Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Post - Keynesian critics of the monetarist approach also reject the idea of a vertical long - run Phillips curve , arguing instead that the long - run Phillips curve slopes downwards from left to right even though it is likely to be steeper than the short - run curve . This is illustrated in Fig . 6.5 , where LPC is the long - run Phillips curve and SPC1 and SPC2 are short - run Phillips curves . The main reason why the long - run Phillips curve may have a negative slope is that workers may continue to suffer from money illusion in the long - run and so be prepared to accept money wage increases which fall short of the actual inflation rate . Keynes himself pointed out in the General Theory that workers who would nor be prepared to accept money wage cuts may be prepared to accept real wage reductions caused by price inflation . In section 6.4 , we develop a simple model of inflation which incorporates elements of the expectations - augmented Phillips curve : in doing so , we accept the post - Keynesian view that the Phillips curve retains some negative slope in the long - run .
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
The kinds of stages which we have found in the work of Marx and Engels seem now to most anthropologists much too moulded to European history , even taking into account the modifications which , as we saw , were gradually incorporated in their work to handle their growing knowledge of non - European societies . This Eurocentrism was inevitable at a time when in Europe only European history was at all well known , and Marx 's and Engels 's ' general ' stages often read like little more than a generalized history of western Europe . Eurocentrism seems however much less excusable in the work of modern historians who , following in Marx 's and Engels 's footsteps , still seem to consider the examples they used sufficient to generalize about human history ( Anderson , 1974 ) . When these ' stages ' have been used to identify societies outside Europe the result has often been misleading . For example , Goody and others have argued that the labelling of pre - colonial West African states as ' feudal ' has obscured the all - important fact that the control of the ruling class did not operate through the control of land , and that therefore Marx 's ideas can not be used directly for these societies .
Idiom: fill the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
Pointing the way forward . Wales assistant coach Gareth Jenkins ( right ) and coach Alan Davies ( left ) have argued that the only way to revitalise the Welsh scene is to place national interests above those of clubs . Then Ron Waldron became coach and his own Neath players suddenly filled the Wales bill . Result : even worse defeat , culminating in the degradation of last year 's 60-pointer by Australia and the shenanigans that followed at the post - match dinner . At Ballymore Welsh rugby bared its soul and it was screaming .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
I had n't realised he could score like that . ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . ‘ He only got his chance because we had a few players out with flu . ‘ I am delighted for him and us . I thought we deserved it .
Idiom: on the rebound (used idiomatically: yes)
A stunted little boy suddenly starts to shoot up like a weed , a plain adolescent turns into a beauty overnight , and well - preserved middle - aged men who reach sixty still looking forty - five suddenly make up the deficit and more than overtake their age , all in a few months . For no good reason that I can see . And for another thing , he began to take an interest in me just when I was on the rebound from a very unhappy love affair — the kind of let - down that alters not just your life but even your nature . He was kind , and attentive , and soothing . And I 'd gone off passion .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
At any stage in life , we can improve our relationship with others by learning to be aware and to communicate . Communication does not necessarily involve words but can often be non - verbal too . How you look at someone , the attention you give them and your body language are all means of communication and can have a strong effect upon the recipient , even if he only perceives it on a subconscious level . THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENT AND CHILD Perhaps the most important relationship of all is that between parent and child .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: no)
and what happened , the pen was around somewhere Phil had the pen , Phil get the pen and will you add it up will you cheque book , by your cheque book were n't it ? Buy that one Oh that 's one of mine
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: yes)
So , what 's with this New Advertising ? Where do you find it and can you buy it ? And is it going places ? Let 's start at the end and work back . With death .
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: no)
Were there two valuations for the coach station in Southampton ? We shall be grateful if the Minister can help us on that , but if he can not perhaps he will help us another time . I am grateful to the Minister for at least informing us that £500,000 of public money has been invested in Stagecoach in order , presumably , to help establish the level playing field which we are told is to exist in these sell-offs . I am surprised that at this sensitive time the Scottish Development Agency should have seen fit to invest $ 500,000 in Stagecoach , but I suppose that is a matter for the SDA , unless it did that under political direction . Perhaps the Minister will tell us about that as well .
Idiom: rare bird (used idiomatically: no)
All the birds taken from the sanctuary had been fitted with microchip implants , which meant they could be clearly indentified when they were recovered . This is common practice . At the Cotswold Wildlife Park devices are fitted to their rare birds which are housed in large strengthened cages . Colin Fountain says they 've taken measures to stop thieves getting in . There are big profits to be made in the international exotic bird trade .
