Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: mean business (used idiomatically: yes)
And if she does n't go right away , I 'll just give her a little motion on her rear and that 's about all . But you would n't call that a spanking . That 's , well , it kind of lets my steam off a bit ; it does n't hurt , but she knows I mean business . And she does n't recognize it through the pat on her bottom ; she recognizes it in my tone . Natural and logical consequences
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
We scurried along the ditch , doubled over . It was good protection , but for how long ? The Corporal stopped , ordering the boy who 'd fired to go back to the spot and engage the malais as they came down the road . You got us into this , was my uncharitable thought , now you hold the fort while we climb out of it . The boy looked shit - scared , but obeyed .
Idiom: turn over a new leaf (used idiomatically: yes)
In Darlington in 1990 , 19 accidents ( 63pc ) involved over 16 year olds while in 1991 this age group was involved in 17 accidents ( 54pc ) . The total number of accidents involving cyclists in Darlington rose by one to 31 . EXPLORER Robert Swann is helping people in the North - East turn over a new leaf and help the environment . Mr Swann has challenged Darlington Environmental Watch ( DEW ) to get as many people as possible to join the ambitious worldwide Tree of Life project . It is the brainchild of Mr Swann and Jonathon Porritt , director of Friends of the Earth .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
THE BIKE After enduring the terrible Winter of 1946–47 , this , the first really warm day of spring , was having a remarkable effect on the dockers unloading the ‘ Marit’ . They worked with a will , luxuriating in the feel of the sun on their bare backs . They also worked with the knowledge that there was a big Russian timber boat due in on the midday tide . If they could finish the ‘ Marit’ today , there was a good chance they would be working on the Russian boat tomorrow .
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: no)
The question is not so much that of understanding the cause , but rather one of eliminating the possibility of cyclotron ion resonance brought about by AC field in a domestic or normal commercial environment where the only prevalent DC magnetic field is that provided by the Earth itself . Given that weak electromagnetic fields at the power frequencies 50Hz and 60Hz do pollute the environment in the sense that they make it hostile for the chemistry of body functions , there is no real choice other than making sure we live well removed from power lines or accept the higher incidence of cancer and leukaemia as tolerable . We can only hope that the future will see technological advance : perhaps overhead power lines will carry DC in preference to AC to the extent that converters are used to generate AC domestically or industrially . Ideally conversion could be to 100Hz to reduce risk . Dr Harold Aspden works at the Department of Electrical Engineering , University of Southampton .
Idiom: on the wagon (used idiomatically: no)
That 's what Dave was just saying No that 's not . I 'll never get up on the wagon . Well just hope just pray and hope that the temperature do n't go up slightly . Cos if it does then it will .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
From the day that Michael Codron became interested in producing the show , I felt the cutting take root . Michael began his career producing revues and went on to become London 's most experienced and successful producer of new plays . We were all elated when he came on board . As the day of rehearsals approached I got my usual attack of the ‘ I 'll never do its’ . This time they centred around the inability , on my part , to learn and remember two - and - a - half hours ' solo dialogue , to look remotely like the woman I was playing , and to overcome the prejudices of the millions of Joyce - worshippers who were all sitting out there sticking pins in little waxwork Lipman dolls .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
One wrong move and he would be up in flames . As though he were telepathic , he raised his eyes to look at her . Shiona sensed that he knew she had something on her mind . But he did not prompt her . On the contrary .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: no)
There is an obvious connection between democratic practices - such as the rule of law and transparency in decision - making - and the achievement of true peace and security in any new and stable political order .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
' Fine , ' said Philip . ' And while we 're talking of friends , ' said his Mum , sitting down beside him with her tea . ' I 've been hearing a few things about this boy that s come to live at Beech Place . I do n't want you to have anything to do with him . ' ' What things ? '
Idiom: on the up and up (used idiomatically: yes)
He had bowled her over when she was seventeen and girls got married . She adored him and tied her life up totally with his . The newly - married couple on the up and up . Impromptu suppers for a dozen friends ? No problem to Lucy , who kept smiling through , witty and charming , zipping through three courses of creative cuisine into a smart frock and an atomised squirt of Coty L'Amant in the time it took Martin and ‘ the gang’ to get home .
Idiom: on the blink (used idiomatically: yes)
Crowds lining the banked track cheered as he wiped the sweat from his forehead with a red handkerchief . Thirty - five laps into the race he was beginning to feel faint from a combination of thirst and sunstroke . The fuel gauge had gone on the blink shortly after the start , but pulling in for a pit - stop would cost him precious seconds . The pain in his ribs , three of which had been crushed in a recent collision , was almost unbearable . Mungo gritted his teeth .
