Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
Okay . Just to t to come back to what prompted you to to give us that interesting er little evaluation of the the differences that night and day work have men night and days to get get back to the beginning , to get back to your father ? Yes .
Idiom: rare bird (used idiomatically: yes)
UK government criticised for bird import licences The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) has strongly criticised the British government for granting import licences to an international dealer who is wanted in Canada for illegal trafficking in birds of prey . 150 rare birds of prey , mainly large falcons , were taken to Spain from Saudi Arabia at the outbreak of the Gulf War by Philip Whitehead , until then the director of a falcon centre owned by the Saudi royal family . He tried to export the birds to several countries , and has been allowed to import them by the British despite strong reservations from the Spanish authorities and concern expressed by conservationists . A warrant for Whitehead 's arrest was issued in Canada in 1985 , alleging that he had operated as a falcon dealer and smuggler for ten years .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
The woman in the mack was running , a camera on tracks was following her , a group of men clustered around it , pacing , several attached to it , one on a high seat , another underneath the lens , Jean - Claude Meursault on foot at their flank . She recognised him at once from the blunt - nosed profile and pepper - and - salt hair en brosse and the large tinted lenses of his glasses , and the way he hooked his head to one side and forward like a boxer butting . She would have no trouble catching him on paper , but she took some photographs just to make sure . Then he lifted his arm and brought it down , hard and fast , and suddenly from behind the cars rose three freedom fighters in terrorist gear , black berets at an angle over their brows , black tracksuits , lace - up boots on their long shins , bandoliers slung oblique , rifles in one hand . They leapt down the car wrecks and legged it across the ground towards the girl .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle may have been chosen to take the vital 1990 World Cup semi-final penalties because they appeared to be just the sort of level-headed British , team players that would n't miss . In reality , they may have been more anxious and worried than they showed . In the same way , business executives or cabinet ministers may be making a hash of things while giving an outward appearance of calm confidence — Chancellor Norman Lamont springs to mind immediately . Another parallel between football and industry exposed by the research is the frequent failure of managers to communicate with their players and discover where their strengths lie . Often they disguise this inability with abuse and contempt .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
No , so we could n't Well you see get out and about when you go into the villa , A you 've , got to have a car because there 's not a shop and B you 're a long way from the airport and if you get taxis you 're talking about fifty pound a touch from the airport , so that 's twice , so there 's a hundred pound gone already That 's right , yep
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
Treaty , to stay the proceedings pending a preliminary ruling by the Court of Justice on questions which were subsequently formulated as follows : ‘ ( 1 ) Does Community law affect the conditions under which a member state lays down rules for determining which vessels are entitled to register in that state , to fly its flag and carry its nationality ? ‘ ( 2 ) In the light of the provisions and principles of Community law and in particular(but without limitation ) the principle of non - discrimination on grounds of nationality , the right of establishment and the requirement of proportionality , is a member state entitled to stipulate that in order to be registered in and entitled to fly the flag of that member state , a fishing vessel:(a ) must have its legal title vested as to 100 per cent . in citizens of that member state , resident and domiciled therein , or vested in a company at least 75 per cent . of the shares [ of]which are legally and beneficially owned by such persons and of which at least 75 per cent .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
' I 'm not a Thespian , you cheeky bitch ! ' trilled Mallachy . ' I wear trousers because they 're comfortable ! ' ' Karen wears trousers because they keep out ack - tors ' hands, 'said Jessica . ' Me , I wear a skirt . ' There was a car moving along the promenade towards them , on dipped headlights .
