Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: get a handle on (used idiomatically: yes)
What next ? Before too long we will probably be presented with the structures of other HLH - DNA complexes including the upstream regulatory factor , a Myc - Max heterodimer and perhaps other Max heterodimer complexes . Armed with these and other detailed structural pictures , we may at last be able to get a handle on some of the many and complex eukaryotic transcriptional control mechanisms at the molecular level . That is a prospect to savour . ASTRONOMY
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
wo n't you ? That 's the only way to look at it I 'm afraid Oh bugger me I 'm , there 's no way I 'm not doing it by the books No Ca n't afford to do that
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
Christmas could be so lonely … Athelstan 's eye caught a crucifix and he suddenly remembered the horrors being perpetrated in the cemetery at St Erconwald 's . He must get to the bottom of that matter . Who could it be , and why ? ‘ Brother Athelstan !
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
He is conscious that his wife would not want him to let slide everything she worked so hard to achieve . ‘ Julie was a loving mother and we both wanted more children but her career was very , very important to her and it 's important to me that people know just what a clever woman she was . ’ He now has the heart-breaking task of bringing her body home . ‘ I will go to South Africa at some stage because I want to arrange a foundation or some sort of memorial to Julie and Elizabeth . ’ Then his mind drifts back to more personal matters .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
He bent to kiss her forehead . ‘ I know what I 'm doing . He ca n't get the better of me . Remember , we 're engaged . It 's not too painful , is it ?
Idiom: keep a low profile (used idiomatically: yes)
Patrick 's telephone message from France had not reached him till shortly before the Sally Line ferry was due to dock . It had not left much time to arrange for a reception committee . The Immigration and Customs people at Ramsgate had been instructed to watch out for the Renault 18 but to keep a low profile and let it through . An unmarked police car had been detailed to shadow it and report its ultimate destination . ‘ You buggered that up properly , old Pat .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Among the early nineteenth - century material was a portable writing case . In it I discovered a mass of letters written chiefly from Brussels between 1814 and 1817 by Lady Caroline Capel and her daughters to her mother , the Countess of Uxbridge . After the war I edited these letters and in 1955 I sent a typescript off to the publisher Jonathan Cape , out of the blue . Within a fortnight he himself replied . He said that he would publish the book without a single alteration and that he would be obliged if I would kindly call him to discuss details .
Idiom: face the music (used idiomatically: yes)
Florence , the financial wizard , subsequently worked as a hostess in clubs in London . Bella married a butcher who displayed her photographs in his shop while she charmed the customers in the same way she had charmed the stars . As a final tribute to the American male , one Girl literally jumped ship as the gangplank was being pulled away , leaving her sister to face the music with their parents . And Ginger ? Well , she was to dance for another twenty years .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it . Basically the system is our cover note book control , er , we issue cover note books to agents and it 's up to us to make sure that they 're all issued in sequence , as their legal documents etc , and a minute a gap comes up we have to chase them etc , it 's run by erm , people quite low units and they scared of a job and tend to put it off as lose , and I want to visit and try and influence them so I can give them some help and to change it and bring it up to date , because it 's er . We got it up to date recently , but it was a major job and it always slips back , so . That 's really The influence is really to get the system , and keep it running .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: no)
HOOPS ( any condition ) are needed most . 12 ALISON BELL LEISUREWEAR ' Party Plan ' sessions are under way these are good publicity and make a profit for the Society . 13 CARITA brass ball valves are available from the Office and these can be used on the white pimply Battel balls . All new Carita balls have rubber valves ( also available from the Office ) these can not be interchanged with the brass ones . 14 MEDITERRANEAN HOLIDAY TEACHING Are you interested in teaching Medau within a one week multi - movement holiday organised by Leisure Plan in Tunisia , Malta , Majorca ? ? ?
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
Alan was a fast , tenacious and clever , blond striker who joined the Palace in October 1972 when Bert Head was desperately seeking scoring power to keep the Palace in the 1st Division . Alan obliged with a debut goal in the 5–0 rout of Manchester United , one of the Palace matches which will live forever in the memories of those who saw us demolish the Old Trafford outfit . Regrettably for the Palace , Alan found it difficult to adjust to 2nd and then 3rd Division football , where his undoubted skills were given short shrift by our opponents and , although he always gave of his best , he was equally always a heavily marked man . WHITWORTH , George 118 appearances
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: no)
Bureaucratic red tape may prevail , and risk- averse officials become ' sticklers ' for the rules . There is frequently a tendency to ' pass the buck ' . In giving orders to subordinates , an official will go by the rule book and will blame someone else for the existence of the rules where his decision appears inappropriate . He may also act on the principle that ' things have always been done this way ' and justify his actions accordingly . A manager who wishes to resist change will pass the buck by saying that customary habits and methods have always worked in the past .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
How can anybody disagree with that ? And I know a lot of Labour people do agree with that . Some people are seeing the light , even from your own side . What would what what what are Labour 's plans for the Health Service ? Well , we have n't heard any have we ?
