Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: no)
Until the autumn he was paddling about twice a week and most competitive activity has been running and squash rather than paddling . There are a number of areas in which he wishes to see changes in BCU policy and at his interview he asked that , if appointed , he should be permitted to get on and do the job freely . His immediate requirement is for financial stability and control of where the money is going , especially all the small sums spent on things which , on the face of it , all have perfectly laudable reasons . A review party is presently working on the problem . Access will be the issue of the 90s and freedom to use rivers does n't just stop at getting onto the rivers .
Idiom: grin and bear it (used idiomatically: yes)
He did n't mind socializing with his staff as long as it was on His terms and at their expense , but to meet them as equals on neutral ground was another matter . None are so ruthlessly exclusive as those who have worked their way up from the ranks . That evening Clive could only grin and bear it , but when I told him I would n't be able to do the second summer course he was distinctly cool . I explained that I 'd found someone to substitute for me — one of the Carter boys was looking for holiday work — but he kept making objections about unqualified staff , mentioning a notorious case a few years earlier when one malcontent teacher wreaked his revenge by teaching a group of teenage Italians that the English greet each other in the street with the phrase ‘ Piss off , wanker.’ Half the class had to be invalided home , and Clive 's name was still mud in Emilia - Romagna .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
RIC GEORGE Peter Robinson … Premier League is not the finished article yet , but football will benefit in long run By Philippa Bellis CHEERS !
Idiom: like clockwork (used idiomatically: yes)
A Japanese - language version is due in July . Ascii figures 30–50 VARs out of the 200 who sell Informix should bite . Like clockwork , just as we promised ( UX No 424 ) , Unix System Laboratories wheeled out its SVR4.2 versions for Sparc and Mips RISCs at Uniforum , saying they were immediately available . ICL Plc and Fujitsu Ltd , which helped with the Sparc port , and NEC Corp , which helped with the Mips iteration already have them on their machines . Microport Inc , Scotts Valley , California , which recently became the first non - hardware licensee of Unix System Lab 's unannounced SVR4.2 ES / MP , has started shipping an ANSI C Compiler for Intel Corp 's Pentium processor from Unix System Labs .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
This philosophy appealed to Prince Charles and he was keen to give it a go , but , like everything else in the Duchy , the home farm had to pay its way . John Higgs had reservations . He felt a lot of hot air was talked by some of the purists . Nevertheless , he agreed to visit West Germany on the Prince 's behalf , where the movement was far more advanced , and report back . He returned after a very jolly trip , with a ten - pound carrot and a giant pumpkin , which he sent to Prince Charles .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
And then I could not loose.’ She was silent for a moment . She turned her head a little , and he saw that the calm had come back to her face , but now there was light and colour in it , as if the blood curbed and slowed to solitude and stillness had begun to flow again . ‘ You it never touched,’ she said . ‘ Your place it never threatened .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
You ca n't start making approaches to landowners and other people who live round about until the decision has been made by the working party whether to go out for consultation or not . Any minute now , Jack , you will be , you will be consulted by the County Council . If we find that we have no right of access over that road , that puts paid to Shilton . We may negotiate access over that road with you . Going back to both Standlake and erm Wheatley
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
Forty or fifty of them . My , my . This list was n't compiled on the spur of the moment . Greek Intelligence must have been taking a more than passing interest in the activities of our friend Andropulos over a long period , years I would think . I wonder why .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: no)
Besides , there was no room service . They were allocated one of the best rooms with a splendid four - poster . After dinner they went straight to their room . ‘ No , Patrick,’ Chris said firmly . ‘ We 've simply got to sleep.’
