Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: water under the bridge (used idiomatically: yes)
' Mind if I join you ? ' he asked . Peter ' Worthy ' Evans was a dull old stick but decent with it . A Tory MP and a member of the Government Whips ' Office , he , too , had fallen under the spell of the late Emma Kerr , but that was water under another bridge . ' I 'm playing hookey , ' he said . ' One can have too much of a good thing . '
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: yes)
There will be a reduction in the rate of technology change over the next few years to reflect the reality of the market’ . So spoke the voice of business . But second key - noter Dr Arno Penzias , vice president of Research at AT&T 's Bell Labs , who besides being a Nobel prize winner has the additional claim to fame of being the boss of Unix creators Ken Thomson and Dennis Ritchie , disagreed . ‘ Demand will not slow down — they will get more interesting . Customers will continue to ask for more — maybe not for higher prices .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
Really thin . Really rubbish ! So , I 'm just gon na go tomorrow to Camden town . Did you go today ? Yeah .
Idiom: at death's door (used idiomatically: yes)
His father , who is serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in Germany and who was estranged from his wife , flew home yesterday to be with his son . Man gets five years for 12-in knife attack A MOTORIST who went out for a drive in his new car ended up at death 's door after a knife attack in the street . Surgeons were surprised that Daniel Kelly survived the assault , the High Court in Edinburgh heard yesterday . The 12 in knife blade which was plunged into his buttock entered his abdominal cavity .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
She became school librarian , and always seemed to have a book in her hand . She evaded all work for studies and read incessantly . It was quite a common occurrence for one of her sisters to wake in the middle of the night and see the light burning in their father 's study . They would creep in , and find Eva , fast asleep over her books . In spite of her love of reading Eva denies being an egghead .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Gina gave an awkward laugh as she detached herself from his hold . It would still be touch and go for the agency . One could n't just get a campaign up and running overnight — although the recession bit both ways , so at least there would be space available in the media for short - term bookings . She thought of the agency folding , of having to give up her flat , of Sebastian , who had devoted his life to his business , paying with divorce as the price of his involvement , of Jenny in Media Research who had just got married and was struggling with a mortgage , or Ben , one of the account executives , whose wife was in hospital awaiting a kidney transplant . How could she let these people down because she was too afraid to face up to her own weaknesses ?
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: yes)
I know it sounds trite , but you 're so lucky to have your son . You 're quite right to let him live his own life , but he will always be a reminder of your love for your husband , and his for you . I know that it seem shard to believe now , but , take it from me , things will get better . You wo n't forget your husband — and I 'm sure you would n't want to — but you will manage to rebuild a life without him . It wo n't be the same life , but it will be a valuable , worthwhile one .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Communication would be direct , the non - mediated transference of ideas from one mind to another . I said that it is a familiar theory . On second thoughts , it might be better to say that it goes without saying that linguistic communication is a matter of conveying ideas or thoughts . For when what goes without saying , especially the bit about translating thoughts into spoken or written signs and then back again , is actually said , it begins to lose its air of obviousness . In fact , it begins to look very much like a piece of a priori theorising about how language works .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
( c ) To what does the House of Lords ' self - denying ordinance apply ? It clearly applies to instruments which purport , in some way , to be Acts of Parliament . It cannot , ex hypothesi , apply only to proper genuine Acts of Parliament since that would beg the very question under review . Equally , the consequences of applying it to any old scrap of paper which any party cared to describe as an ' Act of Parliament ' solely for purpose of denying jurisdiction would be absurd . No action could ever be maintained , no criminal convicted .
