Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: nothing doing (used idiomatically: yes)
Er , she says that she 's er , there 's absolutely nothing doing just at the moment , erm , but she says that she never knows the time when she will be called upon to you know , be asked to do a trip , but Mhm . really right in the middle of winter and there 's really nothing much doing . So , she is resting , albeit Resting .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
He would have preferred chess , but Sheldukher could not provide a board , and they both disliked playing on computer grids . Besides , the card game reflected his present situation well . Instead of his usual behind the scenes stage management of pawns and other pieces , he was confronted by an array of unpredictable variables . What was worse , he could not be sure of his opponent 's moves or what their outcome might be . His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand .
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: yes)
But how did it happen that the Davy miner 's lamp worked out so well for the owners and so badly for the miners ? To understand this , we first need to see how the problem of safety in the mines came to the attention of Sir Humphry Davy . On 25 May , 1812 , the Felling pit in Durham exploded , killing 92 men and boys . It was the worst mine explosion in 20 years and a culmination of a series of explosions caused by the owners , eagerness to bring out coal from the crept workings . The survivors , their friends and families , and the friends and families of the dead men and boys were outraged .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
With a wrench , Tug wriggled free of the Woman 's arm and ran . Not out of the cottage — that would have been pointless , because Doyle barred the way — but back into the kitchen . Flinging himself on the carpet , he buried his head wretchedly in the sofa cushions . After a moment , Doyle said , ‘ Do n't you want to see it?’ ‘ No , I don't.’
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
When time - out is difficult to administer because the child is strong , the parent ( i.e. a major source of reinforcement ) could remove herself ( together with a magazine ) to the bathroom — coming out only when all is quiet . When you are away from home , try to think up some novel way of isolating your child temporarily from ongoing activities ( see page 84 ) . Preventing a young and disruptive child from playing , but allowing him / her to watch the others at play , may also do the trick . This method — removing an aggressive nursery school child from play for a period of one minute — was compared by researchers with a scolding and orders not to hit and with a further method of distracting ( i.e. redirecting ) him to other play . The removal - from - play technique was much more effective than scolding or distraction at reducing aggressive episodes .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
Dzerzhinsky wrote that the swifter exchange of goods would help to reduce taxes levied on the peasants and so mollify them and speed up the realization of smychka between town and country ; but towards the end of the year he admitted in a resigned tone : ' Can such a huge enterprise like transport really change in a moment , can people really be regenerated at once ? It is done slowly , step by step . ' He was to die in 1926 with his vision still unfulfilled , although the Turkestan - Siberian railway , that considerable economic , social , and ethnic unifier , was on the drawing - boards . It was opened in 1931 . What type and number of men did Dzerzhinsky control on the railways ?
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
With outstretched arm he dropped the ball in the circle . He glanced at the referee , who nodded approval . Then he struck a firm but compact stroke and played the ball to within five feet of the hole . A storm of cheers . Andy , smiling despite the tension , decided to pitch and run .
Idiom: vale of tears (used idiomatically: yes)
On top of all this , her family arrived with their imports . In the interim , she had become a bit‘bolshie’ . After all , she told herself in extenuation , this was the first thing she had ever done to please herself … but , said a small voice —‘but’ is surely the most miserable little word in the English language —but … they had n't asked to come into this vale of tears … . Her family she could stand , and even regarded some of them as having qualities superior to her own , arrogant as she knew she was . A few things nettled her : she did not relish being a clearing house for family complaints , for instance , and was carefully reticent on such occasions .
Idiom: on the square (used idiomatically: yes)
In his care I remained , delirious . I had contracted dysentery , of a type known locally as ' cordillera killer ' . The doctor 's house was on the main square of Chiguana , with three steps up to his door : ' to deter the crippled and the halt ' , he told me , genially . I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean - going ship . My father made irregular appearances , singing hymns lustily as he climbed a mizzen - mast like a mountain .
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: no)
Spotted grooving on down amongst all the leather and rubber clad ravers at this week 's Skin 2 Charity Rubber Ball which was held at Hammersmith Palais were one or two leather - togged pop stars believing themselves to be invisible in the throng . Glimpsed working up a sweat were designer JEAN - PAUL GAULTIER , HOOKY and the OTHER TWO from New Order , CHRISTOPHER QUENTIN and hiding in the gloom was a small figure in a baseball cap with his hands in his pockets … a man Carter would very much like to have half an hour with … a man who went unnoticed due to the abundance of facial hair under his proboscis … yes , it was the rocking grandad himself , MICK JAGGER ! Tough girls LOVECRAFT are currently on the continent wowing all and sundry . Amongst those who have fallen prey to their charms are none other than the Beaujolais Brothers , who whisked the merry troupe off to their chateau and cracked open a few bottles of ultra - rare white Beaujolais Nouveau . We hear that they made a few proposals of an undetermined nature which we are sure do not involve recording contracts … lives of the rich and famous , eh ?
