Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
This was particularly evident as far as the young were concerned . The special place that they had enjoyed in traditional sports was much reduced . Either they joined in with their adult workmates or they played children 's games in the streets . Ancient games did survive amongst the young and continued to be enjoyed into the middle of this century , but their songs and rhymes , and the old chasing , throwing , and racing games were increasingly regarded as puerile . Adults would have been thought foolish to take part in what were now only infantile amusements .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Within a week Little Chef was running the yard , bringing in the ponies from the fields , doing tricks for pony nuts , retrieving lost balls from the undergrowth , then running on to the field and dropping them when there was a pause in play . He also learnt not to scrabble Dancer 's leather trousers and who was welcome in the yard , biting the ankles of visiting VAT men , growling at Philippa Mannering when , ever hopeful , she dropped in on Ricky , and lifting his leg on the probation officer 's bicycle . He adored Perdita , but Ricky was his great love , and gradually as the ugly little dog limped after him , barking encouragement during practice chukkas , and even hitching a lift on the back of a pony in order not to be separated , Ricky succumbed totally to his charms .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 've worked with Geech as he prepares the side for each game we play . Knowing him for as long as I have done must have worked in my favour.’ With an English manager in Geoff Cooke and an English forwards ' coach in Dick Best — as well as 16 Englishmen in the playing party — Hastings ' appointment in tandem with McGeechan 's at least gives the party a semblance of Celtic influence . ‘ All the Englishmen in the squad are very experienced and any Lions’ side must be strong on that quality . It 's now about bringing everyone together for the good of British rugby,’ said the Scot .
Idiom: break the bank (used idiomatically: yes)
See the stars and have fun at a bargain price ROLL UP , roll up , for fun - packed , star - studded autumn or winter breaks with Butlin 's — for just £ 16.50 . Together with Britain 's top holiday company we 're offering a staggering 125,000 three to five night breaks at a price that wo n't break the bank . All the holidays are designed to offer non - stop entertainment . And the price — just a sparkling £ 16.50 per person . Take a look at what is included in the special price … sub - tropical waterworlds , sports , children 's clubs , karaoke , feature films , bars , dancing , cabaret and fabulous shows .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
Good , any other questions arising out of last year 's minutes ? You are surrounded by the latest edition of the N C V O News , so you know that this is the last occasion . I shall have another word to say about him , you 're not getting off as lightly as that Alan , er , but erm , I , I think that erm , what I should now do , is to invite him , as our Chairman over the year in question , to er , move the adoption of the Annual Report . Mr. Chairman , nineteen eighty nine has been a significant year for the voluntary sector , and we have witnessed some important developments , including the publication of the White Paper , Charities , a Framework for the Future . The announcement of the efficiency scrutiny of government funding of the voluntary sector , legislative changes in local government , and Housing Bill , are also likely to change the relationship between voluntary organisations and local authorities .
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: no)
Football coach , Bear Bryant , is also a farmhand and in the old days farmhands used to guide a team of animals in front of the plough , encouraging them and making sure they all pulled together . But he also coaches a football team and his secret for teamwork is this . What he says is that if anything goes badly , he tells the team , ‘ I did it’ . If anything goes reasonably well , he says , ‘ We did it!’ But when everything goes really well , he says to them , ‘ You did it!’
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Very few welfare rights units can boast such resources . However , the expertise it has developed serves a much wider geographical area than the West Midlands , where it is based . It is in effect a CAB national resource and an example to those interested in its work . As such it is worth describing its activities in detail . The unit provides an intensive casework and development service for the advisers in the 65 West Midlands bureaux to help them deal with particularly complex social security , employment and related enquiries from the public .
Idiom: make someone's day (used idiomatically: yes)
Patrick Wood finished fastest in his class … Steve Jewell was second in his class … Russ Ward in a borrowed car struggled … but the chance to see vintage cars like this seemed enough to make everybody ' s day . Hundreds of people took to the water over the weekend to recreate ancient and strange boat races . Dragon racing uses skills learned from a two thousand year old legend … yet it 's claimed to be the fastest growing sport in Britain .
Idiom: down the drain (used idiomatically: yes)
With all that Yeah well what experience down the drain is it 's crazy . Yeah . Last last time I was er resting was er about sixteen months ago and er I actually applied and got pretty far down the line er for a position within Woolworths only to find that er when they stated that they wanted people between the ages of twenty eight and thirty five they did actually mean that .
Idiom: out of the running (used idiomatically: yes)
But Bingham retorted : ‘ When Jack 's nervous he always seems to have a go . Maybe he 's a little bit worried that we are challenging his supremacy . ‘ Of course he 's entitled to his opinion , but I do n't share it and it 's too premature to talk about anyone being certainties , or anyone being out of the running.’ Meanwhile , Danish international Henrik Larsen has pleaded with Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson to rescue him from Italian Serie B side Pisa . The 26-year - old midfield player , rated at £ 1.8 m , said : ‘ I have spoken to Ron and would love to play in the Premier League.’
