Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet how could one possibly become acquainted with his wife , Marie , a woman who had been on the stage and who , it was known , had lived with him in adultery while waiting to be divorced ! Horror upon horrors . Amabel had never exchanged a word with an actress in her life and had never even set eyes before on a divorced woman . And although the adultery had taken place abroad and several years ago , the Moons having hidden themselves away in Martinique — Amabel was not quite sure where that was — to give the scandal a chance to die down , what was one to do ? John - William had come across Mr Moon several times in Leeds and Manchester , had found him to be a decent fellow , and received a strong impression that for the sake of his children — offspring of his first wife long deceased — he would be glad to get back into society again .
Idiom: hard cheese (used idiomatically: no)
and a woman of experience in the adjoining room . Later , at the club , he will get tight on good brandy and as for the estate it is simply hard cheese . Breakfast in bed , and on the tray two halves of a hollowed grapefruit
Idiom: too many chiefs and not enough Indians (used idiomatically: yes)
sometimes they turn out to be brothers , or cousins , or sometimes not to be related at all.’ Better on buses is HCB . And was it Trevor who opined about the Pakistan side that it was ‘ full of too many chiefs and not enough Indians’ ? Talking to chiefs , it is grand to have that mischievously volatile character back among us , and doubtless intent to upset a few applecarts . Javed — old ‘ Mum- ‘ n - Dad’ himself — really gets under bowlers ' skins .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
down here , he has sentenced me to wait on death-row , cowering under a table , a murderer begging to put the clock back
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
While discretion filters out from the legal process all minor and inconsequential infringements of the law , what counts as minor can rest on the whims and prejudices of individual officers and lead to inconsistent and unequal practice . Yet studies of police discretion also emphasize how its operation is structured , so that to a great extent its use becomes standardized , although individual whim can not be ignored entirely . While there are formal rules by which discretion is effected , research shows that the primary means for standardizing its operation is the set of informal on-the-job rules of thumb developed within the occupational culture of the police . Hence it can be determined by practical considerations arising from the organization of police work , such as the time of the shift , the approach of shift change-over , the time of the year , considerations about overtime , and the dislike of paperwork ( Gardner 1969 : 132 ; Holdaway 1980 : 59 , 1983 : 57 ) . But there also appears to be what Phillipson , drawing on Cicourel , would call ‘ basic interpretative rules ’ ( Phillipson 1972 : 148 ) , which the police employ when making practical decisions of this sort : the reasonableness of the offender 's excuse ( Ericson 1982 : 147 ) , and whether or not offenders display deference ( Black 1970 : 1101 ; Dix and Layzell 1983 : 73 ; Sykes and Clark 1975 ) .
Idiom: put your foot down (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm disappointed in you ! I 'm really shocked ! You 've got to put your foot down ! Do n't let him get away with it ! It 's your house after all !
Idiom: say cheese (used idiomatically: yes)
the circle of a fairy ring . ) They 'd stand there more or less , say ‘ cheese ’ in their mitres , copes and glasses , then troop inside for tea . I was usually bored so I 'd put on
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
The man in a grey t - shirt is sitting on a rock in front of the waterfall
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
While it is true to say that the best wine each year is often reserved for vintage wines , non - vintage blends are not necessarily inferior . On the other hand , vintage wines open up such a vast and fascinating selection that many wine enthusiasts ca n't resist experimenting . As all Sainsbury 's wines , Vintage Selection or otherwise , are carefully described both on the bottle and on the shelf or rack ( and you can immediately spot the Vintage Selection area in your store because the wine is stored in special racks ) , you can find something of the right character and desired sweetness with complete confidence . To whet your appetite , here are some of the most commonly asked questions about fine vintage wines . Q What does the term Reserva mean on a Rioja label ?