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
He gained his school colours for rugger and was unlucky not to get them for the Field Game and the Wall Game — another game confined to Eton . Dermot and Roderic also went to McNeile 's : we missed by only one half all being there together . I have many memories of Eton : services in College Chapel , especially in winter when the lights were lit and I listened to the massed singing of a favourite hymn ; the Headmaster , Dr Alington , an Olympian figure in scarlet gown , taking " absence " on the chapel steps ; the Fourth of June , a festival peculiar to Eton , and fireworks bursting over the river ; the Field Game on winter afternoons while mist crept across the grounds ; the lamps in the High Street and crowds of boys hurrying back to their houses before " lock - up " . We spent our holidays at The Milebrook . I remember my excitement when I had arrived there for the first time from St Aubyn 's .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
carry with the same élan the successive positions of the enemy … one does not seek , in fact , to produce a breakthrough . In this first offensive act , what one wants is to inflict such casualties on the enemy that it will be possible later on to attack in depth , at certain chosen points , with superiority . Pétain was also a disciple of attrition , but in an entirely different sense from Joffre and Haig with their inhumanly simple calculations that the Germans could be beaten in the long run through losing man for man , by virtue of the Allied superiority in cannon fodder . ‘ One does not fight with men against materiel’ , was one of Pétain 's favourite maxims ; attrition had to be performed by guns , not infantrymen . In his belief in a series of minutely planned , economical offensives with limited objectives — each adding to the total exhaustion of the enemy until the moment for the ‘ definitive effort’ arrived , instead of the one ‘ Big Push’— Pétain bore some resemblance to the great Turenne .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
In the hope that deteriorating wartime conditions in Vietnam would spark insurrection , a liberation army of sorts was being formed on the border ; but when the attack went off at half - cock ( leaders executed or arrested and followers dispersed ) another threat to the French position was removed and it must have become clear that the only credible threat to French power lay in France itself , at least until the forces of nationalism were able to attract some effective outside sponsorship or else embed themselves in the people to the point where they became an organized national resistance . Of the ‘ scholar patriots’ perhaps one can say that , instead , they helped to awaken the national consciousness ; and in the evening of his life Phan Boi Chau , in a moving analogy in which Vietnam was likened to an orphan child which by this time should have learned to walk and France to a tutor who felt that the child was easier to control when he was unable to run , talked of a people whose traditional values had been destroyed and who were thus a generation of uprooted people on their own soil . It was no wonder that the Vietnamese , he said , were willing to turn to anyone who offered them a helping hand ; and for the time being , for him and perhaps for most Vietnamese , it was China , and the kuomintang , not surprisingly , which exerted the greatest influence on the development of Vietnamese nationalism : and especially a Kuomintang which still included communists as well as nationalists . Phan Boi Chau ended his life wondering whether the Vietnamese people understood communism any more than he did himself ; but even if , in the 1920s , they did not , and if international communism at least did not understand the Vietnamese people all that well either , one could argue that at a time when the prospects for Vietnam were still fairly evenly balanced between peaceful reform and revolution and even though , in 1924 , a government of the Left had taken office in France , the failure of a constitutional Party helped to turn political forces in Vietnam in the direction of a radical nationalism . At one point , in December 1925 , with a liberal Governor - General in Vietnam , the Vietnamese were told that they could aspire to a fuller and higher life to become one day a nation ; but a few months later it was predicted that , while an independent Vietnam ( in the indeterminate future ) was a possibility , the bonds between it and France would become sufficiently strong so that nothing would ever break them .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
On more than one occasion Frodo and Sam ( a hobbit who travels with Frodo ) have the opportunity to kill Gollum . Gollum wins them round by saying how hard done by he is and they take pity on him . Although they are cross with themselves for being so soft , in the end they discover that they did the right thing because it is Gollum who shows them the way to Mount Doom , and Gollum who finally disposes of the Ring . In the Forest of Fangorn Gimli the dwarf wants Legolas the elf ( both companions of Frodo ) to kill an old wandering man but Legolas takes pity on him and again the right decision is made , the old man turns out to be Gandalf whom they thought was dead . Wormtongue ( a servant of The/1oden Lord of the Mark but in the pay of Saruman ) is pardoned even though he has poisoned the mind of The/1oden , but he receives his punishment when he is sent back to Saruman .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: yes)
Anything can trigger this final act : a lover ’s rejection , a job application denied . In the case of Tamerlan , a talented boxer , he was denied the chance to become a champion because he was not yet a United ~ States citizen . Radical Islamism offered him a ready - made cause to die for . More interesting , and in a way far more disturbing , has been the reaction in the US to the Boston bombings , which killed three people and injured 264 . Even after Tamerlan had died , and Dzhokhar , already wounded , was the only known fugitive , the Boston authorities decided to close down the entire city .
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
But the experts who examined him afterwards almost certainly thought he had been infected by female chiggoe fleas , which attach themselves between the toes or on the soles of the feet . The eggs are dispersed as you walk . Chiggers , by comparison , lay their eggs in the ground . ' The scientists said , ' Oh , beware of the chiggers ' , and the first day we went out , in our shorts and flip - flops , looking up in the trees for these chiggers — we thought they might be big furry things . It was only three nights later that we discovered they were tiny insects .
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
' Could n't sleep , ' he said . ' Guilty conscience . ' On the spur of the moment , Mungo decided to use shock tactics . Taking the feather out of his pocket he said : ' Have you seen this before ? ' Emily appeared quite unruffled .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Now that the main task of supplying those prisoners with a correspondent has been achieved , I am again appealing for help , this time in forming an organisation for the purpose of helping both prisoners and ourselves . There is an urgent need for getting out a newsletter — and finding ways of financing it — so that we have an organ of communication with each other . If you have practical experience of forming organisations and/or are able to offer concrete assistance in any form , I 'd be very pleased and grateful to hear from you , with a view to a group of us meeting .
