Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: no)
The stones which marked the roads had to be painted regularly . There were no street lights , even though the development of the Kariba dam ensured a more reliable source of electricity in the buildings . One day Eva and another member of staff went into town on the weekly run leaving the maintenance man the job of painting the stones . On their return they discovered he had not only done as instructed but painted the trees which lined the drive as well . Adjusting to her style of leadership must have been a learning process for not only the maintenance man .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Do you want to turn it on ? Is that the on button ? Aha . It 's , just rock it .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
However , these studies also recognized that the strong links and relationships they described ( e.g. increasing rates of participation with car ownership ) were permissive rather than causal . Accordingly , from the mid-1970s , research began to examine the perception and behaviour of individuals , and then to develop general conceptual and theoretical research , in a shift from the ‘ inductive’ to the ‘ scientific’route shown in Figure I. I. Smith ( 1983 ) in another recent summary broadly agrees with Owens , and divides his textbook Recreation Geography into a four - stage continuum from description , to explanation , to prediction and finally to policy formulation . Accordingly this chapter examines rural recreation from the viewpoint of recent trends ( broad patterns of recreational use),impact studies ( more detailed studies of recreational behaviour and its effects on the environment),second homes ( a specific type of impact study ) , and theoretical and quantitative approaches , before asking whether recreational geography has come of age . Recent trends Virtually all commentaries on rural recreation ( Blacksell , 1983 ; Countryside Commission , 1980 ) point out that the three main factors that explain rates of rural recreation , time , income and mobility , have beneficially increased since the war .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
— AP . El Salvador kidnap . Leftwing rebels in El Salvador held an American civilian overnight and lectured him on US intervention while keeping his thumbs tied behind his back before letting him go , the US Embassy said yesterday . Meanwhile , leftwing guerrillas renewed their assault on the capital , setting up positions in at least seven neighbourhoods . — Agencies .
Idiom: drop the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
OPTION No.3 . The third option is to drop the penalty of one stroke , as far back as you wish , keeping the ball 's entry into the hazard ( marked B ) between the spot on which the ball is dropped and the hole . The ball may be dropped at any point along this line . Of course , these are the same three options for a ball in a regular water hazard , but from a lateral water hazard there are an additional two options . Options 4 and 5 allow you to drop on either side of the lateral water hazard , not nearer the hole and within two club lengths of the point marked B , where the ball first entered the hazard .
Idiom: put down roots (used idiomatically: no)
And other Londoners - traditional dwellers — were moving out . Rachmanism had gone — or at least Rachman was dead — and , before the property boom of the 1970s , there was empty property in places like Chalk Farm , Ladbroke Grove , Covent Garden . They were areas with a shifting working - class population , and ideal for putting down bohemian roots . With the roots came dreams of the creation of liberated zones , embracing the generation briefly flirting with peace , the new libertarian - oriented politicos , and , crucially , people doing what the period was supposed to be about , having a good time . It made the gathering at the Roundhouse that July , ' The Dialectics of Liberation ' , a symposium which in other years , might have attracted a handful of people , an often packed and vital event .
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
I trust that this review has helped at least somewhat to lighten that load . We have all heard the tedious cliché that we are living in an Information Society . I would suggest a counter - proposition : that we are living in a society that is sick and tired of information . Professional people in research , business , government and public service , whose work depends on information , are drowning in memos , reports , surveys , lists and other communications , many of which are trivial and unsolicited … . As consumers see it , most of the information they receive arrives spontaneously , and most of the information that they really value requires a disproportionate effort to find .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Method Hot - air Balloons The patterns on these elegant hot - air balloons can be as detailed as you wish — perhaps you might like to make fondant stripes , zig - zags or spots , or pipe on old - fashioned loops and tassels of rope . 1 Roll out a third of the fondant ( about 450g/1 lb ) on a surface dusted with icing sugar or cornflour and use to cover the cake drum , smoothing on and trimming away excess around the edges .
Idiom: take the bull by the horns (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . Wish I 'd have took it up in August . Took the bull by the horns . See six months down the road I could have been there . Yeah .
