Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes but you tend not to get recycling of housing land of housing , you tend to get recycling of housing land , new housing land from outworn industries , nonconforming use , that type of erm recycling is just what I had in mind . And that 's what tends to happen . It 's it 's unusual these days bearing in mind the the government advice on planning policies for existing housing to be redeveloped . Unless of course it 's er high rise housing housing in in in urban areas and of course in that in those scenarios you do get a big reductions in the number of . pitched at twenty one thousand , could .
Idiom: on the rebound (used idiomatically: yes)
THE wayward Marquess of Blandford last night claimed it was a lost love which led him into drug addiction . And he blamed another girl for getting him into the drugs scene . He said he took heroin for the first time when he was on the rebound from a broken relationship . ‘ It was an emotional prop,’ he confessed to Paula Yates on Channel 4 's Big Breakfast this morning . ‘ It was the result of a breakdown in a relationship which caused both parties a lot of hurt and pain.’
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
She said something to the man who was with her , a thickset , dark - featured fellow , who stood with his hands in the pockets of his anorak frowning at the flood water . He nodded , and then they were both moving back to their vehicle , the Indian drifting light - footed into the back . The woman paused before getting into the driving seat and said to Ward in near - perfect English , ' I think you 're a bloody fool , but if you 're determined to press on , I suggest you have a word with Alberto Fernandez when you get to Tolambo . He 's the manager . He may be able to give you some idea what the road is like further on . '
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , yes . I mean , it was all I had.’ ‘ Just trying to get the picture , old boy.’ ‘ Walking sticks are best,’ Kimberley said . ‘ Walking sticks are bloody lethal.’
Idiom: work to rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Conciliation talks are due to begin at RGU today between the management and the University Lecturers Association . The union leaders , however , gave warning yesterday that the strike on Thursday would go ahead unless the decision to sack were overturned . The ULA is already preparing plans to ballot 110 more lecturers on a possible work to rule . The union Manufacturing Science and Finance , which has lecturer members , may also become involved . At the centre of the row is the university 's decision to force Sheena Falconer , a senior lecturer in the school , to choose between accepting compulsory redundancy and putting her sister out of a job .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Your Grace ! Your Grace!’ Edward opened his eyes . John de Warenne , Earl of Surrey , stood , legs apart , at the mouth of the tent , a flagon of beer in one hand , a half - eaten chicken breast in the other . ‘ You are too early , John.’
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
Christ Church JCR in Cambridge has just voted to place a compulsory levy on students ' charges to subsidise tampons and sanitary towels . The motion met with considerable opposition , but was passed when a large number of students left the room , apparently disgusted by the way the meeting was being run . The women 's officer commented : ‘ It looks as though men have thrown in the towel!’ A new political club has been set up in Durham University called the ‘ Southpaws’ . The club intends to promote lefthandedness .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
We have to be patient and give the guy a chance . ' Ironically , on the day when the knives were out for Taylor , his main support came not just from the man he took over from in July 1990 but also from Terry Venables , a potential successor . Venables insists Taylor should be allowed to stay in charge of England 's World Cup campaign for the three remaining make - or - break qualifiers . Problems ' We can certainly win those three remaining games and if we do , the picture might be totally different, 'said Spurs ' chief executive .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
Or will he — as Mr Major a few months ago implied he would , before backing off —‘go for growth’ ? Has he completely disavowed his earlier enthusiasm for the ERM ? ‘ I 'd be surprised if we were back in before the end of this Parliament,’ he said three weeks ago , almost emphatically enough for the majority of Tory MPs who want to steer clear of the Bundesbank for as long as possible . Most of Mr Clarke 's colleagues reckon he will follow a cautious macroeconomic policy rather like Mr Lamont 's . It was politics , not policies , that did for Mr Lamont .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
MOSCOW – Dmitry ~ Medvedev inherited the post ~ of President of the Russian ~ Federation from Vladimir ~ Putin , and while Putin moved down the pecking order to become Prime ~ Minister , speculation has abounded from the start of Medvedev 's presidency about an eventual split between Russia 's two highest leaders . The first days of the conflict in Georgia crushed this hypothesis . Indeed , Putin and Medvedev have worked in perfect tandem with respect to Georgia , cooperating and skillfully performing their different roles , with Putin cast in the lead role of the menacing god of a Russian reckoning , and Medvedev in the supporting role of a possible humanitarian peacemaker . But the Georgia crisis revealed a new strategic force in the Kremlin that opposes both Putin and Medvedev . We still can not name its players , but we are aware of its interests and impact on events in the same way that astronomers discern a new but invisible planet by recording its impact on known and visible objects in space .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
Although there was no other region which he dominated for the king , he did have other land which allowed him to exercise lordship on a more modest scale . The most important of these subsidiary holdings lay in East Anglia where , as in the north , the centrepiece of Gloucester 's influence was the land of a single family , in this case the de Veres , the earls of Oxford . Their Lancastrian sympathies had resulted in the forfeiture of their land early in the 1460s , when much of it was granted to Gloucester , but the de Veres had subsequently reached an accommodation with the new regime and had regained their land before Gloucester came of age . The de Veres ' change of heart , however , proved short - lived and by the end of the decade the family was again involved in opposition to Edward IV , this time in support of the earl of Warwick , whose sister Margaret had married the thirteenth earl of Oxford , John de Vere . Oxford was an active supporter of the Readeption of Henry VI in 1470/1 , and on Edward IV 's return the family lost their estates for a second time .