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: yes)
Well I 'll should take , I mean hopefully you wo n't have a cold . What ? I should take a couple with you out of your box and erm , just take those ones . I mean I hope you wo n't have a cold , so you should n't do . Hey , come on what 's the matter ?
Idiom: tread water (used idiomatically: yes)
However , investment committees are not generally very impressed by that kind of rationale . On a positive note , Reader 's Digest continued to give considerable satisfaction , as it fulfilled its role of export earner at a time of dollar weakness . Of the other US investments McGraw - Hill did little more than tread water , but Houghton Mifflin recovered well from depressed levels in mid-1991 . It is interesting to note , however , how strong the price was in the final quarter of the year , when Houghton Mifflin was singled out as a prime beneficiary of Clinton - inspired support for education as well as the more favourable demographic trends . Another stock to advance for the same reasons was General Cinema , owner of Harcourt Brace .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
If and inasmuch as the rulings of State authorities in matters of electric power deviate from one ~ another or a State Government was the sole competent State authority , the competence in such a matter passes , provided a party so demands within the deadline to be fixed by federal law , to the Federal ~ Ministry competent in the business .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
The numbers are stunning , particularly when you ask what does the state really do other than register a name and give out a tax number ? Who has time to spend a 110 days , as in the Slovak Republic , running around government offices ? What struggling entrepreneur has the money to spend a $ 1,000 , as in Poland , on paper work ? Canada wins this contest of bureaucracies : government interventions are minimal , user friendly and come at low cost ; Canada ’s performance is even better than the US . Who is worst ?
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: yes)
The Palace Handbook , rather more portentously , says of ‘ Ginger’ that ‘ activity is the keynote of his policy on the football field and he has developed effective footwork and combines well with a partner’ . That was real praise in the pre-1st World War days . Ginger 's greatest single claim to fame is that he set up a record for an inside - forward that has never been beaten at our club , when he scored five goals in the game against Southend at The Palace on 25 September 1909 . That was some going– but we would have a place for him in any Palace gallery even without it . LEFT : Brian Wood ; RIGHT : George Wood punches away from the head of Paul McGrath of Manchester United ( 0–1 ) during exciting goalmouth action in the League Cup - tie here at Selhurst Park on 24 September 1985 .
Idiom: spend a penny (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah , yeah . Yes I mean er when I s er you know when I was on the Q E Two and was chatting with a fella and er he , they 'd been , he 'd obviously been cruising before and was on this cruise and er they were going on the er another Cunard ship a few months later , and it turned out that he was a hotelier who 'd bought a hotel in Swanage some years ago , I think he 'd had about seven bedrooms when he bought it and he gradually extended it , I forget how many he did tell me , and then he had a bit of a heart er attack and er his doctor told him to , you know , well if I were you I 'd just pack in your job which he did and that was about fifteen years ago he was I dunno if he was eighty or he was approaching eighty if he was n't and was in pretty good form , he was dancing , and er , you know , I mean there money 's no object . Er the er the lady he was a widower and his , er his f er he was with a lady who was a widow and erm I know for a fact that she 'd not spent a penny , she had n't p you know for a you know , of the trip or , or he just would n't let her , I mean , I mean you , you 've got to have some money have n't you to to keep to keep going like that ? Hmm .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Saffron Walden 0 Colchester 17 CONFIDENT Colchester had to fight all the way to finally see off some resolute opposition in this London Division Three North East clash . Walden are next to bottom without a win all season but their brave defence reduced Colchester to a kicking game on a day which seemed perfect for running rugby . Colchester played up the hill in the first half and began solidly , their pack pushing Walden back onto the defensive . After just eight minutes a strong drive by centre Pete Manning was stopped short of the line but the ball was quickly moved for scrum - half Watts to score .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
The great change that has occurred is that retailers no longer go out into the market place and buy what is offered to them by manufacturers . They go now with a much greater knowledge of their customers to manufacturers and say : ‘ We want our products to be made like this for us and we want them to be our products.’ In other words , they 're taking a lot of the task that used to be given to manufacturers away from them and so manufacturers today are not by and large so concerned with manufacturing brands which are their own and will sit on retailers ' shelves as with providing a product for a retailer who wants to construct his own brand . Conran has been steeped in design from his early years . He trained at the Central School of Art and Design , but never graduated , joining instead a group of frustrated designers , which included such budding innovationists as Mary Quant and Laura Ashley , who , like Conran himself , were eventually to become household names .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