Idiom: open the floodgates (used idiomatically: yes)
Johnson 's book was written in response to the Moors Murders and the ensuing trial . Although Johnson does not go so far as to claim that the affectless society was responsible for the Moors Murders , she does feel able to argue that the general atmosphere in society at the time had ' infected ' the social system , and that ' Brady possibly , Hindley almost certainly , have been victims of fallout ' . Beginning with the publication of Lady Chatterley 's Lover , she argues , the floodgates to total permissiveness were opened and a society in which ' the permissive intellectual 's anything goes ' was created . A series of murders of young children were , she implies , the corollary of the disintegration of moral rules characteristic of 1960s Britain : It seemed to us that April that we were seeing one of the results of total permissiveness in a rather comely young man and woman , ill - educated , but neither of them stupid , on trial at Chester Assizes for multiple murder .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
We 've also had significant growth in our chain store business in this country we 've signed a new two - year contract with Air Canada and we 're much more optimistic about the rest of the year we 've got orders , production and sales all nicely in equilibrium ready for the second half . Now I 'll pass you to er James . I 'd just like to make two or three points first of all the exchange factor which Frank touched upon when , when talking about profits you probably all totally familiar but I have forgotten quite how much the dollar has strengthened recently beginning of the year it was nearly two dollars and the result of that is that for the erm first half as a whole the impact of er exchange translation was adverse for our profits compared with last year to the tune of about one and a half million pounds . It 's not enormous but it 's perhaps er not the way people er were thinking . Now the consequence of the fact that the dollar end of June er relatively strong at around one sixty of course did impinge on er our er borrowings since we do have a considerable percentage of our gross in dollar terms and if we turn to the next slide er we can see er the summary of the balance sheet at thirtieth of June .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
This was drafted following a discussion I had with John Popham . I have no record of having received a reply and since everything is beginning to move again with the local authorities applying to the Secretary of State for him to lay Orders under the Transport and Public Works Act to enable them to proceed with public consultation on their scheme , the matter is becoming critical once again . I would therefore be grateful if you could refer back to the letter I wrote and respond as best you can . I would be happy to discuss this over the telephone , although a written response is really essential . Hope all is well .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
Sagittarius ( Nov 23–Dec 21 ) The middle of the month arrives with you really having a fling . You are popular with canines and humans alike , so get out and about . If entering a show , you may well find you come up trumps , mainly because you feel so fit and full of life . This is definitely a phase when you can wag your tail with impunity at both friend and foe .
Idiom: miss the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Six up from the first leg … Swindon were in no danger of missing the boat to the third round … just to make sure player manager Glenn Hoddle hammered them into the lead after just three minutes … The first half was a stroll … more like a practice game for Town as they picked Torquay off … deadly serious for Swindon centre forward Steve White he was back in his favourite number nine shirt and celebrated with his 200 th goal in football … three cheers for Chalky … Town rested top scorer Craig Maskell for this game … but the goals kept coming … next man in the queue was Dave Mitchell … 3 - 0
Idiom: separate the wheat from the chaff (used idiomatically: yes)
But there are significant handicaps facing the individual who wishes to apply for judicial review of the lawfulness of a public body 's decision . In the first place , unlike normal litigation between private parties , the applicant has to obtain the court 's leave at the outset . This gives the courts a useful power to separate the wheat from the chaff among the pending cases . So long as there is a full right of appeal against a refusal of leave — a right which the present Government sought , at one stage , to abolish — this handicap is acceptable , even though it places public authorities in a more privileged position than the ordinary litigant . A less acceptable handicap is the special rule that the application for judicial review must normally be made within only three months from the decision complained of .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
A further faculty acquired in 1983 to examine Temperance Brown 's vault at Steane , Northamptonshire , also ended in failure , the coffin having disintegrated and she having ' gone to earth ' . Though the single - break flat - lidded coffin had made its entrance in the last quarter of the sixteenth century — the lead shell of Lady Elizabeth Howard ( d.1591 ) with appliqué lettering at Withyham , Sussex , is of this type , as is the pictorial representation of Sir Henry Unton 's 1596 coffin in the Unton portrait at the National Portrait Gallery , as well as a small sculptural representation of a coffin on the 1615 mural monument to Susan Kinges at Morston , Norfolk — the single - break gable - lidded shell seems to have been more popular . An example of this type in lead , dated 1648 , rests on the children 's shelf in the De La Warr vault , but of greater interest are three wooden versions . One is now no longer on view : when the church of St Peter 's , Exton , Somerset , was being reordered in 1984 a clay - puddled grave shaft beneath the ledger stone of William Averie ( d.1608 ) was exposed . Within the grave were the remains of a single - break gable - lidded elm coffin , the outer surface covered with pitched cambric or linen and decorated with black - headed upholstery nails .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
IDE drives do not need low level formatting so if your BIOS has such a routine , ignore it . Fujitsu Drives can be low - level formatted without problem but some other drives will be ruined by this action . If the system wo n't boot from the original C : \ drive then you may have inadvertently configured the drive as a slave , or the cable may be reversed either on the IDE interface card , or one of the drives . Try removing the cable from the slave drive and rebooting . If it does n't work then try reversing the cable on the interface card .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
And the most curious sensation overcame me ; I felt as if I must turn and run back ; but I stuck my fiddle between my coat and my vest , settled myself on the foot - board , and went to sleep .
Idiom: pull someone's leg (used idiomatically: yes)
ROD CHAYTOR BLOOMING ‘ El … the Beeb 's new soap is a real turn off to villagers in sleepy Eldorado Close . For wisecrackers have been pulling their legs unmercifully ever since the sex and sangria saga hit the airwaves . Now fed - up locals want the name of their quiet cul - de - sac in Studley , Warwickshire , changed — unless BBC chiefs drop the flop of a show first . One resident , who did n't want to be named , moaned yesterday : ‘ It 's been called Eldorado Close for 30 years and we all used to like it .
