Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
First , insofar as price inflation ( and the expectation of price inflation ) does prompt even users of costlier forms of credit to buy now on credit — as a means of avoiding the price rises they would face if they saved up instead , it is misleading them . Their credit ‘ defence’ against inflation is in fact rather more like an inflationary ‘ fifth column’ . By putting their money as well as their trust into credit , they are in the long run paying more , not less . So in real terms , their attempt to buy off inflation through borrowing makes them poorer than they would otherwise have been . The second problem is that the effects of inflation make the relationship between calculated rates of charge for credit and its real - life costs already difficult enough to grasp — virtually incomprehensible .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's preparing to play club cricket in Australia . Male speaker I 've got to take it easy . I 'm not going to rush in and take heads off . I 'll take a shorter run up and build up to it gradually .
Idiom: put someone in mind of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ These patients turned out to be high spirited chums at school,’ reported Dr David Watson . ‘ Not to be outclassed by their petrol - sniffing companions , they had adopted the practice of eating soap powder to obtain a ‘ buzz’ or a ‘ high’.’ Tow this put me in mind of another clinical curio in the BMJ ( vol 285 , p 1401 ) towards the end of last year . A woman , described by two Portlaoise psychiatrists , had not only taken to swigging Jeyes ' fluid she had also become dependent on it . At first , she was tempted to drink this famous gardening aid and household disinfectant because of its pleasant smell .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
However , the old adage that leaders do n't lose elections should be seriously questioned . The bad news for Labour is that the section of the party which is n't blaming Kinnock is blaming John Smith instead — both for an unnecessarily harsh tax programme and an unnecessarily timid attack on the Government 's economic record . Among the Tories there are one or two rampant hindsighters who claim they knew what they were doing all along , and that the tax strategy was bound to pay off . It took the disarmingly incautious David Mellor to acknowledge that everyone , Central Office included , was scared witless on Thursday morning . The campaign was fought for long periods with all the strategic sense of an exhausted boxer launching haymakers from the ropes .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
So America was pared into four — the Eastern time zone , the Central , Mountain and Pacific . When it was noon in New York , Miami and Pittsburgh , so it was 11 in the morning — one hour back — in Chicago , Dallas and New Orleans ; at the same moment the clocks in Denver , Butte and Albuquerque would read 10 am , while it would be 9 in Seattle , San Francisco and San Diego . Within ten years his plan , simple and eminently sensible , was agreed by all the railway companies and — shortly afterwards , and to all intents and purposes — by all the states . At noon on Sunday 18 November 1883 , all the public clocks in North America were changed to what the New York Herald called ‘ the new standard of time agreed upon … as an obvious convenience in all social and business matters’ . And Professor Dowd 's reach swiftly became global : fourteen years after the publication of his monograph and a year after America adopted his system , so the International Meridian Conference in Washington agreed as well : the entire world , not just the American portion of it , should be divided into time zones with Greenwich as the prime meridian .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
market update INSIDER DEALING Keeping tabs on the motor trade John Coates ' But it is not all bad news in the car trade : one or two models are still making high prices '
Idiom: from the word go (used idiomatically: yes)
Former Middlesbrough utility player Owen McGee and central defender Chris Curran from Crewe Alexandra have both signed one - year contracts at the McCain Stadium . Both players were brought in for the last six weeks of the season as McHale began to look ahead to next season when the Seasiders hope to mount a serious promotion push . McGee looked the part from the word go , playing an important role in the right - back position which caused Scarborough problems all season . Curran formed a useful partnership with centre - back Lee Hirst and with Adrian Meyer expected to be out through injury until Christmas , Curran could well start next season in the first team fray . McHale will not find out whether goalkeeper Stuart Ford will be able to accept a one - year deal after returning from a loan spell to Rotherham .
Idiom: dog eat dog (used idiomatically: yes)
I have no time . With regret , I can not give way to the hon . Gentleman on this occasion . Local authorities should not indulge in a dog - eat - dog attitude . We should not put on their employees a blight of uncertainty pending local government reform . I hope that , as soon as possible , the local government commission will spell out to local authorities and to the Secretary of State areas such as West Sussex in which no change may be preferable to radical reform .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
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Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: yes)
But 11 entries for novice chase and 17 for the handicap chase do n't augur well for big fields . Jim is a hard hitting sort of individual who knows where he is going in racing and he has brought Down Royal , I feel , out of the 17th century into the 20th — not quite the 21st — in a matter of a couple of years . This course is now going places , take it from me , and once the fixture log jam is solved I see happy days ahead . Delighted By the way , while on the subject of Down Royal let me point that I was delighted last week that the course received a Racecourse of the Year award from the Racegoers Club .
