Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
I suppose I could be accused of damning with faint praise . But let me say that 's not my intention . The first three instruments here are obviously not intended for the serious player but for the beginner , or to be strummed once in a while as a second or third instrument . All the same , they have to represent value for money , and while they might not score too highly under professional or even semi - professional scrutiny , they are certainly worth their asking price . The fourth is a few steps up the ladder and could easily be used as a gigging guitar , although it still carries hallmarks of the mass - produced Korean instrument .
Idiom: bits and bobs (used idiomatically: yes)
From : Date : Wed , 5 Jan 1994 11:52:19 GMT Subject : Bits and bobs On the teletext today it had a few words from Fergie saying that he reckoned that the no. of points they need to win the league is 84 . At that rate of going they need only scrape 26 points from 17 games which SHOULD be quite an easy task .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Come on A team let 's see you really going for it . Oh . Well , let 's just do let 's just do two more and see if the As can can catch up and then we 'll carry it on I have n't finished yet , we 'll carry the game on and remember the score . Both together both together so the scores are so far close . I am waiting and it is not a time for you to be chatting .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Our album opened doors for us all over the world , ’ he says , ‘ and another major factor in our success was that one of the songs on it , ‘ Wall Of Tears ’ , was included on the Women 's Heart C.D. which has already sold over 200,000 copies in Ireland alone . THAT was a really important break for us , and helped to push us a few more rungs up the ladder . During July we were on the Women 's Heart tour — 28 gigs in 30 nights , packed houses all the way . I really enjoyed it , but I was glad when it was over for it was very tiring . ’ Kieran has now Rostrevor home to Dublin for six months where he intends , as he puts it , to ‘ lie low ’ for a while , writing songs and preparing for his and Frances 's second album .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
The North have both the motivation and the coordination behind the scrum to brush aside a rebuilt Midlands team . Dewi Morris and David Pears form a half - back partnership of genuine enterprise and aggression — exactly the qualities needed to feed the northern taste for fast - moving attack on a broad front . The Midlands hooker Brian Moore returns after injury and the 6 ft 10 in lock Martin Bayfield should also have something to say when Dooley and Kimmins stake their obtrusive claim in the line - out . SCOTLAND : G Hastings ( London Scottish ) ; A Stanger ( Hawick ) , S Hastings ( Watsonians ) , S Lineen ( Boroughmuir ) , L Renwick ( London Scottish ) ; D Wyllie ( Stewart 's - Melville ) , G Armstrong ( Jedforest ) ; D Sole ( Edinburgh Academicals , capt ) , K Milne ( Heriot 's FP ) , P Burnell ( London Scottish ) , C Gray ( Nottingham ) , D Cronin ( Bath ) , J Jeffrey ( Kelso ) , D White ( London Scottish ) , F Calder ( Stewart 's - Melville ) . ROMANIA : M Toader ; B Serban , A Lungu , G Sava , S Chirila ; G Ignat , D Neaga ; G Leonte , V Ion , G Dumitrescu , S Ciorascu , C Raducanu , O Sugar , I Doja , H Dumitras ( capt ) .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Or like this … ?’ , doing the same to the other , at which point she fled in tears.’ ‘ I would n't have done that,’ Norman protested : ‘ I would n't have made her cry.’ And then , after a pause , he added : ‘ But I might well have mildly taken the piss … ‘ Once you get to know Norman Croucher , often billed as ‘ Britain 's most famous double amputee,’ the possibility that he had indeed ‘ mildly taken the piss’clarifies out into near - certainty . Which is n't to imply that flippancy is his stock - in - trade .
Idiom: put up or shut up (used idiomatically: yes)
Hoko ready for business IAN GIBB THE featherweight domestic dream fight is on after a ‘ put - up or shut - up ’ challenge from Barney Eastwood to Frank Warren . Eastwood , manager of Kirkby 's WBC world champion Paul Hodkinson , is ready to talk business with Warren , promoter of WBO champ Colin McMillan of Barking . Eastwood moved yesterday on Warren 's latest £ 425,000 offer , with each fighter getting £ 200,000 and a £ 25,000 bonus for the winner .
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
Thirty three billion dollars of support goes to erm er European farmers , right . Consumers a thirty two point six billion dollars right , this is every year , this is nineteen eighty six , eighty seven right . So consumers foot the bill right , to the extent of thirty two point six billion dollars . Yeah , into consumers in terms of higher product prices Right
Idiom: tip the scales (used idiomatically: yes)
No other director would have cast me , no other.’ Curiously , Larry Turman told Arthur Hiller that the thing that finally swayed them towards Dustin was his 45-second spot in The Tiger Makes Out . Thus can a minuscule particle tip the scales one way or another . Certainly , Joseph E. Levine would not have considered him . When Nichols brought Dustin along to be introduced to the mogul in his imposing New York office , Levine , after greeting Nichols , turned to Dustin and said , ‘ The windows are over there.’
