Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Leishman found an inch of space on the edge of the area and chipped his volley delightfully over the advancing ‘ keeper . At half-time Sandrock players were asking themselves , ‘ Are we really winning ? ’ The second half was a different matter and Sandrock took a grip on the game . Leishman came close to scoring his hat-trick with another fierce volley which went just wide and a header which was brilliantly saved by Gary Mitchell . Patrick Field saw two rasping shots from the edge of the box go over the bar .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
We could be talking of ten years and beyond , er beyond ten years . What , twenty years ? I doubt it , we no we would n't wish to go to , I do n't think , to twenty years , er but it would depend on the level Tha tha that 's interesting it will it will depend on the level of investment that the bidder is prepared to put in we 're being very flexible , responding to the market forces
Idiom: no laughing matter (used idiomatically: yes)
Take the title track which manages to amalgamate an electrifying House beat , a gorgeous gospel backing vocal and a hoarse , scathing roar that sounds uncannily like Davros ( yeah , he of ‘ exterminate , exterminate’ fame ) after a bad bout of bronchitis . Unlikely though it may sound it kicks with some ferocity . Side two , however , is no laughing matter . ‘ Friedel’ comes careering through the door with an axe in its hand , before forgetting what it was so angry about in the first place , while ‘ Liebeslied’is the sort of directionless tosh that gives experimentalism a bad name . That leaves ‘ Virus - Bub’ , which momentarily promises to perform minor miracles , but ultimately comes across like a Killing Joke tribute to Gregory Isaacs .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
And ! What ? Erm , Derek said , and Derek said that erm that he now hoping you 'd go down and stay when they get naughty pictures ! Yeah , ! !
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
Scotland had opened with a 24 - 21 victory over ACT , with tries from Mark Appleson , Gregor Townsend and Derek Stark ( 2 ) , and a conversion each from Townsend and Appleson . Against Canada , Scotland seemed comfortably placed at 14 - 5 early in the second - half , Ian Corcoran and Townsend having crossed for tries , both converted by Appleson . Thereafter , however , a series of self - inflicted wounds proved costly , the turning point coming when Scott Stewart 's long diagonal to Canada 's left touchline saw only Tony Stanger retreat into his 22 at suitable speed , though John Graf and Chris Tynan then got the better of him , the former 's delightful pick - up releasing the latter for a try . Canada eventually won 26 - 14 . Morgan lamented Scotland 's lack of ruthlessness , a problem which recurred against Fiji in the plate semi - final .
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I fear we have to blame ourselves in such matters . We simply do not have the structures or the resources to give proper pastoral care to clergy wives . Or indeed to those clergy who themselves fall by the wayside . We expect every one to be preternaturally fit all the time . I 'm sure that in itself creates strain.’
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Lessons in personal hygiene and ablution were combined with a stress on class deference and a belief that ‘ fallen women’ needed to re - learn their femininity through moralizing domestic labour . Needlework and laundrywork provided an effective class and gender strategy , designed to prepared the prostitute for her correct place in the female labour force and to re - educate her into an approved feminine role . Medical isolation of the prostitute in the 1860s went hand - in - hand with a range of related social demarcations . These included the respectable / unrespectable divisions made by many philanthropic organizations , distinctions drawn by the newly founded Charity Organization Society between the deserving and undeserving poor and the healthy / diseased oppositions employed by medical officers of health to identify the carriers of contagion . All such pathologies registered the move towards the particularization of social problems and their solutions .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
It had a plain smooth bodice to the hips , then flared out in a lot of little points , like petals . The metallic smell of the gold lace made her want to sneeze . Alice stood back away from the trapdoor up into the attic so that she was out of Philip 's sight , and took off her sweat shirt . She slipped the bright dress on over her head . It would not go down past her hips , and stuck in a thick roll around her waist .
Idiom: lay eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
Gently he pulled it from her eyelid . Giving her his hanky , he went back to the restaurant and came back with a glass of iced water . She stood there dejectedly looking at him , convinced that he would never want to lay eyes on her again . She looked at the red wine stain on his trousers and felt tears pricking her eyes . She frantically blinked them away .
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
Storms ? Gran had been muttering about storms for days and she liked her to stay close at these times . She 'd been wanting to slip away today , away up the river and over the hill to a clear pool where the girls swam and giggled and the boys shifted like shadows among the trees . Sometimes , she felt she 'd have to spend her whole life walking slower than she wanted to keep pace with her gran . And then she felt bad , it could be so much worse , imagine , a father and family like most of the girls her age .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: no)
No doubt this will provide much heated debate for the pub ; but the real test will be if the system is accepted by those climbing new routes in the future . PEAK Now that we 're well into the New Year and little seems to be happening on the rock , I guess it 's time for the traditional retrospective . With a few exceptions , 1991 was n't a particularly memorable year in the Peak with the majority of the year 's crop of new routes being mediocre or insignificant . The two routes that do stand out are Seb Grieves ' Clippety Clop , Clippety Clop at Ramshaw and Sean Myles ' Captain Invincible in the Burbage Quarries .
