Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Furthermore the overall effect of this circulation is to link together into a widely ramifying network of relationships a great number of individuals of quite different status and quite different cultural background . It is also very clear , both from Malinowski 's evidence and from later research , that Kula partnerships are viewed by the participants as structures of permanent indebtedness . Any particular sequence of actual exchanges of Kula valuables serves to manifest this state of indebtedness but at the end of the day the position is as it began . The reciprocal gift - giving between the partners has in no way reduced the obligation to engage in further gift exchanges in the future . And that brings me back to my original point .
Idiom: come full circle (used idiomatically: no)
‘ It 's only in American movies where they catch fire . The petrol tank split open as it rolled and most of the gas spilled out over the hill.’ We 'd come full circle round the Golf , our feet crunching bits of windscreen . ‘ She was a lucky lady , your friend,’ he said thoughtfully . I agreed and we stood in silence for a minute , gazing at the pile of crumpled metal .
Idiom: carry the day (used idiomatically: yes)
The 1944 Bretton Woods conference was marked by a clash between the United ~ States and the United ~ Kingdom , represented by the economists Harry Dexter White and John ~ Maynard ~ Keynes , respectively . The UK wanted a system in which global liquidity would be regulated by a multilateral institution , while the US , for self - interested reasons , preferred a dollar - based system . Given its immensely greater economic and financial power , America predictably carried the day . Keynes failed in his quest to endow the IMF with the power to create a new international reserve unit as an alternative to the dollar . And he failed to secure agreement on measures that might force surplus as well as deficit countries , and the issuer of the international currency as well as its users , to adjust .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He 's got a row of forty medals on his chest’ ( Big Chest ) . Dad was a shy man , who wore the trousers and covered his soft centre with a brusque manner and the stern countenance of a bloodhound . He would glower at me over his jowls and tease with expressions like , ‘ Thinks she 's china and she 's pot - mould,’ or , ‘ Thinks she 's a race - horse and she 's a pit - pony.’ Compliments did n't trip off his tongue too easily and ‘ You 'll do’ was the height of praise .
Idiom: turn a blind eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Worse still , they openly proclaimed their support for violent and seditious movements designed to overturn the political , social and diplomatic bases on which world order rested . To these offences were soon added the brutal measures which the Bolsheviks took to cling to power , the barbarous excesses of the ‘ Red Terror’ during the Civil War ( 1918–20 ) , the suppression of all rival parties , the curtailment of liberties as basic as freedom of speech and conscience . Stalin 's collectivization and industrialization drive launched at the end of the 1920s was accompanied by untold horrors : acute deprivation of workers and peasants alike , epitomized by a catastrophic famine in 1933 to which the government turned a blind eye ; repression and imprisonment on a truly mass scale ; and the blood - letting of the Great Terror of 1936–38 . With Moscow still actively seeking to destabilize the western democracies during the thirties , Soviet calls for collective security ( 1934–39 ) against Nazi expansionism were viewed with acute suspicion and the Nazi - Soviet pact of 1939 seemed to confirm the worst . Soviet behaviour after Hitler 's defeat ( 1945 ) did nothing to change liberal opinion .
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
She just was n't equipped to deal with this kind of cold war . For the first time in her life she realised just how little opposition she had ever had to face — in anything . Her looks and her vibrant personality had always won the day for her — but perhaps in the long run that had n't been a good thing , because now those weapons had failed her she was floundering , rudderless . ‘ Oh , all right,’ she muttered ungraciously . ‘ It 's just something I 've got in mind for a big party I 'm planning.’
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
Although the difficult situation on the financial markets is likely to force a painful process of consolidation , industry experts are confident that this process will , in the long run , yield a strong core of new , innovative companies .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
There is no suggestion that Gloucester enjoyed any influence within the lordships , where the royal officials remained unchanged . The grant was perhaps intended to give Gloucester a suitable income when he entered Warwick 's household and it may be no coincidence that the sum involved was exactly that which Edward later granted the earl towards the duke 's expenses . This emphasis on income rather than influence was appropriate in the endowment of a royal duke who was still a child , but once Gloucester came of age his lack of a suitable power base was less acceptable . Edward IV made a first attempt to remedy the situation within weeks of his brother 's sixteenth birthday , when he gave Richard the land of Robert lord Hungerford , lying mainly in Somerset and Wiltshire . Alone among Gloucester 's holdings this represented a coherent entity , but it was again burdened with dower rights and other charges .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
She told him . ‘ What inspired you to try the bed?’ he wanted to know . ‘ I 'd half noticed the Centaur carving , and ‘ an appropriate place’ suddenly struck a chord.’ ‘ Well , it was certainly that.’ Luce frowned .
