Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's a loving bond.’ When it began , their relationship was dragged over the coals by the tabloids . But if the pairing still seems unlikely , bear in mind that both are extrovert , larger than life and indefatigably self - confident , with two of the hardest - working mouths in the media . ‘ You only live with people you get on with,’ grins Normski . ‘ And , big - mouthed people need someone who 'll answer back to them.’
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Experience of this nature may reduce the reliance of less developed countries on goods imported from abroad ; local manufacturers may be able to satisfy local market needs by intelligent marketing , and thus gain a larger share of the local market than before , with consequent results for local levels of production and the economy generally . A further element in this argument is the possibility that advertising can be used as part of a marketing strategy to shape the wants and needs of a less developed society in a direction that is clearly beneficial . For instance , if a country concerned still employs traditional systems which , in the light of more modern techniques , appear to be detrimental to public health , it may be desirable to change patterns of behaviour in , say , nutrition or hygiene . Often this will not be successful if the population is attached to its traditional methods and the new methods are radically different from the old ; a careful marketing campaign to change attitudes can have a dramatic effect , particularly by presenting new products in a way that is not dramatically different from the old . Stages in market development
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
TODAY , which believes the sentence was too lenient , has also told the stories of two other victims . The 28 days for Courtney 's case to be referred to the Court of Appeal runs out on Monday . Take it easy to lose fat TRYING to get fit quickly after the Christmas binge is bad for your health , experts warn today . Frenzied attempts to work off the festive flab can lead to muscle and tendon injuries as people try to do too much too quickly .
Idiom: throw the book at (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . But we have to do it , they 'd be absolutely down on us like a ton of bricks if we did n't . I mean we could cook it much more cheaply but we we do that then they 'd just they 'll throw the book at us , we ca n't do it . Yes there are Are there specialist people who do this sort of thing ?
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
I think can we join Charlie Rawlings ? No we ca n't join Charlie , what about Witney Town in the Beezer Homes League ; Witney Town beat Bury Town by five goals to one . In fact I 'm told we go to Didcot ; Didcot Town again in the Hellenic League ; Didcot Town three , Almondsbury four , reporting on this game , Ken Coles . The visitors opened strongly and after ninety seconds , forced a corner from which centre back , Mike Titcomb headed wide . It was six minutes before Didcot attacked the visitors goal as Mark O'Hara shot into a crowded goalmouth .
Idiom: sit on the fence (used idiomatically: yes)
Well they are , it 's a long story , again it brings Banbury in it again because when Phil was at Banbury a few years ago , he left to join Brackley Town . Not only did he take about half a dozen players , he took the manager , the tea lady and the backroom staff , and for all I know , the main stand , because that 's not at Banbury any more . And he did the same thing at Brackley Town , he guided them to success , their best ever season , he 's gone to Buckingham Town , took a few players with him , so Brackley Town , they 're not too pleased and they 're going to be out to beat Buckingham Town tonight , but I 'm going to sit on the fence and go for Buckingham 3 1 . Well that sound like sitting on the fence to me Mickey . We 'll hear from you again throughout the evening on the Red Fox and we 'll find out how it 's really going .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
The main advantage of using acrylic like a watercolour is that once it is applied , it dries to be water - resistant . Therefore , when you lay another wash of colour on top , it does n't disturb the paint underneath . So , if you have applied the paint using a sponge and there is a lot of detail , successive layers of colour over the top will not dissolve the existing paint . Thus you avoid giving the painting a muddied look , a common pitfall for the traditional watercolourist working in this way . 3/ ( FAR LEFT ) I put the colour on thinly so the colour of the paper shines through .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
ALEX TOTTEN returned to club management yesterday , accepting a job with East Fife three months after being sacked by St Johnstone . The move takes Totten , who will be part - time with the Methil club , back to the Second Division where he originally found the Perth club . It took only three years for Totten to move St Johnstone through the pecking order to the Premier Division and the club were in the top half of the table when , on 14 December , the McDiarmid Park chairman , Geoff Brown , decided a change was necessary . Since his dismissal , Totten has been working as a radio journalist but yesterday admitted that only active participation in the game brought him genuine satisfaction . ‘ I have been in the game as player , coach and manager for 30 years and for the first time in the last three months I can feel the adrenalin starting to flow again,’ said Totten .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: no)
Carvajal and his associates raided the warehouse , kidnapped the customs official , and liberated the logwood . The council of state was still examining the incident when Carvajal died in November 1659 , according to Samuel Pepys [ q.v . ] , after having been ' lately cutt ( by the same hand with my selfe ) of the Stone ' . He was buried in the new Jewish cemetery at Mile End , and the great bell of St Katharine Creechurch was rung in his honour . Carvajal was survived by a wife and two sons : one of them became a broker on the exchange , but neither of them seems to have married . [ L. Wolf , ' The First English Jew',Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England , vol . ii , 1896 , pp . 14–46;idem , ' Crypto - Jews Under the Commonwealth',idem , vol . i , 1895 , pp . 55–88 ; W. S. Samuel , ' Carvajal and Pepys',Miscellanies of the Jewish Historical Society of England , vol . ii , 1935 , pp . 24–9 ; D. S. Katz , Philo - Semitism and the Readmission of the Jews to England , 1982 . ]
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
JB : I painted mostly in my own time , and it 's been like that all along . So I think a little more discipline and direction would have been helpful . MH : Well it is initially , but in the long run your progress is just as valid . I went to art school when I was 15 , I was the youngest . It was at a time when there was a big age difference : the elder students were ex - soldiers .