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: yes)
And with that the sun - god vanished away , leaving the brothers rubbing their eyes . Well now , in the forest , besides the old man and his grandsons , there lived a tribe of goblins , hairy little creatures known as vookodlaks , whose greatest wish it was to get rid of the sun and live in darkness . These goblins hated the old man and the boys , because they tended the sacred fire at the sun 's shrine and kept it burning even at night , so that there was always a light in the forest . It happened that the king of the vookodlaks had been hiding behind a tree , listening while the sun - god talked to the boys . And when they turned homeward , to tell their grandfather what they had seen and heard , the king of the vookodlaks scurried away to a muddy , murky , bushy part of the wood where he lived with all his tribe of ugly , dark , hairy , spiteful , brawling goblins .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: no)
We actually bought them over about seven or eight years ago . We now own them . There 's also a market there for people who ca n't afford to buy new product , and obviously still the engine 's still got life in it . So with reconditioning , and new pistons and new liners etcetera , you get another ten years out of the engine . So you 've probably seen them if you 've ever been up past .
Idiom: nothing to it (used idiomatically: no)
No . Hm . Nothing else to it . No , nothing . So you just tumble them all in there and sort of fish about try and sort out which one it is .
Idiom: take the biscuit (used idiomatically: no)
I was sick , too , of death — this family member . Mme Guérigny admitted to me shortly after our return that she was feeling a certain contentment in being one year nearer joining her daughter . I could understand how she felt ; I realized that anyone who convinced herself that , when she took the holy biscuit she was uniting herself with God , would find it easy to convince herself that in death she would be united with her daughter . But I could no longer bear my life to be shrouded in the Guérigny grief . I was young .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
Leisure is to be understood as the ability to absent oneself from work . Thus , for a particular segment of the rich it was less wealth per se which was of importance , than wealth displayed as a conspicuous distance from the world of practical necessity . The class of people for whom this may have been of paramount importance was not the traditional aristocracy which had never been involved in work , having merely inherited their estates , but those termed the nouveaux riches , the use of which term implies a much more direct involvement in the work process as the basis for capital accumulation . Veblen portrays this class as determined to create a distance between themselves and that world of necessity which was the foundation of their fortune . They also desired to emulate that other class for whom time and birth had provided legitimacy , and for whom wealth appeared as a natural attribute rather than a possibly transient accretion .
Idiom: to the hilt (used idiomatically: yes)
It was beginning to fail even then . ' Theodora was n't sure she followed him . ' The estate was mortgaged up to the hilt in the thirties when farming was n't paying . Things picked up in the forties , of course , during the war . But he was that stiff - necked the old Baron , and Mr Louis , the present Baron , he 's the same , they could n't make it pay even when times got better .
Idiom: smell of the lamp (used idiomatically: no)
One of its paws gently brushed Lowell 's neck , a feather - light touch , the claws neatly encased in fur . Ash from the log whispered in the fireplace . The room was lit by candles , as Rose disliked the smell of his paraffin lamp . He focused his attention on them , concentrating on trivia , blocking out anxiety . He remembered the tall thin red ones Zoe used to put in the silver candelabra when she was entertaining .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: no)
GERHARD RUDOLPH talks to Germany 's great hope Helmut Bradl ended last season with a photo of John Kocinski stuck to the wall of his Phillip Island pit . The German and American had crossed swords on and off the track throughout 1990 and it seemed as if Bradl needed Kocinski 's ‘ presence’ to inspire him for the final showdown . But while the pair had their differences , Bradl could laugh it all off in the end . ‘ Putting the photo up on the wall for ‘ extra motivation’ was only a joke,’says Bradl , who denies Kocinski was a particularly special enemy in 1990 .
Idiom: all things being equal (used idiomatically: yes)
( A strange distinction , this , since the KEF arrangement is probably the closest yet to a true concentric — the others are misnomers and should really be termed coaxial . ) claim that their composite driver is essentially free from the dispersion discontinuities in and around the crossover region , which inevitably result when tweeter and bass / midrange driver are physically separated ( because the directivities of the two drive units do not match in the crossover region the perceived tonal balance is modified as the listener moves position ) . With this new configuration the acoustic centres of midrange and tweeter are at the same point so that their phase relationships have an exact match . Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity , all other things being equal . This driver is clearly central to the performance of the 103/2 , handling as it does the bulk of the frequency range , though there was certainly no gamble involved in its incorporation into the Reference range since KEF had already utilised another version of it with notable success in the baby model , the 101/2 . Indeed , that two - way design uses only a Uni - Q driver — no supplementary bass unit is employed .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: yes)
it is the Easter bunny talking to me do you think your mother , your grandma should dress up with a mop on the back top drawer , top drawer , bottom drawer , middle drawer , well I do n't know a bobble on her , on her back You just get out the path , you just get down the school path
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's not on the back of his door ? Sorry ? It 's not on the back of his door Jonny ? No . Perhaps he 'll wear it .
