Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the back burner (used idiomatically: yes)
We should be in the forefront and not compare our faults with others . I 'll look forward to a working party to be set up to address this situation . This should not be put on a back burner . I move . Thanks very much .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: yes)
' One board , one knife , one hand , ' he comments while watching stir - fried beef with carrot and onion being prepared . Mitchell , rather than recreating Chinese dishes , uses some Chinese methods and ingredients and is particularly impressed with the handling of flavours . ' Pick up a piece of chicken and all the flavours of that dish are on that piece of chicken . The way we do things , you need your knife and fork to put the sauce on the meat or you have n't got the flavours . In Western - style cooking , it 's up to the consumer to combine the ingredients .
Idiom: save someone's skin (used idiomatically: yes)
Say you are my sister , that it may go well with me because of you , and that my life may be spared on your account ' ( 12.11b-13 ) . We do not need to be feminists to see this as blatant and shocking selfishness . He is intent only on saving his own skin . Sarah 's feelings and the consequences for her are not considered . But it is considerably worse than that , as the story quickly makes clear .
Idiom: go to the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
this is all things I 've got to consider when I 'm starting this thing It 'll cost a bit It 's gon na cost me a fair bit to get lines to the house I want so I 've got , er I , the problem is with , as dad was saying this morning , the majority of people when they 're starting their business they go to the wall because oh they 're going in for the , oh it 's gon na be a quick sale Mm and we 're gon na get quick turnover and we 're gon na start making loads of money easily
Idiom: make the grade (used idiomatically: yes)
Graham had a hard life from childhood . When every simple privilege has to be earned the hard way , the struggle leaves its mark . It became an aloof , lonely personal fight to make the grade . His love of golf persisted from childhood and showed its quality by winning the Tasmanian Junior Championship . At that time , Graham was a left - hander switching to the right hand when he became a professional .
Idiom: on the wagon (used idiomatically: yes)
' I ai n't frightened my horses will run away : it 's yours I 'll have to look after . ' ' So I just went a - front there with my milk and vinegar ; rubbed it in my palm and fingers ; and then I rubbed it inside the horses ' nose and then round their nostrils . I then said to this young horseman : ' Now hop on your wagon and be off ! ' and he done so . ' As can be inferred from the above account there is no magical practice involved . Someone had played a trick on the young horseman and had put down a substance that was so obnoxious to the horses ' delicate sense of smell that they would not move .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh , how 's your mother ? Alright , she 's er quite She has n't driven yo you round the bend yet ? squawking at each other because the kids have been so diabolical ! Oh !
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
He found her in a small kitchen . A door led out into the garden . Mrs Wright put the flowers down on the draining - board , took a key out of her pocket , and unlocked the door . ' Get some more , ' she said . ' Some more of that blossom . '
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
Hayling added to the confusion by taking away applications from blacks , which were put aside for positive consideration . There were disappointingly few . Hayling had realized that although women 's interests were being looked after on the paper , there was already suspicion of NoS in the black community . Blacks were right to be suspicious . They had met Right - Ons before .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
The Socialists would come a poor second with 26.5 % ; the Communists could expect no more than 7 % . Mrs Cresson 's appointment may have helped the Socialists somewhat but can not have done much for the Communists . It is little surprise that they are saying that for the time being they will give Mrs Cresson the ‘ benefit of the doubt’ . Mrs Cresson will nevertheless need all her negotiating skills to steer her bills through parliament . Communist support can not be counted on for the tough measures needed to balance the social - security budget , reform state pensions and increase government revenues .