Idiom: drop the ball (used idiomatically: no)
And just back to football , the South Midland premier division ; Thame United retain their lead at the top of the table with a narrow but in the end , comfortable victory at Langford this afternoon . They led at the interval by one goal to nil , that was thanks to an Andy Thomas goal , following a cross from Neil Waters . Thame increased their lead immediately after the interval , Thomas scoring again after the Langford keeper had dropped the ball . Langford pulled a goal back on sixty eight minutes , but Thame held out for another victory and they still top the South Midland League . Right , it 's ten minutes to six , time for a look at all the local football results , beginning with league division two ; Oxford United one , Portsmouth nil ; the Beezer Homes League southern division ; Witney one , Erith and Belvedere nil ; the Vauxhall League division two south ; Harefield two , Abingdon Town two , the South Midland League premier division ; Langford one , Thame two ; the O'Brian Trophy ; Tring Athletic three , Oxford City one ; the Combination League ; Portsmouth Reserves four , Oxford United Reserves two ; the South - east Counties League ; Oxford United one , Swindon nil ; the Hellenic League premier cup second round ; Banbury one , Carterton two ; Bicester two , Milton nil ; Didcot one , Almondsbury Pixons nil ; Wantage nil , Bishops Cleve one ; the premier division ; Hounslow three , Headington Amateurs one ; Morton nil , Kidbury Rangers three ; Pegasus Juniors nil , Fairford Town two ; Rayners Lane one , Shortwood two ; Swindon Athletic one , Abingdon United nil ; division one cup ; Sinderford Town two , Viking Sports three ; Cirencester Town three , Northleigh nil ; Supmarine three , Cheltenham Saracens two ; Wallingford Town three , Wootton Bassett one ; division one ; Chipping Norton nil , Kidlington four ; Cirencester United one , Easington Sports five ; Clanfield six , Lambourn Sports one ; the Reserve League Cup ; Kintbury Rangers one , Wantage Town two ; the Reserve division east ; Abingdon United one , Rayners Lane nil ; Kidlington three , Bicester one ; Milton eight , Easington Sports four ; Viking Sports nil , Didcot five ; the Reserve division west ; Almondsbury Pixons four , Highworth one ; Carterton one , Supmarine one ; Fairford two , Cirencester Town three ; and the Oxfordshire Intermediate Cup third round ; Northleigh Reserves nil , Headington Amateurs Reserves one .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
Well they did , I did n't know there 'd be another one . There was one yesterday or the day before . Well I 'm not we , well did they was that one in the fog last night ? What ? Might well have been .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
ANN McGREGOR , kiosk assistant , Darnley : ‘ My mum is always complaining about the range of tights on sale at Sainsbury 's . She 's a size 18 and we cater up to large only . She likes to wear bright colours too and would love to see emerald green , cobalt blue and purple tights on the shelf in extra large sizes.’ Fuller figure tights are sold in selected stores . The buyer tells us that bright colours are not sold because sales estimates are low .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
GPs seek support to end 24-hour care By VICTORIA MACDONALD FAMILY doctors are to launch a campaign to win public sympathy in their fight to opt out of providing round - the - clock patient care , writes Victoria Macdonald . GPs feel the public does not understand the problems of being on 24-hour call , including the danger of making wrong decisions through fatigue . This weekend doctors will receive the results of a poll for the BMA showing 73 per cent of GPs wanted to opt out of the commitment .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
In a similar way the French crown was able to make good use of the experience of such men , the Valois intervention in Castile in the mid-1360s , under the leadership of du Guesclin ( who understood their mentality well ) , being based largely on the services of these mercenaries . In the fifteenth century , the freelance soldiers had an important part to play in the war . Henry V and his son employed some whose names can be spotted on muster rolls , not infrequently fulfilling a specialist capacity , especially in the artillery trains . François de Surienne certainly showed himself capable of independent activity before throwing in his lot for some years with Henry VI , whom he served before being elected a Knight of the Garter . But it was in the French army of the first half of the century that the mercenaries were most prominent .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
Finally , there is the taste room . A snaking black corridor takes the audience along to claim their prizes , and they reach the final chamber to claim a glass of Guinness . After leaving the sensation , visitors can spend their time touching and smelling the samples of hops , malt and barley stacked nearby , while a static display shows them how the ingredients are used in the brewing process , and a second display shows them the secret of the widget in the cans of Draught Guinness . Visitors will be charged £ 1.50 for admission and the Taste Sensation roadshow set off for its Blackpool location just days after being unveiled at Park Royal . It is intended to be on holiday season tours for at least three years .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
That we close everything on the on the phone . Right . There 's no face to face in terms of selling . Okay so there 's no appointments No .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
It is relevant to the agricultural sector and there are several references to environmental considerations in the draft proposal . Some of the provisions now under discussion will provide aid to a much larger proportion of farmers but the types of activity receiving aid will be re - orientated . In the past , raising productivity often went hand in hand with increased production ; now the emphasis will be on encouraging practices which will reduce costs , save energy , improve living and working conditions , protect and improve the environment and raise the quality and value of products leaving the farm . Whether the proposed structural reform will reconcile agriculture and conservation in the LFAs remains to be seen . The House of Lords Select Committee on the European Communities has thoroughly reviewed the proposals and a draft amendment was submitted by the UK government to the Council of Ministers in September 1984 .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
Then he looked again down the ride . The branch he 'd climbed over this morning that had been tom down in the wind was moving , shaking violently . Philip ran towards it and as he came round the slight bend in the wide path he saw the boy tugging at it . He was trying to move it off the path . ' I ca n't shift it , ' he said to Philip .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: no)
Well , that 's the first problem facing the competent but unenthralling PATRIOT GAMES ( Cert 15 ; General ) because it is common knowledge that Harrison Ford has already signed a mega deal to make five more of these movies based on Jack Clancy novels . So it 's hardly likely they 're going to write off their star when the ink is barely dry on his $50 million contract ! Still , the ending is stomach-churning stuff and Ford — resurrecting the role which Alec Baldwin created in The Hunt for Red October — is accomplished as CIA analyst Jack Ryan , horrified at terrorist extremes . Hero He is on vacation in London with daughter Sally ( Thora Birch ) and wife Cathy — played by Anne Archer who seems increasingly typecast as the loyal spouse .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Whose national interest , he does not say . Whether one tries to illustrate subsidiarity by an upturned pyramid or a spiked helmet is irrelevant : Sir Christopher 's definition makes it clear that , far from being a guarantee for decentralisation , ' subsidiarity ' is a blank cheque for more and more power to be transferred to Community level , just as the principle 's enshrinement in the German constitution has led to massive centralisation of power and expenditure in that country . The normal definition , that tasks will be executed at Community level only if they can not be satisfactorily dealt with at national level , begs the most important questions which can ever be asked in a democratic system : who decides ? how ? what for ? The principle is a principle for the allocation of competence within a hierarchy . This no doubt explains why it is so popular in disciplined societies where the government is bureaucratic , like Germany with its proportional representation .