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
How much danger would be posed to such pensions by some of Labour 's high - inflation , high - spending policies ? Mr. Newton It goes without saying that those on retirement incomes were among the principal sufferers under the taxation and inflation rates of the late 1970s . It is precisely to direct extra resources to the pensioners , about whom my right hon . Friend is rightly concerned , that we have increased income support premiums for three successive years , providing more than £ 300 million extra in real terms . I think that we are succeeding in that aim .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh . Shall I take it out ? Trying to drive yours up , spread on the table , not on the carpet , cos you he has to move everything on the carpet it 's not so slippy . My go ? Er yes
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Do n't worry . We 'll talk about it when you get home.’ As the car drove off , Chrissie stood in the street and watched it out of sight . She felt cold , and folded her arms across her chest as she walked slowly back to the house , looking down at the bloodstained front step . With a quick nervous glance up and down the road , she stepped into the house and closed the door .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm yes most of the , most of the jobs erm anything to do with typewriting , and clerical work there 's a predominance of me females , yeah . There are one or two clerks , er that have male , purely because it 's , it 's their job anyway , and er the chief clerk headquarters is a male but the majority of them now are women yep , and they do well er , headquarters staff do it very well I think , that side of it . I think even Control Room where at one stage it was a , a male domain , it is not so now there 's , there 's , I would think now there 's a predominance of women there , erm purely I think again that Control Room work suits them better , they , they , they concentrate better , I think , they , they lend themselves better to that type of work and they 're more dextrous with their fingers on , on these buttons and , and typewriters and , and other things What does the Control Room involve ? Well , the main Control Room is , it 's the centre of all the communications set up on the operational side for the Fire Brigade .
Idiom: without fail (used idiomatically: yes)
STEFFI THE BEST I am writing to congratulate Steffi Graf on her win at Brighton as she displayed her tremendous strength by coming back from a set and 2–4 down in the second to win 5–7 6–4 6–1 , and lift the title for a record 5th time . I would also like to back up Susan Cooper 's letter in the November issue of Tennis World entitled Steffi OK because when I was at Brighton , Steffi actually stopped and posed in the street to have her picture taken with me , and also Steffi signed every autograph everyday without fail , outside and inside so I think this proves that Steffi is the best at recognising her fans , no matter what it takes . Well done Steffi STEFFI NORMAL
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
The Prime Minister has told us that it is a good agreement for Britain . He is wrong : it is a bad agreement for Britain . Does not the Prime Minister realise that , after 40 years in which this country has been dogged by the uncertainty of its position in Europe , he had the opportunity to answer that question once and for all , and he ducked it ? The rest of Europe said yes ; the best that he could say for Britain was maybe . Does he not realise that his maybe will cost us ?
Idiom: lay eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
In reality , the relationship was a strained and sometimes comical mismatch , a 50-year - long saga of crossed purposes — with Yeats doing all the suffering and Maud forever striving to keep him at arm 's length . It never actually ‘ seemed happy’ to either of them , ever . When Yeats first laid eyes on Maud Gonne , in 1889 , ‘ the trembling of my life began’ , he said , ‘ I had never thought to see in a living creature so great beauty … it belonged to famous pictures , to poetry , to some legendary past.’ When he got to know her a bit better , he was further excited by her strength of will , her independence , her commitment to the Irish nationalist cause , and — best of all , he reckoned — her utterly straight - faced enthusiasm for his explorations of the Celtic spirit - world . Theirs would be a union of questing souls ; they would voyage together into fairy realms .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . old songs are passed on . By word of mouth , you do n't Perhaps perhaps her mother used to sing it to her did she ? Who ?