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
For both countries , the special relationship between them is their primary foreign policy priority , and the European Community remains principally an instrument of their foreign policy needs . Before going on to examine the Franco - German relationship and the German Question in the next chapter , however , it is worth asking what it is about Britain that makes it so sensitive over national sovereignty . The London correspondent of the Russian newspaper , Literaturnaya Gazeta , recently put the matter in a nutshell : European integration will weaken the British parliamentary system . For Italy or France this is of no particular significance , since the role of their parliaments is not great , but Britain would be depriving itself of its most important political institution .
Idiom: jump ship (used idiomatically: yes)
It told of his trouble with a crew - member as the ship neared the South American port at Colombia . A fight had taken place with the Jew - hating Italian who , armed with a wrench , had tried to kill him . Sam seriously injured the fellow , and was then compelled to jump ship . He found another vessel whose captain ( a Scot ) was prepared to sign him on for the voyage to New York . But the ‘ big apple’ had no appeal to Sam , although he got a temporary job in the ‘ rag trade’ .
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Then instead of a unitary spatio - temporal system we would have scores of mutually independent systems , each corresponding to a particular stretch of continuous observation . As a result , we would no longer be able to use the concepts of material things in the way we normally use them and the question whether something observed on one occasion is identical with something else observed on a different occasion would not even arise . In other words , the sceptic , if he is to make himself understood , can not avoid relying on the conceptual scheme that he is overtly attacking , and if so , his argument collapses before it can even get off the ground . It has been objected against this kind of reasoning that it really misses the point the sceptic is trying to make . The sceptic , it is argued , may well concede that the conceptual scheme that we use and rely on makes sense only if we posit the possibility of re - identifiable particulars , while at the same time insisting that no proof can be supplied of their actual existence .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
Coastal erosion hits east coast Parts of the British coastline are being eroded at rates of up to six metres a year — but coastal defences , used to combat erosion , may be causing problems elsewhere on the coast . For example , if the rapid erosion from a cliff edge is feeding sediment to a low - lying area nearby , then the low - lying area may be placed in danger if the cliff erosion is interrupted . According to Dr John Pethick , a coastal geomorphologist at Hull University , the best solution is to avoid building in the worst - affected areas , and to compensate landowners for loss of land to the sea . The compensation should be arranged at a European level , because sediment washed from the UK 's east coast can end up strengthening natural sea defences in Belgium , the Netherlands and Germany .
Idiom: drop a brick (used idiomatically: yes)
Miss Henry said the same thing . I will try , Susan , I will really . I do hope I sha n't drop any bricks in Overclyst , and disgrace you for life . ' Breeze said gloomily . Then she brightened .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
If both floppy drive lights are lit then one floppy connector is reversed . If the machine does n't try to access the A : drive , i.e. the light stays off , either the BIOS has been instructed , in the set - up , not to seek the A : drive , or both floppy drive connectors are the wrong way round . Once everything is up and running drop into the BIOS set - up program and ensure that the Coprocessor field is set to the appropriate value to indicate the presence of a 387DX . When the machine boots successfully replace the cover and any remaining external connectors . Intel supply a test program with the upgrade and this is used to check that the upgrade is installed and performing correctly .
