Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the mend (used idiomatically: yes)
Dessie 's got it made ! WHILE Britain suffered in sub - zero temperatures yesterday , Desert Orchid kept warm in his special headgear , surrounded by Christmas cards from his many fans . The nation 's favourite racehorse , four times a winner of Kempton 's King George VI Chase and on the mend following an operation for a twisted gut , looks to have found the most sensible place to spend the Christmas break with several Boxing Day racecards under threat from heavy frosts . Kempton is a fairly safe bet to proceed , as are Wincanton and Newton Abbot in the south , but prospects for Wetherby , Sedgefield and Market Rasen depend on a rise in temperature . The fixtures at Wolverhampton and Huntingdon are reported to be very much in the balance .
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
In addition , RBIC also designs and operates schemes for personal customers such as credit insurance and payment protection schemes offering valuable security to personal loan and house purchase borrowers , as well as a travel insurance scheme , all of which are sold through the branch network . RBIC head office was originally in Edinburgh but early last year it was relocated in a refurbished office block at 152 West Regent Street , Glasgow . a move which was not unwelcome to Norman Paterson , the company 's Managing Director , who was born and bred in Glasgow . Norman had become a bit weary of struggling through the Edinburgh traffic jams from his home in Strathaven each day for 16 months since being asked by Peter Wood , then Managing Director of Financial Services Division , to take over the running of RBIS while a management consultancy exercise was carried out on the company by the Boston Consultancy Group . As a result of the consultancy report , it was decided that seven of RBIS 's ten local offices would be closed — with no compulsory redundancies — and that RBIS would operate out of a head office in Manchester while RBIC would operate from three regional offices in Glasgow , London and Manchester , with its head office located in Glasgow .
Idiom: now or never (used idiomatically: yes)
Lucy laughed : Jay thought of medieval tapestries and silver hunting horns . She mammoth walked to her bag and removed the offending sheets . Its now or never , thrummed her jukebox memory , unbidden . She selected the first three pages — Lucy as she 'd been allowed to see her , and handed them over . Lucy read , and between her sudden fascination for the floor tiles , edge of the table cloth , light thru ' the wine glasses , Jay shot glances at Lucy , delirious at how small her hands were , how the rings she wore seemed to hold those tiny fingers together , how she longed to touch , kiss and suck those hands , nuzzle the inside of Lucy 's wrists .
Idiom: hit the sack (used idiomatically: yes)
in reserve . Because , Mean Mr Love , the moment you hit the sack , he 'll kiss your arse to your face and kick you in the teeth behind your back .
Idiom: grease someone's palm (used idiomatically: yes)
You 'll have to sooner or later and I reckon this storm 's set in for hours . Hatton had fallen foul of McCloy , had n't he ? So McCloy greased your palm a bit to walk home with Hatton and catch him unawares . The weapon and the method were left to you . Curious , you were so mean , you even grudged him a proper cosh.’
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
Rugby Scene , Page 16 Go - ahead for Hide to take on Murray for vacant title HERBIE HIDE 's vacant British heavyweight title fight against Manchester 's Michael Murray was last night given the green light by the British Boxing Board of Control . The board 's stewards refused to sanction it last week , but had a change of mind after a two - hour hearing with promoter Frank Warren , managers Barry Hearn and Jack Trickett , and Hide . The about - turn allows Hide and Murray to contest the title , relinquished by WBC champion Lennox Lewis , at Dagenham on 27 February , a bill which also includes the return of former three - times WBC light - heavyweight champion Dennis Andries .
Idiom: do me a favour (used idiomatically: no)
It seemed like an excellent opportunity to put himself to the test , see if his reflexes were as finely honed as they had been in the old days . He leaned forward in his seat , tapping the cab driver lightly on the shoulder . ‘ An extra ten on the fare if you 'll do me a favour.’ The driver spoke over his shoulder . ‘ Sure , buddy , what can I do for you?’
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
Posh hammered Kingstonian 9–1 in an FA Cup first round replay on Wednesday , but the non - league side 's keeper , Adrian Blake , is still ‘ very poorly’ after being hit by up to seven missiles . The FA meet on Monday to decide what action to take . They will either confirm the result or , more likely , order another match , possibly on a neutral ground and behind closed doors . Turner said : ‘ I was totally disgusted and went straight home after the game . It made me wonder whether it was all worth it .