Idiom: meet your maker (used idiomatically: yes)
He had a cheerful red face which he had n't succeeded in making entirely solemn and gloomy , though he was trying hard . On the board over his head was written , in white letters on black : " THE LORD COMETH " . The one down his front said , " ARE you READY TO MEET YOUR MAKER ? ? " " Frankly , yes , " Toby answered it . " Never more so .
Idiom: true blue (used idiomatically: yes)
The combination of town , gown and countryside mean that the result here is more difficult to call because of the much practised ploy of tactical voting . The constituency was created only nine years ago and includes the historic heart of Oxford , its leafy residential streets in the north of the city as well as Abingdon , Radley and Kennington . Anywhere else this would be natural Conservative territory , the kind of constituency where they weigh rather than count the true blue votes , but the university changes all that . Defending the seat for the Conservatives is Home Office minister John Patten who has been in parliament since 1979 . Seemingly always on the verge of promotion to the Cabinet he has a high profile at Westminster and is known for attracting a lot of publicity .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh every time someone has a conversation on and off You do n't have to do it every time leave it on N
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
There 'll be no one round for some time , I 'll stay with your gun . ’ ‘ OK , Piper , think I will , ’ Sid replied , as he crawled into his trench . He poked his head out almost immediately and exclaimed , ‘ direct hit on the shithouse — shit all over the place … that 's all we need ! ’ From 6 a.m. the morning was fairly quiet , except for the occasional sniping . Sid was awake at 7 a.m. , still complaining of feeling tired .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
In such a case , a further question needs to be posed , namely , did the defendant realise the victim 's age or that she might be mentally abnormal in some way . If he did , then he was aware of the situation of risk and , it is suggested , should be acquitted only if his failure to consider that she might not appreciate the nature of the act was reasonable , bearing in mind his own capacities . If , on the other hand , it never occurred to the defendant that the victim was young or mentally abnormal , and he was not aware therefore that he was in a situation of potential risk , he should not be liable for rape providing that he took reasonable steps to ascertain that she did agree to vaginal penetration , for in such a case his conduct is reasonable in the light of the facts as he perceived them to be . ( d ) Mens Rea and the Three Remaining Elements of Rape The Sexual Offences ( Amendment ) Act 1976 , s. 1(1 ) , indicates the mens rea for one of the four constituent elements of the actus reus of rape , namely , lack of consent , but the Act is silent as to the mens rea for the remaining components of the offence .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
With their brittle tales of lost innocence , broken hearts and serial killers ( Ted Bunday and Charles Manson , in fact ) , they 'd stand out a mile anyway . But in such a climate they begin to look unique . AND SUDDENLY , they 're all the rage . You can almost hear the Marketing Dept 's collective brain cogs clunking slowly into gear : British Band … sound a bit like American Band … duh … The British Nirvana !
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: yes)
The effect on the demography of the inner cities could be dramatic , as migration into and out of inner cities is in any case already high . Since housing is also crucial to mobility , the break - up of local authority control of low - income estates is also part of the package of reforms . Reports that the numbers registering on the electoral rolls are falling ( Weekend World , 11 October 1987 ; the Independent , 23 February 1988 , p. 6 ) indicate that the political arithmetic will also play its part . If some of those who resist and resent the imposition , opt out of the electoral system ( and the calculation is that these will be those who are thought , either now or in the future , likely to benefit from the present array of public services ) , while others are more inclined to vote at local elections for a party which offers to cut and reorganize services , the electoral outcome would be dramatic . Michael Howard , then a Minister at the Department of the Environment , reported an opinion poll as having found that one - quarter of people who had not previously voted in local elections intended to vote in future as a result of the community charge ( interview on This Week , Next Week , 21 February 1988 ) .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
The , the importance of this , is that Freud is often said to have been a Hobbesian thinker , in the sense that , er without necessarily being directly influenced by Hobbes , he took a similar , a similar kind of view , or at least , so it is said . You could say , that er , a Hobbesian view of human nature , that people are basically anti - social egoistic and er , aggressive , and that if left to themselves , life would be a war , war against all , is what we might call a pessimistic view of human nature . Pessimistic in the sense that is says people are basically nasty , and if society is to be possible , then nastiness has to be controlled in some way or other , and since human nature is anti - social , social order comes about against the grain of human nature as a rule , has to be imposed on human nature . This is why I call it a pessimistic theory . You 'll see why in a minute .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
I says to myself , ‘ I 'm not having this.’ The following morning , he was on again . So I put everything in my book , such - and - such - a - thing , such - and - such - a - thing . So I went on until just after refreshment time : Spoke to Mr so - and - so — lots of things in my book . Then he says when I get back , ‘ What 's all this?’