Idiom: charity begins at home (used idiomatically: yes)
Somebody called to suggest an amendment to the rules governing the sponsorship . Instead of paying cash for each chance accepted would charity not benefit far more if 50p was paid for each dropped catch and missed stumping ? Despite the profit - making prospects in this it has been treated with utter contempt on the grounds that charity begins at home . A TEESSIDE man has complained to police about conditions in a Middlesbrough police cell where his son is being kept . Donald Murphy was remanded in custody on an assault charge by Teesside magistrates last Friday .
Idiom: take the wind out of someone's sails (used idiomatically: no)
A variance of 1–2 m ( 3–6 ft ) is typical between each of the flyers . This reduces the risk of airflow interference from kite to kite which at close quarters can have surprising effects ! A similar and perhaps better appreciated situation can happen in yacht racing where it is possible to ‘ take the wind’ out of another 's sail . This is in fact a deliberate tactic which is frequently exercised . So there is an advantage in using handles of the Peter Powell heavy duty type to allow for adjustment on the flying field .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
On Feb. 6 the Minister of Tourism , Maj . Mihai Lupoi , was dismissed for allegedly protesting at the transfer of buildings used by his ministry to other bodies . He accused the NSF leadership of using " dictatorial methods " . An NSF Council statement of Feb. 8 stated that Lupoi had failed to " fulfil certain tasks " , had " overstepped the mandate entrusted to him " and had used " abusive methods " in the running of the ministry . Aurel Dragos Munteanu , appointed director of Romanian Television and Radio during the first days of the December revolution , resigned on Feb. 9 after widespread public criticism that he had manipulated broadcasting to benefit the NSF . On Feb.8 1,000 television workers had protested in Victory Square at the alleged NSF control of the media .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: no)
As it turned out , she would have done better to have stayed on her pillow , for there she might have been found by Maud or Enid who would possibly have put two and two together at the curious sight of a cat and frog nestling on the same bed . But outside her room , Mildred was just a common frog who had strayed into the school , where it would be unlikely to occur to anyone ( except the wicked person who had done the deed ) that it might be a second - year witch under an enchantment . With the worst possible timing , Mildred turned the corner just as Miss Hardbroom strode through the door leading from the yard . ‘ Well , well,’ she said , bending down and picking up the little frog , ‘ what have we here then?’ And without further ado , she crammed Mildred into her pocket and marched off .
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Of course it is,’ he said . ‘ Mum gave me a hand with it.’ He took it from me and put it on the mantelpiece . ‘ It 's a present,’ he said , grinning . ‘ It 's for Second Father 's Day.’
Idiom: turn over a new leaf (used idiomatically: yes)
My son does n't talk back these days ; he must have turned over a new leaf .
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: no)
The chief source of confusion , briefly , is a conflation of the criteria of sameness of meaning with the meaning of " sameness of meaning " . But although connected , these two concepts are not identical . In fact , any argument directed against the applicability of the idea of identity to meanings is really self - stultifying , for such an argument would imply , among other things , that no topic could be significantly referred to as " the same " on two separate occasions , with the inevitable consequence that the argument itself could not get off the ground . The point is not only that we do as a matter of fact accept " the same meaning " and " a different meaning " as intelligible concepts , but that any attempt to define the criteria of interchangeability of expressions with regard to their meaning presupposes their intelligibility . I should stress again that I am here concerned with meanings qua posited objective thought - contents of linguistic expressions .
Idiom: look on the bright side (used idiomatically: yes)
We 'll take it 's up the What can you do . Always look on the bright side of life Here , did you hear that Barry . We must be the latest .
Idiom: take someone to task (used idiomatically: yes)
Editing matters From Mr Barry Brittlebank Sir , Penny Phillips of Bloomsbury Publishing ( Letters , 8th January ) takes Susan Lamb of the Orion Group to task for her misuse of apostrophes and capitalisation . ' How may years ' experience does she recommend that an editor clock ( sic ) up … ' chides Miss Phillips . Shurely ' clocks ' up ?