Idiom: watering hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Baby boom Congratulations to : He is pictured ( between the girls ) with many of his colleagues in Kirkcaldy maltings favourite watering hole , the Harbour Bar . We wish him and his wife , , every happiness in their retirement . Telford
Idiom: yes and no (used idiomatically: no)
A decision is not really the same as a choice although the two are very often confused . With a choice we work perceptually on the alternatives to see if we can make one so attractive that it attracts us to ignore the others ; or we try to make the alternatives so unattractive that we can dismiss them one by one . A decision is more a matter of yes and no : is this thing worth doing or is it not worth doing ? Clearly we could apply the same process to each of the alternatives . But we could find that all of them were worth doing and then we would have to consider comparative advantages .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
It may be that some visitors will get no further than this area ! Into Flight itself and the first area holds a stunning array of pioneer aircraft and artefacts . Beyond this the visitor turns a corner to be presented with the length of the main hall running from a balloon basket and the Cody Biplane to the HS.125 executive jet and an air traffic controller 's desk . Along the ' inner ' wall can be found a staggering array of models , components , uniforms and all sorts of artefacts charting the progress of aviation in a similar timeline to the airframes . The level of presentational skills used here is of the highest ilk — totally absorbing .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
If a sizeable proportion of these are characterised by extreme ambivalence , even hostility , it throws into question many assumptions about this form of community care as preferable to ( say ) residential care . Lewis and Meredith ( 1988 ) reveal similar tensions and problems although the picture which they draw is less bleak , showing a number of women whose recollections of caring for their mothers are predominantly positive , even if stressful . This study breaks new ground in drawing on the women 's memories of the caring experience once it is over . The impressions gained are therefore not ‘ snapshots’ but the distillation of an experience often spread over many years and with distinct phases . Furthermore , this is one of the few studies which gives an account of the feelings after the task was completed .
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
So Rudd was appointed team manager and chief engineer for the season . It was to be the happiest year of his career — the year when BRM finally came good and won the world championship with Graham Hill . ‘ It was touch and go financially,’ says Rudd . ‘ My first event in charge was at Goodwood — the race where Stirling Moss crashed — and I had no money . Nothing .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
Training hope : A company which claims to train a third of all motorcyclists in the country could be setting up a school at Langbaurgh 's Wheelbase complex at South Bank after winning council support . The Essex - based company CSM says it will provide 20 new bikes for on and off road hire . Rallying call : All regimental organisations and groups in the Stockton area are invited to a meeting in the town 's RAFA club tomorrow to discuss a proposal to set up a confederation of ex - service organisations .
Idiom: chapter and verse (used idiomatically: yes)
We were saying earlier , he did n't wait until we were cleaned up before he loved us , but he loved us in our sin whilst we were yet sinners , the apostle says , Christ died for us ! And so Jesus , he draws near to this woman , and he comes to you and he comes to me , to cleanse and forgive , we 'll just turn from our sin and meet him in confession . The wise man back in Proverbs in chapter twenty eight and verse thirteen he says , he who conceals his transgression will not prosper but he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion . And no matter how true that is in the natural sense , it is a , it is abundantly true as far as God is concerned . If we confess then he forgives .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
Pilz 's midprice offering comes on the ' Acanta'label , and consists of Fono Team material acquired by Rainer Pilz . There are some interesting historical issues too , including Furtwängler conducting Wagner with various orchestras , and the Brahms Violin Concerto played by Ginette Neveu and the NDRSO / Schmidt - Isserstedt recording in 1948 after her famous 1946 Abbey Road recording , and shortly before her tragic death ( together with her brother Jean ) in a plane crash in the Azores . Unlike the other rock - bottom Pilz discs , these do have adequate notes . Clearly ' Acanta ' at £ 7.49 has much to offer and I look forward to hearing future releases . SAGA CLASSICS — Older readers will have affectionate memories of this homegrown 1950–1970s label now newly returned to the catalogue under the aegis of ' Sound Products , Holland ' and imported by The Complete Record Company .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: yes)
Wycliffe put them all back where he had found them for Scales to look at . In another drawer there was a file of household bills and receipts for the current year . In the large bottom drawer on that side there were two books — one , a medical encyclopedia and the other , a technical work on the human endocrine system . Certain passages in the encyclopedia and the textbook had been heavily marked : references to acromegaly and to malfunction of the pituitary gland . ‘ Treatment other than by X - rays or surgery to the pituitary gland has little or no effect …
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: no)
And er I mean I tried to indicate you know to him that he could claim against the company and get his premiums back , but unfortunately , there was no letter and no i indication , and the person was no longer with the company . So it was his word against the company . And all the product details were there , I mean you know that all the product details would be in front of you , but whether you actually read the small print , it 's , is , is , is the er is the issue really . And you ca n't get compensation for that . I mean I doubt it 'll matter in this case , it 's not that serious .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
The Cam pit also became a training area for the Army , being used for weapon training and exercise in the firing of live ammunition . Boys will be boys and in spite of warnings at least one fatal accident occurred involving local lads , and several were injured . Bores Hole was used as an air raid shelter , or rather the tunnel that led under the road was , and many tales could be told of nights spent under there during the air raids . Living on chalk is a mixed blessing , on the one hand the cement industry provides work for many local people and with the mechanisation of farming methods this has meant that what was at one time an agriculture community is now largely dependant upon local industries . The problem by and large is a problem of levels , and whilst the bottoms of the pits now support fully grown trees these are Separated from the surrounding fields and roads by massive chalk cliffs — in some places several hundred feet high !