Idiom: give up the ghost (used idiomatically: yes)
They simply refuse to be grown in artificial culture . Their spores have been nurtured on everything from apple peel to flies ' wings , with no solid results . The spores do germinate , go through a few perfunctory cell divisions , then give up the ghost . Thus , they remain one of the few fungal orders that have not had at least one member grown from spore to spore in artificial culture , a prerequisite for any sort of genetic , physiological or biochemical research . Until this barrier is broken , the Laboulbeniales will remain obscure , fascinating , gentle parasites , virtually ignored by their hosts and humans alike .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Colin Cooper RICHARD Hannon yesterday defended Lester Piggott 's decision not to withdraw Mr Brooks at the start of the Breeders ' Cup Sprint . Piggott has come under fire from American observers following Walter Swinburn 's report that the veteran jockey had told him Mr Brooks ‘ moved terrible’ going to the start . And NBC 's live coverage on Saturday night suggested that Piggott should have informed the course vet of the problem . However , Hannon maintains that any stiffness would have had no connection with the broken leg which led to Mr Brooks ' death .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
This tendency to give a realist answer when we request a phenomenalist ( appearance - based ) answer -which Piaget called ‘ intellectual realism’— is also very easy to see in children 's drawings . That is to say , young children frequently draw not how a scene looks from their point of view but a good , revealing representation of it — something which further experiments have shown is not explicable by simple graphic incompetence . This does not mean , however , that young children are realists ‘ across the board’ . Consider another of Flavell 's conditions . He also showed the children other kinds of illusion in which object 's perceptual properties were altered : a white index card behind a blue light - filter for example .
Idiom: get the nod (used idiomatically: yes)
I remember . It is the third floor . ' Maxim looked round at his taxi - driver , who had parked two wheels on the pavement with the usual German disregard for the tyres , and got a nod and a rather strange smile in return . Then the driver hunched down with a magazine , the door buzzed open and Maxim went in . A man was waiting in the doorway of the Winkelmann flat ; he was shortish , stubby , strong - looking and probably around forty .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
I was becoming numb all over . If only real hands could shape my contours , then at least I would know that they were still there . In my second year matters came to a head . Since moving back to Cliff Top my mother had boosted my grant . I was able to buy a small car in which to make the fifteen - minute drive to the campus each day .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
The British Rail employee thought nothing of it . In the course of a day hundreds of packages , grips and suitcases were consigned to his office for safe - keeping , and hundreds more withdrawn . Only after three months unclaimed would a package be taken off the shelves and opened , for disposal if it could not be identified . The ticket he was presented that morning by the silent man in the medium - grey gabardine raincoat was just another ticket . He ranged along his shelves , found the numbered item , a small fibre suitcase , and handed it over .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
' His knowledge of English conditions and players from his time at Cambridge and as a player for Somerset was a great asset . He coped quite well as manager while still captaining the team . ' Tom Lowry , New Zealand 's captain on their make - or - break tour of England in 1931 Jack Kerr , now 80 , recalls those same fighting qualities from a man who had toured New Zealand in 1922 with Archie MacLaren 's MCC side . ' Tom was a fairly astute captain in many respects , but to me he was a typical fighting captain and was always prepared to try something if things were not going the way he thought . '
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
In his free time he was happy to watch cartoons and videos on TV or wander around the various royal apartments , chatting to kitchen staff or watching Diana perform her ballet exercises at Kensington Palace . Diana had seen how Koo Stark , gentle , quiet and utterly devoted , had given this rather lonely man the affection and friendship he was seeking . So when Andrew started seeing Sarah , the Princess took a back seat . She told her friend : ‘ I 'm there if you need me.’ As their romance developed , Diana was happy to agree to Andrew 's requests that he and Sarah stay at Highgrove for the weekend .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
She can not bear the prospect of another gloomy Christmas on the Norfolk estate which holds such awful memories . It was there where , in a fit of depression , she hurled herself down the stairs in a cry for help . The princess 's decision to allow friends to go public with details of such bizarre goings - on created the yawning gulf with her in - laws . Never before has a member of the Royal Family stepped so far out of line and the Queen is not the only one who blames her for many of the misfortunes which have befallen the House of Windsor this year . ' Had Diana been within 10 miles of Windsor Castle on the day of the fire , they would have blamed her for starting it , ' admitted a senior royal source last night .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
It was slightly fuzzy and presumably a distant galaxy . The spectrum was that of a very distant galaxy with redshift of 2.3 ( spectral lines shifted in wavelengths towards the red by 230% ) . Such information implies a distance of 16 thousand million light years and that the galaxy is seen at a time 83% of the way back to the Big Bang . Previous high redshift for a galaxy or quasar discovery by IRAS was 0.4 . The powerhouse responsible for heating up the dust is hidden from view but the team believes it is either a quasar or a massive burst of star formation .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
This was certainly true of Eisenhower ’s , Nixon ’s , and Ford ’s economic advisors , and of George ~ H.W .~ Bush ’s and Bill ~ Clinton ’s economic advisers . It was true of Reagan ’s economic advisers as ~ well . Some of Reagan ’s advisers sincerely did not believe that the tax cuts of the early 1980s would generate the large deficits that they did ( Beryl Sprinkel and Lawrence Kudlow come to mind ) . Others , like Martin ~ Feldstein and Murray Weidenbaum , understood the consequences of the Reagan tax cuts and were bitter bureaucratic opponents , even if they did not speak out publicly . In fact , since WWII , only George ~ W .~ Bush ’s economic advisers have broken with this consensus .
