Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
And the best dressed teddy bears are definitely in this Henley shop — all in rowing club uniforms . Some are collector 's pieces , and apparently they 're especially popular with men customers . Back by the regatta , the picnic lunches are in full swing — with typical British stiff upper lip , everyone 's eating outdoors and ignoring the less than summery weather . But if you were a cox who 'd overeaten and put on too much weight , this is where your crew might have brought you — to Brakspear 's brewery on the river bank . up until just six years ago crews unhappy about the weight of their cox would bring them down into the brewery for a spot of heavy labour — shovelling mash , to get their weight down .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
They spoke in undertones in order not to startle it . ‘ What about the others ? , the thin man asked . ‘ They 'll be round the bend of the track,’ said Crane , ‘ I 'll head them off . All right?’ ‘ All right , , said the Leader .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . ‘ How dare you go behind my back,’ he said . ‘ It 's my job to decide who runs in races and who does n't . How dare you ask somebody else if you can run when I say you ca n't .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: yes)
He said ‘ I want my f***ing pizza.’ I was crapping myself , but I said ‘ Away you f***ing go’ . ‘ The guy that was sober told him to get a grip and pulled him out the shop . I do n't know if it was real or not . I should have reported it but I never bothered.’
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
We must have waited half an hour . A serving wench brought us flagons of watered beer . Both my master and myself took in our surroundings , whilst Agrippa , perched on the edge of the bench , hummed softly to himself , rocking to and fro like some cheerful sparrow . At last the captain re - entered , accompanied by three soldiers . Behind them were two men .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: no)
People are loyal to the company , committed to its aims and are now saying they would like to contribute more positively.’ Too many Group businesses , he said , are not good enough yet at listening to employees ' ideas and responding to them . ‘ We do n't think we are out of line with other companies but there is a lot of room for improvement.’ More employee opinion polls are planned this year by Aerospace , Performance Films , Porter Paints and Fibers ( all in the US ) and Engineering ( in the UK ) . Another complete set of surveys will be carried out in 1994 and at two - year intervals from then on .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
GOLDEN RULES If you act quickly you may not need a specialist product . If you ca n't launder at once , try interim measures : sprinkle talc on fresh , greasy stains ; scatter salt on coffee , fruit , wine and beetroot , to absorb colour and moisture ( not on carpets ) ; rinse nongreasy stains with cold water . Use stain - removal products with care and follow instructions . Wear rubber gloves if you have very sensitive skin .
Idiom: small beer (used idiomatically: yes)
Naturally he could n't forbear from upsetting me , nor ruining what slim remaining chance I had of being like anyone — let alone everyone — else . He messed around with me emotionally , through dropping those bombshells of feeling — concerning my father , amongst other things — that I have alluded to before . Nevertheless this was small beer for him . In due course I left Varndean and went to do business studies at Sussex University . For the first year I had a room on campus but I was n't happy there so I returned to Cliff Top , where my mother put one of the caravans at my disposal .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
An appearance by Reagan , Le Monde suggested , might still save the show , even two and a half years after it had started . But Reagan did not appear at North 's trial , much as North and his lawyers tried ; he did not appear until Poindexter 's , in the spring of 1990 . As he gave his evidence for videotape , ‘ genial and twinkly , relaxed in the red eye of the TV camera’ , as Newsweek described him , reporters noted that in an adjacent courtroom Stevie Wonder was appearing in a case about the authorship of a song , and that across the street another crew was filming an episode of Thirty Something . It was back to show business , as if the scandal had ever really left it . Reagan 's testimony was indeed a dramatic summation of sorts , and the most bizarre of all .
Idiom: hold your tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
You are obsessed , Wilf , obsessed ! ' Implexion sprang up in the bed . ' Hold your tongue , woman ! Church business should not be discussed in the bedroom . ' ' Look at you ! '
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Start with desk research , and use the company 's own files or readily-available library sources , official statistics , databases , trade associations and so on . If the information is n't available ‘ locally ’ , move on to secondary data from overseas sources . When data is not available from published statistics , studies , existing reports and other secondary data , move on to direct collection of information ( primary data ) , if this appears justifiable on cost/benefit grounds . Only collect information if its actual or potential value exceeds the cost of collecting it . Douglas and Craig ( International Marketing Research ) make a distinction between :
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
They do not want to be reminded of their own ageing by the evident blooming of youth at such close quarters . Parents who grew up in the sixties , when the cult of the teenager first took hold , may still look and feel young and be unready to acknowledge that their children are growing up . Many feel reluctant to take a back seat and allow their children to enjoy the special attractiveness of the teens and twenties . Previous generations may also have felt a passing pang of regret as they allowed the younger generation to take their place , but they were not subjected to the pressure to stay young which affects men and women of forty or fifty today . On the credit side , there is probably a smaller gap between the two generations in outlook and interests .
