Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
' But the ' 50s and the ' 60s was a bad time for a lot of indigenous music . A lot of times it 's economics that determines what people do in all their endeavours , and in the case of Hawaii tourism was the thing and so of course they had to play music for tourists . And tourists do n't always want to hear the authentic thing , so the local musicians end up having to reflect their audience . And so , like a lot of American music , Hawaiian music ended up being tainted by the Las Vegas thing . ' I mean , it 's ridiculous ; Elvis Presley 's trying to sound like Dean Martin , and so is some poor guy in Waikiki .
Idiom: cut and thrust (used idiomatically: yes)
Maybe Ross should never had got married in the first place . Maybe he 'd bitterly regretted the impulse that had led him to marry such a young girl — possibly the only rash decision of his well - ordered life . After all , he 'd always clearly preferred the ruthless cut and thrust of the business world to that of marriage and domesticity — his freedom to that of commitment . And she could hardly blame him after the disaster of their own brief marriage , Laura now thought wryly . Because she herself had subsequently been extremely wary of any emotional entanglements .
Idiom: fit the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
It is no laughing matter , however . Britain is in an economic mess and we need level-headed , responsible leaders to pull us out of it . Mr Lamont does n't fit the bill . Britain ca n't afford Mr Lamont 's excesses IT 'S a little unfair to pillory Norman Lamont so much over his credit card bill .
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
Gillian Lacy and Roberto Mader 's Capoeira Quickstep is the most ambitious and also most disappointing of the collection , a ' fictional documentary ' about the Afro — Brazilian dance - cum - martial art which sort of spins off from a relationship between a British girl and a Brazilian but meanders somewhat in sub - Terence Davies style without even coming up with much in the way of dance . Ludmila Andrews ' Mad , Bad Mortal Beings is about the emotional turmoil of a black woman recovering from a relationship , and Sonali Fernando 's Shakti is a brief fable about a trash - collecting Asian woman who sees off a white yob with sort - of magic powers and struts around in funky transformed shoes . None of the films are too long to outstay their welcome , but there are n't any real home runs in the batch , which range from the slickly professional ( Rosebud ) to the endearingly rough - and - ready ( Public Enemy / Private Friends ) . Probably recommendable chiefly to Britflick completists and producers shopping around for cheap talent . THE CUTTING EDGE
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Emily Bond a new name from Gloucestershire did best of all … she beat Heidi Hogh 6 - 1 6 - 0 but just failed to make the quarter finals … Gloucester 's hockey team scored their first national league win last week … 4 - 0 on sunday they 're at home to Cambridge City … there 's home matches on the ice on Saturday for Milton keynes … Oxford and swindon … on the River Thames tomorrow afternoon … one hundred and nineteen scullers are competing in the Marlow club 's 30th anniversary long distance race … and finally over in Cheltenham the horse with 125 owners …
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: no)
On all three dimensions , protectionist policy was hemmed in . Progress in economic thought after 1929 initially led to the argument that , in a depression , tariffs are justified because they would divert insufficient aggregate world demand to one 's goods at the expense of others . But all could play this game , saddling the world economy with tariffs that would likely hurt all while failing to revive growth . The solution was obviously to forgo protectionism and increase aggregate demand instead .
Idiom: armed to the teeth (used idiomatically: yes)
We 're right on schedule . You were right about them operatin ' an outside patrol , as y'kin see . We picked up these four … ’ the speaker indicated the four sullen captives with a jerk of his hunting rifle , ‘ slinkin ' around armed to the teeth.’ He jerked his head and two of his companions stepped forward and deposited an assortment of weaponry and equipment on the ground in front of Springfield . The sheriff ran his eye over the pile of guns , ammunition pouches and knives , till it came to rest on a radio transmitter .
Idiom: leave someone in the lurch (used idiomatically: yes)
So she has plenty to be pleased about — in addition to being the beautiful butt of the TV men 's admiring jokes . But twice recently things have happened to wipe the smile off Catherine 's face . She is incensed by reports that her blossoming career has left The Darling Buds Of May in the lurch . She told me : ' I was really upset to read that an ' insider ' , whoever that might be , had said I was so busy creating an image for myself in the music industry and trying to be a film star that I could only do four episodes of the latest series . ' My feeling — and Pam ( Ma Larkin ) , David ( Pa ) and Phillip ( Charley ) agreed — was that it was better to do four episodes really well than six halfheartedly .