Idiom: chapter and verse (used idiomatically: yes)
The balance was instantly restored . Robert erected his impressive silvery head , and a wave of triumphant colour swept up from his long throat and flushed his cheeks . In a voice hesitant between exultation and awe he read out : ' Saint John , the fifteenth chapter and the sixteenth verse : ' Ye have not chosen me , but I have chosen you . '' All round the assembly of brothers waiting and watching with held breath , the great shudder and sigh passed like a gust of wind , or the surging of a wave up the shore , and then , like the shattering of the wave in spray , disintegrated into a whispering , stirring murmur as they shifted , nudged one another , shook with relief and a suggestion of hysterical emotion between laughter and tears . Abbot Radulfus stiffened instantly into rigid authority , and lifted a sobering hand to still the incipient storm .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Immediately to the east of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge are these docks , which were constructed during 1825–8 and are the farthest upstream of the Thames docks . Their purpose was to provide unloading and warehousing facilities as close to the heart of London as possible , and Thomas Telford ( q.v . ) and Philip Hardwick were appointed chief engineer and architect respectively . The six - storey warehouses were designed by Telford to stand by the water 's edge so that goods could be moved by crane straight from ship to warehouse without the double handling usual in docks of the time . During the Second World War considerable damage was done to the docks by enemy action , and they have now been restored as part of the World Trade Centre , with the dock as a yachting harbour and the surviving warehouses used as trading floors with shops beneath , an imaginative example of redevelopment combined with conservation . London — St Pancras
Idiom: fast and furious (used idiomatically: yes)
Before this record finishes.’ Space in the large living - room was at a premium ; it was hot and dark and full of couples moving and jiving , and it was just wonderful . It was an old number , fast and furious , and he held her hand and twirled her around , pulling her in close , propelling her away , looking relaxed and so unlike the Luke Denner that she had come to love to hate that she wondered if she was n't hallucinating . What does it matter ? she thought , as Luke scooped her into his arms and moved her round the room . It 's happening , we 're not fighting , just enjoy it , Robyn — while it lasts !
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
Especially fresh water . Yeah ! Got ta go up the river as well ! Well where did he caught the fish ? Down the bottom by Liam 's , that 's where he caught them !
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
Anne - Marie Jugnet is at Froment & Putman until 24 April while at Laage - Salomon Philippe Cognee 's ‘ Four Seasons’ continue until mid - May . At Darthea Speyer Lionel Guibout 's paintings are on show until 30 April . John Copians , co - founder of the journal Artforum and ex - director of the museums of Pasadena and Akron , made his debut in the Seventies with Hard Edge abstractions , and in tandem developed a profound interest in the history and aesthetics of photography which has taken him , over the course of the past ten years , to the production of self - portraits executed as universal images . His architectonic ‘ torsos’ are at Anne de Villepoix until 17 April . At the Jeu de Paume until the 11th is the last ten year 's work of Martin Barre , who is also showing a coherent group of gouaches from 1957 to 1960 at Barbier - Beltz until 17 April .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
England Students complete their domestic competitive preparations for the forthcoming summer Students World Cup in Italy when they entertain Ireland at Waterloo this evening , writes Graham Tait . The home selectors have been shuffling their resources in recent matches and they take this opportunity to have a look at some members on the fringe of inclusion for Italy with one or two experienced players , such as flanker Martin Pepper stepping down to the replacements ' bench . Though they have little knowledge of the strength of the Irish Students England are confident they will be able to take another step towards their overall target and should it develop into an open game on the well - drained Blundellsands pitch they can expect few problems . ENGLAND STUDENTS : C Dossett ( Loughborough Univ ) ; J Sleightolme ( Chester Coll ) , L Boyle ( Leicester Poly ) , S Ravenscroft ( Univ of London ) , H Thorneycroft ( Nottingham Poly ) ; A Kerr ( Birmingham Univ ) , K Bracken ( Bristol Univ ) ; C Clark ( Swansea ( Univ ) , A Fields ( Nottingham Univ ) , J Mallett ( Bath Univ ) , A Milward ( Oxford Univ , capt ) , A Snow ( St Andrews Univ ) , E Peters ( Cambridge Univ ) , G Adams ( Bath Univ ) , C Barrow ( Exeter Univ ) . Huw Davies , whose last - second dropped goal gave Wasps a dramatic 13–12 victory over Orrell last weekend , has a broken hand and misses Saturday 's Courage League match at Gloucester at Kingsholm .
Idiom: drive someone up the wall (used idiomatically: no)
Wash - out GERMAN leader Helmut Kohl has sent his new £ 240,000 Mercedes back to the factory — because it 's too wide for his carwash in Bonn . DRIVING THEM UP THE WALL OOH - ER , looks like someone 's been trying a spot of stunt driving that led to a Mini being made even mini - er against a thick brick wall . But hang on a min , that number plate is a bit 2 GOOD 2B TRUE .
Idiom: sign on the dotted line (used idiomatically: yes)
How many adverts have you seen recently selling life assurance and pensions , for example ? With so many companies competing for your attention it can be difficult deciding which is the one for you . But how many of these companies forget about you once you 've signed on the dotted line . At Midland , we pride ourselves on establishing long term relationships with our customers . That means :
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It 's a frigging zoo,’ I said . ‘ Got it in one,’ said Prentice smugly . ‘ Now hold it a minute,’ I said , holding my hands up . ‘ Are you telling me Billy was here Sunday night , and it had something to do with animals . These — ?