Idiom: anyone's guess (used idiomatically: yes)
Maybe it was the fear of going anywhere near the angst - ridden territory so comprehensively covered by The Smiths , maybe it was the fact that being stoned out of your mind was suddenly fashionable again — but neither the baggy bunch nor the floppy - fringed waifs who enjoyed the post - Madchester plaudits came anywhere near the kind of emotional rush peddled by Morrissey 's men . The indie - rock of the late ' 80s and early ' 90s said nothing to you about your life . Thankfully , we 've now got Brett , Polly and Loz ( and Nicky and Rickey too , I guess , though what the hell something like ‘ we blur into images of state coercion’ means is anyone 's guess ) . The new breed of messed - up young things deal with the emotional extremities of everyday existence . The sing about things that are more important than ‘ slimy bog - eyed mong worms’(top one , Shaun ) , or ‘ catching the breeze’(you know who you are , Tarquin ) .
Idiom: seen better days (used idiomatically: yes)
Schellenberg pulled the chain and the jangling echoed around the courtyard , bouncing from the walls . ‘ Jesus,’ Devlin said , ‘ all we need is Quasimodo.’ A moment later the door creaked open and he appeared , or a fair facsimile , a very old man with grey hair down to his shoulders , a black dresscoat of velvet that had seen better days , a pair of very baggy corduroy trousers beneath of the type worn by peasants on the farm . His face was wrinkled and he badly needed a shave . ‘ Yes , messieurs?’ he said in French .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
On two occasions , once in 1980 and once in 1982 , the DTI failed to act when it was told that Barlow Clowes was apparently dealing in investments without a licence . And the department ignored the fact that a warrant for the arrest of Mrs Elizabeth Barlow , one of Barlow Clowes ' founders , was issued in 1981 in connection with the collapse of a stockbroker . ' The fact that the Department had , in effect , advised the partnership that it did not need a licence made it difficult for the Department to point a finger of blame at them , ' says Sir Anthony . The lack of a licence in Barlow Clowes ' early years may or may not have made a difference to the way investors ' funds were handled during that time . But if the British Barlow Clowes operation had been within the licensing net , it is more likely that the Department of Trade would have found out at a much earlier stage that Mr Peter Clowes was running a parallel offshore operation — first in Jersey and then in Gibraltar .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
If they can find one at a price they can afford … Tightly packed urban living is , indeed , fine — if that is what you want . As a rule , those who can afford it seem increasingly to temper the urban living of the weekday with a touch of rural life at the weekend . But those people who — unlike Chris Patten or Nicholas Ridley — can only afford one house would like a flavour of the country on their own doorstep . It is no use wringing hands and regretting this preference .
Idiom: sign of the times (used idiomatically: yes)
Some 30 seminary professors attended the meeting at Yale University , New Haven , USA , 21–23 February . It was co - sponsored by WACC and Yale Divinity School as part of WACC 's global series of consultations on the topic . Another speaker , Michael Traber , WACC 's Director of Studies and Publications , said : ‘ It is the task of the mass media and theology to read the signs of the times and to interpret the changes that occur in the world in order to make sense of them.’ ‘ Dr Traber added that ‘ for both the media and the theologians , the problem of how to see the world with new eyes should be tackled first by a removal of ideological blinkers which have been worn for so long.’ In an address on ‘ The Cultural Environment and Media Education’ , Professor George Gerbner of the Annenberg School of Communication in Philadelphia also stressed the need to gain a genuine , unblinkered understanding of the world before any attempt is made to engage in or to teach communication .
Idiom: over my dead body (used idiomatically: yes)
The pound would then no longer be an isolated currency , to which greater risk attaches , necessitating a premium rate of return to induce people to hold it . The Government 's official position , dictated by the Prime Minister , has been that Britain will join the ERM when ‘ the time is ripe’ . Because this phrase has been understood to mean , as far as Margaret Thatcher is concerned , ‘ over my dead body’ , an announcement that the time is now ripe would be interpreted as a climbdown . So it would be , but even the Prime Minister ought to see that it is the least bad course open to her . When West Germany raised its interest rate last week , Britain was forced immediately to follow suit .
Idiom: into thin air (used idiomatically: yes)
Nora 's realism and level - headed assessment of the situation made Louise ashamed of her own emotional reaction to the news . Nora Simpson did n't believe in crying over spilt milk . She could n't rail into thin air . As she sat with a whisky and waited for Constance 's call , she listened to the autumn wind tugging at the corners of the austere house . It drowned the roar of the waves which she knew would be crashing on to the beach in impotent and seemingly endless fury .