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: yes)
The dead creatures , fished out , their fur sleek with wet , were smaller than rats . Baptiste appeared with a sack into which he scooped the corpses . Man and boy went off together in the direction of the kitchen garden . Léonie shouted : I 'm starving . How long until tea - time ?
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
It begins with the fetid and claustrophobic ‘ Atrocity Exhibition’ and slowly works towards its grave and deadly conclusion ; the dank and timeless sadness of ‘ The Eternal’and the twilight romance of ‘ Decades’ . But let 's not get too heavy . The legendary ‘ Here are the young men / The weight on their shoulders’ line is reputedly Curtis taking the piss out of Echo And The Bunnymen . If so , it 's the one black joke in a masterpiece of imperious gloom . 1981
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Regrettably , using the same experimental techniques he also found that red - leaf cabbage , beets and cauliflower have the opposite effect and appear to be carcinogenic . What is one to make of this nonsense ? Are shoppers now expected to hover over the vegetable counter at the supermarket , stricken with anxiety trying to remember which greens cause cancer and which do not ? Common sense dictates that single items of food can not either cause or prevent a potentially life - threatening illness . So , whatever Dr Talalay 's experiments did show , they must be irrelevant .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Would I abort if my child was likely to have some kind of deformity ? What if I had a 90 per cent chance of surviving , but my child had a similar chance of being badly handicapped ? Then I look in the mirror and think : ‘ You 're not Miss World , kiddo’ , and I thank God that someone did n't determine that my appearance did n't come up to scratch . I guess that 's part of it : I never really wanted anyone else to tell me what to do , though I craved for them to make my decisions easier . You have to work it through .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: no)
Going for broke Interview by Graham Otway EMBUREY is back in the England fold , on top of his game but on the bottom shelf at the bank . Starting today , in the first of our three-part exclusive series , he explains where the money from two pirate tours of South Africa and a Middlesex benefit has gone . WHEN people digest the high living styles of star England cricketers like David Gower and Ian Botham , the inference is that I must be well off too , having played alongside them for so many years .
Idiom: lose heart (used idiomatically: yes)
In the short period , when Charlotte was away at school , that 's January eighteen thirty - one , to May eighteen thirty - two , he was writing well . Essentially a creative person , he was unpredictable , and became self - destructive . As an artist , Branwell went to London to seek admission to the Royal Academy Schools , but he lost heart , as soon as he arrived , and never even began . He became more and more depressed , and sought consolation in the local pub , where he was soon well known as a talkative character . Encouraged by his father and several friends , Branwell acquired an artist 's studio in Bradford , where , at first , he made an effort , and cultivated influential friends .
Idiom: argue the toss (used idiomatically: yes)
While the whole tournament was well conducted , the host club , Tuggerangong , is believed to have lost about $ 40,000 . The competitor . Wallaby skipper Nick Farr - Jones argues the toss with Scottish referee Ken McCartney — but will his competitive instincts see him through a gruelling campaign as the World Champions take on South Africa this summer ? CANADA Hadley hits the Tokyo trail
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
That would change with labour cuts , er sorry , that would change with labour costs roughly one sixth of that in the U K. The door is wide open for their exploitation , Britain is being hailed as the Taiwan or the sweatshop of Europe and the government are extolling the virtues of investment in Britain for its cheap labour costs , well , how much more then do the workers of Poland , Czechoslovakia , Hungary , Rumania and rest need protection from the money - hungry , the power - crazy multi - nationals of the West ? There is a parallel between East and West a slippery slope that we dare not set foot on . A competition for companies to follow the cheapest labour could well ensue and the loser , the labour force , both East and West . The input from our union er , suggested by the motion is needed now .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's been a slack selling time for developers too . Mr Gannon is n't the only one in the subsidy game . Swindon 's got a name as a town where the bubble has n't burst , but high interest rates are giving those in the market place food for thought . The actual state of the market is that it 's flooded with property , so we have a case where supply has increased , demand is still at a fairly low level , so we 're having to be very honest with our clients , our vendors , and let them know that the situation is that their property has to be of good value in the market place . The market place dictates the price .