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Grief — where was his charm of yesterday ? Beginning to feel that she had imagined his charm , his inbuilt supply of it , Fabia strove hard to keep cool . ‘ I 've never met her,’ she replied quietly , and deciding that now was the time to come clean — albeit that she would be lying in her teeth , ‘ She , Miss Pankracova , arranged an interview for — er — me , with Mr Vendelin Gajdusek for last Friday , only he —’ A fiercer expletive than the one he had muttered before rent the air . Then the man was checking , and was remembering to speak in English .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
For instance , if good supportive accommodation and a job with a sympathetic employer could be found , this would immediately reduce the potential range of home and work - related events . Moreover , it might be possible to resolve some of the difficulties that might arise before , say , eviction or redundancy became real possibilities . Many , if not most , events implicated in depression do not occur out of the blue . While this may not mean they are preventable , there is at least the possibility of fortifying the individual against their effects . And certain existing circumstances often appear to influence the likelihood of their occurrence .
Idiom: down in the dumps (used idiomatically: yes)
When Meredith had been a child , her father always read A Christmas Carol aloud to his family on Christmas Eve . As a youngster she had always been truly terrified at the point in the narrative when Marley 's ghost clanked in . She supposed she was feeling a bit down in the dumps , apprehensive too about celebrating Christmas Day at the Danbys . She peered at the Christmas cactus she had bought for Alan and decided it looked distinctly sorry for itself . It had looked all right in the shop .
Idiom: add insult to injury (used idiomatically: yes)
Why had it had to be Travis McKenna , of all people , who had made her experience things she never had before ? It made her shudder just to think of how mindlessly she had behaved . Then , after that humiliation , he had added insult to injury by saying she 'd be perfectly safe with him ! The insensitive rat ! Out of the corner of her eye she watched Travis unroll the sleeping - bag and sit down to remove his boots .
Idiom: kith and kin (used idiomatically: yes)
As a Welshman , I have visited the Welsh Gwladfa or Colony in Patagonia . As Welsh - speakers , we have a special rapport with the Welsh of Y Wladfa — who are bilingual in Welsh and Spanish — and many in Wales have relations and friends there . During the war over the Falkland Islands ( Islas Malvinas in Spanish and Ynysoedd Malfin in Welsh ) we too had a ‘ kith and kin’ situation : rather different and more poignant than the more well - known situation between the English - speakers of London and those of Buenos Aires and Port Stanley . Imagine how we felt when we heard talk , on the BBC , of the possible intention to bomb Puerto Madryn ( Welsh : Porth Madryn ) , named after Love Jones Parry of Madryn — which is a small village , some three miles from where I live and am now writing . Sadly , our voice went unheard at the time .
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
FROM OUR PARIS CORRESPONDENT ONE war , at least , is over . Six weeks after battle was joined over the proposed ‘ rectification’ of French spelling , the resistance fighters appear to have won the day . The Académie Française , that illustrious guardian of the French language , set up by Richelieu in 1635 , last week in effect buried the very reform for which it had voted unanimously nine months earlier . By 23 votes to six , the Academy decided that the changes in spelling rules — proposed by a working party of the government - appointed Conseil Supérieur de la Langue Française under the chairmanship of the Academy 's own permanent secretary — should not be enforced in any way ( not even through school circulars or inclusion in new dictionaries ) , but should be made subject to the ‘ test of time’ .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
They brought praise and prestige to their trade while reinforcing Northern Ireland 's reputation as the home of good food . Their participation in such competitions was is expensive . After paying entrance fees , they often found themselves out of pocket to the tune of £ 1,000 , just for the privilege of taking part . But they never quibbled ; put their money alongside their confidence and took the silverware home to Northern Ireland . Imagine the surprise then , in local meat circles , when it was learned our representatives would not be allowed to take part in the bi - annual National Sausage Competition in Harrogate .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI STIFF BRITISH upper lip comes face to face with Japanese Prisoner Of War Camp cruelty and is forced , perish the thought , to compromise . Alec Guinness plays the epitome of the Decent British Officer Johnny who decides , in order to re - establish military discipline and morale among his men , to play ball with his captors by building a bridge , militarily essential to the Japanese . In the resultant culture clash Guinness drowns , heroism subverted by duty , reality distorted by the military mindset . A microcosmic war where all the damage is psychological and moral .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
The antithesis of riffaholic Metal and punk , STT 's approach is reminiscent of the early Throwing Muses , a heady forge into unexplored terrain . This is hardcore completely devoid of anger and aggression , yet which is profoundly confrontational and uncomfortable . ' Get Your Goat ' follows last year 's ' Funeral At The Movies'album in using unconscious streams of thought , barely filtered into conventional trappings like choruses and verses , as ingredients for songs . By the end of each track , so many fleeting emotions and ideas have slithered past , only a sparse recollection of what just went before remains . It 's like listening to a band suffering from perpetual memory loss , they live so relentlessly in the present .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Martin 's greatest achievement came in West Indies ' second innings . They were 97 for 2 , still 70 behind , when he bagged three of the most illustrious wickets Test cricket has even had on offer in the space of only four balls . Kanhai made a mess of an attempted pull and was caught ; resuming next over , Martin found the edge as a languid Sobers propped forward , to be caught by Simpson at slip ; and after playing the hat - trick ball , Worrell was also caught by Simpson completing a ' pair ' . These were the only wickets Martin took in the match , but his allround contributions would probably have earned him the Man of the Match award had such been on offer in those days . He failed to take a wicket at Sydney in the next Test , and helped Gibbs to a reciprocal three wickets in four balls by falling to the first he received .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Brenda , of The Green , Richmond , first came across homeopathy while seeking help for her daughter , Angela , born with a severe heart condition , and now aged 20 . She looked at all sorts of alternative medicine and found that homeopathy was very effective for Angela 's condition of breathlessness and collapse . Brenda found out more about it and eventually took the plunge to take it up herself . She ran a business and worked in a health shop to work her way through four years of study at the Northern College of Homeopathy , Gateshead , and has practised for the last six months under supervision . Homeopathy , used by the Royal Family for generations , was discovered in the 1800s by German physician Samuel Hahnemann who found that treating like with like The Law of Similars worked .