Idiom: in no uncertain terms (used idiomatically: yes)
Last weekend Tracey had tried to resurrect his relationship with her , now it was Anthony Swan . You had to give Anthony top marks for persistence , she thought to herself . She had told him in no uncertain terms , on more than one occasion , that she wanted no more to do with him . Yet every six months or so he found another excuse to get in touch with her . She supposed you had to be pretty thick - skinned to be a Member of Parliament .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
The Greek Budget Myth CAMBRIDGE – Recently , newspaper headlines declared that Greece would have a balanced budget for 2013 as a whole . The news came as quite a shock : Recall that when Greek officials came clean about the true state of their country ’s public finances in 2010 , the budget deficit was more than 10 % of GDP – a moment of statistical honesty that triggered the eurozone debt crisis . It seemed too good to be true that the Greek deficit would be completely eliminated in just three years . In fact , it is too good to be true .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
At the local level , we will tackle litter and graffiti and start to transform inner city environments by establishing neighbourhood action areas where local communities can develop their own plans for regenerating the area . Clean water , healthy food We will ensure that our drinking water , beaches and rivers meet the highest European standards and end the dumping of industrial waste at sea . The provision of water is so fundamental that it is a priority for return to public control . In the meantime , we will protect consumers against high prices and poor service and give greater priority to environmental problems .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
A PROMINENT law firm has made seven staff redundant in the latest of a wave of job cuts sweeping the legal profession . Pagan Osborne Grace & Calders , Fife 's biggest firm of solicitors , has paid off the staff , including four part - timers , because of the impact of the recession on its conveyancing work combined with the introduction of new technology . Neil Anderson , a partner in the firm , said it had made the cuts only with great reluctance and after great consideration . ‘ The recession is going on and on,’ Mr Anderson said , ‘ particularly in the housing market.’ Pagan Osborne Grace & Calders is the latest in a series forced to make staff redundant as the recession continues to take its toll on solicitors ' business , particularly conveyancing and commercial work .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's not , you understand , that I fear him discovering a private purchase of a packet of fags and a bottle of Veuve du Vernay . I 'm not the type . What worries me , and probably a great many other people in Britain , are the other terrible truths that lie hidden in the small print on my statements . Suppose he discovered that my new slimline look was nothing more than a £ 19.99 Playtex Secrets girdle purchased in October ? Imagine if he found out that the frock I claimed I 'd bought two years ago in a closing - down sale had , in fact , arrived in my wardrobe a little over two weeks ago , having been purchased from a smart department store ?
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
I know you mentioned something erm earlier on . Erm perhaps when we today , about erm clothing that you managed to get together Yeah well I I had erm access to quite a lot of you know , quite good clothing , er both children 's and adult 's and erm while I did n't feel that it was that people should have to depend on someone else to give them clothing , erm in some ways it went against the grain to do it . But rather than see people going without , erm if I had access to to good clothing , I did n't see why I should n't give it to them . Erm because after all it was n't their fault , but they
Idiom: from the word go (used idiomatically: yes)
I think Drama appeals to a different area of the psyche . Its appeal to the spirit and the imagination is more direct than novels or poems.’ Drama had , from the word go , a very definite appeal for the young Pigott Smith . When he came to Bristol it was the time of a developing awareness among young people . Politics , he remembers , was ‘ just beginning when I was at Bristol .
Idiom: take the fall (used idiomatically: no)
The climb starts from Several Species etc , moves right onto the overhang , passes a chockstone and continues to a pod , then follows a groove to the final roof . I seriously doubt if it would be possible to put up a climb like this without bolts , particularly as the rock is not beyond suspicion . As it is Mark took some spectacular falls . Also at Carn Vellan , Rowland Edwards has put up two routes in a more traditional vein , both un - named . The first , an E3 5c , takes the left edge of the buttress right of Zero Gravity ; the other , an E3/4 6a , takes the groove right of Silver Shadow .