Idiom: pull strings (used idiomatically: yes)
Otherwise he concealed the fact that he was in the army as far as possible . Few of us in Hut 6 ever knew that our revered chief was a mere lance - corporal ! Most of the brains of the organisation , or those academics who were able to pull Establishment strings and make the best of college connections , were billeted fairly comfortably near B.P. or had private transport , and were therefore able to take part in the social life that was organised for the community . For those of us who lived farther afield and were dependent on buses , such participation was seldom possible . I do remember , however , attending a Christmas Review in 1942 which was held in a hall near the Park .
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
From Ms CAROLINE TAHOURDIN Sir : Sunday 's television appeal for a donor liver highlights the acute shortage of replacement organs but not its true extent . Only a life - or - death issue such as a liver or heart will hit the headlines . I recently had a liver transplant at Addenbrooke 's Hospital and still feel guilty that inevitably the decision was made to give me a liver rather than someone else whose life expectancy may have been marginally longer . Had I needed a kidney , where the demand is much higher I am sure my guilt factor would be far higher .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
The support or detestation exhibited by biologists in the matter of sociobiology and by educational psychologists in the matter of ' nature v nurture ' is , it seems rather too obvious to point out , of this kind . Scientists take their side in the battle for reasons having nothing to do with the merits or lack of them of the issues but rather because of their politics . Scientists , on both sides of no - man 's land , become bitterly indignant when someone points such external influences out to them . ' Among those interested in ( and the much larger number pontificating on ) the history and philosophy of science , I notice an increasing tendency to attribute changes and advances to a mysterious but almost omnipotent entity called ' social - and - economic - factors- . ' Thus begins Professor M. Hammerton 's essay ' A fashionable fallacy ' in New Scientist ( vol 76 , p 274 ) .
Idiom: tempt fate (used idiomatically: yes)
He then went back to the door to check for any sign of the security guards he was certain would be waiting for him . The area was deserted . His luck was in , at least for the moment , but he had already decided not to tempt fate again . The odds were stacked too heavily against him . He waited for the train to shudder to a halt before jumping from the freight car and closing the door as quietly as possible behind him .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Their roots lay in another relatively new corporate phenomenon , that of management consultancy , which was gaining credence at the same time . Booz , Allen & Hamilton and McKinsey & Co. dominated this business , which sought to find guidelines for company regeneration and solutions for management problems . Their suggestions often begged the question as to who would actually implement the necessary corporate revolutions which they recommended . This led to the second phase of the emergence of headhunting , in which management consultants , and with them accountancy firms , developed their own in - house headhunting functions . Boyden and Handy arrived on the scene just as this was beginning to happen .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
Make that donation worth even more ! Do n't forget that the Gift Aid scheme , which came into operation in October last year , enables the RNLI to increase the value of almost all single donations of £ 600 or more . If the donor is an individual ( or a company ) and pays basic rate income tax the RNLI can claim back the tax already paid on that money from the Inland Revenue turning the donor 's £ 600 , for example , into £ 800 for the Institution . This involves the donor in only a single signature on a simple form which any RNLI regional office , or headquarters , can supply . The scheme has already netted the lifeboat service a considerable extra sum of money .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
He was careful at first but he soon started to leap about and dash off in all directions . I then started lungeing him and within a few months I rode him out at walk : a very difficult task . It usually ended up as a slow jog with a buck thrown in for good measure . It was then getting near the time that I could turn him out , again I put it off , frightened of what he might do . I got some more sedatives in anticipation , and eventually had to turn him out when he decided one night that enough was enough and kicked several large holes in the stable wall .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
Chief Superintendent Wycliffe ; this is Detective Sergeant Lane … ' She did not look like a predatory widow and she was no superannuated dolly - bird either ; she must have been fifty , she was on the plump side , clear skinned , with a frank , open face . She wore trousers and a smock . ' I was expecting somebody , I suppose . You 'd better come in .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Jack said he would and twenty - three years later , in May 1990 , Roger Corman named it as being among the best pictures he had made , and by then the total had exceeded 200 . Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper were to co - star and Nicholson wrote a part in it for himself but Corman refused to cast him and Bruce Dern played the role instead . Dern said Jack was ‘ very pissed off’ about not being allowed to play the role . In reflection , Nicholson remembers that apart from the task of writing a film about a new subject on which there was very little in the way of written research material , it also came at a time when he was going through his divorce . ‘ Most of the trauma I was going through at the time is written into that film,’ he admitted reflectively .