Idiom: put a sock in it (used idiomatically: yes)
Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that day and that year . ' ' Put a sock in it , ' grumbled Perdita . ' Spik Spanish , ' said Angel fretfully . A grin spread across Luke 's freckled face .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
The Pilot directory , on which these rates are based , is taken at face value , and no comment is offered on what one reader termed the ‘ U.S. flight - school rip - offs’ . There have also been a number of memorable failures in this country , and having been caught out by one myself , I do n't believe we are too well - placed to criticise the failings of others . Caveat emptor : there are rogues , dreamers and incompetents in all walks of life ; why should the flying fraternity be any different ? Certainly , while some type of guarantee scheme or bonding would seem to be desirable , the cost will inevitably be passed on to the consumer in the form of higher charges . So why are UK rates so much higher ?
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's back to his usual happy self now.’ Book now at McDonald 's BURGER chain McDonald 's is in hot water for encouraging children to read more by offering free meals . Top readers at Cippenham Middle School at Slough , Berks can win Pounds 10 food vouchers . But a community health spokeswoman said : ‘ It hardly goes with our healthier eating in schools promotion.’
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: no)
That I see the faces I 've been gutted to ashes . Yet deaths like these are not what make me say Death makes new tracks . The black Doors grieve open and , yes , I see the Easter Day
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Such as?’ ‘ I 'll kiss her in front of you,’ he drawled tightly . ‘ That ought to put paid to your demands that I —’ Something snapped inside her and she flew at him , hoarse cries coming from the back of her throat as she slapped and scratched at him until he caught her wrists and dragged her hard against his powerful body . ‘ Is it jealousy?’ he demanded in an odd , hoarse voice .
Idiom: fair and square (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'll give you a chance to prove your worth , Sam Gristy . I 'll take you on at anything you like to name . If you want her , you can fight for her and win her fair and square , and no more sneaking in at doors before honest men are out of their beds . So what 'll it be ? Wrestling ?
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: yes)
We looked forward to going to the theatre every evening . There was always something to talk about in the dressing - room . If any wonder whether they made the right decision to come home and marry a British man , Dolly Howard who danced round the world had the wittiest appreciation of the difference between the continental men and the boys back home : I went into the dressing - room and had to change with these men . You can tell what men were like over there , they never bothered when they got changed .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
And 37 more cities followed suit , e.g. Essen , Bochum , Bielefeld and Hamm .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Such technology once in place may signal a new era of competition : for example , it might allow the Chicago exchanges to try to wrest some of the specifically European interest rate and index derivatives away from the Europeans . Within the United States the exchanges sometimes complain of over regulation by Federal agencies and excessive tax burdens . This combined with the common threat of over - the - counter futures and options , i.e. off - exchange activity , has encouraged cooperation between exchanges . The CBoT and CME , once deadly rivals , are now cooperating over the development of a screen based electronic global trading system called Globex . Officials from all US exchanges have thwarted further derivatives industry regulation which might have entailed higher costs and lost business to overseas exchanges .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
This is contrary to DoH guidelines . It meant the costs and the financial implications were not explained to the relatives , although the consequences for them were quite serious . And it begs the question on whose authority the nursing home place was accepted and at the price asked . As far as the capital assets were concerned , it was not clear who was pursuing the matter , although there was an implication that the local authority was involved . The suggestion had been made that the house be sold to release Mrs Brockett 's share .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
In any case , the repressive methods employed by the Armed Police , the Civil Guard and the legal system itself were more than a match for unarmed industrial workers . Moreover , strike action could be counterproductive . As well as enabling the regime to identify and arrest leaders , it might be interpreted by some western governments as a sign of the communist subversion claimed by Franco , to which they were particularly sensitive in the light of their worsening relations with the Soviet Union . In terms of domestic politics , there was no one to challenge Franco 's decisions , however arbitrary they might be . Franco was therefore in defiant mood in mid-1947 .
Idiom: mend fences (used idiomatically: yes)
All these things would go to waste . Voice over Stephen Morgan wants to mend fences with the council not build obstacles . He simply wants an ideal home . The final say will come from the public inquiry next month .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Amy disappeared , and Jack shook his head . Seconds later she was back , the Haemacel in one hand , a small white container in the other . ' I found this on the floor — I wondered if it might have fallen out of his pocket . ' Jack took it from her and turned it over in his hand . ' Ibuprofen .