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact , when his colourful personal life is added into the equation , the line between reality and fiction becomes very blurred indeed , though that is nothing new amongst the elite in Hollywood history . In Nicholson 's case , however , it is more interesting and quite important to characterize the age in which he found fame — the drug infested anti - establishment set of the Vietnam era — as one of the advance guard leading the underground movements of the Sixties to the surface of American life in a cloud of head - spinning smoke , at a time when marijuana was the best cash crop in Southern California . He stole the show and became the epitome of the American anti - hero , the spit - in - your - eye champion of counter - culture whose irreverence captivated and finally liberated his audiences from the time warp in which they had been trapped since Montgomery Clift , Marlon Brando and James Dean began it in a rather less volatile manner in the early Fifties . The very starting point of his story , his birthdate of 22 April 1937 , provides instant clues to the mystique and the aura . Anyone with a passing knowledge of astrological influences will realize that he was born on the cusp , a Taurus caught in the influence of Aries , which makes him bullish and a bit of a ram .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
Besides , Mait has decided to perform his ceremony tonight . Only after that will he turn the remaining details of his zombi control over to us for the final phase on the island . That means we all lie low in here.’ ‘ Why is he holding out until then?’ ‘ Religious objections , if you can call that superstitious rubbish a religion .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
She was sitting there because Dyson had invited her to , and Dyson had invited her to because there was n't anywhere else to sit . But at the sight of Bob 's expression she got up , blushing again , and walked about the room as if she were looking for something . She stood by the window for some minutes , looking down into Hand and Ball Court , where an old tramp was feeling his way round the walls and trying not to catch people 's eyes . She sympathized with his efforts . When she felt she could not naturally stand by the window any longer she went and inspected the gritty old review copies of books which had somehow collected over the years on the office shelves —Take Your Car to North Africa !
Idiom: rule the roost (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years.’ Election - winner or not , for much of the ' 80s , punters were voting with their feet and staying well away from Reading . The early part of the decade had seen the festival succumb entirely to the boys ' own heavy metal hackery that at that point ruled the roost in certain quarters , most significantly the mind of Jack Barrie , Marquee General Manager and responsible for booking the bands . 1982 was the definitive Reading ROCK festival : Budgie , Iron Maiden and Michael Schenker headlined with a supporting cast of such acned arseholes as Terraplane and Praying Mantis , and old stagers Blackfoot and Tygers Of Pan Tang . The spirit of Chilli Willi was dutifully upheld by Wilko Johnson and Dave Edmunds , but these were lone voices of dissent .
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: yes)
I had an 80 ft oak tree land on my back . It broke my ribs , collapsed a lung and broke my spinal cord . It should hit home to people to take precautions . You must use the proper equipment , get the proper training to do jobs . Voice over
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Health and Safety is a major management function ranking in importance with others that lead to efficient operation . Line managers are responsible for health and safety and have a duty to implement statutory obligations and group and local policies . They are also responsible for endeavouring to eliminate or safely manage the risks inherent in our business . This is achieved by the effective implementation of the group health and safety policy and by formulating and applying a local health and safety policy to meet the following goals : Organise and establish controls for effective compliance with health and safety policies and work closely with official authorities responsible for health and safety .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
Moreover , cost - push writers tend to subscribe to several versions of the same basic hypothesis at one and the same time . It is perfectly possible , for example , to attribute upward pressure on wages to real wage resistance in certain circumstances and to competitive inter - union leapfrogging in other circumstances . Indeed , it is likely that both phenomena will be at work simultaneously within an industrial relations structure such as prevails in Britain where trade unions are anxious not only to protect the real wages of their members from erosion by exogenous price increases but also to preserve their position in the pecking order of wage differentials . We saw earlier how such explanations of inflation were greeted with pontifical disdain by monetarists . At one stage writers who subscribed to a cost - push position were in danger of having their economists ' union cards taken away from them .