Idiom: cut the mustard (used idiomatically: yes)
You ca n't even separate on the ‘ map’ screens , so you 're doomed to wander around together — does this sound like serious roleplaying , or does it sound like Golden Axe ? On the plus side , the spells and weapons remain faithful to AD&D and a save game option is provided , but this is n't enough to rescue it . Dragons of Flame is at best a weak beat-'em up , and could never cut the mustard as a bona fide roleplayer . If you 're looking for a painless introduction to computer RPGs , check out Heroquest or Space Crusade instead . Ian ! 58 %
Idiom: as the actress said to the bishop (used idiomatically: yes)
Well again all of these things should be done on water that 's been passed through a filter to separate the water from the sestron yeah . However again , in the field that 's frequently not and you do literally drop your probe in a bucket . As the actress said to the bishop . Exactly , I was just thinking the same thing . Well that 's the sort of composition which immediately begs the question where do these salts come from and where do they go to ?
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Bibles ceased to have illustrations to enliven their text , and the small number of mystery plays , which had been allowed to continue at centres such as Coventry , Chester , Wakefield , and York , were suppressed . In essence , Protestantism was a religion of the literate , and although educational opportunities continued to expand during the course of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries , illiteracy , which was commonplace throughout the country and particularly evident in rural areas and among women , continued to exclude the majority of the laity from a full understanding of their new faith . None the less , while standards of religious zeal and knowledge of the rudiments of the faith continued to fall well short of the aspirations of the most committed reformers , by 1603 England was undoubtedly a Protestant nation . From the 1570s onwards , even in the conservative south - west of the country , statements by testators which indicate a belief in solafidianism appeared regularly in the preambles of large numbers of wills , although the comments which the same testators made when leaving bequests to charities suggest that many still found it difficult to appreciate that good works could play absolutely no part in their salvation . From about the same time onwards , Catholic books and pious objects began to be used more sparingly — or at least more discreetly — in most parts of the country .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Knighton , now owner of Carlisle United , blamed the board for allowing Leeds to take the title , saying : ' United had money in the bank and should have spent it on a striker at Christmas . ' If they 'd done that , they would have won the Championship . ' United 's goalscoring slowed significantly in the second half of the season , but no move was made for a striker until £ 1 million Dion Dublin arrived in August . ' United have got to forsake the City view and forget profit , ' added Knighton . ' The Stock Exchange is alien to what football is all about .
Idiom: like a bear with a sore head (used idiomatically: yes)
Duncan shook his head . He wished there was someone else he could trust , someone else to form an alliance with instead of this comic figure of a Russian policeman . Myeloski awoke like a grizzly bear with a sore head . Two hours into the flight , and he was hungry again . He growled at the attendant , by now quite tipsy , and demanded another meal .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
Were it that easy , we would have done that three or four years ago . It is not that easy . People must understand that the issue is difficult and needs a great deal of give and take . They must also understand that the issue is very important for the people of this country . At the end of the day , I hope that there will be a general recognition that Sunday is different and that we all , from time to time , need a breathing space during the working week .
Idiom: no questions asked (used idiomatically: yes)
You can almost see them hold their breath when it dawns on them that they understand that Christianity is true . But then they hesitate in doubt , not because they spot a new snag about believing but because they remember a previous experience . Once before they went ahead and believed , but it was a leap of faith with no questions asked and they fell and were hurt . This time around it is a case of ‘ once bitten , twice shy’ and their doubt is not simple but compound . A compound doubt must be approached with special sensitivity .
Idiom: there's the rub (used idiomatically: no)
For every Sacramento insider with an uproarious ' Willie ' story , there is another asking ' What has Willie done ? ' . Mr Brown 's supporters reel off a list of bills that the Speaker has influenced ; but even they have to admit that many of his greatest victories have been stopping ' evil ' Republican laws rather than creating good Democratic ones . And there is the rub . The gubernatorial trial balloon may well fall back in the Speaker 's face because , quite simply , there is not enough air in it . That leaves Mr Brown , like many an ageing master - courtier before him , still stuck without a strategy for a graceful exit ; and , more important , without the legacy that his long period in power deserves .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
Basketball Riders gallop on last legs . By Robert Pryce THERE are only six Leicester Riders left in the saddle , but yesterday they came within a basket of carrying off the weekend 's biggest surprise . The Sunderland 76ers , who are surging up the Carlsberg League table , almost came a cropper at the Granby Halls . Though Clyde Vaughan ( 24 points ) , Scott Wilke ( 23 ) and Russ Saunders ( 20 ) were all firing , they struggled to put away the weakened Riders , 89 - 88 .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
Build a separate pond if you really must have Swan Mussels in your garden ! •Do not be misled by anyone telling you that Swan Mussels will filter your pond . True , they are filter - feeders , but not in the sense of turning a dirty , unmaintained , pea - soup pond crystal clear . Gyrodactylus I have probably seen this skin fluke parasite on more fish in my laboratory studies than any other pathogen .