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
okay I think what we might think about doing is maybe just having a meeting for an hour one evening on that one subject yes brainstorming , I think so I mean Wendy 's ill and Gordon 's got stuck in Manchester right both of whom phoned in this afternoon .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: no)
Fuzzy Logic has 125 owners … all regulars at Prestbury Park and nearly all of them were in the paddock to see their very own horse getting ready for its first run … its trained by Nigel twiston Davies and his assitant Peter Scudamore Peter Scudamore says he has a good chance and he 's glad to see the rain In the saddle was Carl Llewellyn … and weighing up the form was our racing expert former champion jockey Terry Biddlecombe … the horse was bought from the auctions he helps run at Malvern Terry Biddlecombe says its a good horse and he thinks this is magic for racing … lots of happy people who own their own horse The going for Fuzzy Logic ' s first outing …
Idiom: mend fences (used idiomatically: yes)
After a minute she uncrossed her legs , stood up and made her way past Melissa to the bathroom without meeting her eye . There followed several minutes of unusually energetic teeth - scrubbing , loo - flushing and hand - washing before she returned , lay down and switched off her bedside lamp , still without uttering a word . In an effort to mend her fences , Melissa asked , ' So what are you doing tomorrow ? ' ' Taking the class to the bamboo forest , ' muttered Iris with seeming reluctance . ' Well , that should bamboozle them . '
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Braithwaite held up his hand . ' Hol ' strain , Mr Stein . Take it easy now . Who sayin ' anythin ' about England ? ' It did n't seem the moment to remind him that he had .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: yes)
Both my husband and I accepted it as a part of our way of life . If the children get half a dozen whacks with a slipper a few times a year , surely it 's not abuse ? •There 's no cut - and - dried answer to your question , but I can tell you that a great many people would disagree with you — both about your view of your own childhood and about smacking your children with a slipper . In Sweden it is against the law to hit a child , and there are moves to make this the case in England , too . Physical punishment does n't teach a child the difference between right and wrong .
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
Things are much smoother here.’ Hopefully , it 's our grass that is greener . It 's just good to hear it said once in a while ! The Americans who like the running style at Elderslie . Public Relations Expands
Idiom: at a canter (used idiomatically: yes)
Henderson has returned to America and will not be available for the rest of the competition . The surprise result however , was at Teesside Airport where John Henderson and Gary Wanless ended the hopes of a weakened Puma Sunderland , winning 2–1 . SHILDON Strollers retained their leadership of the Durham Second Division at a canter when a weakened Wingate failed to offer any real threat despite the incentive of moving into third place with a win that would have toppled the home team from the No 1 spot . The absence of the Bentham brothers and Trevor Robinson proved too great a hurdle against a competent home team that recovered from being 22–6 down after five minutes to take a 22–13 lead , then run the bench for a 77–49 victory . South Moor still look threatening though in second place , just one point behind but with a game in hand .
Idiom: scarlet woman (used idiomatically: yes)
By Jaci Stephen WADDINGTON Games 's proposal to axe Reverend Green from the board game Cluedo is a bad one . The Reverend is no more dated than the stereotypical class snob Colonel Mustard or the proverbial scarlet woman , Miss Scarlet . And in thinking of replacing the reverend with a ‘ thrusting businessman’ , which Waddington believe ‘ is more than suitable for the 1990s’ , they have shown themselves to be even more out of tune with modern times . I mean , a ‘ thrusting businessman’— in the Nineties ?
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
She really wanted to know ; though it would be painful , she knew it was the only way . It was somehow better than making her own suppositions , which seemed to take an awful amount of energy and caused a lot of stress . Perhaps when she knew every last detail of their affair she could blank it all out and start all over again … and the dawn might never come ! ‘ We needed each other,’ he clipped and got up . ‘ As I was saying , we usually dress for dinner —’
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: yes)
Kevin Kline was awarded an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in A Fish Called Wanda . ‘ Of all the actors , directors and writers that I have ever worked with , John is the most sensitive to the psychological and emotional state of his fellow performers at any given moment . I think the world of him.’ AN INCREDIBLE WORKAHOLIC Terry Gilliam , ex - Python and film director : ‘ John has a tendency to go off in fits and starts .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
All that was left to identify the W - registered Cortina was its number plate , left perched on a mangled lump of metal . Miss Dyson , 24 , a mother of three , said : ‘ It 's just childish and pathetic , i do n't want to say any more than that . ‘ At the end of the day I 've got three kids to look after and they 're going to get stick in school over this.’ An unrepentant Mr Parkes said : ‘ It 's all over now.’ The crushed remains of the Ford Cortina
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
On her way out of the library she thanked Molly for her help . Donna hesitated on the steps of the library , looking out into the rain , seeing people caught in the downpour hurrying past . The cold wind closed around her like an icy fist , chilling her to the bone . There had to be an answer to all this somewhere . She just was n't sure where to find it .