This was laid down in Allhusen v Whittell [ 1867]LR 4 Eq 295 ) but the rule is often excluded in wills and if so it does not apply . Benefit of pool car A small limited company which is run by a husband and wife , who are the sole directors , runs a car which to all intents and purposes is a delivery vehicle . It has been considered to be a pool car . The vehicle fulfils the conditions laid down under s 159 ICTA 1988 excepting clause 2(c ) .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Method 1 Roll out the pastry thinly on a floured board . Cut into strips 10 cm x 4 cm . 2
Idiom: fast and furious (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's been great great success for everybody , er all the competitors have enjoyed it , I think all the organizers have enjoyed it as well and I think we 're all looking forward to coming back next year . Obviously it seems to me a good grounding for the younger horses ? Yes , but the cross country course was ideal , er if you wanted to get round carefully and slowly , you could , and if you wanted to go fast and furious , we did . You 're listening to the Fox Report . Building work got underway today to start the renovations for the Oxford Playhouse .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
At root , the educational changes with which we are engaged are fuelled by rapidly changing socio - economic patterns , and the particular political drive given to these at the moment is of much less importance ( in anything other than the short term ) than we may often feel to be the case . The present political initiative rests upon a consumer- or market - based perspective as the driving force for change , and upon the belief that managers within the service will respond to that direction . However , this begs many questions about the ways in which they will respond and some of these issues will be identified later . It is not possible to establish , even in the broadest terms , educational needs for the present , or the immediate future , without taking into account the fundamental economic and social changes which are summed up in the phrase , ' a post - industrial society ' . While some regard these changes with optimism and others with foreboding , there is a growing consensus that they are changes of a very different magnitude and nature to anything since the Industrial Revolution — and even that comparison may underestimate the process as far as time - scale is concerned .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
In here . No we 're not going here we 'll go a bit further . No you must hold my hand darling , it 's too dangerous too many cars alright too many cars . What ? I ca n't hear you sweetheart , speak up .
Idiom: hold your tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
However , being 50 in the office bars you from any sense of belonging to the group . True , you can offer advice when it 's asked for but no - one really wants advice — particularly if it 's 20 years out - of - date . You have to avoid being Nellie - know - all and hold your tongue to allow a younger generation to enjoy the fun of discovery . The 50 + pre - occupations of grandchildren , elderly parents and retired partners are unimagined territories for those who have not yet reached that stage . They might listen politely but they 're not actively involved .
Idiom: lift a finger (used idiomatically: yes)
BR ‘ make the mugging easy’ ROGER TODD BRITISH Rail booking clerks watched a man being attacked and robbed without lifting a finger to help him , it was claimed yesterday . The mugged man even had to ask them to call the police , claimed the Victim Support group . Group official Carol Bouziane said yesterday : ‘ Three muggers beat up the man and stole his money and mobile phone in full view of two booking clerks .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Tock the odd job man , remember . ' Endill watched Tock make a hole in the wall , holding his hammer with both hands to stop it banging in the wrong place . He then removed the window and put it in the new hole and started to fill in the gap at the sides with cement . ' Stop ! ' cried Endill . ' What 's the matter ? ' grunted Tock .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's a it 's a bronze pot , a bronze cooking pot . Er a cast copy of one in the Yorkshire Museum again . Erm they 're awfully difficult to cast because the art of bronze founding on that level is at least as far as I can see , almost died out , I 'm having terrible I 've terrible trouble with getting bronze cast . That 's just an example of one of the things we 've had made and that particular was sponsored as many of our pieces are . That was sponsored by British Sugar .
Idiom: put down roots (used idiomatically: yes)
How is it that you have no faith ? And they became very much afraid and said to one another who then is this , that even the wind and the sea obey him ? Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . And so Jesus had been teaching the people . And at the end of the day he 's tired , he 's physically weary , and he says let 's get away for a while let 's go over to the other side .