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
Colling , who admitted causing criminal damage , common assault , unlawful wounding , and three charges of obtaining property by deception , was sentenced to eight months imprisonment , to run consecutively with an 18 month sentence he received at Durham Crown Court in February after being convicted of other deception charges . A JOYRIDER was captured on video as he fled from the scene of a hit - and - run accident . A 19-year - old girl was injured by the stolen car which hurtled up an alley and rebounded off a wall before hitting her and another wall . Northern Echo reporter Gavin Engelbrecht was filming his children at his home in Darlington when he heard a smash outside . With his video recorder still running , he dashed outside to see a youth sprinting down Kingston Street in the Corporation Road area .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
And in a letter to Council representatives he says : ' I fully realise that should I be successful it will be essential I end all my involvement with Wigan . ' Lindsay 's departure from world champs Wigan would leave a huge void . Under his influence they have enjoyed an unprecedented era of glory winning 25 cups in seven years , including five successive Wembley victories and a hat - trick of Cup and League doubles Dexter job on the line — Lewis to take over ? TERRY GODWIN /ED CORBETT
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: no)
He told the control tower : ‘ I have lost No 3 engine.’ His voice was calm and there was little panic , said tearful Dutch transport minister Hanna May yesterday . But three minutes later Captain Fuchs knew he was in real trouble when the unbelievable happened — the jumbo 's second starboard engine caught fire . Still calm , he asked Schiphol for an emergency landing . He told them : ‘ I have to do it very quickly otherwise everything will go wrong.’
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
The " New State " was to be the continuation , in peace - time , of a system set up , illegally , during and thanks to a war . There was to be no pause for reflection , nor — much less — for a changeover from military to civilian rule . Thus , the war was not a no - man 's - land between , and distinct from , two different regimes . It was the preparatory phase of the " New State " and , as such , should be seen as an integral part of it . It was the bridge between democracy and dictatorship ; the road along which Franco walked , in the rearguard of his armies , to attain total power .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
I actually took all those letters home and I went and I listed all the things that were listed er mentioned in all the letters and also that I tried to consider giving you know my impression of the meeting and tried putting exactly what what they 're saying . And I put it down entirely factually from all the letters you know . It it 's one of those unfortunate things that I mean I think we 've we 've got to look around and see what we can do about . Do we do we ad did we advertise for one before village meeting ? Yes we have done yes .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I do n't have to obey your orders.’ ‘ Oh yes you do , sir.’ The argument was settled when a tall figure in a parachutist 's red beret and combat uniform appeared over the top of a dune and walked towards them . No one could have told from Mr. Turner 's face that his ice - cold nerve had just saved twenty thousand lives . ‘ It 's safe now,’ he told the Inspector .
Idiom: hand to mouth (used idiomatically: no)
' And we still have to talk , ' he added , ominously , Hilary felt . With a last swift kiss on her parted mouth , he slid expertly down the ladder and , as soon as she was safely down , he strode off , whistling . A hesitant hand to her mouth , a rather bemused smile in her eyes , she watched him walk away . She was still standing there when he drove past in the rented car . Giving him a foolish little wave , she decided she 'd better return the chisel before she forgot all about it .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah , I would like to do is just mention that it 's so surprising really that er the resources used are out of all proportion to what we used to er do on it , on the other central panel . We 've had ten meetings and only thirty cases , and that 'll be the three cases where each meeting spread over a five different locations , which er does n't seem a very good way to use our resources ! So what I was wondering was er the scheme is in it 's infancy this and I 'm all in the favour of the decentralising in principle , but I think we ought to perhaps look at it a bit closer , and I would suggest that we have an up - to - date report at the next meeting of this committee so we can compare it over a longer term so , as that we might then reflect on a if we 're doing the right thing or not . But it seems a waste of the resources to er have er , ten different meetings for thirty cases we that 's , that 's my view but , I would like to see another report at the next meeting so as we can compare . Right er Frank have you got any comments er to make on that ?
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
They will also recognize that the alternative attitude , the selfish gene view of life , has a deep problem of its own . That problem — almost the reverse one — is why individual organisms exist at all , especially in a form so large and coherently purposeful as to mislead biologists into turning the truth upside down . To solve our problem , we have to begin by purging our minds of old attitudes that covertly take the individual organism for granted ; otherwise we shall be begging the question . The instrument with which we shall purge our minds is the idea that I call the extended phenotype . It is to this , and what it means , that I now turn .