Idiom: by dint of (used idiomatically: yes)
Towards quantified clinical need Sir,— I am delighted that Alan Blackburn agrees with some of my views , but remain puzzled by his opposition to GPs becoming fundholders . Clinical need is as yet unquantifiable , but in time , by dint of hard thought , hard work and , maybe , with the help of computer Expert Systems it can surely be made measurable . A doctor in the north of England has done pioneering work on the measurement of clinical need . If GP fundholders can get consultants to their surgeries , this is to the clear advantage of patients , who have less far to travel .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
They are intrinsically shy people , with the same wariness of strangers as everyone else . Many people write to the group and consider themselves ‘ friends’ but Gedge himself concedes that there are precious few people with whom he is genuinely close . ‘ I have a few friends that are not connected with the group in some way . Most people I knew before the group started , I do n't know any more . It is worrying in a way , and Peter often goes on about it to me,’ he says .
Idiom: clutch at straws (used idiomatically: yes)
' What about fresh water ? And food ? And fuel ? ' she demanded , clutching at straws . His admission that his distance and antipathy had , in reality , been a vain attempt to fight his attraction to her had totally unnerved her . She was being drawn into ever more dangerous waters by the profound attraction she felt towards him .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
would n't er No . You see , but he did n't have a Federation of Buil , Master Builders , but whether , I mean this chap must have quite a few , he did n't say it , but No . er
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
Although he published much of Herbert Read , he told me that he could not cope with Read 's numerous books on Art . This was no doubt because Read had a way of writing about Abstract Art in his own highly abstract manner , so that abstraction was further compounded . Read had not been particularly interested in my political book ( which I had submitted to him in fulfilment of the option clause in my contract with Routledge , so I got together some more representative pieces and sent them to Eliot , no least because he had published my article on ' Philosophy and Politics ' in The Criterion , and because I had again spoken about my plans at our first meeting after the war . On 24 February 1947 , he wrote me an interim letter in which he said he thought I had tended to ' overwhelm the reader by a tendency to say too much at once ' , and that the material might need some reorganization . On 21 March , he wrote that he had ' thought a good deal ' about the book — which , bearing in mind the Spanish use the word ' servile'in contrast to ' liberal ' , I had called Liberal and Servile Society — but that his Board had agreed that in its present form , which was in any case fragmentary , it was insufficiently co - ordinated .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
which is a long ride it 's nearly four hours away from the villa were n't it ? Yeah We left there , we left about half five , six in the morning did n't we and we were getting lost in and we knew it was in the village in that town but we could n't find it and we kept getting lost so we all pulled her up and he went back and he said to this man can you tell me where the Went in this yard this place had oh lovely gates and I walked through straight up to the house and ring the bell , and it 's Because we asked , we come to see the horses and he said well if I tell you he , he , he was English were n't he ?
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
The Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) , will be added as part of the environment towards the end of the year . Other announcements forthcoming from Unisys include the expected desktop system configured for Univel Inc 's UnixWare , due for announcement by the end of this month and shipment in April . Based on the recently announced Unisys PC range ( UX No 420 ) , it will included on - board Ethernet , enhanced SCSI and graphics capabilities . The first systems using Unix V.4-compatible micro - kernel operating systems technology from Chorus Systemes SA ( UX No 406 ) could also emerge this year : in Japan , auto manufacturer Toyota is already running the software , but on Motorola 88000-based systems unlikely to appear anywhere else in the world . Unisys has set in place its Colleagues developers programme , offering development and porting support to independent software vendors , plans to begin software distribution via compact disks during the second quarter , and will introduce network licensing software from Gradient Technologies Inc.
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
Eva protested that they had n't enough money . Ella silenced her arguments in one fell swoop by producing the money she had been saving from her grant all the months Eva had been at university . She might not have been able to put into words the high hopes she held for her daughter but her actions spoke volumes . Eva took part - time work to swell the funds . In the soap factory , pineapple canning factory , anywhere she could earn quick motley .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Basically the function is the same : they both absorb ammonia and the colour , texture and particle sizes are identical . However , ‘ Sophisticat costs for 5 kg and the standard aquarium ammonia remover costs around for 500 g . Is this a case of clever marketing aimed at diversifying one product to fit two market groups — the ‘ poor cat owner buying cheap and nasty cat litter and the ‘ elite’ fishkeeper buying state of the art filter media . Good service I would be grateful if you could publish this letter of thanks to Trilcot Ltd.