Idiom: save someone's bacon (used idiomatically: yes)
Great Big had found some dandelion wine and they were passing the bottle round . ‘ Three cheers for the three little piggies ! They saved our bacon!’ cried Middle . The piggies blushed even pinker than usual as they were hoisted onto the shoulders of their friends and carried round the room . ‘ Who said that pigs ca n't fly?’ they said with a grin .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
Thank you George . Thank you . The subjects of the great centenaries lectures are , unsurprisingly , as diverse as human achievement , but in at least one respect they can , by and large , be spoken of together with widespread , if not indeed universal , recognition of their greatness . To adapt a famous phrase , ‘ We may not know much about their art , but we know what we 're supposed to like’ and the lecturer , quite properly , both confirms and extends this recognition , so that what we find is , again quite properly , something like celebration of unity . It is a very good base to talk from and I would love to have it .
Idiom: at the drop of a hat (used idiomatically: yes)
His dark eyes narrowed . ‘ Just like that ? You were able to drop all your own commitments at the drop of a hat?’ She could n't prevent a tiny ironic smile from curving her lips . Her agent had all but ordered her in front of a firing squad when she had broken the news to him — it was fortunate that she had already pencilled a six - month - long break into her diary , intending to spend the time writing new material .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Our final position showed that we had quite a bit of initiative and stamina . In fact , we were shimply shplendid!’ LIKELY — Chris Wheatley , Mark , Kevin , Chris , Richard and Keith wonder what they have let themselves in for and , below , they get to grips with crossing a very cold lake . LOOK OUT — Mark Davies finds time to study a model reactor which the team had to reconstruct . Annual Review 1992/93
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
It is interesting that her famous question ' Is he one of us ? ' has usually been asked about fellow - Conservatives . One mark of a radical government is its politicization of hitherto relatively non - political areas . The list is long : the government 's decision in August 1985 to lean on the BBC Board of Governors not to show a Real Lives programme featuring interviews with terrorists in Northern Ireland ; its prohibition of broadcasts with terrorist groups in Northern Ireland ; its prosecution of newspapers which revealed the contents of the Spycatcher book of memoirs by a retired MI5 agent , Peter Wright ; its robust dismissal of the dissenting views of senior figures in the Church of England , senior civil servants , and university spokesmen ; its appointments to various quangos and nationalized industries ; and its controls on local government . All may have emulated some actions of previous British governments . But the broad package of interventions and centralization over such a long period of time surely outstrips that carried out by any previous government .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
Historians have been more dismissive of the evidence of Whig crowds at the Hanoverian Succession , on the grounds that these appear to have been deliberately manipulated from above . We know that in London , for example , the anti - Jacobite crowds were organised by loyal societies ( or " mug - houses " , as they were known ) run by Whig politicians and members of the urban elite . Yet given the strength of Dissent in the capital and the depth of religious tensions , there is no reason to doubt that the rank and file who followed the leaders of the mug riots were genuinely anti - Tory . The fact that several provincial towns reported pope - burnings in November 1714 and 1715 should make us question how extensive support for the Jacobite position was at this time . And it should be remembered that the Whigs did much better than the Tories in the open and more popular constituencies in the elections of early 1715 , largely because the Jacobite scare and the fear of popery worked to their advantage .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: no)
She felt his fingertips , cold and clammy with perspiration . Felt her nipple brush against his palm , harden involuntarily as a pebble . She turned her head away . Then surprise . Surprise at the gentle way he lifted her breast as though it were not part of her .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
A former Roman Catholic priest who had spent eight years as a missionary in Africa and then seven years in England and Scotland , he arrived in Kingsley four years ago at the start of the project to breathe new life into the empty village school . The idea was to provide both community facilities for local residents along with a centre for training and employing young adults with physical disabilities . Having ‘ given his best ’ to the centre for four years and taken a major role in setting it up , he obviously felt ‘ very disappointed ’ he would n't be part of its new phase . But sometimes change was good at such a time . Chainreaction ( as the Herald reported last week ) would be moving into the newly built extension , the cottage was being completely renovated and the centre was being used to nearly 90 percent of capacity .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Hopeless.’ By her tone , Mungo could tell — or at least thought he could tell — that she had not visited the scene of the crime . Was this then the moment to come clean , he wondered ? Should he tell her where he had really spent the afternoon ? Should he share with her the discovery of the glass ball in the barrow and its companions in the shed ?
Idiom: in a rut (used idiomatically: yes)
He writes : ' Speaking generally , one might pronounce these islands entirely destitute of wood . In fact , an incurious person might travel from one end of them to the other without seeing a single shrub . But in the ruts of streams , on lacustrine islets , occasionally along the shores of lakes , and in the clefts of rocks , there may be found stunted specimens of several species of trees . The common birch , the broad - leaved elm , the mountain ash , the hazel and the aspen are there casually met with . Willows of a few species are abundant along some of the rills , but seldom attain a height of three feet .