Idiom: take the liberty (used idiomatically: yes)
Stone was arrested on a charge of high treason on 3 May 1794 and was taken to the Tower of London . He remained imprisoned and untried for nearly two years , eventually being found not guilty after a trial on 28 January 1795 . On 10 May 1794 , Huntingford wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons ( who had himself been elected a vice - president of the College ) as follows : ‘ Honble Sir , I should not have taken the liberty of troubling you on the subject of the Veterinary College did not the recent business of Wm Stone who stands charged with High Treason prove the cause of his exerting himself to my prejudice in favor of M Vial the late Professor , to be that he might establish a French Connection in that Institution in order that he might through the channel carry on his correspondence with the enemy . I am much induced to believe that from an examination of the foreign correspondence of that Society ( of which W. Watson of Bartlett 's Buildings is sollicitor)[sic]some traces might be found which might lead to discover some of Mr. Stone 's accomplices . I have the honor to be with great respect and esteem Honble Sir Your most Obedient humble Servant , J. Huntingford’ .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: no)
They could still hear her tinkling laughter as the door closed behind them . Piers pulled her close to him . ‘ Well,’ he said , ‘ we 'll just have to get to the house and start proving that this particular astrologer has her finger on the button , wo n't we?’ ‘ Whatever do you mean?’ Alyssia asked with mock innocence .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: no)
We are particularly interested in the comparative statics , and for this purpose we write down the equations of change . The demand equation is straightforward : Finally , from the break - even condition in the X sector , substituting for P x and differentiating , . The behaviour of ( ) , ( ) and X is then governed by equations ( 7–28 ) and ( 7–29 ) , eliminating ( ) , ( 7–33 ) and ( 7–34 ) . The dashed lines show the effect of the corporate profits tax , to which we now turn .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
100 employers were questioned in the survey , each employer naming ten institutions that it thought produced ‘ above average’ graduates . The results reveal little departure from the traditional view that applicants from large , old - fashioned institutions make the best employees , although UMIST and Loughborough are ranked highly , largely because of their more vocational courses . The employers ' pecking order may undervalue polytechnic graduates : the three highest - ranking Poly 's ( Kingston , Huddersfield and Nottingham ) only start to appear after twentythree universities . however , as polytechnics become universities , employers may become more prone to rank those graduates highly , so the position of polytechnics in the table is expected to rise . The Performance Indicators Project , a long - running body based in Nottingham , stress that the sample of 100 employers can only provide an approximate ranking of universities .
Idiom: in the sticks (used idiomatically: no)
Do n't say the product is unique if it is only another " me too " product and do n't say it 's new if it is only the packaging which has changed . This wastes the journalist 's time . The PR person is very often in a cleft stick between how he knows the media will react to his story and the sometimes almost mindless enthusiasm of his client or boss . The journalist sees new products coming through all the time , and though some of them represent a real breakthrough in their field most are not really very exciting . The marketing man on the other hand is full of enthusiasm for this latest onslaught on the market and most certainly does not think his new " baby " is at all routine .
Idiom: home and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
But it was Swindon 's lucky day . Not that good fortune should have come into it . Good finishing would have seen Town home and dry by half - time . Top scorer , Craig Maskell has lost his scoring touch at the moment . That could have been 1 - 0 , but this should have been 2 - 0 .
Idiom: sign on the dotted line (used idiomatically: yes)
And erm I was particularly pleased to get Chris along because he was extremely effective . Erm what we were doing was filling in these these postcards asking MPs to turn up on February the fourth to support the energy conservation bill when it has its er second reading in Parliament . And erm it was ex ex it was great having Chris along because erm he went out and grabbed everybody in the street , pulled them in onto the stall and er and got them got them to sign on the dotted line so to speak . Er he came along after the the Heworth Green er demonstration . Which he described incidentally as a bit of a damp .