Idiom: only time will tell (used idiomatically: yes)
With slick efficiency successive Conservative administrations have used teacher unrest ( for which they must take a considerable share of responsibility ) as a justification for taking an even firmer control of the whole education service . To further this end the idea of parent power has been encouraged , giving legal formality to the hitherto informal partnership of teacher and parent . Only time will tell whether such a plan will create the schools our children deserve . As many a parent on the mainland of Europe could observe , legislation can not force co - operation , neither can it create harmony in school . If , as I have discovered from studying continental educational systems at first hand , fixed contracts bring fixed commitments , our children ( and their parents ) will be the poorer for it .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
Pam Wright was three over at the turn but ended up with a level par 73 and a four - round total of 293 . 930319 World champions in big demand despite pile - up of fixtures SCOTLAND 's game at Ibrox on Wednesday against Germany , the world champions , will buck the trend of the recession . Before it collects a penny in gate money — and the match is heading for a full house — the Scottish Football Association will pocket £ 450,000 from the sale of trackside advertising to German companies . The combination of trackside sales and live television coverage in Italy for last autumn 's World Cup qualifying tie was another money - spinner that brought in £ 800,000 .
Idiom: have a go (used idiomatically: yes)
BRISTOL CITY striker Andy Cole yesterday denied that he has been holding back since the club rejected a £600,000 offer from Nottingham Forest . The 21-year-old Nottingham-born Cole , signed from Arsenal for Pounds 500,000 in the summer , faces Wolves today hoping to improve on his tally of three goals in the past nine games . ‘ The Ashton Gate boo-boys are beginning to have a go at me and it does n't help , ’ said Cole . ‘ There is no need for them to slaughter me . I am trying my best even if my biggest dream is to play in the Premier League .
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
' That 's Mima , ' Artemis said , hurrying to collect her hen before any harm could befall her . ' I only put her in there for a minute . ' Where Jemima had sat , there now lay a large speckled brown egg . ' You see she broke her leg , ' Artemis explained . ' And Rosie and I mended it . '
Idiom: white hat (used idiomatically: yes)
It was like going back to an old friend , familiar and almost cosy . I changed into Tommy 's uniform in my roomette and went along to the dining car where Emil , Oliver and Cathy welcomed me casually as if I were an accepted part of the crew . We began immediately laying the pink cloths and putting fresh flowers in the vases , and Angus in his tall white hat , whistling Speed Bonny Boat amid clouds of steam , addressed his talents to wild rice and scallops in Parmesan sauce while Simone rather grimly chopped lettuce . The passengers returned well before eight o'clock in very good spirits , Mercer bringing with him a porter wheeling a case of highly superior bubbles for toasting the Unwins , success . The Unwins themselves — and it was impossible for anyone to grudge them their moment — said over and over that it was great , just great that one of the horses actually on the train had won one of the races , it made the whole thing worthwhile , and the whole party , drifting into the dining car in true party mood , agreed and applauded .
Idiom: chew the fat (used idiomatically: yes)
Sessions begin on Monday June 14 and the exhibit starts Wednesday June 17 . The show has an Applications Theatre showcasing business applications , imaging , multimedia , distributed computing and three - dimensional stuff and of course , X - Windows . Following its fellow Motorola Inc 88000 travellers , Dolphin Server Technology AS ( UX No 376 ) and Harris Corp 's computer division ( UX No 380 ) , Data General Corp — which admits to having chewed the fat over alternative RISCs , but has decided to stick with the 88000 series ( UX No 376)— is expected to announce its own plans for systems based upon the next generation 88110 shortly , likely to include a complete re - haul of its existing AViiON workstation and server series . DEC has added two X - Windows terminals to its VXT 2000 line : a new version of the low - end 15″ model does away with the separate cabinet and integrates all components into the monitor itself — that starts at $ 1,700 . A 17″ colour model comes in at $ 4,700 : both ship next month .
Idiom: the buck stops here (used idiomatically: yes)
The archetypal Englishman from Trinidad with perhaps the best - known voice in TV admits ‘ I 'm not just saying that . In the past , with several newscasters , you could spread the blame . But now the buck stops here … ‘ I like the challenge , though,’ he grins after a perfectly - timed pause . At 52 , McDonald is , with Michael Nicholson , the last of ITN 's old guard of celebrity reporters .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: no)
David Tossell NOT even the most imaginative of San Diego Chargers fans would have been entertaining Super Bowl thoughts after the team lost their first four games . But with seven wins from their last eight , the Chargers look set to reach the play-offs for the first time since 1982 — the first to do so after such a poor start . San Diego , at 7-5 , are tied with Denver Broncos for second place in the AFC West . Their four remaining games are against Phoenix on Sunday , Cincinnati , LA Raiders and Seattle — all with losing records .