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Why,’ exclaimed Carol , ‘ it seems to do just as I wish!’ To test this , she wished again — this time that she could fly down as low as the treetops . The broomstick dipped and then dived towards a dark wood of tall elms and flew over the tops . But next minute Carol was wishing urgently to go higher and faster , for from the elms rose a cloud of rooks , cawing angrily at being disturbed in the middle of the night . The broomstick bounded forward and soon left the rooks behind .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
BROCHURE AND DESIGN SERVICE A lavishly produced 56-page guide ( £ 3 ) that tells you all you need to know about the design , construction and furnishing of your conservatory . Bargeboards and finials match those on house . New doors and windows on porch to match new conservatory . Cast - metal cresting follows faithfully the traditional style .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: no)
ALL Royal Bank banknotes carried the arms ( and head ) of George II up until as recently as the early 1960s when there was a general clampdown on indiscriminate use of the Royal Arms and we were told to go and get our own . Which we did . The Royal Bank 's own coat - of - arms , granted in 1960 , is not often seen in the Age of the Logo , but does appear on our banknotes and , more recently , made a welcome appearance on the Highline card . It carries a number of reminders of our Royal roots . The upper half of the shield shows kingly lions in the Royal colours gold and red , holding the old crown of Scotland .
Idiom: sick to death (used idiomatically: yes)
Jessica smacked his face , quite hard . ‘ I 'll kill you if you say another word . I 'm sick to death of men who want to prove something . I should n't say this , because you 'll just get swollen headed . That was the best fuck of my life .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
It can be important for the purposes of seeing whether the settlor is liable for tax which is not paid by the trustees ( IHTA 1984 , s201 ) . It can also be important for the purposes of the provisions which require persons who were concerned with the making of settlements to notify the Revenue when they believe that the settlor was domiciled in the United Kingdom and the trustees of the settlement are not , or will not be , resident in the United Kingdom ( see IHTA 1984 , s218 ) . For the purposes of those provisions ( ss201 and 218 ) the settlement for IHT purposes shall be regarded as not resident in the United Kingdom unless the general administration of the settlement is ordinarily carried on in the United Kingdom , and the trustees or a majority of them ( and , where there is more than one class of trustees , the majority of each class ) are for the time being resident in the United Kingdom . Stamp duty The residence of the trustees does not generally have relevance for the purposes of stamp duty .
Idiom: above board (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Yes , there are , but —’ ‘ Then there 's no problem,’ he cut in smoothly . ‘ We can be perfectly respectable and above board.’ ‘ But we ca n't spend the weekend together.’ ‘ Why not?’
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Its financing role in this crisis secured , the IMF now needs to strengthen its position as guardian of an open international financial system . The IMF was created to prevent crises like the current one and in this it has failed . Admittedly , there were warnings , but policy makers , particularly in advanced countries , did not follow suit . The ‘ new ’ IMF should be an institution that communicates better with its members , balances the interests of its advanced , emerging and developing members in an evenhanded manner , and aligns its policies better to the needs of the moment . Now that the IMF has been given a second lifetime , it needs to regain its central position in the international financial system .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Oddly enough the worst was his shoulder , where the man had seized it to pull him out of the car . ‘ It 's only bruised,’ the orderly insisted . ‘ But next time take it easy , eh ? I might be in the other car.’ Zen had told them he 'd been involved in a traffic accident , which had got a good laugh all round when it emerged that he was from Venice .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
One day Arno fell overboard and drowned , and a gossip columnist called Jimmy Fidler wrote a really nauseating article claiming that Flynn had failed to rescue his poor dog . Flynn said , ' Come on , we 'll get him , ' and so we spent a whole evening looking for Fidler . We found him in a night club with his wife , and Flynn went straight up to him and flattened him with a single punch . Mrs Fidler retaliated by sticking a fork in Flynn 's ear . She was probably the only person who ever got the better of Flynn in a fight .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
' Last night was a one - off ? A mistake ? ' ' OK , so I 've got a lively social life ! And last night it got me into hot water . That still does n't give you the right to treat me like a child , ' Robyn persisted .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
In the England of Edward I , if the great feudatories had refused payment for fear of losing caste , by the reign of Edward III all were ‘ now prepared to accept wages for military service’ . The king himself was not paid ( although Edward Balliol , ‘ king’ of Scots , drew payment both in times of war and peace ) but dukes received 13s . 4d ; earls 6s . 8d ; knights - baneret 4s ; knights - bachelor 2s ; and esquires 1s ; these last sums corresponding proportionately to the amount each might expect to spend on a horse ( as outlined above ) whose value was agreed in advance , so that compensation for its loss could be paid by the crown . Both the great nobility and the armigerous gentry , whose influence was more local , played a significant role in the organisation of military service , the gentry acting as sub - contractors in the work of raising forces . Together they acted as recruiters responsible for bringing together the large numbers of men who constituted the armies of the day . In this role the importance of the nobility in enlisting not only their feudal tenants but , in some cases , members of their households or those bound to them by indenture for service in war and peace , is considerable .