Idiom: part company (used idiomatically: yes)
These categories correspond closely to Blauner 's , ranging from traditional craft work at the one end to a completely automated , cybernetic , system at the other . The major difference between Bright and Blauner is that , while the latter deals only with total factory production systems , Bright focuses on the individual worker . They agree that skill requirements are reduced as mechanisation moves through the first three stages , but part company in their interpretation of what happens in fully automated plants , Bright claiming that , because the machinery becomes virtually self - sufficient in terms of needing no worker input , such work that does remain is subject to more centralised control and closer supervision even though the tasks to be performed may have become more sophisticated . A third , early , contribution to our understanding about the possible effects of new technology on people 's experience of work comes from research conducted by Joan Woodward in the 1950s and 1960s . Her major finding was that a relationship appeared to exist between the technology an enterprise operated and the organisational structure of that enterprise .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: no)
How did you hit that one first ? Grace . You have n't played a single ball off our cushion yet have you ? No . I 'm not that good .
Idiom: without fail (used idiomatically: yes)
This has been taken as evidence for the manipulative view of animal communication seen in conflicts . My guess is that you would draw a comparable , but equally misleading , conclusion from similar analysis of the human game of chess where cheating is not possible . Tipping the king over in resignation tells you without fail who is the winner . On the other hand , it can be extremely difficult to be sure who is going to win until very near the end of the game . In a famous encounter between Robert Byrne and Bobby Fischer in 1963 , Fischer seemed to have lost the game by the 21st move .
Idiom: under the weather (used idiomatically: yes)
Well it certainly did in both these cases . Although I met Theresa on the way back from erm school and she said Alec was at the doctors cos not the way back from school , way back from the library . And she said Alec was at the doctors cos he was feeling under the weather . Yeah . So I do n't know what that 's in aid of .
Idiom: hold water (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over The torrential rain turned roads into rivers . It also gave life back to rivers that had n't held water for many years like the River Pang on the Berkshire Downs . Male speaker I could n't believe it .
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
His political career bears out Sir Alan Walter 's thesis . As chairman of housing in Lambeth in the early 1970s , he was every inch the small - minded functionary . Last autumn , Roof magazine provided the following glimpse of Cllr Major in action : some tenants had taken the liberty of painting the stonework around their front doors and he ordered its removal . ' The purpose of this , Mr Mayor , ' the future premier wrote stiffly , ' is to ensure that there is similarity between the standards of exterior decorations for the general benefit of all our tenants . ' This may have been a late flowering of the ' badinage ' that he used to partake in as a Young Conservative with Brixton locals , but so sensitive is Major about his background , that the public is permitted to hear only the Authorised Version .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He seems to think I 'm there to obey his commands!’ ; ‘ She always has to answer back!’ This catalogue of complaints represents a group of disciplinary problems that go hand in hand . Have you ever felt that you ( and the family ) are in orbit around a controlling , wilful toddler ? Have you ever thought , ruefully , that far from raising an obedient child you 've become an obedient parent ?
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
and the touch of it , are wrong . Now I remember only the hairs on the back of his slim hands , holding mine at the edge of our lands when we said that goodbye .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
A Matter of Time By mid-1990 the Church of England 's position on lesbian and gay sexuality was thoroughly confused . A new Archbishop of Canterbury was selected who took a public stance against clergy in gay and lesbian relationships , but who was persuaded to adopt a more flexible position , at least for the time being . Inevitably , the Church of England will sooner or later announce officially that it is acceptable to express love and commitment to another woman or another man in a sexual relationship . Meanwhile , the church will continue to encourage in some of its members ignorance and prejudice against their ‘ brothers and sisters in Christ’ , while sowing fear and self - distrust in others .
Idiom: in broad daylight (used idiomatically: yes)
T. B. Panabokke , when Police Magistrate at Matale , was also suspicious : ‘ The usual evidence was that so - and - so lost his animal and that two or three people at different places , when they went to turn water to their fields , met the accused driving the animals away . The witness speaks to the accused , whereby the witness has an opportunity of recognizing the thieves and the animal with its brandmarks.’ E. M. Byrde , the Police Magistrate at Anuradhapura in 1896 , noted that ‘ cattle stealers do not go about , as witnesses would wish one to believe , removing stolen cattle in broad daylight or along frequented high roads by moonlight.’ The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . The prosecution case quickly broke down under cross - examination .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
Database work for this thesis was then completed using Microsoft Works on an IBM PS/2 , re - keyboarding the existing data . The major disadvantage is that the Works database function is a flat - file system , rather than a relational database , so that comparisons between separate databases had to made manually , rather than using relational database technology . On the other hand , the charting options within the spreadsheet function in Works are robust and simple to operate , with the result that graphics for analysis of publication data are much better than they would otherwise have been . Additional fields added to databases in Microsoft Works include : 2.6 Data Protection .