Idiom: in the family way (used idiomatically: yes)
Next student , please . What 's your problem , old boy ? Examination , Matriculation , Accommodation , purple lesions on the skin or just another female in the family way ? ‘ I know that,’ Preston said , irritably . ‘ But … ’
Idiom: have the last laugh (used idiomatically: yes)
It means I 'm being successful . ' Following Peacock 's first half double , a powerful header from Newcastle centre half Steve Howey put the game beyond Charlton 's reach . Palmer has last laugh By Rob Shepherd HE was the butt of jokes as England flopped at the European Championship .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
In that direction I understand the Indians , Pakistanis and Sri Lankans have offered a total of about £1 million more to help pay for cricket in developing countries . However , ICC chairman Sir Colin Cowdrey is known to be in favour of the competition returning to England , where it was first staged in 1975 , 1979 and 1983 . THE TCCB will take legal advice on Tuesday 's court ruling that five spectators be repaid the price of their tickets , plus costs , for a day 's ‘ play ’ between England and Pakistan at Edgbaston when only two balls were bowled . Dexter rejects call to resign Giles Smith
Idiom: feeding frenzy (used idiomatically: no)
The central division is also tough . It may take Wannstedt a while to lick Chicago into shape , but both the Minnesota Vikings and the Packers came along strongly last season . Green Bay went into a feeding frenzy in the free - agency market , and came up with some star names . Apart from White , the 17 million dollar man , they snatched Miami receiver Mark Clayton and Pittsburgh tackle Tunch Ilkin . They also got hold of nose tackle Bill Mass from Kansas City — not exactly a reject , but he went .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
Obama ’s Asian Vision NEW ~ YORK – Now that Barack ~ Obama has made history by being elected President of the United ~ States , people throughout the Asia - Pacific region fervently hope he will focus on Asia in a way that he did not during the election season . In the past few months , every time I visited an Asian country – whether South ~ Korea or India , China or Japan – I was asked repeatedly about candidate Obama ’s positions on three issues : trade , foreign ~ policy , and the new geo - economic order . We all now hope that President - elect Obama will provide the answers , not only in words , but also in actions .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Customers choose a basic timber frame design — their show house , the £ 30,250 four - bedroom Granston E in the Heritage range is the most popular . Erection costs an additional £ 3,500 . The company 's price lists explain what features are supplied and what they erect — their general rule of thumb is that the kit and erection represents about a third of the total building costs , excluding land . Consulting either an architect or a builder , the purchaser then works out an internal plan and discusses how the exterior should look . The Heritage range is the most flexible because cantilever cross frames are used to carry all the first floor loads and most of the roof , leaving internal divisions largely a matter of choice .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
But to business , the game against Crewe on Saturady was a run of the mill 3rd round cup tie agaainst a team from the lower divisions , namely they came to shut the Leeds midfield down and run around alot while Leeds sat back and attempted to play footy . In the first half we attacked the Kop end and hopes were high that Crewe would conceed a bagful of goals in the first half when Deane actually managed to score in the 17th minute . This occured after a sustained period of Leeds pressure which resulted in a whole string of corners , the goal came from Crewe 's inability to clear the ball and after several rebounds and with players flailing around the ball broke to Deane who scored from about six yards out . Up to this point as I said Leeds had been on top — this included a period when Hodge was off the field after colliding with a Crewe player and injuring his wrist , thus Leeds were down to ten men . However Crewe came back into the game a scored after 30 minutes or so when Strach misplaced a pass in the midfield where upon some Crewe player broke away and rolled the ball past Beaney and Hodge ( who only just missed intercepting it ) .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Item 4 was the agreement to give subsidies to the Irish , the Portuguese and the Greeks . This , it may be argued , is something of a caricature . And , as we have seen , on the face of it things have moved on a little in the direction that the British would wish . Or have they ? Does the agreement by EEC states , albeit belated and as yet incomplete , to a series of apparently liberal Directives on competition and trade add up to a victory for the British view of what the Single Market should be about ?
Idiom: prick up your ears (used idiomatically: no)
For a time the celibate once more tried to end his own monk - like existence . He relished hearing the stories that Orton told of masturbatory sessions in public lavatories , of men he had picked up in the street , of having sex in shop doorways , of the sizes of his acquaintances ' organs and of his experiences with venereal disease . As Ken told John Lahr , author of the official Orton biography Prick Up Your Ears ( Lahr also edited the Orton diaries ) : ' He ( Orton ) had this capacity to have a sexual adventure and tell you the conversation that went on as well . One wonders how he was capable of sustaining his own sexual performance . He had this tremendous desire to be thorough .