under the influence of alcohol , although the subject of campaigning for over 20 years , continues to be of concern particularly in regard to young drivers and a hard - core of drinkers . A number of changes to the law affecting drink driving came into force in July 1992 when penalties increased substantially involving prison sentences , unlimited fines , extensions to disqualifications and more severe penalties for hit and run drivers . Disqualified drivers can now be required to resit tests of longer duration .
Idiom: cramp someone's style (used idiomatically: yes)
" You should just see her , you ca n't imagine , you would have to see her to know why she chose it , " and all the time , as she spoke , some more assured , sophisticated account underran her words , silently , in her own mind , an account by some other girl , some girl who could wear such garments , and laugh at them , and explain them , and not suffer — some girl so far above such things that nothing could pull her down . Some girl who would never need to make such explanations , some girl who had been bred in a world which did not admit such dresses . And , when , finally , she did emerge from her curtain cubicle to face the other girls , they took it very well , for they could afford to be charitable , and they were secretly glad that Clara 's style was cramped , for without some handicap she would have been a more serious threat . So they greeted her with comforts and praise , and said they liked the colour , and Janice lent her a necklace ; Clara did not much like the necklace either , for it was made of large artificial pearls , and she secretly suspected the donor of malicious intent in offering such a loan , but she put it on just the same , and ignored her suspicions , and allowed herself to be comforted , because she wished to be comforted , and because it was too late to get out of going . And when they got there , they found that both anticipation and anxiety had overestimated the occasion , for like the reception at the Hôtel de Ville , the dance was nothing but a stifling , uncomfortable , noisy , joyless crush .
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: no)
Tony Kell FURIOUS Bobby Gould was last night forced to cancel plans to appear as a BSkyB commentator at West Brom 's FA Cup second round replay against Wycombe after he was banned from The Hawthorns for his own safety . Coventry manager Gould was advised by West Brom chairman Trevor Summers not to go because police feared a fans ' backlash after Gould 's sacking by the club last season . Gould said : ‘ I 'm absolutely disgusted at this decision and find it very hard to swallow . I find it totally unacceptable that another football club manager is not allowed into a ground to do a job .
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: no)
BATSMAN Hansie Cronje staked a claim for a place in South Africa 's Test side with a well - crafted 73 out of the President 's XI 268 against the touring Indians . Chepstow TV Guide 1.00:TOP weight BOLLIN WILLIAM bolted up by 10 lengths on his reappearance at Bangor eight days ago , and will be very hard to beat in this less competitive contest off just an 8 lb higher mark . Va Utu does n't stay a testing two miles . 1.30:TALENTED claimer Rodney Farrant teams up with former Gold Cup hero Norton 's Coin , but the combination face a very stiff task over this inadequate trip .
Idiom: tie the knot (used idiomatically: no)
Now he writing a book about sparrows . ' There 's still plenty to learn about them , ' he said . TYING THE KNOT Sue 's marriage is on the rocks ROD CHAYTOR
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: no)
The media , particularly radio and newspapers Tourist Publications and Information Centres Word of Mouth a ) Information is available within the four gardens , ie the public can pick up leaflets , copies of ' The Botanics ' and posters are displayed on noticeboards .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
And in the city 's claim for a grant , figures for the Newtown and Ladywood districts were given as a shocking 514.61 crimes for every 1,000 people living there . The real figure was 154.61 — just above the city average . But the mistake went all the way to Whitehall . And in July , Environment Secretary Michael Heseltine announced the grant for the Newtown area based on the incorrect figure . Birmingham Community Affairs Director Bruce Epps had to admit : ‘ There was a typographical error.’