Idiom: watering hole (used idiomatically: yes)
There is also a good restaurant attached to the Tampico , and the nearby Amsterdam and Leandros serve excellent pizzas . For variety , there is a choice of Chinese and Indian cuisine close by . At night the area really gets going and the favourite watering holes are The Pink Panther , Buccanero 's , the No.1 Bar , and the Happy Prawn — named after those 18–30 's who have forgotten the factor 6 on day 1 ! All apartments and studios have private facilities and terraces and sleep 2–4 people . Studios sleep 2–3 people .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Yes please Yeah we 'll do one in a minute for you then So you have the heart of the centre of it , two pumps back to back yes , the major pump or the stronger pump on the left hand side , why ? That 's where the blood leads by , okay , on that side of the heart the left hand side of the heart it 's being pumped and therefore the muscle is a bigger muscle , that 's doing the contracting , the blood push out and it relaxes back again and that allows the blood to be sucked back down into the heart , okay , and the next time it 's shh , that goes out and then it relaxes down again and the blood sucks back down into the heart , okay so that 's what it does , all the muscle can do is that , muscle can only retract and then it relaxes , contract and then it relaxes , that 's what the heart 's doing all the time , how many beats a minute ? Sixty to eighty
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Like an airplane piloted in confusion , the European economy has not behaved according to the instructions . As Greek Prime ~ Minister George ~ Papandreou put it last week in his powerful letter to the head of the Eurogroup , Luxembourg 's Prime ~ Minister Jean - Claude Juncker , " The markets and rating agencies have not responded as we had all expected . With outcomes that fall far short of policymakers ' projections , it is not surprising that there is little harmony in official circles . Narratives increasingly conflict – and in an astonishingly open and unsettling way . Disagreement in Europe is not limited to that between " solution providers " ( the troika of the European ~ Central ~ Bank , the European ~ Union , and the International ~ Monetary ~ Fund ) and countries now implementing painful austerity measures ( Greece , Ireland , and Portugal ) .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
est ANNE ROGERS / Mother James Rogers is 23 and needs round the clock medical attention . Six years ago a road accident left him severely injured . Like Hillsborough victim , Tony Bland , James was left in a coma .
Idiom: lay down the law (used idiomatically: yes)
And Greg is in trouble . Tug 's dad is out to get him after he tipped off the police about his shady escapades . Emmerdale ( ITV , 7.00pm ) : Lyn lays down the law with Turner … and Pollard takes a risk to break it . Zoe goes for it and plucks up some courage while Leonard asserts himself and makes a decision . EastEnders ( BBC1 , 7.30pm ) : Arthur has an unexpected visitor .
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
As a result , in some schools , half the children did not turn up . Once the initial fright had subsided more and more of the children started to return and , apart from constant air - raid warnings which were more of a nuisance , schools were able to function normally . Although some schools were quick off the mark to evacuate their children , it was not until May 1940 when the German Wehrmacht overran Holland , Belgium and struck deep into northern France that schools in danger areas began to take seriously the need for evacuation . The Royal School for Deaf Children , Margate evacuated to Oxfordshire where three large houses were taken over in Goring - on - Thames and the school was able to carry on in a ‘ make - do’ fashion . The same ‘ make - do’ fashion also had to be adopted by other schools .
Idiom: nothing doing (used idiomatically: no)
‘ It 's vital . If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters . If he has n't , then nothing does.’ There had been a moment 's silence and then Alice had said : ‘ My father died , killed in an accident when I was fifteen.’ ‘ How terrible .
Idiom: run a mile (used idiomatically: yes)
At one end of Fifth Avenue , people were living in rat - infested hovels in conditions only drug pushers want . By the time I 'd run to the other end of the same streets , I was passing Jackie Onassis ' front door and unbelievable opulence . By the time they 'd put a medal round my neck in Central Park and we could visualise the noughts on the cheque to present to Oxford Street , Mill Road and Fazakerley Hospital 's Newborn Appeal , 25,000 runners had learned a lot more about how painful running 26 miles can be . But it will never be as insufferable as political , social and cultural ignorance . Trident sub goes down for the first time
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
The most famous of which is probably Mother Theresa and her Sisters of Charity of Calcutta . Mother Theresa has spent her whole life looking after the poor and sick children and babies on the streets of Calcutta . She allows herself to have no possessions , only two sets of clothing and anything else she gets from charities goes straight into making homes and clinics which provide free health care to poor mothers for their children . When Mother Theresa received the Nobel Peace Prize she amazed the world by giving every penny to the poor of Calcutta . She does this because she feels it to be her duty to God and it makes her happy helping these people .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
Some want negotiations on nuclear disarmament ; others want to ban the production of fissile material for weapon purposes ; and still others insist that such a treaty should also cover existing stocks . Some want a treaty on security guarantees for non - nuclear - weapon states to assure them against the threat or use of nuclear ~ weapons ; others want a treaty to prevent an arms race in outer space . But , instead of compromise and the give - and - take of good - faith discussions , there has been paralysis . There was a brief glimmer of hope in 2009 , when the sense of paralysis led the Conference to consensus on a program of work . Unfortunately , that agenda was never implemented .