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: yes)
He noticed that the ink was blacker , showing how each word had been pressed hard on to the paper . A chisel on stone . ‘ This person , I thought , is what a woman should look like : this figure sitting opposite me with food and drink and companions manages to represent without acquired coquetry or self - diminishing self - consciousness the very essence of femininity , the quality bestowed in at least some measure upon mother , sister , wife , daughter , the power which in its apparent passivity is most naturally creative and dynamic , the sweetness which belongs to the rhythms of earth and moon and song and dance , the ideal which tempers the brutishness and vulgarity and wanton egotism of man as he plunders our planet , napalms distant villages , pollutes the great oceans and corrupts every healing dream that has ever been wrenched by noble minds out of the bleak absurdities of this brief and cruel existence . Who would want to soil such a figure ? Who would be so abominable and so foul and so devoid of proper awe that he might heave and push and grunt and pant above her parted legs?—’
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
Such a way of proceeding has much to recommend it , but scant progress has been made in that direction . To all such approaches to the uses of speech , a strong objection might be made along the following lines : rather than look for a series of static functions or contextual parameters , one should attend directly to the single most important dynamic context of language use , namely conversation , or face - to - face interaction . The centrality of this functional matrix for language use hardly needs arguing : face - to - face interaction is not only the context for language acquisition , but the only significant kind of language use in many of the world 's communities , and indeed until relatively recently in all of them . Those interested in functional explanations of linguistic phenomena ought then to have a considerable interest in the systematics of face - to - face interaction . The question is how best to approach the study of such interaction .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
The economist , on the other hand , likes to set definite goals . He asks questions such as : have the objectives of law been attained ? if not , what are the likely effects of the law going to be ? and have these effects actually occurred ? The economist is , by and large , concerned with the overall picture , preferring to analyze the inter - relationship between the main actors in his area of study . In essence , therefore , he attempts to reveal the trade - offs between various competing goals . In so doing , he aims to establish a ‘ framework in which the assumptions are clearly stated and used to derive a consistent , even if somewhat simplistic , analysis of the issue under examination.’
Idiom: cut the Gordian knot (used idiomatically: no)
The clearest expression of the Israeli dilemma was provided by Ehud ~ Barak who came to power completely convinced of his ability to cut the Gordian knot of the historical conflict in one dramatic stroke , in the fashion of Alexander the Great .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: no)
Then we fail to see the beauty in a leaf or in the clouds . We miss all the subtle nuances of facial expression and the almost desperate attempts of the natural world to initiate communication with us . Man communicates by word of mouth and by body language . Our mind and emotions are automatically expressed in the attitude of our body , our facial expression and our gestures . Everything we do and say is reflective of our personality and mental - emotional patterns .
Idiom: dyed in the wool (used idiomatically: yes)
Mention the word ‘ reincarnation’ to any group of people and you will probably be astounded at the number of different reactions you will get . On the one hand , there will be those whose belief in the concept is so definite and so fixed that they almost allow it to rule their lives . In the opposing camp you will find the dyed - in - the - wool sceptics who can not even begin to conceive that perhaps there is something in it . And , lying somewhere between these two extremes , you will find almost every shade of belief — or perhaps of hope . Most people inhabit this in - between land , perhaps not fully accepting the concept of reincarnation but none the less thinking that ‘ there must be something there’ .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
All this involvement has led people to question their abilities and outlook on their jobs and has made them see that they are capable of doing things ( with a little training and encouragement ) they never dreamed possible a few months ago . and from Andy York in Insolubles . Team members now have much more involvement in the running of their work places . They now have responsibilities that formerly were not given or offered . Members are encouraged to build on their skills and abilities — increasing the potential of their team .
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: yes)
No . In life . Right , shall we make tracks ? Yep . and your instrument panel started showing that the wheels had fallen off and one wheel was on fire first thing we had to think was are the reading correct !
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
The INLA has also revamped in the past two months and is posing a new threat in North Belfast , where 80 RUC officers have been drafted in to halt the escalating spiral of violence . The latest victim Norman Truesdale , who was shot dead by the IRA in his shop in Century Street off the Oldpark Road on Wednesday night , was buried yesterday . In a attempt to reduce sectarian attacks by the three known UFF units in the Shankill area , up to a dozen policemen have been instructed shadow top loyalist suspects round the clock . By monitoring their movements 18 hours a day , stopping and searching their cars and raiding their homes , the RUC believe they have already cut down the number of attacks on Catholics in North Belfast . NORM TARGETS SMOKERS
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
They gave you the message and told you where to go . But the ordinary man on the beat had nothing like that . Technological changes came about as much by rank - and - file initiative as by management innovation . It was those who suffered the isolation of the front - line patrol who demanded changes . When Menzies opened the door to radio communication , he could have had little appreciation of one aspect of its future impact .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Braun had also asked them to guarantee the peace around the museum , which they agreed to do . The breaking of this promise led him to close the doors of the museum two years ago during the height of the van Gogh fever when a large outdoor festival was held right outside his doorstep . The increasing friction between Braun and the City Council came to a head last month when proposals for a large sculpture garden , which was to be financed completely by the Overholland Foundation , again did not find the support from the City Council that Braun was hoping for . As a result , both the closure of the museum and the abolition of the plan for the sculpture garden have been confirmed . Projects undertaken by the Overholland Foundation have , during its brief existence , been characterised by high standards and a close attention to detail .