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE SIGN JOINT VENTURES WITH US COMPANIES The French power monopoly Electricite de France has signed a joint venture agreement for US cable television operators Tele - Communications Inc , Englewood , Colorado and Lenfest Communications Inc , Pottstown , Pennsylvania to buy a 29 % stake in Videopole , in which the electricity company has 51 % and Credit Agricole 20 % , to install and operate cable systems France - wide . ARTISOFT EXPECTS RESULTS AT ABOUT BREAK - EVEN POINT Tucson , Arizona - based Artisoft Inc warns that it expects its results for the third quarter to March 31 to be at break - even or slightly below — it expects to increase reserves and allowances , take one - time charges , and accelerate accruals by a pre - tax total of $ 1.5 m to $ 2 m , and it expects third quarter revenues to be below year - ago revenues of $ 20.3 m ; it blames a shift in the sales mix for the revenue shortfall —'Given the current trend toward the LANtastic software only option , the company is cautious in its expectations over the next several quarters for recovery in revenues and earnings to the levels achieved in the first and second quarter of the fiscal year , ' the company said — it also offers it with adaptors . ADVANCED LOGIC RESEARCH RESPONDS TO COMPAQ PRICING
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
Vice chancellor Oliver Coulthard said : ‘ For the past decade , we have been a university in all but name but we were not accepted into the premier league . Now we will be in name what we were in quality.’ Dr Michael Longfield , director of Teesside Polytechnic for 11 years , said the institution had come of age . ‘ The change will have little immediate and obvious effect on our future plans . The greatest change will be in the public perception of what part universities play in the education system .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
The obstacles in the path of de - centralising reforms will be as difficult to negotiate in Eastern Europe as in the USSR , and in present conditions it is possible that the patient would not survive the cure . The present squeeze on resources of all kinds in CMEA economies has made them so taut that the short - term consequences of market - orientated measures ( inflation , unemployment ) are bound to be sharp and widespread . Only Hungary — a superbly well managed economy by CMEA standards — has taken the plunge and restored direction to its flagging reform efforts ( a direct consequence of which has been a 79 per cent increase in the consumer price index between 1979–1983 ) . Elsewhere , the burden of proof will be on reformists to show that their policies offer the best chance of avoiding internal instability . For much of the Bloc , then , the solution may be to opt for the devil they know .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I was just coming home when I got hit in the engine . Fortunately it did n't go off , but it made a hell of a mess , and I came down in a shell - hole just outside our wire.’ ‘ In no - man 's - land? ’ Killion said . ‘ You were lucky you did n't get shot.’
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
A spontaneous cheer went round the ship , followed by a babble of talk as everyone relaxed . The captain came in from the wing of the bridge with a hint of a smile on his usually rather stern face . He produced a snowy handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his eyes . ‘ Bloody fog makes your eyes water,’ he said to no - one in particular . St Kilda never does things by halves : the whole setting is one of high drama .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
I was touched by the good wishes of the crew when I went ashore . I had enjoyed every minute of the past month . No luxury cruise around the Mediterranean could have been half as rewarding ; I should have been fed up at sea and embarrassed ashore , always conscious of the intrusion of our party as we were shown the sights . From Constanza I returned to England , travelling third class across Europe , by train to Bucharest and Budapest , by boat up the Danube to Vienna , and thence by train to Prague , Berlin and Ostend . Back at The Milebrook I found two letters waiting for me .
Idiom: give up the ghost (used idiomatically: yes)
After a shop at Sainsburys in Camden Town and a quick cold meat and salad lunch I set off by Tube to Finsbury Circus to one of the big offices of BP for a Management and Membership Committee meeting of the British Association of Industrial Editors . It was an interesting if much too long meeting lasting from 2 pm to about 6.15pm — but interesting in that , with rather few of us there , it was a chance to range over a whole lot of issues on and off the agenda , and a chance to appreciate the efforts , interests , aspirations and voluntary input of many others — though of course they get support from their activities from their employers . On the Thursday morning early I set off to go to Peter Jones before my meeting in Markham Square and I put your birthday money ( for which my thanks ) towards a tiny little black leather bag about the size of the one I came south with , as it fits under my jacket without looking too bulky and my old similar one , also from the John Lewis partnership some years ago , recently gave up the ghost after three years of relentless daily use . I had understood he knew the man who is to chair the said development committee and it transpires he does not . A nice young man , but I gather he spends most of his life playing sport and looking after their landed interests .