Idiom: mend fences (used idiomatically: yes)
Editorial Autumn Approaches The first thing that heralds the approach of Autumn is that you are outside one evening , not too late , thinking you 've time to mend the fence , move the sheep or clean the goat pen and suddenly someone turns the light off ! Irritated you glance at the sky ' must be going to rain ' you mutter . But no , a quick consultation of the calendar , given to you so happily by the feed rep last Christmas ( at the same time he gave you a bill ) , shows lighting up time to be 18.52 .
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ All that ‘ financial adviser’ stuff had me laughing my socks off.’ For months , the 6 ft tall Texan paraded himself as a loyal friend of the House of Windsor , ready to guide the troubled Yorks back to a marital bed of roses . Failing that , he assured all and sundry that he 'd get the Duchess the best darn - tootin ' ‘ deal’ . But that was before our exclusive pictures of Fergie and Johnny deep in financial discussions around their St Tropez hideaway . Johnny kissing willing lips .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
It is sad when sisters and brothers who have been on good terms quarrel about who gets what , whether the reasons for wanting a particular item are commercial or sentimental . ' Mother always wanted me to have … ' is not good enough . Legal advisers suggest that anyone wishing a piece of jewellery or other valuable to go to a particular person , should list such unofficial bequests on a piece of paper and keep it with the official will . When the family is all together , it is wise to suggest a fair method whereby family members ( in - laws stand aside ! ) take turns to choose items great and small . It is important not to risk giving cause for life - long resentments and recriminations .
Idiom: spit it out (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do n't want to know,’ Woolley said flatly . He looked at their fresh , serious , eager - to - impress faces and turned away . He was eating a cold sausage ; his tongue located a piece of gristle and spat it out . ‘ I am a genial , jovial and well - liked commanding officer,’ he told them . ‘ My warmth and charm are exceeded only by my old - fashioned courtesy and my fucking sympathy.’
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: yes)
It is your function to choose that company , and to get the right results for the right price . Sometimes you invite two or three companies to quote , so your negotiating skill is important . Such service companies want your agency 's business and lavish lunches and gifts are par for the course . But as specialisation increases , such practices are dying out and the production chief who gives all his business to one or two companies is viewed with frank suspicion . Good working relationships with suppliers are , however , very important .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd only do something I enjoyed . Yeah . Like it 's different if you 're working for yourself because at the end of the day it all goes in your own pocket . Any , any profit you make . I dunno .
Idiom: good riddance (used idiomatically: yes)
They 'll be at Leith in a matter of days and then she 'll be gone . ' He belched loudly . ' Good riddance , I say . Pregnant ! She was no more pregnant than I am ! '
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
' Even when it stopped on the 5th ' , the historian John Buchan was to write , ' there followed days of sombre skies and wet mists and mucky clouds . The misery of our troops huddled in their impromptu lines or strung out in shell - holes , can not be pictured in words . ' Haig , though still hugely optimistic , reported later in a dispatch : ' The low - lying clayey soil , torn by shells and sodden by rain , turned to a succession of vast muddy pools . The valleys of the choked and overflowing streams were speedily transformed into long stretches of bog , impassable except by a few well - defined tracks , which became marks for the enemy 's artillery . To leave these tracks was to risk death by drowning , and in the course of the subsequent fighting on several occasions both men and pack animals were lost in this way . '
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
The whole economy fell 4.0 per cent in eight quarters from the peak in the second quarter of 1990 , and is still 3.7 per cent below the peak , but the onshore economy excluding oil and gas has fallen 3.9 per cent over ten quarters , and the latest figure is the lowest yet . By contrast , the whole economy fell 5.5 per cent and non - oil output by 6.2 per cent in seven quarters in 1979 - 81 . The stock market showed little response and the FT - SE 100-Share Index ended a relatively quiet session 1.7 points lower at 2,838.3 , with just over 550 million shares changing hands . ICI fell 42p to 1076p ahead of Thursday 's figures , accompanied by rumours of a rights issue . Glaxo shed 11p to 655p on fears of cuts in US health spending and SmithKline Beecham ‘ A’ dipped 11p to 421p , but National Westminster Bank gained 14 to 459p , both ahead of today 's figures .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
It stems from experiments in Renaissance Florence based on the demand of unmusical amateurs that , above all else , the words must be understood . Lacking any sense of the Dionysiac depths of music , they assumed that the words took precedence and , as with the New Attic Dithyramb their music aspired to nothing higher than tone - painting , in imitation of the world of phenomena . Under the influence of opera and the culture it represents , most modern music has been reduced to the level of entertainment and deprived of its Dionysiac seriousness — except in Germany . For in the recent course of German music from Bach to Beethoven and Beethoven to Wagner , we see the reawakening of the Dionysiac spirit , albeit misinterpreted in terms of " beauty " by such as Otto Jahn , and , in general , uncomprehended by its contemporaries . This movement is aligned with the recent advance of German philosophy .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
reviewed by Martin Pritchard The Finnish instrument maker Suunto , has produced a new unit called the Solution . It is certainly a state of the art unit , offering an impressive 36 functions which range from three altitude settings , to an internal memory capable of storing up to eight hours of diving profiles , and if that 's not enough , you can interface it with a personal computer and relive your dive profiles in your own home . The solution displays all the essential information on depths , times and decompression requirements . The computer 's micro processor automatically models the absorption and release of nitrogen ( it uses a modified Haldanian model based on nine tissue compartments ) during all phases of diving , including ascents , surface intervals and repetitive diving .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
was now in a position to build up a large network of tramways centred on Croydon , which it was hoped would attract passengers and business from a wide area to Croydon . Unfortunately , as already described , Croydon Corporation saw things rather differently and thought they would stand to lose financially . Their objection came to a head on two points in particular . Tramway No . 20 of the 1902 Act , entirely within the Borough , they insisted on building and owning themselves . On 15 June 1905 , they refused the B.E.T.