Idiom: pass the buck (used idiomatically: yes)
What was impressive about the group was that it included six US Nobel laureates in economics and a broad bi - partisan collection of the best of American economic thought . Among the prize winners were Kenneth Arrow , Lawrence Klein , Franco Modigliani , William Sharpe , Robert Solo and James Tobin . The White House , not surprisingly , pointed to its tax legislation stalemate with Congress and quickly passed the buck to the Federal Reserve . ‘ The US economic recovery is well on its way , as long as the Fed makes sure that the money supply grows at an appropriate pace,’ said Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady . He also warned that a slowdown in money supply growth this summer could threaten the recovery at just the wrong moment .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
Turn the water on again and check for leaks Running new pipes Where pipes turn corners with elbows or bends , do n't put them hard up against a wall . They need room to expand CHAPTER FOUR THE HOT WATER SYSTEM
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Meanwhile I saw her breasts for the first time . So did everybody else , for that matter . The rest of her was also naked to all intents and purposes . Karen did n't dress well , trying unsuccessfully to disguise her wolfish sexuality with lambswool pullovers and flowery skirts . But once stripped of sheep 's clothing , her body made stunning sense .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
I hope that he will study the Queen 's Speech . I remind the House that we have had a debate on rights , freedoms and responsibilities for many years . In many respects , we all regret that , because we had all hoped that , one day , the Government would see the light and get the balance right when distributing rights , freedoms and responsibilities . Sadly , we still have to keep on reminding them . It is about time that the Government accepted their responsibility for all sorts of things — for example , the rising unemployment levels , the rundown of the health service , the lack of measures to reduce homelessness and the failure of their economic policy to generate growth and investment to end the recession so that we can build a better Britain .
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: no)
He 's the most unbearable human being I 've ever met in my entire life —’ ‘ Afraid not , darling,’ her father interrupted . ‘ As I 've said , he 's been working off and on on the house as a favour . I ca n't very well ask him to take a fortnight off because you do n't like him . Anyway , he 's not in my employ .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
Just to remind you er , we have a fifty percent interest in Lazzard brothers and a ten percent interest in the New York and Paris partnerships . In New York er , most of you will be well aware that the I P O and market remains extraordinarily healthy and there have been therefore er , excellent opportunities for securities , profits and erm , therefore New York had its best first half ever . I i in London there 's been a good improvement across the board , a much healthier corporate finance climate and Lazzards has er , been pretty prominent in the rights issues in the first half of the year . If we then go back to er , look at the profits as a whole , there are just three items I 'd like to comment on , the corporate expenses as other income er , has obviously had a dramatic improvement . This reflects , effectively , the sale of another of our shares in Cedar Fayre The profit on sale of fixed assets comes right down , as you again er , I think all know , we 've had the benefit of our last of shares and we 're actually rather pleasantly surprised that we were able to er , sell some land at Lakeside to CostCo , which is why we have some profit of three million er , for the first half of ninety three .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
The limit is four or five metres . Perhaps once in a film , for a special moment , I might show the whole orchestra , or perhaps at the very end , with the lights down . But as a general rule the image must be at no more than five metres distance . RO Clearly , after your rehearsal sessions , and with fifteen cameras at your disposal , you can avoid the problems you often get with live concerts .
Idiom: take a dim view of (used idiomatically: yes)
Accounts of youths whizzing about madly on their bikes , causing pandemonium among the traffic , frightening horses , and knocking over pedestrians were as commonplace as the headlines which repeatedly sensationalised ' The Cyclist Terror ' , ' The Risks of the Cycle ' , ' The Perils of the Wheel ' , ' Moloch of the Wheel ' , ' The Dangers of City Cycling ' and ' Cyclomania ' . There were many complaints by cyclists of harassment by the police and , in the midst of a social panic such as this , woe betide anyone who fell foul of the law while in charge of a bike . The Daily Graphic ( 30 March 1898 ) described the fate of one young man , Thomas Duff , who had been unlucky enough to be charged with ' riding a tricycle to the common danger ' and to encounter a magistrate who took an extremely dim view of the matter . Thomas Duff , who had been going about his business as a messenger boy when it was said that he ' nearly ran in to two gentlemen ' , put up a stout defence in court . He ' produced his bell and rang it , stating that that was what he did at the time ' , but the magistrate told him ' that he must not think that everyone had to scamper out of the way upon hearing the sound of his bell ' .
Idiom: in the buff (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Ladylike reserve?’ he guessed , an aggravating hint of laughter in his voice . ‘ Exactly.’ ‘ People with ladylike reserve generally do n't go swimming in the buff in public places , but —’ ‘ If you are going to discuss last night , I am not going to go!’ ‘ After all the trouble you went to to arrange this?’
Idiom: make a pitch (used idiomatically: yes)
Environmental Politics Liberals pitch for green vote The UK 's Liberal Democrat Party has launched a raft of environmental policies in the form of a strategy document entitled Coming Clean on the Air We Breathe , thereby signalling its intention to make a pitch for green sympathizers in the forthcoming general election . The principal points include : , setting a target for a 30 per cent reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2005 ; , a total ban on the use of chlorofluorocarbons by 1994 ; , introducing an " energy tax " to encourage conservation of energy ; , adopting a system of marketable " permits to pollute " , which could be traded between companies ; , introducing road pricing and peak hour bans on cars in congested city centres ; , phasing out tax perks for company cars and replacing the Vehicle Excise Duty with a local authority tax on car use . The new strategy linked environmental concerns with the current controversy over the health service by claiming that 14 million people in the UK suffered ill effects from air pollution last year .