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
Now I have had er quite a lot of experience in the environmental analysis of er road proposals and their effect on existing roads . On the basis of that experience , I think that the western relief road does n't achieve very much environmental relief to existing roads . But I would n't expect you to take my word for it , that 's why I 'm drawing on the Department 's manual which confirms my own experience . Which seems to indicate that there is a bottom level of something like twenty five to thirty percent before the amount of environmental relief begins to be even slight . That 's my reason for saying that I do n't think the western relief road gives very much environmental relief to the A sixty one .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
Go back down the road . Turn sharp left 80yds before a conifer windbreak . Follow the track down and go straight on to a modern farm track . Turn right and go to the Newport / Pontfaen road junction . Turn left past the junction and on to a path .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
I speak with them for forty minutes and generally have my socks charmed from my feet , the spring put in my step and all semblance of a chill factor taken from this typical October evening . I mention this merely in an effort to chase any preconceptions , which may have been created by the opening paragraphs , firmly away . When I say that Dolores had never heard the term gig before joining the band I am not taking the piss or ridiculing her . The Cranberries in general , and Dolores in particular , bring new meaning to words like innocence and naivete and are honest and open and unaffected to a degree that is positively thrilling . Born in Limerick a year and a half ago as The Cranberry Saw Us ( shudder ) the three boys decided that they wanted a girl to call their own .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Standard polyurethane foam ignites rapidly , forming dense clouds of smoke and toxic vapour as it does so . The new foam , which the government Property Services Agency developed , is impregnated with a high - alumina product which forms water vapour as soon as a flame touches it . During tests at the government 's Fire Research Station , an ordinary mattress reached a temperature of 108 ° C after catching fire , and produced 313 cubic metres of smoke . The safety mattress took a shorter time to reach a lower maximum temperature — 84 ° C — and formed only 50–3 cubic metres of smoke . The safety mattress also produced only half as much carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
There can be no sense in the DTI 's refusal to publish the House of Fraser report on the grounds that it might prejudice a Serious Fraud Office inquiry when it took the opposite course over Blue Arrow . And while one is busy throwing the rotten eggs , who can forget the duplicity of the DTI over the disposal of Rover to British Aerospace . It would be nice to write that despite these lapses of judgment , not to mention the occasional maladministration , investors and other stakeholders in business do not have to worry because of the safety superstructure which has been built since . But there is little in the current regulatory structure which is designed to inspire the confidence of investors . Indeed , even if supervision of Barlow Clowes had passed seamlessly from the DTI to the Financial Intermediaries , Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association ( FIMBRA ) there can be no guarantee the warning signs at Barlow Clowes , from intermingled funds to accounting inconsistencies , would have been unearthed .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm a free French one called Desaraed Oh flying the flag of Lorraine Oh really ? Mm Erm did you go in convoy or ?
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: yes)
The subsystems include texture mapping support , double buffer colour animation and hardware image processing . Two- and three - dimensional graphics and image processing is provided through a set of Transform Engine Modules and Frame Buffer Modules . Transfer Engine software handles functions such as light reflection calculations and geometry , while Frame Buffer Modules provide off- and on - screen memory , Z - buffer comparisons , alpha blending and compositing functions . Kubota says Denali offers binary compatibility with all applications supported by DEC 's Alpha - OSF/1 systems and is upgradable from its existing Titan 1.0 series . Graphics standards support ed include PEX , PEXlib , DEC PHIGS+ and NPGL .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Is that all right , sir?’ Benson asked . ‘ For goodness’ sake , bring him down yourself , Lieutenant , surround him with all your men , but if he 's not in the dispensary at ten , we 'll have words,’she told him . ‘ No problem,’ Carter said . ‘ See to it , Benson .
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
Mark Sladen follows her In the 1980s a lot of noise was made about a supposed crisis in British art . As the great surge of modernism finally seemed to grind to a halt , artists and public were apparently offered two choices : either to celebrate postmodern confusion , or to turn back to older and more insular traditions . The conservative response was more widely heralded ( notably by Peter Fuller and the magazine he founded , Modern Painters ) . Painting as an art form became news once more , and young artists were said to be rediscovering a Romantic tradition in English painting that encompassed landscape artists from Turner to Paul Nash , and visionaries from Blake to Stanley Spencer .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
By Paul Murphy WITH a huge ‘ bear squeeze’ under way , agonised screams could be heard in the vicinity of the futures pits of London yesterday . There was talk of one independent dealer losing £ 50,000 yesterday alone ; another was said to have found himself £ 150,000 out of pocket over the week . Many of the futures exchange 's ‘ local’ members , in anticipation of a big market correction in the aftermath of a possible Labour victory , had taken sizeable ‘ short’positions in the June FT - SE 100 contract . They were badly caught out by Wednesday night 's opinion poll results , which suggested the Tories were still in with a chance .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
' She would n't hear a word from me about it . ' Mary was deeply disapproving . ' I went all that way on me day off , and hoped I 'd do some good between them . ' I 've no daughter , ' she says to me . ' Her name is n't mentioned in this house . '
Idiom: grist to the mill (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1974 , at the age of 18 . Gavrilov was the outright winner of Moscow 's Tchaikovsky Competition where jury and audience alike were bowled over by his flame - throwing technique , by the unique drive and physicality of his playing . Then , as now , works such as Rachmaninov 's Third Concerto , Balakirev 's Islamey and Ravel 's Gaspard de la Nuit were all grist to the virtuoso mill . The inevitable comparison with Horowitz followed , though from the start Gavrilov was his own man , nurturing and projecting a style and brilliance all his own and remaining true to his own lights thoroughout his mercurial career . ' Yes , I am now a German citizen but I remain a Russian , all ups and downs .