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
CHARLES FAWCUS DONCASTER 'S ST LEGER will turn into a farce tomorrow if the weather forecast is wrong . Clerk of Course John Sanderson is banking on rain to save the race 's face and ensure that favourite User Friendly lines up . ' The forecast is for rain and I 'm not going to water the track , ' said John to the dismay of User Friendly 's trainer Clive Brittain and jockey George Duffield . ' Her owner Bill Gredley was persuaded to pay £ 25,000 to enter her because the going was to be good .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
I have never banged away with fifteen strangers in a back street in Ashton before . It is , morally , a giant step to take . But pure animalistic lust gets the better of me . I look around at everyone else huffing and puffing in their glows of ecstasy , and realize that I am huffing and puffing with just as much relish . And I discover , to my horror , that I am slowly becoming what I have been claiming all this time to be .
Idiom: hold the purse strings (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over After 49 years with Maxwell 's Nuffield Press , Alan had high hopes for his retirement . The same hopes as any other pensioner , unless of course that pensioner happens to hold the purse strings . Male speaker Although I 'm an old age pensioner , I 've got lots of things to do .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
The roadshow is open from June 21–23 at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory , Crowthorne , Berkshire . ME & MY OP He made a three - inch cut in my hand When , last March , I began to get pins and needles in my right hand , I put it down to too much gardening . Yet two months on my hand still felt numb .
Idiom: take the biscuit (used idiomatically: yes)
The appeals in Midweek and NSS helped to raise more than £ 100,000 towards the relief of one of the least reported famines of recent times . They also prompted some criticism — of our use of ‘ starving children’ imagery ; and of the very idea of the left seeking to offer ‘ aid by charity’ . John Cole 's column of 24 April ( ‘ It really takes the biscuit’ ) , which counterposed reports of famine ( in Sudan , again , and Zimbabwe ) with the domestic political ‘ babble’ over ‘ Scottish devolution , poll tax , or the privatisation of British Rail’ , brought similar complaints . ‘ How much longer must we tolerate articles such as John Cole 's on mass starvation?’ asks Julie Boston , of Bristol . ‘ His solution that we make individual donations to the aid agencies is extraordinary.’
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: no)
' You do n't look a day older than the last time I worked with you . ' The Irish burr was more pronounced than she remembered . ' I 've been hearing great things about you , great things . ' Kate smiled . Caitlin pulled up a chair and sat down opposite her .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: no)
Vladimir Bukovsky informs us in his book To Build a Castle ( the story of his life as a dissenter ) that for reading poems in Mayakovsky Square in Moscow , he and his friends were arrested by the KGB . ‘ We perceived the Manifesto of Man as a summons to resistance,’ he says . ‘ I 'll go out on the square and into the city 's ear . I 'll hammer a cry of despair.’ His arrest was the beginning of his twelve years in prison , labour camp , and psychiatric hospital .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: yes)
The Opening Shots Forum for New Directors is sponsored in 1991 by BAFTA / SHELL , the UK joint venture to promote British Film and Television . The 1991 Opening Shots Forum considers the opportunities for new directors in a period of great change for the film and television industries , but also in a climate of fast dwindling resources . The Forum will focus on four main topics — A VIEW FROM THE BROADCASTERS ( reflecting on the range of schemes now available in the regions for new directors , for example , BBC Bristol 's 10x10 ; TVS / Southern Arts — Take One;— Shoot First etc ) ; NEW FICTIONS , NEW WRITERS — where are the opportunities for new dramas and new ways of telling tales ? ; NEW AESTHETICS FOR NEW DIRECTORS — finding and funding new film and television directors which also points the way to the styles , subjects and emotions of the British film and television culture of the future,— LOW AND BEHOLD ! LIMITED BUDGETS ; UNLIMITED RESOURCES ? how will the new wave of regional film commissions and media development agencies ( in Edinburgh , Liverpool , Newcastle , Birmingham etc . ) be able to assist new directors , producers and writers , who restrained by limited budgets will want access to facilities , assistance on locations , regional support etc .