Idiom: let the genie out of the bottle (used idiomatically: yes)
Associated with the Devil by Celia ( I. ii ) , he is a sod of devil doctor . UNIDENTIFIED GUEST . … to approach the stranger Is to invite the unexpected , release a new force , Or let the genie out of the bottle . It is to start a train of events Beyond your control . Straddling naturalistic setting and ritual drama , Reilly is the only character who sings .
Idiom: hold the fort (used idiomatically: no)
It was good protection , but for how long ? The Corporal stopped , ordering the boy who 'd fired to go back to the spot and engage the malais as they came down the road . You got us into this , was my uncharitable thought , now you hold the fort while we climb out of it . The boy looked shit - scared , but obeyed . From the other end of the road came a truly dismaying sound : the powerful motor of an APC being revved .
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: yes)
He was the second man in two days to ask me that . ‘ It does n't look too good , Mr Johnson,’ I said . ‘ After Munich I thought we 'd saved the day . But now it 's all bubbling up again.’ ‘ Well , it wo n't affect us.’
Idiom: peaches and cream (used idiomatically: yes)
In London he had joined gangs who had thrown rotten tomatoes , eggs or whatever was at hand into Salvation Army meetings . In Australia he was more hesitant . A young Salvation Army lassie with black curly hair , brown eyes and a peaches and cream complexion had caught his eye . Nudging his mate as they strolled past an open air meeting at Murwillumbah , New South Wales , he announced,"See that girl there . I 'm going to marry her " .
Idiom: into thin air (used idiomatically: yes)
However , when Mr Hayden stood up and made to show the stranger the way , the figure melted into thin air , leaving the foreman completely mystified . Thinking fatigue had got the better of his tired mind , Jack Hayden did not worry unduly until the following Monday morning when a porter who had been working on the station Platform came to the mess room and saw a strange figure looking at Mr Hayden . When the porter entered the room the stranger melted into thin air . The porter was so terrified that he fainted . On recovery , Mr Hayden described the stranger to the porter who agreed that it was the same figure he had seen .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
All these and then maybe some more In great piles rising from the warehouse floor All stacked in bag by bag and ton by ton , Hard work , maybe , but by hell we had some fun It did n't matter then how much work there was to do just give a yelp
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
The nonexistent reductionist — the sort that everybody is against , but who exists only in their imaginations — tries to explain complicated things directly in terms of the smallest parts , even , in some extreme versions of the myth , as the sum of the parts ! The hierarchical reductionist , on the other hand , explains a complex entity at any particular level in the hierarchy of organization , in terms of entities only one level down the hierarchy ; entities which , themselves , are likely to be complex enough to need further reducing to their own component parts ; and so on . It goes without saying — though the mythical , baby - eating reductionist is reputed to deny this — that the kinds of explanations which are suitable at high levels in the hierarchy are quite different from the kinds of explanations which are suitable at lower levels . This was the point of explaining cars in terms of carburettors rather than quarks . But the hierarchical reductionist believes that carburettors are explained in terms of smaller units which are explained in terms of smaller units … , which are ultimately explained in terms of the smallest of fundamental particles .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
The number one objective is to get promotion . Time for assessment ‘ I intend doing it my own way but I wo n't be rocking the boat . I 've got lots of videos and I 'll be doing a crash course over the next few weeks to assess strengths and weaknesses.’ Swain , previously number two to Dario Gradi at Crewe , has been told money is available to strengthen the squad .
Idiom: in broad daylight (used idiomatically: no)
She 'd gone to visit her parents in Chalatenango and nine armed men in a jeep just drove up and shot her right in front of her parents . Elsy Marouez , my successor in the job , has also been captured and disappeared since August 1981 . She was picked up in the centre of town in broad daylight . FENASTRAS has carried out a huge campaign to try and get her released and produce almost weekly protests against her disappearance in the main newspapers of San Salvador . She has two children and was 24 years old when captured .
Idiom: in the pink (used idiomatically: no)
FAUCET SAGA Bathrooms with aplomb Gabi Tubbs BACK IN THE PINK Restoration of a Suffolk farmhouse Gillian Darley CRAFTS