Idiom: run out of gas (used idiomatically: yes)
I could n't meet him at the station because my car ran out of gas .
Idiom: strain at the leash (used idiomatically: yes)
Another point to hit home was that in those cases where girls are prepared to give up everything to play on the Tour , they might as well do the job properly . The American circuit is nowadays so tough that its players mostly have no option but to work if they want to hang on to their players ' cards . They simply can not afford to sit back when , each year , some 300 youngsters are straining at the leash to get into their midst via the Qualifying Schools . In Europe , where there is as yet no such depth , it is all too easy for the professionals to get complacent . Indeed , it is not uncommon to hear a tournament player of four or five years ' standing confess that she has not yet given herself a fair chance .
Idiom: as luck would have it (used idiomatically: yes)
As the work was being reorganized to promote the war effort , I was to be given a National Service driving licence and other facilities — ; Conscription having been introduced on 27 April , this seemed the ideal transitional job to undertake pending the call - up . I therefore asked Eliot if I might quote his name as a reference . As good - luck would have it , he was in a stronger position than usual , because , as he mentioned with one of his quick smiles , the University of Bristol was about to give him an honorary degree , one of the fourteen that he was to accumulate . The formalities took some weeks , but by the end of July 1939 , I learnt that I had got the job . On 31 July , Eliot wrote to Merstham :
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
fucking twat what a fucking dickhead , I mean ca n't they see what 's right ahead ? no pissed off with him oh here we go another twat he 's going is he ?
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
The Language Master Machines can release the teacher for valuable contact time . If it becomes clear that some words are being asked for over and over prepare Language Master cards . Write the word clearly ( not in capital letters ) , and record your voice on the card saying it as naturally as possible . Be careful that the words sound the way they do normally , because it 's very easy when you pronounce individual words to make them sound odd . The cards can be stored alphabetically , and children can use them instead of taking up the teacher 's time .
Idiom: from the cradle to the grave (used idiomatically: yes)
Behind that lie the less easily quantifiable facts of the effects of war service in mingling classes and breaking attitudes , the powerful if vague sense that sacrifice and austerity required a matching improvement in the quality of life in a free society , and the experience of life under siege as contributing to a stronger sense of community and fraternity . It is surprising that the Government should have failed to understand the public enthusiasm for the Beveridge Report , when it was published in December 1942 . Even a schoolboy , preoccupied with his own small affairs conducted against a background of global danger , registered the importance and appeal of a plan which would offer security and dignity ‘ from the cradle to the grave ' . As for the future of schools themselves , one effect of a report requiring a massive expenditure of public funds was to turn political attention ( by those to the right of centre ) away from threatening plans for universal social security towards the milder , and less expensive , alternative of educational reform . The Act of 1944 remains the one substantial legislative achievement of the wartime coalition .
Idiom: go to the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
The crunch , however , has come with the introduction of the internal market in the health service , with the separation of purchasers and providers and the withdrawal of money from London , as health - care purchasers look for cheaper , locally based services . This , along with the introduction of capitation funding — where DHAs will be funded on the basis of a capitation fee for their residents — has forced the issue . The view was taken that , without strategic intervention , the city 's financially ‘ sick’ hospitals , as they have been described , would have gone to the wall . The main thrust of the inquiry team 's recommendations is for services to be concentrated on fewer sites and the money released to fund improvements in the community . Initially £ 140 million should be spent on improving GP practice premises and setting up four new community units , the team says .