Idiom: name names (used idiomatically: yes)
I was offered a deal by Roy Cohn . To clear myself I could appear in secret session before the McCarthy committee so that nobody would know . I need n't even name names . They had the names . All I need do was agree to a list of people who had already been named , so I would n't be hurting anyone .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
My enthusiasm for economic and political union is therefore built quite simply on the financial interests of our nation . Were it not so , I might well have more sympathy with an isolationist approach . If we would not be better off , it might be better to go it alone . However , not just on the economic front does our interest lie in closer co - operation , but in defence and foreign affairs the collective strength and influence of the European Community will assume new importance with the demise of the Soviet Union and the disarray of eastern Europe . For all those reasons , it is essential that there is a successful conclusion to the Maastricht summit next month .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
When we do go out , I 've still got plenty of clothes and no longer feel I have to have something brand new . ‘ Now I just draw out from the bank a spending allowance for the week — to pay mum back , to cover essentials and for a few little extras . If I cut corners , I have something left on Saturday to go shopping with . I 've almost paid off the debt and soon I may have enough to put something aside for savings . That 'll be a first.’
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
Genetic relatives will tend to be alike not just in facial features but in all sorts of other respects as well . For instance , they will tend to resemble each other with respect to genetic tendencies to play — or not to play — Tit for Tat . So even if Tit for Tat is rare in the population as a whole , it may still be locally common . In a local area , Tit for Tat individuals may meet each other often enough to prosper from mutual cooperation , even though calculations that take into account only the global frequency in the total population might suggest that they are below the ' knife - edge ' critical frequency . If this happens , Tit for Tat individuals , cooperating with one another in cosy little local enclaves , may prosper so well that they grow from small local clusters into larger local clusters .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
Local authorities in Norwich and Derby took the Threshold housing management system , Merseyside Improved Housing and Peabody Trust took the Household system for housing associations . Work is also under way on a project for the Ministry of Agriculture , Food and Fisheries . Sherwood looks for more such business on the back of BS5750 approval , fast becoming an essential requirement for government tenders . It sees the outlook as encouraging , thanks to expanding insurance business and repeat business that now makes up 65 % of sales . GORDON BLUE !
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah What he does , when he goes out the , to put a Nothing need surprise me somebody went said this bloke never advertise at all its all word of mouth , Yeah would n't do a lot of work , but the work he does yeah , I just want certain amount of money a day say ten per cent of , yes
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
By recalling the decisive importance of the Arabs in Spain , who not only facilitated the European reception of Aristotelian philosophy , but also laid the foundations for the later development of European science , Humboldt , in a work of his later years called " Cosmos , " provided an exemplary document recognizing the importance of the Orient for the development of the history of European culture and science .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact , it never occurred to me that it made a difference until I was in a trial and a scout said ' We 're quite interested in the coloured lad ' and that was the first time I realized they thought of me as anything other than my name . In his early days with Norwich he took ' stick ' from fellow players and the opposition , but reflected on this favourably in a way which says much of himself and of other successful black sportsmen . At the end of the day , it does n't matter what colour you are , black , blue , pink , white or green . If you 've got a strong enough personality and you want to do it badly enough , you 'll get there . It 's going to be hard and you 're going to have set - backs , but you 'll get there .
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
Canterbury were 178 for 6 , then Mark Priest ( 103 ) and Germon ( 91 ) put on 205 . Three needed to take the lead : young fast bowler Royden Hayes , till then victimless , skittled Priest . Germon and Shane Thomson are two of the gentlemen of New Zealand cricket , and one run later Germon took Thomson ' s word for it that he had caught him at extra cover , and walked . Hayes next hit Roger Ford just above the glove as he tried to get out of the way , and was out lbw ; 384 for 9 . Without addition , Bradburn was sure he had taken No . 11 Michael Owen at first slip off Hayes , but was not given the decision .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: no)
The presence of a continuously irregular frequency such that no dominant frequency could be shown was found in the three patients with a proven myopathy and in two patients with a manometric pattern suggestive of muscle disease . Electrical control activity is caused by the entrainment of the fluctuations of the transmembrane potentials of individual smooth muscle cells . The apparent continuously irregular frequency recorded , which contains high and low frequency components , may have several explanations . It may be the result of inability to maintain a constant frequency of electrical control activity and this may be due to the effects of muscle disease on groups of muscle cells producing populations with altered frequencies . Alternatively , it is possible that the abnormal recordings are the result of poor summation of the electrical signal in the abnormal muscle syncytium and poor projection onto the body surface .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
‘ We had a girl in here the other day with an exchange student from France,’ said David 's wife Esther , ‘ She did n't know what mushy peas were so we gave her some and she hated them ! But I suppose it 's like us going over there and eating frogs’ legs.’ Despite the Mediterranean sunshine at Redcar yesterday , the tell - tale signs of mushy peas and chips were blowing in the wind . Chips and mushy peas by the coast are as popular as ice cream and donkey rides . The town boasts several fish and chip shops and between the hours of noon and two queues stretch out to sea .