Idiom: cross swords (used idiomatically: yes)
Would you accept as a Euro enthusiast , that the opinion poll published by the commission three weeks ago , showed that the Labour party in their tepid support for Maastricht , were wholly out of line with the average Labour voter and in fact it shows quite clearly the majority of people in Britain , not only were opposed to Maastricht , they were also opposed to the idea that the E C was a good idea at all . . I feel er something of a stranger walking in on the Maastricht reunion er annual dinner er at the er I have to say that erm I er would n't wish to cross swords with the honourable gentleman on the detail of the Maastricht bill but certainly but certainly I ' ave to say that for many people and maybe even some people on this own side who may be prepared to admit it , the false divide between Euro sceptics and Euro fanatics is one that does n't appeal to the new generations of members and I suspect on both sides of the house , we are in our considered view in Europe and we need to make the best of it and treat Europe on its merits rather than re - live the battles of the er late seventies and early eighties . The public inquiry process within the boundary er commission procedures is certainly not er a declaration , it has a very important function . In the previous round of European parliamentary proposals there were ten European boundary enquiries and five of these overturned provisional recommendations as a result of listening to people at public inquiry .
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
The person who owns the asset . Well . Somebody must be footing the bill . Yes . E E E East Coast Regional Railways and presumably Freight at one time .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
That certainly did . She wondered if he was saying it with a question in his voice , testing her response . It went against the grain but she must query the wisdom of such a suggestion . " Never in my life have I questioned an appointment , " she said , weighing every word . " And if you are giving me that appointment I will go .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
Askwith quotes Marjorie Johnson , the press spokesman of AMRIC : Many scientists would like to influence public opinion by speaking out about their work , but they know that to do so would put them in danger . There is no question that any scientist who ‘ goes public’ today will find his life transformed for the worse . ( Askwith 1988 : 18 ) Pain , suffering , distress , and anxiety
Idiom: twist the knife (used idiomatically: yes)
When Mr Major was bidding to become Tory Party leader , Mr Lamont was his campaign manager . Yesterday , the former chums fell out in a big way . Lurking four rows back in the Conservative backbenches , Mr Lamont was in a perfect position to stab the Premier in the back , and then twist the knife . It was not a mortal blow in the style of Lord Howe who brought about the downfall of Margaret Thatcher . Yet it packed a big enough punch to send Mr Major reeling yet again .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
Come down now and help us with the boat.’ Outside , in the terrible wind and the rain , it took them fifteen minutes to get the boat ready . Three times the waves nearly broke the boat on the rock . William got in first , and sat at the front . Grace and her mother held the boat away from the rocks .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
And , like mine , it did not lend itself to the sort of conclusion Berkeley wanted to draw , to the effect that we are not justified in calling material things hot and cold . But the more I thought about his view the less happy I became about it . Is not the heat of a material thing essentially something one is aware of by touching it or , if it is very hot , holding one ' s hand , or some other part of one 's body , near it ? Yet according to Armstrong one can be aware of the heat of some material things , the parts of one 's body , without feeling the heat with anything . In a paper in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy I defended the view he rejected by saying that the ‘ nature’ of the ‘ sensations as they are in their own nature’is the nature we apprehend them as having when a certain way of describing them comes to us naturally , and that the reason why a certain way of describing them comes to us naturally need not be a reason of which we are conscious .
Idiom: in the driver's seat (used idiomatically: yes)
This is an appeal by special leave of Her Majesty in Council granted on 24 July 1990 from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Jamaica given on 10 November 1989 and dismissing the defendant 's appeal against his conviction on 22 March 1988 in the Home Circuit Court , Kingston , Jamaica for the murder of Paulette Zaidie ( ‘ Paulette’ ) on 11 January 1987 . Paulette died as a result of a head wound inflicted by a single bullet fired at point blank range ( 3–5 inches ) from the defendant 's Smith & Wesson .44 revolver . Her body was found in the driver 's seat of her own jeep , a left - hand drive model . Another bullet fired from the same revolver had entered the outside of the driver 's ( that is , the left - hand ) door of the jeep and passed through to the edge of the driver 's seat without striking Paulette . There was no independent witness to the shooting .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
Did you get the answer right , thinking about it in your place of work or at home ? Wednesday 's mystery movie . The clues , U S film in black an whit released in nineteen sixty , directed by Billy Wilder , the story of an ambitious clerk and his strange but funny home life . Starred Jack Lemmon and also Shirley McClaine . Yes you 've guessed it .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
It frequently happens that feminist women have relationships with men who are sensitive , communicative , share emotional and domestic chores and are committed to feminist ideals . But often the woman becomes distant , loses interest in sex and sometimes even goes off with more traditionally masculine men . This leads me to believe that the questions surrounding male / female relationships are not simple , and we have a long way to go before we can simply pursue the ‘ if only men would’ formula . Maybe we need more humanism and less feminism if we are really going to unravel the solution . Russia bashers