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
If I were unable once in a while to climb a mountain and look at the countryside , and then come down to the house again , walk through the garden and look in at the window - I would go mad , mad !
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Advantages of isolation It will take years for Albania to catch up with the standards of medicine in other European countries but not all the news is negative . Albania does not have to start from scratch . There are many staff with good basic training and the widespread system of primary health care forms an excellent base . This part of the communist system has to be maintained .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
' No ? ' he drawled . ' Last night you declared your intention of staying aboard , in spite of everything I put forward against it . In my book that makes you a — ' ' Put forward against it ! ' Robbie echoed sneeringly .
Idiom: add fuel to the fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Jasper Conran does n't rate British fashion … Rifat Ozbek is n't really British at all and , bloody hell , did you hear he was n't let into the John Richmond party ! London 's Evening Standard was moved to add fuel to the fire and proclaim ‘ this year , the long knives were out’ , but it was only the tall tales that were really in evidence . The controversy began when both Paul Smith and Jasper Conran turned down their nominations to become British Designer of the Year . Despite both giving reasons for their withdrawal — Smith describing the awards as ‘ self - congratulatory’ and Conran labelling them ‘ muddled and confused’— the anti - Rifat gossip was soon swelling .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
The clamp is secured to the window edge , and the batten slipped through the clamp and held with a loose pin . A series of holes allows for different window sizes . I flattened the end of the pin , drilled a hole through it , and tied it to the batten with thin cord , to stop it getting lost . Send us your top tip , and if it 's the best of the batch , you 'll win a great prize ! TACK TIP
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Policy in the northern agency during the research called for compliance in about 70 percent of routine samples ; with the review of consents , the agency has become seemingly less tolerant , calling for compliance in 95 percent of samples . Laboratory analyses often confirm a field man 's suspicions or draw his attention to pollution previously unnoticed . In these circumstances staff then employ working norms which serve as rules - of - thumb to impose order on the judgment as to whether action is necessary . An area officer with a mixed catchment described his approach : ' … you 've got to look and see whether it 's a big discharge or a small discharge .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
IBM says its RS/6000s and PowerPC computers will run Windows applications under AIX by spring next year . In the US , Apple Computer Inc has effected a new Unix value added reseller campaign , Quick Start , with the aim of broadening the market for its Quadra AUX 3.0 servers by getting new applications on board . Apple is offering a year 's free technical support and will reimburse VARs to the tune of $ 6,000 if they buy three Quadra 700 AUX systems between now and January 31 1993 via its outlets . NCR Corp last week committed to making its StarSentry — global network management system — OSF DME - compliant : its Unix System 3000s will support the OSF DCE architecture by spring 1993 , it says . The Santa Cruz Operation last week joined the OSF DCE fray , announcing an early availability programme for its SCO DCE product at InterOp .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
And they expect me to co be coming in from here , Yeah . Yeah , if you do n't measure it the right way , and go all the way round there and say that he 's coming in on two hundred and twenty five degrees Twenty five degrees . on a bearing of two twenty five degrees , the other Air Traffic Controller might , if you tell him forty five degrees , he 'll say , oh that 's alright , he 's way over here , he 's not going to collide with this Seven Four Seven that 's coming in this way ,
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
There is evidence of a conflict of interest between the two strata . Managers call for ‘ ever greater effort and self - sacrifice’ whereas the rank and file are often apathetic to such exhortations and concerned with more immediate rises in their living standards . Managers are sometimes accused of not knowing ‘ what kibbutz life tastes like’ while they in turn sometimes accuse the rank and file of insufficient effort and failing to appreciate the long - term goals of the kibbutz . Rosenfeld 's study seems to lend some support to the functionalist view that social stratification , at least in terms of power and prestige , is inevitable in human society . The position of leader - manager in the kibbutz carries authority , and commands high prestige .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
War profiteers The three businessmen staring at Newsweek readers smile but their message is grim . ' There is a crisis in the business community,'reads the advertisement for the impressive - sounding Princeton Diagnostic Laboratories of America . ' This crisis is drug , abuse and … your bottom line suffers . Every war has its profiteers .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: no)
Elsewhere , there are wins for Thame , Abingdon Town and Milton ; Oxford City 's long unbeaten run disappears , Witney draw , as do Banbury and Carterton , and the game between Wantage and Bicester ends as a draw , but there are defeats for Abingdon United , Headington and Didcot . In rugby , Bicester are through to the semi - finals of the Provincial Insurance Cup . Well there 'll be more on all these games in a moment , first the local classified football results : F A Cup fourth round ; Spurs four , Oxford United two . The Beezer Homes League Southern division : Witney one , Canterbury one . The Vauxhall League , division two south ; Bracknell one , Abingdon Town two .