Idiom: pick holes (used idiomatically: no)
Letter : Coleman 's jaundiced eye at the UN From Mr EDWARD BRADBY Sir : A few hours after reading Terry Coleman 's article on the United Nations General Assembly ( 30 September ) , I came across this passage in Trollope 's Barchester Towers , which exactly expressed my feelings , and , I hope , those of many others of your readers : I know no life that must be so delicious as that of a writer for the newspapers … to thunder forth accusations against men in power ; show up the worst side of everything that is produced ; to pick holes in every coat ; to be indignant , sarcastic , jocose , moral , or supercilious ; to damn with faint praise , or crush with open calumny . What can be so easy as this when the critic has to be responsible for nothing ? Letter : Coleman 's jaundiced eye at the UN
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
Right Wonder what they 'll do er now I 'll release one of those things . Oh I 've got three of them anyway ! Come on come on , come on .
Idiom: go the extra mile (used idiomatically: yes)
That hotel really goes the extra mile to make sure their guests feel at home .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'll say goodnight to the child , then we 'll be off . ' One of the large bedrooms had been turned into a nursery and it seemed to hold every conceivable toy a child could have . Dolls of all shapes and sizes were arranged on shelves , and an outsize doll 's house stood in one corner of the room , a miniature swing in the other . There were teddy bears and pandas seemingly fighting for a place in an armchair . There was a miniature rocking chair , and against the end wall a single bed with a miniature canopy over it .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
" When you notice that I 'm sitting here it means I want you to stop what you 're doing and come round . " This may sound rather wishy - washy , but it can be extremely effective . The hidden message to the children is that you value their engagement in their work . Another way might be to raise your hand — a bit more tiring if some are so engaged in their work that they do n't stop what they 're doing for a couple of minutes . Having established the ground rules , explain to the children how you will be working — e.g. if you are going to play a role yourself tell the children , and tell them what signals you are going to give to indicate that you are going to move into role .
Idiom: keep your options open (used idiomatically: yes)
He did n't remember who Angela Brickell was , the first morning you were here . ' Doone pursed his lips judiciously , then nodded and wrote a cross against Perkin , and then again a question mark . ' Keeping your options open ? ' I asked dryly . ' You never know what we do n't know , ' he said .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Finn would never grin again . From Finn 's painted lips , which were made of fire , came the one word : ' Never ! ' Over the top of the picture , in a white shield , was a title , also in Gothic script : ' In Hell , all wrongs are righted ' . The inspiration of the whole was Hieronymus Bosch . Melanie dropped the picture with a sob .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
The description might be an allegory of Coleridge 's journey through life . After staying for three weeks at Racedown , Coleridge invited the Wordsworths to his cottage at Nether Stowey , Somerset ; their visit coincided with that of Charles Lamb ( see Coleridge 's poem This Lime - Tree Bower My Prison ) . Living in close proximity in such a small cottage may have caused difficulties ; one gathers that Coleridge 's domestic arrangements included benevolent toleration of mice , whom he had not the heart to kill . But the Wordsworths ' desire to continue the acquaintance was so strong that on July 14th they rented Alfoxden House , in a village three miles off . Racedown seems to have been given up without regret ; what was important was ' Coleridge 's society ' .
Idiom: come full circle (used idiomatically: yes)
Don 's let 's be bamboozled into jumping on any passing bandwagon . Let 's be selective — let 's take time . Only a classic endures , and sooner or later the fashion comes full circle . Let us by all means give our classic a regular airing and add a new accessory . We must n't keep it locked away in the closet lest it turn to dust .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
lie down on lie down on and I have n't got them in my club book , any ideas ? Erm , Argos , Index , or Argos has only got the one which is disgusting
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: yes)
Well look at British Telecom . Did you see what British Telecom 's shares was yesterday dad ? Went downhill . Very upsetting was n't it ? Mm .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
As a rule , the inhabitants of warm countries keep early hours .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: no)
You know , I mean Well , he 's not a mate , he wo n't , he 's working with him when he were at er over in Brad oh , here 's Richard now . Aye , you 'd better jump in bed with him , Oh dear , no but he is , Richard is the one with the comical magazine , laughing bursts two incomes . I think that 's part of