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
Even the ever - amiable Roger Moore fell out with Broccolli after discovering that secret auditions to find a replacement for Moore as Bond were carried out in 1980 . At the time Moore told me he would never play Bond again . After their feud hit the headlines , Broccolli ceased conducting the secret auditions and made Moore an offer he could n't refuse to play Bond several more times . Producers , and directors , have often been greater villains than those portrayed by actors on screen . So have many of the great Hollywood moguls and studio heads .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Polonium is a strong alpha emitter , however , until the Americans made an atomic bomb , no one had ever used polonium in any appreciable amount ; it was so radioactive that it glowed in the dark . Penney , Cockcroft and Hinton [ Britain 's nuclear ‘ barons’]agreed that Harwell should provide the research information and flowsheet for a plant , to be built at Windscale , to extract polonium from bismuth irradiated in the piles.’ It was one of these piles that caught fire , releasing the deadly polonium in the form of a gas . Gowing goes on to indicate the health hazard arising from the intense alpha activity of polonium at the Windscale site : ‘ Alpha handling procedures had to be greatly upgraded to deal with polonium , and for a time everyone had to work with respirators … Harwell 's difficulties in handling polonium were again encountered at Windscale ; alpha contamination became severe and several of the operational staff had to be temporarily taken off the work because of polonium ingestion.’
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
There are irritating , complicated and unnecessary distinctions in law between two types of defamation — libel , and slander . Libel is a defamatory statement made in writing , or — in the case of films and video - tapes — at least in some permanent form . Slander is a defamatory statement made by word of mouth or by gesture . Plaintiffs may sue for libel even though they have suffered no financial loss but for slander ( with certain exceptions ) they must be able to prove actual damage and not mere injury to feelings . Historically , the distinction is explained by the view that writing was a premeditated and calculated act , which affected reputation much more drastically and permanently than off - the - cuff comments .
Idiom: have it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
The Arcadia system and its inhabitants are safe : they wo n't be used as fuel for Pool 's private universe of pure thought . Which would never have worked , anyway . But the Arcadians wo n't have it easy : from now on there will be no weather control , and the indigenous fauna and flora will start to predominate.’ ‘ And the Spinward Corporation?’ Defries asked .
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: yes)
However , if due allowance is given for the provision of free or low - cost ground tuition provided in the UK , the range should probably be increased by about £ 5 per hour to £ 53–£66 per hour , which covers about two - thirds of those establishments included in the analysis . What about the other one - third ? Well , there must be those who are genuinely squeezed by operating from high - cost locations ; some who are , and some who think they are , providing a higher - quality service ; some simply over - priced due to inefficiencies ; and a few possibly making hay while the sun shines but who are ignoring the storm clouds of the recession . So , to answer my original question : yet , most prices seem reasonable , and yes , there are some which also appear unreasonable . However , whether you consider flying in the UK to be expensive or reasonable depends largely upon where you view it from — the left - hand seat , the right - hand seat , or the school - owner 's Porsche .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Ms Harris ought to have been preaching this to her clients and taking note of it herself . IVA seems to be an unacceptable way of avoiding genuine creditors and not an option to be taken by professionals . Having read the article I turned to p 110,Report of the Disciplinary Committee , and wondered about the double standards which seem to exist in every walk of life today . Remote control audit Sir,— I read with interest the letter in your October issue ( see p 97 ) from an accountant finding that auditors can prepare audited accounts without visiting the company 's premises .
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde (used idiomatically: yes)
Structures such as buildings placed on the surface will collapse at this stage . Interdisciplinary Human Studies John Allcock continued his Jekyll and Hyde existence this month . He addressed the Refugee Studies Programme at Oxford University on 5 February , on the subject of ‘ Borders , States and Peoples : Unscrambling Yugoslavia’ . On 12 February he was the guest of the Durkheimian Studies Centre at St Anthony 's College , Oxford , on the subject , ‘ Durkheim , Civil Society and Citizenship’ .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Put a new garage in there already . There 's loads of new garages going in all over the place . Volvo Could have let that one go but I was too late .