Idiom: fall on deaf ears (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What do you mean ‘ thanks to me’?’ she protested . ‘ If you 'd been around where you should have been , then possibly Ace would n't have had to take such instant action to avoid Dara!’ Kate 's bitter yell of denial appeared to fall on deaf ears and she spun away on her heel , more than ready to take sanctuary in her own smaller room . She threw herself angrily down on to the bed , furious at the predicament into which Jason had pitchforked her . For a time her emotions stopped her thinking clearly until she forced herself to concentrate on the problem logically .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
And just go straight through that what happens then go through again with whichever one you want to do next H two S O four ? Yeah and then go through again with nitric acid . In each case you you did it this is what I like you went straight for it you went straight for the salt on the most difficult one the carbonate . Right it 's going to be calcium chloride . You got that out and you found this horrible hydrogen carbonate thing left over .
Idiom: back to the drawing board (used idiomatically: yes)
His place is taken by Kenny Wilson . GH - K are the only club in the relegation zone with a positive points differential : indeed , only league leaders Melrose have scored more points than them this season . That , however , is of scant consequence to coach Brian Gilbert , who ruefully reflected : ‘ At this late stage of the season it should be about polishing off moves , not going back to the drawing board . That , as a result of injury , is largely what we have been forced to do.’ Acads had cheerier news on the casualty front , when Rob Wainwright , their international back - row forward , attended training on Thursday , though he is not yet fit to play .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
That the wrong route was cited is bad enough , but the inclusion of unchecked rumour is inexcusable , and unfortunately turns error into fact . No matter how much Ross protests in magazines , they are only transitory statements , while the guide is a permanent tablet of stone where history , now made , is reprinted wholesale in the next edition . Ross 's experience struck an identical chord with me , for John Sheard and I had exactly the same experience on the first ascent of Face Route where the second , hanging on a sling to remove gear , was observed by a member of the establishment and a rumour immediately started that was rapidly translated into guidebook writer 's ‘ fact ’ . Ross explains the process precisely in pointing out that most guidebook history is written from the editor 's perspective , and he believes what he wants to believe . This means in practical terms that friends and club are OK , and are to be believed , while ‘ outsiders ’ of all kinds are not , nor are they worth contacting to check information .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Just the sort of highlights , tasters ? Yes . Is that going to be are there going to be any other promotional cassettes in the pipeline in the next In the next?— this year ? I should imagine that 's probably it for a little while , is n't it ?
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
If there is such a place as an ideal situation , Donnington Brewery must surely be in it , surrounded as it is by beautiful scenery , an abundance of wild life and a remarkable air of peace and tranquillity . Not only do the water wheels survive , miraculously they are still put to work , once again proving the viability of the small scale use of water power . In this day and age , Donnington is a remarkable anachronism , one that manages to combine a wealth of tradition with economic survival in the 1980s , no mean achievement ! Claude Arkell and his forefathers have much to be thanked for . Between Donnington and its confluence with the Windrush , near Bourton , the Dickler was originally used to power a number of mills .
Idiom: grasp the nettle (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm some of the speakers were excellent . Particularly the ones from private industry . Erm I think really it did n't say anything very constructive because it seems to me that the local council county council has n't grasped the nettle and got all the private contractors together to make a reasonable service . They keep talking about what they call seamless journeys which means you should be able to go from A to B to C without too much problem . But unless you can grasp the private contractors and make them cooperate within this or encourage them to do so , there 's absolutely no way you can have a so - called seamless journey .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
the introduction of additional drainage er within a field , for er example itself can increase the rate of run - off . Similarly a different regime of cropping can er in some instances reduce the amount of run - off and increase the absorption er capability er of the land . That I think is something that perhaps also needs to be borne in mind , when we are undertaking er this particular study . The message Chairman an and er having an idea of , of your second item of urgent business erm it , this perhaps provides the link the important er point that I wanted to emphasise was that the issue of rainfall , the defect on erm the drainage of an area and er water catchment areas and so on , drainage basins is a matter which can only be dealt with at the strategic level and it is therefore of considerable concern to me in view of local government and the questions that is raising about the future of strategic planning could actually make this coordination much more difficult in the future , unless we take steps now to protect the er strategic planning , whatever form local government takes strategic planning itself also needs a degree of to allow us to deal with these issues .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
While unemployment is significantly higher in sectors that were booming before the crisis , such as construction in the United ~ States , it is more widespread , underpinning the view that greater demand is necessary to restore full employment . Policymakers initially resorted to government spending and low interest rates to boost demand . As government debt has ballooned and policy interest rates have hit rock bottom , central banks have focused on increasingly innovative policy to boost demand . Yet growth continues to be painfully slow . Why ?