Idiom: do the honours (used idiomatically: yes)
Last month , the hon . Member for Barking ( Ms. Richardson ) , perhaps aware — given her shadow portfolio — of the immense damage that the proposal would do to jobs for women , told Channel 4 news that if the minimum wage caused job losses , ' We 'll look at it ' . She may wish to look at it , but the shadow Chancellor has made it plain that he will not , telling readers of the Morning Star , the only newspaper to support the minimum wage , that he regards it as ' an unwavering commitment not open to negotiation . ' I want to put to the hon . Member for Sedgefield some important and fundamental questions relating to his party 's attitude to training and I hope that he will do the House the honour of answering them . While the hon . Gentleman has been travelling up and down the country assuring the training and enterprise councils of his support , the hon . Member for Fife , Central , his fellow Front - Bench spokesman on these matters , has been singing a somewhat different tune . He wrote an article in the magazine Training Tomorrow which he entitled , unequivocally if rather presumptuously , ' Labour 's Approach to Tecs ' .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
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Idiom: blow a fuse (used idiomatically: yes)
Of , for instance , Keith Sonnier 's new metal - and - light structures at Castelli and 65 Thompson St ( until 25 April ) or of Stefano Arienti 's styrofoam - and - neon installation at Jay Gorney ( until 2 May ) ? Or of the light sculptures of Thomas Skomski at Rosa Esman ( until 18 April ) ? His mind would likely have blown a fuse at the Jon Kessler show , at Luhring - Augustine until the 25th . Kessler , known for his ingeniously mechanised and electrified constructions , this month ups the ante with a piece called ‘ Music Box’ which has got something for the ears as well as for the eyes . At Postmasters ( until 25 April ) Perry Hoberman introduces viewer - activated assemblages involving adaptations of quotidian household objects .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
On the morning of 9 November , Sydney sighted Emden and pinned her to the shore of Keeling Island , one of the Cocos group , on which a German party had been landed to destroy essential cable and wireless installations connecting Australian , African and Indian telegraph systems . Abandoning his landing party , Emden 's captain Karl von Muller made at once for the open sea and opened fire with his ten 10.5 cm guns , destroying Sydney 's fire - direction system . Sydney withdrew out of range and bombarded Emden with shells from her 6 in guns until she caught fire . Rather than be blown up , Muller grounded his ship on a coral reef and surrendered . The landing party escaped in an old schooner and , after a harrowing and adventurous journey , managed to reach Arabia and finally made their way back to Germany .
Idiom: bite the dust (used idiomatically: yes)
This rag doll treatment of our things is great fun for him . Wicker waste paper baskets and bathroom sponges are guaranteed to be disintegrated at an alarming rate if left in the open . With five biting the dust already the family have had to undergo training to ensure the new ones are kept in a safe place . The stealing of clothing is less understandable especially as the smellier the socks the more appetising to Holmes . Basically , we can not afford to leave anything lying around , not even for an instant , or it will be history .
Idiom: call the tune (used idiomatically: yes)
Corsie lines up against South African Bill Moseley . BOXING Piper calls the tune WELSHMAN Nicky Piper hardly had to take a punch in beating Argentinian Miguel Maldonado to win the WBA Penta - Continental title at Manchester 's Free Trade Hall . James Toney captured the IBF super - middleweight title from Iran Barkley when the doctor halted their bout in Las Vegas after the ninth round of their scheduled 12-rounder , while Markus Bott , of Germany , won the WBO cruiserweight title when he outpointed American holder Tyrone Booze over 12 rounds in Hamburg .