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
Some other marines are reputed to be mouthbrooders , including Grammas and Jawfish , although little is known for certain about the breeding of many marine fish . You can judge the effectiveness of different methods by the number of eggs produced . Mouthbrooders lay very few eggs , the record probably goes to Tropheus duboisi from Lake Tanganyika , which usually lays fewer than ten eggs in a clutch . Fish whose eggs and fry have little chance of surviving produce much larger numbers . Goldfish , for instance , lay hundreds of eggs at a time , but give them no parental care at all .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: no)
Of these two operas , the one is a remarkable spiral set of variations on a theme , and the other , a sort of whirlpool of thematic reference and counter - reference . Their style is right for obsessional subjects . You feel that the music carries the words along on the back of its urge to secure release . The innovation is not noticeable verbally . Only the complete work turns up new ground .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: no)
He rejoined Birmingham as No 2 to Terry Cooper but has always wanted a top job of his own . Reds jinx NORWAY 'S Stig Inge Bjornebye has fallen victim to Liverpool 's injury jinx — before he ever appears in a red shirt . Bjornebye , signed by manager Graeme Souness for £600,000 last month , will be out for at least three weeks after he was carried off on a stretcher with concussion while on international duty against China . His call-up was made more pressing by the knee injury suffered by David Burrows in the Coca-Cola Cup draw with Crystal Palace , which has put him out of action for three months .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
Roberta M. Olson Ottocento : romanticism and revolution in nineteenth - century Italian painting ( The American Federation of Arts and Centro Di , New York and Florence , 1992 ) 293pp . fully illustrated in b / w and col . $ 67.95 Catalogue of the first major exhibition on this topic to be seen by an American audience since 1949 ( see The Art Newspaper , No . 22 , November 1992 , p.11 ) . The exhibition can be seen at the Frick Art Museum , Pittsburgh until 25 April . The exhibition examines the close political links between the art of nineteenth - century Italy and the changing political situation throughout that period , with particular reference to four periods : 1797 to 1814 , the years of Napoleon ; the restoration of the monarchy until mid - century ; the triumph of Realism in tandem with the move towards Unification , 1849 to 1870 ; and the period from 1870 to the end of century when Realism was influenced by European art , leading to the development of Italian Symbolism and Divisionism . The catalogue essays include : ‘ Painting in Milan and Venice in the first half of the century’ ; ‘ Aspects of collecting in nineteenth - century Naples : the portfolios ( cartiere ) of Giacinto Gigante’ ; ‘ Diego Martelli , the Macchiaioli , and the Impressionists’ ; and ‘ Art in Rome , the capital of Italy’ , by a team of Italian scholars . Thomas Parsons and Iaian Gale Post - Impressionism ( Studio Editions , London , 1992 ) 424pp . 25 b / w 385 col . ills .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
mega bucks and the company had gone escalated and then opportunity of this guy , you know , saying what a super guy he was , what an entrepreneur and what he done is , you know , I 've had something head , you know , I 'm in charge and he put his feet on the desk there and he had a hole in his shoe and s spread across all the papers the next day was this guy with a hole in his shoe and this was a multi million pound corporate er corporate body , he could n't afford to buy a decent pair of shoes so check your shoes . Women tend to look for three to four things , your shoes , your fingernails , ties and socks , okay so make sure you look the part . Do n't wear overpowering aftershave , that says more about your sexuality and sensuality than about your business acumen . overpowering dress .
Idiom: easy does it (used idiomatically: yes)
Luigi Pittagora rejoined , ‘ You remember that great man , Carlo Cafiero , a Neapolitan ? How fat he was ? You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen.’ ‘ Umberto the King was shot,’ Tommaso added under his breath . Davide 's father heard him .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Unlike the Full Plans method , the use of the Building Notice procedure does not entitle you to any documentary proof from your council that your proposal is satisfactory , or that the work will be accepted by the Buildings Control Officer who is required to inspect the work as it proceeds . A good working knowledge of the Building Regulations requirements is therefore necessary . The council is also empowered to ask for details of any unusual part of the project to prove compliance with the Building Regulations , eg special foundations for building on doubtful ground . Another disadvantage of the Building Notice procedure is that if your work is to be financed by a bank or building society , then you may be required to produce some form of documentary proof that your proposal is satisfactory when you are negotiating for your loan . Your council will only provide a Building Regulations Approval Notice when Full Plans are deposited , so you will have to use this method .