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
But she had to shake her head to clear it of the dizzy sensation . They ate outside . Piers had set up the garden table and two benches , and they had what turned out to be a very edible meal under the fading sun , with a magnificent view overlooking the still blue sea , with all the night noises playing a symphony around them . He had opened a bottle of wine , and Alyssia sipped cautiously from the glass , not wanting to lose control again because she was tipsy . ' Good , ' he said when he had finished , closing his knife and fork .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Such clearly defined patterns are to be seen in both social and political , as well as all other systems . Similarly , with our world ecosystem . We are poised on the edge . But it is not man 's activities alone which can be held to account , for man is also a part of the natural ecosystem . Man is only responding to the greater cycles of nature .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
I was more than pleased with my choice , and again , the presentation was faultless . My partner 's Pipettes of Lemon Sole filled with succulent Prawns and coated with a light Indian Sauce came with the cutest garnish — little swans made from slices of lemon , while the helpings put me in mind of ' Nouvelle Cuisine meets Yorkshire portions ' . As a rule I have generally found that ' hotel restaurant ' food invariably falls just short of ' restaurant'food . Not so here , where the meal was certainly of a particularly high standard . the vegetables , where so many restaurants lose points in m y reckoning , were exceptional , comprising of broccoli , carrots , new and Dauphinoise potatoes .
Idiom: dyed in the wool (used idiomatically: yes)
Hooked on IT Gary Herman reports on how technology is helping the labour movement to organise itself internationally It has become fashionable to lambast the trades union and Labour movement for its apparent backwardness but , in the UK at least , there exists a sort of Luddism based on prejudice that rejects utterly information technology and all its works . Dyed - in - the - wool Labourites can still be heard muttering oaths into their beards against ' cellphone socialists ' — barely one step up the political rung from those most reviled of all creatures , champagne socialists . It was , therefore , refreshing to discover a nest of technological progressives , all claiming allegiance to the international Labour movement , gathered together at the General Municipal and Boilermakers ' Union ( GMB ) national training school in Manchester the other week . They had descended on the former Jesuit college from all corners of the world representing a variety of organisations from the International Labour Organisation , through the Congress of South African Trades Unions , to the Asian Center for the Progress of Peoples , the cross - border American wo - men 's organisation Mujer á Mujer , and the London Hazards Centre .
Idiom: full tilt (used idiomatically: yes)
He would n't be expecting that and , if he did n't hear her coming , the element of surprise might enable her to get past him . Not giving her resolve time to weaken , she slipped off her shoes and hurtled up the alley as fast as she could go . She was right at the end when , without warning , she ran full tilt into the arms of the waiting figure . Luce heard the man give a little grunt , while at the same instant the impact drove most of the breath from her body . He was tall and sinewy , and his fingers gripped her arms with a steely strength .
Idiom: over my dead body (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite the general chaos , this visit was much more relaxed than the previous one . Vera Pinder had proved to be a formidable mountain of a woman , verging on caricature , who refused to listen to a word , but kept aggressively repeating , ' Are you arresting him ? Over my dead body ! ' — a tempting proposition — and bandying the phrase , ' Police harassment ' , gleaned from the media , at every opportunity . Helen Crawford , by contrast , was quietly spoken and eager to please . ' You must n't worry , ' he said to her .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
Mhm . Oh . So would you mind describing how you got it up there again cos I thought it was quite a good story . Well they set off they towed it up and then they had at least six six of them Burn Transit lorries all towing it up . Yeah .