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
His zeal has been said to border on the autocratic , especially on the sets of his films . It has been suggested that he is so determined to retain control that he deliberately avoids working with famous directors such as Bertolucci , Cronenberg or Karel Reisz . Critics compare him to Jeremy Thomas , who produced The Last Emperor but whose name takes a back seat to Bertolucci 's . ‘ Absolutely true . He has a background in film .
Idiom: keen as mustard (used idiomatically: yes)
In The Wrench he creates the rigger Faussone , the practical man whose cranes girdle the world and who keeps returning , a little heavy - footed , to the house in Turin where two old aunts fuss over his welfare : Faussone was spoken of as ‘ my alter ego’ , and the book has to struggle to accommodate him as a second person , available for interview by Levi . These omissions and transpositions indicate that Levi could well have kept to himself any plan he may have formed to end his life . During the meeting with him a few months before his death which was recorded in an article published in the London Review , Philip Roth found him as keen as mustard : here was someone who listened , with the intent stillness of a chipmunk . Levi had a high opinion of the grain of mustard , and of salt . Fascism did not like these substances .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
Parking in the little car park opposite the fairground , closed and deserted now , with covers hiding the rides , they walked hand in hand down to the beach . It stretched for miles in each direction , with not a soul to be seen . Golden sand and blue sea , and in the clear blue sky a promise of summer . With a contented sigh , she exclaimed , ‘ It 's beautiful!’ ‘ Yes .
Idiom: in the soup (used idiomatically: yes)
But the City , already nervous about the hefty price Thorn paid for Virgin just before the industry down turn — and by talk that 160 people have quit Virgin since the sale — marked Thorn 's shares another 9p lower to 808p . Try again , Sir John TROUBLE - shooter Sir John Harvey Jones is back on TV tonight ( BBC2 9.45pm ) and also back in the soup . He re - visits the Copella fruit juice farm in Suffolk , the business he told the owners to sell a year ago because they had no chance of making money . They sold out to Taunton Cider — but ignored the former ICI boss 's advice and bought it back again earlier this year .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Why Keiran Goss left the law for the guitar Star of the County Down ‘ At the end of the day , it is as a songwriter that I would most like to be remembered ’ A QUALIFIED solicitor who has practised law is currently one of the biggest draws on the Irish music scene . The only case Kieran Goss has ever handled is the one which contains the tool of his chosen trade — the guitar .
Idiom: force someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But I could show you a nicer place to stroll , show you the town . You wanna do that?’ Half of Shelbyville is piling onto him , resenting his obstruction , which forces my hand a bit . He does n't look like an axe killer , but then they never do . Instinct tells me he is a nice guy without mental problems .
Idiom: not worth the candle (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Look,’ he sighed , ‘ I gave that sort of thing up a while back . I realised I was getting too old . It 's just not worth the candle.’ Blanche harried him relentlessly . ‘ So you did n't make any advances to her?’
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Mhm . were they always made by the local blacksmiths , or did somebody sometimes construct one , as you said at Out of wood or other material ? Yes . The the blacksmiths made some and they were rather heavier and slightly different proportions , prewar after what they are today .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
And some have diced with death to make Bond look good . Martin Grace had to run along the top of a train doubling for Roger Moore in Octopussy . ‘ It was child ' s play . It was like second nature to me and I was enjoying it , ’ he recalled . Then the 40mph train made an unrehearsed diversion under a bridge and WHAM — Martin 's body slammed into the concrete parapet .
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Especially when , whatever other circumstances may hold good , the man has been exerting himself to make an impression on the lady in question . Fate , thought Charlotte , gazing innocently back into his admiring , devoted , humiliated and furious face , has certainly given me the upper hand of you , my boy ! ‘ The kiss of life , I hope?’ said the young man Lawrence , putting a deliberate finger through the slight tension which was palpably building up within the room . ‘ Schafer,’ said Charlotte shortly . ‘ The only method I know.’
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
It was always possible that Will Sin 's death might have signalled the end for the band . But rather than fade quietly from view , Colin Angus has racked up a hit album , ' Boss Drum ' , hit singles and , with ' Ebeneezer Goode ' , orchestrated a good old - fashioned tabloid fuss into the bargain . On the face of it , The Shamen ( bespectacled ex - indie rocker Colin , gabby geeky white rapper Mister C and part - time disco diva Jhelisa Anderson ) do n't look like an obvious pop proposition . But more than any other band at the moment , they 've managed to translate the lessons of dance culture into mainstream pop success . With a major breakthrough in America beckoning , they look well on the way to becoming the first stadium techno band .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
Finally , there is the Governing Board of the College , of which you might be one of the student representatives . This may sound a magnificent position but , in fact , much better personal experience of the techniques of running a committee meeting can be obtained at the lower levels , because you will have more personal involvement . Within these four categories you have the opportunity of participating in the running of the college and its affairs . Start , in your aim of gaining experience of running affairs , by joining one of the college societies . Any society will do .