Idiom: hack it (used idiomatically: no)
And I 'm sure that Ted Heath was as prone to that as the rest of us and he had some very able people round him . One aspect of bureaucratic life which did not appeal to the permanent secretary manqué in No . 10 was the dense committee undergrowth . He took the opportunity of Sir Burke Trend 's retirement in 1973 to hack it down . Cabinet committees were reduced by half from around 140 to seventy . Heath also used the opportunity of Trend 's retirement to change the nature of the steering - briefs for the Prime Minister — Brook 's innovation , it will be recalled .
Idiom: throw a curve (used idiomatically: yes)
Her voice was bitter and Kate and Evelyn exchanged worried glances . Life had a funny way of catching up with you , thought Kate . Just when you thought you had it all figured out , it threw you a curve like this . Doctor Plumfield was right about one thing . Lizzy should go to Warley Hospital .
Idiom: body blow (used idiomatically: yes)
We are cut right to the bone.’ Meanwhile , Hull KR are ready to listen to offers for Wales international David Bishop , who is threatening to retire after the match with France . Blake body blow GOALKEEPER Adrian Blake will be missing from Kingstonian 's FA Cup rematch against Peterborough on Friday afternoon because of work commitments . Blake was poleaxed after being struck by a missile thrown from the crowd in their 9 - 1 defeat by Posh last Wednesday — the incident which forced the FA to replay the match .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
He released her and walked to the parked car . ‘ Bye , baby , see you next week — I 'll ring you tomorrow,’ he called . Christina waved and waited on the step until the car was out of sight , then turned back to the house . She felt strange , elated , set free almost . She felt rather guilty at the thought , then told herself she was being ridiculous .
Idiom: mean business (used idiomatically: yes)
The break from business discussions — about Courtaulds ' new paint factory in Shanghai — also included a visit to Goodrich Castle . From the left : Toyota means business A NEW Toyota factory in Australia means a huge increase in business for Courtaulds Coatings , which is hoping to become a leading supplier . The Taubmans plant at Sunshine in Melbourne has already secured 100 per cent of the business for electrocoating — the first coat on to bare metal — and the primer coatings .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
When , however , some of the classes were put into single - sex groups , the girls in these groups started to score more highly again , while the girls in the mixed sex groups fell further behind . Deem and Finch ( 1986 ) have argued , on this basis , that women should be entitled to a single - sex higher education . This does beg the question , however , of the extent to which education , and higher education in particular , exists in isolation from the rest of society . Subject choice , knowledge and curriculum So far , we have seen that feminists are beginning to agree on what happens to girls in mixed - sex schools ; there is a growing consensus in research that education is a powerful force in shaping relations of dominance and subordinance between the sexes .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: no)
Will these stark economic realities , combined with the fact that players can now dabble in the pro game without commitment , make any difference to the flow into the paid ranks ? I doubt it , frankly . Maybe , in time , realism may prevail , but I see young players with stars in their eyes , and realism has never been a match for that in any walk of life . Perhaps it should not be . These factors have stacked up against the amateur game : a preponderance of Tours to house players ; a huge glamour industry attached to the pro game that seduces the players ; parents wanting to push their sons into a life of perceived prestige and an automatic aspiration to be a pro among most players of ability .
Idiom: make heavy weather of (used idiomatically: yes)
Has a Silver Lining Croner 's Europe ! Some publishers are making heavy weather of 1992 . If the sheer quantity of information about 1992 is clouding your vision , look no further for the silver lining . As you would expect of Britain 's leading publisher of legal information for business and industry , we have devised a loose - leaf reference service that will keep you up - to - date monthly with all the important legal developments likely to affect your business .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: no)
But tough ? Dream on . Young Jack thought he was hard , thought that having a few blondes and getting a few legs broken made you a man , but underneath it all he was soft , a little boy . If Jack had had to protect his pitch at Dagenham and White City in the days when men were men , he would n't have survived until the third race . Not for the first time , Reg Butler tried to analyse what was wrong with his son and the way he ran the business .