Idiom: go round in circles (used idiomatically: yes)
If for some reason it subsequently becomes obvious that you ca n't do what you said you 'd do , then the genuine thing to do is to contact the person before the deadline expires , admit your difficulty and negotiate a new deadline . Going round in circles Meetings are infamous for getting stuck and going round in circles . In behavioural terms this usually occurs when people participating in the meeting get locked into an information loop . The loop goes like this :
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever it was I 'd taken from Sunil 's house — and I 'd only done it as a favour to him , after all — he could n't have said anything to Nassim about it . If he had , my furniture would have been out on the street by now and Springsteen and I would have been queuing down the night shelter . But whatever it was , he did n't think twice about sending his heavies to see me . Maybe I should go and meet him and explain . Maybe there was a Santa Claus after all .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Thereafter the total is to be held constant . Find the frequency distribution over years of study in 1991 . Does the pattern seem satisfactory in the longer term ? 2 . Table E11.1 shows annual changes over the period 1977–85 in the number of live births , the crude birth rate , the general fertility rate , and the total period fertility rate ; seasonally adjusted quarterly rates for 1984 and 1985 are also included .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
The newsreader said it showed ‘ another pace bowler handling the ball less than delicately’ . The evidence of Javed 's cheating fully vindicates England batsman Allan Lamb , who courageously blew the whistle on Pakistan 's ball - gouging tactics in the Mirror this week . In his now famous interview on Wednesday , Lamb pointed the finger at Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis , who shared 45 wickets between them during the five - match Test series . Lamb 's reward was a two - match suspension and a heavy fine — imposed for failing to get permission to tell the truth — and a strong hint from England supremo Ted Dexter that his international cricket career is over . In contrast , Pakistan have escaped scot - free .
Idiom: take it or leave it (used idiomatically: no)
" It wo n't leave me enough for my yuletide cake . " " What is that to me ? " said the miller , shrugging his shoulders . " Half the bag is my fee , take " it or leave it . " The old woman shouldered her bag again , giving him a baleful look , and went muttering away . But Neva the miller 's daughter had overheard this talk and felt sorry for the old woman who wanted to bake her yuletide cake .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: no)
They were like beacons to those that preyed on them . Men had it so much easier . The creatures that had made meat of them in earlier ages were zoo specimens now , brooding behind bars for the entertainment of the victorious ape . They had no grasp , those apes , of how close they lay to a state where the devouring beasts of Earth 's infancy would be little more than fleas . That state was called the In Ovo , and on the other side of it lay four worlds , the so - called Reconciled Dominions .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
Wallpapers start at £ 15.56/roll and fabrics at £ 19.50/m . RICH TAPESTRIES Tapestry is all the rage at the moment , and experienced needlewomen and nervous novices alike will love Primavera 's new range of fruit and flower tapestry kits . With patterns ranging from bold lemons to blowsy foxgloves , the kits start at £ 24.95 . Primavera will donate 25p from every kit ordered to the NSPCC .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: no)
There were at least four large Russian Factory ships just inside the Summer Isles , the rest consisted of a mixed bag of Polish , Bulgarian , and even Italian freezer trawlers , in all we counted more than thirty ships awaiting their turn to load mackerel from the Scottish purse netters . The latter sturdy little ships were two and three deep alongside the large vessels discharging their cargoes in a frenzy of activity while overhead the air was thick with gulls , diving and squabbling over the loose fish as it spilled from the swinging baskets . Around the factory ships the normally crystal clear water of the loch was rapidly turning brown and smelly from the pouring discharge pipes of the processing plants . Wondering what we had let ourselves in for we anchored as near as possible to Ullapool and contacted the local staff which at that time consisted of local patrol officers backed up by two visiting officers from Dingwall . Our brief was to board and rummage as many of these foreign vessels as possible and at the same time carry out checks on the British boats to control any possible lead in duty free stores .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Chemical evolution : origins of the elements , molecules and living systems This book is a delight for the practising chemist . It presents a state - of - the - art survey of the major fields that have developed out of 19th century chemistry : cosmochemistry ; geochemistry ; biochemistry ; and molecular biology . It is difficult to survey so many diverse fields ; Professor Mason has succeeded brilliantly . In a dozen distinct , but related chapters , the author covers ( inter alia ) the formation of the elements in stellar nucleosynthesis , chemistry in the interstellar medium and the Solar System , the energetics of living systems , prebiotic chemistry , and organic replication .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