Idiom: part of the furniture (used idiomatically: yes)
SOUTH AFRICA MOVERS AND SHAKERS Frenetic close - season transfer activity is new to most rugby countries , but in South Africa it 's become part of the furniture … Last month the grapevine was fairly quiet on the tip of the world . There were very few rumours about top players moving from province to province .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
It just did n't seem like we were going to score . Secondly , I know everyone goes around saying it , but I did n't really believe it ' til last night , but the defence really are crap ! ! All that the Arse were doing were playing simple balls over the top of Fairclough & Newsome , for Wright & Campbell to run onto , and the defence could n't really cope . We were sat in the North Bank ( could n't get tickets for the Leeds end ) , and in the second half we had a good view of the amount of space that the Arsenal forwards were getting , it was unbelievable . Every time they came forward , you expected something to happen ( perhaps It was sitting in the north bank with the Cockney scum that made me think this ! ! ) .
Idiom: in no uncertain terms (used idiomatically: yes)
The trouble , it seems , was political . Trish voiced her support for the vice - presidential campaign of Gerlandine Ferraro . Scott denounced the lady candidate in no uncertain terms , and the ensuing battle , which would have delighted the subject of Scott 's most famous portrayal , General Patton , ended only with the timely arrival of the police . According to the policeman called to the house , ‘ The kitchen table was overturned . Broken glass and dishes were all over the floor mixed with what had been served for dinner — steak , corn and potatoes .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Graham Dawe , the Bath hooker , was impressed . ' They scrummed well and it was as hard a match as I 've played in this season . The only thing they really lacked was that extra bit of meanness that you need to impose yourself on a game . ' Barry Trevaskis , who had six stitches put in a horrible wound under his left eye after being stamped on in a ruck , might not agree that the Soviets lacked meanness , but had their half - backs Chapman and Rule not missed six penalties between them , Cornwall could have brought off an unexpected win . After Mironov and Chapman had twice exchanged penalties in the first half , Chapman 's smart 30-yard dropped goal five minutes after the break put Cornwall ahead for the first time while Mishakov was off the field with a shoulder injury .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
I honestly think he 's never thought anything nasty about anyone in his life , which is what makes him occasionally so impossible . Just as well he never got married — no one could have stood that . Not of course that it was ever on the cards.’ ‘ He has been a bit edgy,’ said Helen . ‘ Mother , maybe.’
Idiom: have it easy (used idiomatically: no)
Unusually for the NSS , your editorial on CND and the Labour Party ( ' Discussing strategies ' , 8 May ) , is wide of the mark . The Labour Party is irrelevant to the work of CND in the short to medium term . Other campaign groups have it comparatively easy . In principle , everyone wants to end poverty and hunger , save whales and fluffy seals , find a cure for cancer or HIV . From a position of majority support , those campaigns can start to progress their causes by embarrassing politicians into action .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
The US secretary of the treasury agreed that there was no easy way to " get round " Churchill without injury to Anglo - American relations : the British feared " world - wide damage to their prestige if they appeared to yield " . At least a little more flexibility was beginning to emanate from the British Foreign Office over the question of the Suez base . The British Chiefs of Staff followed suit . But Churchill was adamant , and did not disguise his racial contempt for the Egyptians . He was unimpressed by suggestions that it would be sufficient if Britain could reactivate the base in certain emergencies .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a clever wheeze , great fun to work , and it probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat . This is intriguing and entertaining , but not very new . More interesting to the historian are this book 's accounts of MI5 's activities on the counter - subversive front — chiefly against the British Fascists , the Communist Party of Great Britain , and the Peace Pledge Union — and of its interminable behind - the - scenes wrangles with other government agencies , especially SIS . The former is enlightening , if somewhat bland . Partly due to the ban placed on the authors ' disclosing anything about ' intelligence techniques'(p . x ) , which has been rigidly enforced .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
The outcome is that national states , which exist to prevent life being poor , nasty , short , brutal , and solitary , are a match for the unreasonable person who commits conventional crimes , but ' are no match for the resources and size of … great corporations : General Motors could buy Delaware … if DuPont were willing to sell it'(Nader and Green 1973 : 79 ) . In the final analysis , it may be that national states and their control agencies are relatively autonomous of a particular social class , and that in that sense could , under the right circumstances , become an instrument , at least for a specific and limited objective , of any particular class or alliance of classes or pressure groups . Under their temporary influence , the state could introduce some or all of the liberal reforms outlined above . These would undoubtedly deter smaller corporations and bring down the incidence of corporate crime , particularly amongst the relatively smaller national - bound corporations , and even those larger corporations whose capital equipment is relatively fixed and who need the local more specialized work force . If capital transfer to other countries was also made illegal or tightly controlled , this would also help to prevent corporations evading the law by exporting those behaviours which would be illegal in one country to another where they are not .