Idiom: without fail (used idiomatically: yes)
To be fair , it really did look as though Ipswich had come for a draw , but we should have more imagination , pace or something to break down teams like that . On a worrying note , SuperJon was back to his , er , erratic best . Has anyone else noticed how , in the player interviews in the match programme , everyone so far has said without fail that the funniest player at Elland Road is our Jon . He 's certainly made me laugh a few times ! The team , from memory , was:-
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
' Oh look , it 's white nose . ' ' He looks a bit like a Christmas pudding ! ' ' Randolph , has some snow fallen on your nose ? ' The horrible reindeers laughed and laughed , they thought it was funny , but poor Randolph just lay on the ground , with large reindeer , tears dripping off his face . That night , Randolph retired to his bed in Snowdown Cottage .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
As far as she knew , Julius had never liked the countryside . In the early days of their marriage they had lived in the very heart of London , close to the centres of business , art and culture . At the time she had supposed it had been a reaction to his upbringing , all those years spent in his parents ' elegant Georgian house on the edge of a quiet , beautiful Sussex village . She had thought he had had enough of all that rural tranquillity , and had wanted to live somewhere lively and sophisticated . Had she been wrong about that ? she now wondered .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
So democracy is a dangerous exercise when it means we empower the majority against minority groups that have rested on the support of the regime . Then after the elections or rather during the elections , we have to make sure that they are free and fair as you 've just heard and we from Britain and the Anti - Apartheid Movement has to be vigilant to ensure that we have international monitors from the U N , from the European Community , from the Commonwealth and individuals from , from Britain and elsewhere . We also have to provide support for the A N C for thirty years a banned organization having to start from scratch in a country where the majority is supported but having no party officers or structures in place because if we suspend support to them or reduce it it will be like having no support of them all this time and just when the bird is about to fly you clip its wings . So there 's no moment which is greater than this for supporting the liberation struggle . Meanwhile there 's growing violence as I 've said and we want to end the violence but we can not wait to end the violence before we have the elections and you can imagine at what great disadvantage the democratic forces will work when they try to have elections in a violent atmosphere which is determined by the state structure .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Became ideological . Yes well I I , I mean you erm you posed the question whether it was a good or bad thing , this change erm I can only the results of the change and what would have happened if the change had not taken place or try to er see what the change , it would seem to me that the alternative er would have been a continuance of er possibly erm a kind of Kuomintang erm type of policy which encouraged erm other nationalities to develop China as beginning to happen now . Whether that would have been , at that time , for the benefit of the mass of the Chinese people we 're talking about erm I do n't think I , I rather think that the er turn that Mao took probably in the long run , in the long term , was to the benefit of the mass of people erm the peasantry , the workers in China because I think the alternative would have been erm international exploitation . Which is what we 've got now . You 're ge you 're beginning to get it now , yes .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
I got to cross the road , but I ca n't see no green man thing where I can cross safely . I got to be careful — cars just suddenly come out from nowhere and it 's easy to have an accident . It 's best if I do n't go unless there 's a proper green light thing . It 's easy to have an accident , crossing the road . There 's an underground thing — you know , steps going down to a station , so I go down there and wander around for a bit .
Idiom: home and dry (used idiomatically: no)
There should be at least one chair and a capacious table to take all the paraphernalia that inevitably collects in this clearing house for the home . If the hall is too narrow for this and many entrance ways are barely more than a corridor , try to get in a long bench or a very narrow console , or at the very least a stool and a shelf . If you have any built - in cupboards or closets you are home and dry — literally — as far as storage is concerned ; if you have not , and there is really no room at all for any sort of full - length closet , have a hat stand or , failing this , a row of hooks to take not only your own family 's coats , but those of visitors . Mirrors are unfailingly useful in halls so that you can check your own appearance going out while visitors can check theirs coming in . They are also useful for reflecting too small a space and exaggerating every last bit of light .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
Her tears dried and she pulled her apron away , ashamed and miserable . ‘ You do not know , sir , the provocation . What I must endure from Mr Landor , night and day . There are many can tell you what I suffer at his hands though I serve him as best I can . Never have I been so reviled , never , and I have taken it all , knowing him to be old and alone , and I … ’