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: yes)
We 've got a lot of catching up to do with countries such as Germany , France and Sweden . Membership to the LTA rating system costs £ 20 and the application forms are available from the LTA Membership Department , Queen 's Club , West Kensington , London , W14 9EG . Under - fire England boss takes fresh heart from Brazil draw Triple boost for Republic hopes A KEY trio of Lithuanian players look certain to miss tomorrow 's World Cup qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in Vilnius after a row over insurance cover .
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
THE toddler who swallowed acid in a GP 's surgery could suffer for years , doctors have warned . John Storey , two , was rushed to hospital critically ill with stomach and throat burns and for several days doctors fought to save his life . He is back home with mother Christine now but she yesterday said : ‘ The medical advice is that he is not out of the woods yet.’ Mrs Storey , 20 , has been told John could suffer long - term effects on is internal organs . She was speaking after York magistrates heard how she took John and his two younger sisters to the surgery near her home in the city in September .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
The Chianti Rufina region is one of the smallest and coolest in the Chianti area of Tuscany . Its wines are usually fuller with higher acidity than other Chiantis , and quality often surpasses that of the Chianti Classico region . This wine has a youthful ruby - red colour and the scent of cherries on the nose . The palate is smooth with delicious grapey fruit . Sparkling
Idiom: packed like sardines (used idiomatically: yes)
Two people got out of her compartment , but three more got in , so things were worse instead of better . ‘ It 's a shime , that 's what it is!’ said a shrill Cockney voice . ‘ ' Ere we are , packed like sardines , when there 's a coupl'a gents next door but one , wiv a first - class kerridge fer themselves . Mikes me see red!’ The owner of the voice , an aggressive youth with a cigarette stuck behind one ear , was sitting in the opposite corner , very much at his ease .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The stress being on sometimes . It 's astonishing how some formalities have stayed on , even through the mean and hungry 1980s , for no apparent reason than that they were always done , while in other areas of activity important people are treated with the utmost disdain — or worse , with complete new - fangled insincerity . All this came to mind on sight of a communication from , of all places , Customs & Excise Debt Management Division Branch 4 ( Insolvency Branch ) . These are the people to whom , for example , you write if you 've just been appointed liquidator of a company and want to get its VAT payments sorted out . Now VAT men have earned an unfortunate reputation for not exactly being the sort who might have graduated from the Lucy Clayton school for charm and social deportment .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
As pressure intensified , Mr Hurd contacted UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali , demanding to see the Cambodian representative to the UN . In London , a spokesman said : ' We strongly condemn this latest act by the Khmer Rouge . ' Observers sent to look for the men came under heavy fire , seriously injuring a French officer . Now a chief liaison officer is to go to the area to negotiate . The Khmer Rouge has been at war with the official Government since 1979 .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
Anyone could pay any cheque into their account provided the original payee had signed the back . But the bank or building society could not confirm the ‘ endorsed’ signature so stolen cheques could be cashed long before anyone realised it . Even the Inland Revenue suffered — to the tune of £ 1.5 million — from people who intercepted cheques destined to pay tax bills . That is why the Revenue backed Banking Ombudsman Laurence Shurman when he suggested people should make changes to their cheques so they were less susceptible to fraud . Banks argued against the changes but acknowleged the need for change and so supported the Cheque Act .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
The telephone rang . Christopher Court , MP , had no difficulty in getting straight through on the telephone to Chief Superintendent Coffin once he had decided it was to him he wished to speak . Being an MP still carried some weight ; he was PPS to a powerful minister at Defence , and the threat of the General Election had rolled away for the time being : he was someone to heed . ‘ Hello ? Chris Court here.’
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: no)
One lad went back because his father went back . They did work in er two worked in two different quarries but within a week or a fortnight that young lad approached one of our members and said he 's sorry that he 'd ever gone back and I said to him well come back and join us and forget it all . And he 's back in the lodge he 's on less money but but he 's much happier so . He 's he 's out ? He 's he 's out yes and there are two or three in which have erm you know they 're sorry that they 've gone back and er we feel sorry sort of for them that they 've dropped into and a lot of our young lads have got mortgages and all that but there are some gone back er they need not people erm they 'd finished rearing their families and everything .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
All ~ Stimulus ~ Roads Lead to China BEIJING – Now that the “ green shoots ” of recovery have withered , the debate over fiscal stimulus is back with a vengeance . In the United ~ States , those who argue for another stimulus package observe that it was always wishful thinking to believe that a $ 787~billion package could offset a $ 3~trillion fall in private spending . But unemployment has risen even faster and further than expected .
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But,’ I went on quickly , ‘ very soon after this , he turned up outside our house at 24 Stranraer Gardens!’ There was a lot of nodding . This was par for the course , they seemed to be saying . You kicked off , you had the death experience and back you came to tell people about it . ‘ When did you make contact?’ asked old Mr pugh , who seemed to have recovered completely from the compost .