There was a great deal of giggling and whispering as we passed by , and then Reid said , ‘ At last ! Here 's Green 's Hotel.’ At first sight the outside of the hotel resembled a third - rate boarding house in a British resort ; three storeys the white paint flaking off the walls and window sills . I must have looked crestfallen , for Reid said at once , ‘ It 's the heart of a person that counts , Laddie , not the clothes they wear . Same with here .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
Further books from the same publisher also concentrate on gardens : Richard Bisgrove 's The Gardens of Gertrude Jekyll ( £ 20 ) and Derek Fell 's The Impressionist Garden — a judicious mingling of two perennially popular subjects ( £ 20 . ) Routledge 's Heritage Gardens by Sheena Goulty is aimed at the professionals tending gardens such as the above ( £ 45 ) . Also profiting from the New Europe , with a sprinkling of gardening thrown in for good measure , is Weidenfeld and Nicolson with J.M. Dent 's Germany : Architecture , Interiors , Landscape , Gardens by Christa von Richthofen with photographs by Oliver Benn ( £ 30 ) . The only important offering from National Gallery Publications is timed to coincide with a major loan exhibition to open at the National Gallery next spring : Tradition and Revolution in French Art , 1700–1880 : paintings and drawings from Lille will appear in March ( £ 27.50 ) . Bloomsbury 's Essential Art History from Abstract Expressionism to Zeitgeist by Paul Duro and Michael Greenhalgh ( autumn 1992 ) is part of a series offering a guide to the history of Western art .
Idiom: out cold (used idiomatically: yes)
Even so , after several pints of the local brew , the big Swede had leaned over the bar , grabbed Renee 's skinny little shoulders , and planted a big cidery kiss smack on her lips . Renee had replied with the most perfect right cross to the seaman 's jaw ever seen in the pub , or outside for that matter . The seaman had been knocked out cold , helped considerably by the cider no doubt . Albeit , Renee 's fame throughout the locality had been assured that night . She had also been the saviour to many local drinkers who were about to get the bums rush from an irate Knocker , always a painful experience because Knocker rarely bothered to open the door first .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
Madame Grimaud treated all this with brisk courtesy , remarking on one occasion that it could at least be said that Frederica was a good moral influence . Frederica saw this observation at the time as a mark of signal failure of insight . Later , in England , it occurred to her that it might have been said ironically , but by then she had forgotten the context and intonation of it , could only remember that it was said under hot sun outside the Maison Carrée in Nîmes , where the air was fluent and the stones shone . They made courteous and persistent attempts to amuse her . On the second day they gave her a rubber ball attached on a long elastic thread to a wooden bat .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Then run,’ he told her as he heard the tender 's motor start . * Trent pushed Golden Girl off the beach , swinging the bows round before dragging himself on board . The wind was already driving them clear of the shore as he raised the sails . The barometer had fallen a further ten points to 28.5 .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Yeah I want one . I do n't like the one in cans I want get one of the bottles . Where did he get that from ? Can you hear me ?
Idiom: look the other way (used idiomatically: no)
The cop said , ‘ Do you require a duel licence?’ Tabitha , startled , said , ‘ A what?’ Marco was looking the other way . ‘ A duel licence,’ said the cop . ‘ You were hitting him .
Idiom: run the gamut (used idiomatically: yes)
The result is that the piece seems to become more polyphonic as the listener can more easily hear the lines . Nikolayeva adopts an orchestral approach in some pieces,(eg . the C sharp minor Fugue [ Book Two ] , where the intensity and unyielding rhythm make a strong impression ) , but her tonal range also suggests the organ ( E flat minor Prelude , Book One ) , a choir ( B flat minor Prelude , Book One ) , a trumpet ( D major Prelude , Book Two ) , and a violin ( B flat minor Prelude , Book One ) . The characterisation of the Fugues is incredibly varied — Nikolayev runs the whole gamut from the leisurely , almost lazy polyphony of the D major Fugue ( Book Two ) through the scherzando humour of the E flat and B flat Fugues in Book One , the simplicity of the C major Fugue ( Book One ) , the sheer beauty of tone of the F sharp minor fugue , Book Two , the granite - like strength of purpose and sound in the B flat minor Fugue , ( Book Two ) . Perhaps most impressively of all , the visionary glow of the C sharp minor Fugue in Book One makes for a transcendental and deeply telling interpretation that silences all criticism . One must simply accept these performances at face value and forget about problems of piano versus harpsichord versus clavichord .