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Forresters first was after a ball dinked over to White on the right hand side of the box ( facing goal ) , he hooked it over his shoulder — square to about the pen spot and forrester did a flying scissor-kick/volley which flew into the net . His second followed good work on the right wing by Kelly , he played it infield to Hodge , who passed it along the ground to forresters feet … in the same sort of position as white for the 2nd goal … except facing the touchline . He took it a few feet out , so now he was on the edge of the 18 yard box … near the corner ( so approx 25 yards from goal ) , he pulled it back the other way , turned and curled the ball into the top left corner with his left foot . Those goals are VERY important for Forresters ( & therefore Leeds ) future . Its funny cos I decided to watch the fa youth cup final from last year on friday … coincidence or what .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's easy to Bobby ! Could you put your glasses through behind the bar ? Please . Yeah Have to get the next week .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've met lots at the Blackburn Literary Club . Some of them seemed really perfectly ordinary!’ ‘ No doubt,’ said Viola , opening her eyes a fraction to peer malevolently from under the slits . ‘ These days the world is full of perfectly ordinary writers . But Walter Machin was not ordinary though he was funny , and lively , and good company — as well as being a great and shamefully neglected novelist.’
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
In the 46th of 76 laps , a defect on the back of his Ferrari became a problem .
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
FourGen Software Inc opens its first overseas offices this month in Amsterdam , hoping to capitalize on downsizing trends among large European corporations . It will focus its sales efforts on companies that have departments or divisions in several countries and need a global package . Applix Inc claims it 's battering the heck out of Uniplex Ltd , especially in Europe where folks are reportedly getting sick and tired of waiting for Uniplex 's graphical upgrade . It 's latest coup however came out of the US . It 's part of an eight - year $ 92 m government contract called JSAM that its group , including GTE and IBM with the RS/6000 , won over two protests by the opposition , Grumman , Pyramid , AT&T and of course Uniplex .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
This is the latest craze to hit the fairgrounds and it can even be seen in some discos . It 's called the laserball ; a sit in gyroscope that can rotate in any direction . It was originally designed by space scientists in America to help astronauts to come to terms with weightlessness . Now it is giving those of us on earth that spaced out feeling . Laserballs are being built by Burford Trailers , a company based in Hereford .
Idiom: brownie point (used idiomatically: yes)
It is based around ultra high speed serial processors whereas a multibit system employs slower , less problematical parallel processing . This is part of the reason why multibit refuses to lie down and die , not just in the case of Ariston , but with a number of other producers , Naim , to cite just one such . The bottom line is the way it sounds , and it is here that the Ariston CD3 accumulates most of its brownie points . For my money , and at the time of writing ( things can change rapidly ) this deck represents the cutting edge in compact disc reproduction at the price — an important caveat . There are players which sound sharper and clearer , and some ( though very few ) that sound warmer and easier on the ear .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
They were then struggling at 127 for four with 16 overs remaining but Byas pulled Caddick for six to restore confidence , which was boosted even further when he was dropped on the boundary edge by Andy Hayhurst when 27 . With Byas and White wasting no scoring opportunities , Yorkshire required 41 off five overs and their task became less demanding as Byas clubbed Hayhurst for four and six , the big hit just brushing Caddick 's fingers before clearing the rope . With only 11 runs needed from two overs , Byas rammed Snell through the covers before being caught at long on next ball . In the same over Snell bowled two consecutive wides and White reached his 50 and won the match by driving him through mid - off for his fourth boundary . Winning the toss , high - flying Somerset were given an 82 start by Ricky Bartlett and Mark Lathwell and it was the introduction of spinners Phil Carrick and Jeremy Batty which stopped things getting out of hand .
Idiom: stick your neck out (used idiomatically: yes)
I did n't feel like that after Sandwich . You can talk to Sandy about lines for putts and which irons . With Seve you 're sticking your neck out telling him how far it is to the green . Of the two Opens Sandy never looked like winning until the end ; Seve had it won a long way away . The night after Sandy won he was in the marquee that was holding his celebration dinner , with his apron on cleaning up and wishing everybody would go so he could get some peace and quiet .
Idiom: put a foot wrong (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I am usually,’ she said softly . ‘ We 've hunted plenty of people , Mitch , and I 've got the feeling that the count is as dangerous in his own way . He 's the kind of big game that hunts you back if you put a foot wrong . Go easy.’ ‘ I 'll be right behind you , boss.’