Idiom: eat someone out of house and home (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact , I know there are , because I 've had a look at your most amusing , and relevant article . There are certain categories that these guests fall into , are n't there ? Yes , erm , the , the most archetypal one is , is the miser of course , who , who turns up with a stale box of chocolates and an ingratiating smile , and proceeds to eat you out of house and home , and then when you 're at the supermarket , disappears mysteriously at the checkout , and returns when you 've paid with a , a bumper bag a crisps that he keeps in his bedroom when , in case he gets peckish at night . You know , he may take you for a meal after he 's stayed a , a fortnight , and it 'll , he might lose his wallet , or , take you to the sausage and chips place round the corner , so he , he 's a nightmare . And then there 's the , the over - amorous couple who er ,
Idiom: white hat (used idiomatically: yes)
He asked me to call again and this invitation may well have been genuine ; my acceptance was not . As I drove the fifty or so miles back home I thought that I would rewrite the story , the history rather , of the Butcher . The white hat , I wondered , had that just been another trick of my imagination ? I was n't sure . Clearly I could not leave the story as it was , with the wrong nickname .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
But this approach , although of extreme importance in assessing potential erosion is not primarily concerned with the basic physical causes of wave damage . The amount of erosion of any rock cliff will depend not only on the way in which the waves break against the cliff but also on the size of the waves . The size of the waves is governed largely by the time during which they have been moving under the influence of the - wind . The time may be limited by the proximity of another shore from which the wind is blowing or by the duration of the wind . Where the fetch , or distance at the disposal of the wind for the generation of waves , is very large the factor governing the height of the waves is the time during which a wind of a given strength has.been blowing .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: no)
When , ill with typhoid in October 1835 , Victoria was pressed hard by Conroy to nominate him as her personal secretary on her accession , she persistently and successfully resisted , with Lehzen 's support . By this time Lehzen ‘ occupied the first place in her pupil 's thoughts and affections’(Esher ) . After Victoria 's accession Lehzen , never skilled in personal relationships , failed to adjust to changed circumstances and her charge 's coming of age . Jealousy , first of William Lamb , second Viscount Melbourne , and then , more seriously , of Prince Albert , whom the queen married in 1840 , led to serious tensions in the royal household . Lehzen was blamed , probably wrongly , for the queen 's ineptness in the Lady Flora Hastings [ q.v.]affair , and fear of losing Lehzen was a major contribution to the queen 's stubbornness in the ‘ bedchamber crisis’ of 1839 .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
Any bacteria in whole meat joints will be on or very close to the surface and the outside of roast meat gets hot enough to sterilise it . Rolled joints and poultry are different . Bacteria may be deep in the flesh or joint or extra care is needed to make sure enough heat penetrates right through the flesh . It 's most unlikely that will be achieved if the rolled joint or poultry is cooked from frozen . 3 .
Idiom: out on a limb (used idiomatically: yes)
Opponents of open - air market ‘ out on a limb’ By Ian Lang Daily Post Staff COLWYN Bay 's chamber of trade was yesterday accused of being ‘ out on a limb’ over its opposition to controversial proposals for an open air market in the town . The chamber opposed plans for a market of up to 42 stalls in the town 's Ivy Street car park , a scheme which was turned down by Colwyn Borough Council 's planning committee last week . Reasons included loss of parking and pedestrian safety .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
She raised her chin a little , and a hard look came into her eyes . ‘ If she 's downstairs when I get home , I 'm going straight up to my bedroom!’ When he got home to his flat , Greg did not go straight into his bedroom . He switched on a few lights , took off his coat and tie and rolled up his sleeves , then he pottered around the kitchen making himself a good night mug of milkless tea . The quiet , tedious activity helped to get some of his chaotic impressions from the evening into some sort of order .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
Oddly enough Unix System Labs , when it was building Destiny from which UnixWare derives , explored using the Mac interface and originally intended to make the interface created in - house instead much more Mac - like than it is . PEGASUS RE - APPOINTS CEO Following its own ‘ annus horriblis,’ UK software accountancy firm Pegasus Group plc , Kettering , Northamptonshire , has turned the tables again and reinstated Johnathan Hubbard - Ford ( forced out last October ) as chief executive officer after shareholders demanded a management shake - up . As a result four board members resigned over the Christmas period : Tony Barber , financial director ; John Percivel , technical development director ; Derek Moon , the chairman and non - executive board member Roger Dickinson . The clash of boardroom personalities began after Pegasus bought the rights to Sequel , a Microsoft Corp FoxPro - based accounting product from UK firm Sequel Systems Ltd late last year ( UX No 408 ) .