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
Legal rules are the more detailed regulations applicable in practice , and derive from a variety of sources . In Britain parliamentary statutes and the subsequent mass of secondary legislation called statutory instruments ( or the equivalent in the United States ) are the main source of rules today . In the Soviet Union the party and government bureaucracies issued a mass of rules and regulations — so many , in fact , that sometimes ways had to be found to circumvent them so that the system would not grind to a halt . The process by which legal principles are established is pre - eminently political . The particular set of values that comes to be enshrined in a constitution or code reflects the preferences of the groups in power at the time of their drawing up .
Idiom: heart of gold (used idiomatically: yes)
He would have dismembered you!’ The stretched - out , salivating way Callahan said ‘ dismembered’ made my blood curdle . ‘ But I 've been reading an interview in Groundswell where Johnny Boy says that he 's misunderstood and really he 's got a heart of gold.’ ‘ Want to know how they did it ? They sedated him with Southern Comfort .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
He was in bed — with another girl . So I just left the house . I felt ashamed — embarrassed —’ She pulled away from him , rummaged in her pocket for a handkerchief , and could n't find one . David produced one and handed it to her . She blew her nose noisily .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
one of the nicest things that happened to me since I 've been widowed is having Neil to look after not only is he an exception Oh I wondered what you . What have you got in that little bag ? Oh we 've got some make - up . Oh .
Idiom: pull out all the stops (used idiomatically: yes)
The idea , by the way is to bite the sleeve , though a helicopter 's on hand to whisk the criminal off to hospital if the dog gets carried away . Beau finished halfway down the field at the end of Day 2 . Tony 's hoping he 'll pull out all the stops on the final day tomorrow . Good evening . ANNE DAWSON
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
operation at a Cambridge nursing home next week . Town midfielder Steve Palmer will have a thigh Town pair given seal of approval By Dave Allard IPSWICH Town 's successful management duo of John Lyall and Mick McGiven have signed new contracts with the Suffolk club .
Idiom: get up someone's nose (used idiomatically: yes)
There are n't many taboo words now . Some I suppose ; some that I should n't dream of saying ; that even I should consider ' shockingly vulgar ' . Some of the things I say get up my mother 's nose a bit . ' Must you say that , dear ? ' she 'll murmur . ' It 's such a coarse expression . ''
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
Valery Gergiev talks to David Nice about his Kirov Opera company After three years of more or less benevolent autocracy , Valery Gergiev is happy with the facts about his Kirov company : the fact that for the 1989–90 season , very much against the malingering influence of Leningrad 's cultural bureaucrats and an army of silently disapproving critics , he headed straight for uncut Mussorgsky ( original Boris , Shostakovich- orchestrated Khovanshchina , Sorochinsky Fair , The Marriage , Salammbô ) ; and the fact that the following year , with the situation in newly - renamed St Petersburg worsening day by day , he set about four Prokofiev operas within a matter of months . Those of us who witnessed the touch - and - go progress of an ultimately triumphant War and Peace — recorded by Philips for release early next year — feared for the future of the rest , but as Gergiev puts it ' that which makes me incredibly proud is that I announced these things and they happened ' — and , one might add , that inspiration was to hand for rather more performances than the fiercely self - critical Gergiev might admit . Most of it happened thanks to tireless negotiations with opera houses , TV crews and recording companies in the west , but it has not so far turned out to be anything like a pact with the devil . Co - productions with the Royal Opera have proved as vital for London as St Petersburg , and Gergiev was quite happy that Covent Garden 's lap of The Fiery Angel should be conducted by Sir Edward Downes ( ' it is clear to both of us that Prokofiev deserves what has happened , he deserved it long ago , and I 'm only glad it happened in my time ' ) .