Idiom: rare bird (used idiomatically: no)
Conservation : Species Widespread killing of rare British birds outlined Gamekeepers and farmers are illegally killing large numbers of Britain 's rarest birds , according to a report published by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) in association with the Nature Conservancy Council ( NCC ) . The report lists 814 recorded cases of illegal killing during the years 1979 - 89 . Among those poisoned , trapped or shot were 40 golden eagles , 65 peregrine falcons , 367 buzzards , 24 red kites and 39 goshawks .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
Alcoholic Geoffrey Frederick Gregory was drinking up to 12 pints a day back in 1979 . But Cleveland Coroner 's Court heard that his benders got worse after the tanker BT Nautilus spilled 260,000 gallons of oil into a busy shipping channel near New York in June , 1990 . First mate Mr Gregory was charged with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol or drugs and negligent discharge of a pollutant without a permit . The charges were dropped a month after he died , aged 53 . Mr Gregory was told by his GP in early 1990 to stop drinking or his life expectancy would be no more than five to ten years .
Idiom: rough edges (used idiomatically: yes)
This time the argument was entirely over the onus of proof . Heath , in the words of one witness , ‘ made it eyeball to eyeball’ . He refused to budge , and was given full support by Douglas - Home , whose diplomatic skills softened the rough edges of Heath 's ‘ extraordinary resolution’ . Eventually after , in all , three hours of Cabinet discussion of this one issue , the opponents conceded : Heath had won . There was to be full - blooded abolition of RPM and legislation to achieve it that session ' .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
Gower said : ‘ It 's disappointing and frustrating because I feel I 'm in good nick . ‘ In many ways , it could not have come at a worse time because the selectors are obviously considering alternatives after the defeat at Old Trafford and I would like to think I would be one of them.’ Gower broke the rib attempting a diving catch against Nottinghamshire earlier this week during a championship match which saw him score 153 and stake a claim for an England recall . Fletcher was also denied a chance to check on the form of Kent pacemen Martin McCague and Alan Igglesden who were both sidelined by injury . Igglesden is still troubled by the groin strain which forced him to pull out of the squad for the first Test at Old Trafford while McCague was nursing a pulled hamstring .
Idiom: strain at the leash (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The Myrcan speaks truly , Ratagan,’ the woman said . She set a hand on one huge shoulder . ‘ Must you always be straining at the leash to bloody your blade?’ She was small , slim , with the pale - gold hair plaited behind her head , and steady blue eyes . Aelin .
Idiom: hit the road (used idiomatically: yes)
It was easier to mine in for two reasons : firstly , if you mined the stone , massive amounts of earth did not have to be shifted before the stone could be got at , and secondly , the men of Swaledale and Wensleydale , many of them experienced lead - miners , had all the knowledge and expertise necessary to dig stone from the mine , and furthermore labour was plentiful because of the decline of the lead industry . Most of the stone for Victoria Station , Manchester , for example , came from these stone - mines above Hawes . Heaps of spoil lay between Stags Fell and the road , so we picked our way through them and down by a wall to the road , following a pleasant series of falls through Shaw Gill Wood above Hardraw Force for a while before hitting the road again where a footpath took us down through flower - spattered meadows to Hardraw . There we walked through the Green Dragon to the force , at a hundred feet the longest unbroken waterfall in England , and known to freeze into a massive ice tube in winter — Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy visited the spot and were impressed by its grandeur , so much so that William , ever the florid poet , wrote ebulliently to Coleridge , describing the visit : We soon reached an Inn at a place called Hardraw , and descending from our vehicles , after warming ourselves by the cottage fire we walked up the brook side to take a view of a third waterfall …
Idiom: under lock and key (used idiomatically: yes)
A rare treat nowadays . Shelves of leather bound copies ( £ 300 each to bind ) are accessible to all . ‘ But the 1861 to 1865 papers are kept under lock and key,’ warned the owner , inferring that those that I freely but reverently leafed through might have to have similar protection one day . A century ago the Oban Times was an international newspaper . The copy that JTR must surely have bought contained careful if long winded analysis of world events as well as local news .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
1509 King Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon . 1930 The liner Empress of Britain was launched at Clydebank . 1955 Eighty two spectators were killed at the Le Mans 24-hour race . Food for thought THE recent statement made by junior minister Baroness Cumberlege , implying that the Government would not object should doctors decide to withhold treatment from patients who refuse to stop smoking , gave me food for thought . Apparently , some 150,000 tobacco - related deaths occur each year , which gives us approximately one death every 35 minutes .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But letters come in envelopes and envelopes have stamps on them . My mother always kept letters in their envelopes and a lot of other people must have done the same or the stamp business generally would have been the poorer.’ ‘ I 'm at sea , Mr Wycliffe.’ ‘ Then let me be more explicit . Inez had no right to either the journal or the box of letters which passed into Matthew Glynn 's possession and were shown to you .