Idiom: run riot (used idiomatically: yes)
See anything you like ? ROS:(Doubtful , innocent ) What do they do ? PLAYER : Let your imagination run riot . They are beyond surprise . ROS : And how much ?
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
Maureen did n't know anywhere near the whole story … She did n't know the promised ‘ exhibition’ had been only a trick to get her niece to come to Venice , or that Michele Diomede was also Peter Sebastian , and she did n't known about Didi Lombard . But she did know that Michele was a Gemini , which made her patent enthusiasm seem peculiar to say the least … ‘ Twenty lire for your thoughts,’ Michele offered , adding , with a smile that tugged at her heart - strings , ‘ Of course , that 's not my final bid ; I may be willing to go a little higher if they 're worth it.’ Luce shook her head .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
So Taylor took Lineker into the European Championship as his first choice marksman , but with big doubts about what he would contribute . Disgust It all came to a head in what proved to be Lineker 's final game , when as England were trailing against Sweden in Stockholm , Taylor pulled him off . When Lineker threw down the captain 's arm band in disgust , the rift between the pair first became public . And it was only a matter of time when the truth came out .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: no)
At one of the gates in the fence which circled the base , a religious service was held which attracted both Christians and non - Christians . A cloth was spread on the ground , candles placed in jam jars on the corners , a loaf in the middle . Then to the tune of ‘ By the waters of Babylon I sat down and wept’ , we sang another version of the words . The soldiers and police guarding the gate heard , ‘ By the wires of Greenham , we sit down and weep , weep for this our land’ . As the women 's voices soared and broke into part - singing so that the phrase ‘ We sit down and weep’ rang round and round the group , the hair prickled on the back of my neck .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
You do n't write spy messages , do you?’ ‘ They 'd be more interesting than business letters , I 'll give you that,’ said Joe , ‘ but no , that 's not me . It 's food for thought , though . Point is , what 's Blackbeard up to that he does n't want to be spied on?’ ‘ Do n't ask me,’ said Dolly , ‘ I 'm just ' ere by accident.’
Idiom: make a go of (used idiomatically: yes)
Their case is that if they had been properly and correctly advised as they were entitled to be under the contract , they would not have proceeded to exchange or to completion . If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . Their case is that they were effectively forced to er complete unwillingly without the or the finance to make a go of the business and they suffered the losses which are claimed er set out in heading form initially on page sixty two of the pleadings bundle in further and better particulars . and your Lordship'll see that erm figures are there set out which represent the losses incurred during the trading during that year from er November to December nineteen eighty five nineteen eighty six . Sorry , bundle three , part A. My Lord er again on page eighty one of the pleadings bundle the er plaintiff set out erm in their answer to request number nine on page eighty one what they say er about what happened to their business .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
As the great machine of modernity spins remorselessly round , it has spun us away from the centre of social existence — community life , government , commerce , industry , education , welfare , leisure — to the peripheral margins of societal life . Life on the margins characterises the Christian church in advanced industrial societies , and more often than not we do not even notice it . The Evil One may not have come between us and God on a personal level , but as an army he has scattered us all over the place , dumped us unceremoniously in our little religious ghettoes and subcultures , and left us to our own devices . And so in this chapter I want to look analytically at some of the ways Christianity has unwittingly capitulated to the forces of modernity . We talk about the evils of secularism , but do not seem to recognise that we are ourselves secularised .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
A similar bonus would also have been paid if the team had beaten Leeds United , again in late 1989 . But Ardiles told the court he was n't at all happy about making the payments . He said’ I believe at the end of the day I made the wrong decision’ . Ardiles said he began to mistrust Swindon Town 's former chairman Brian Hillier , who 's on trial with Macari , and former club accountant Vince Farrar . Ardiles said in 1990 he stopped offering the cash bonuses , and players were soon paid a monthly salary direct into their bank accounts . Macari , Hillier , and Farrar deny the charges , and the case continues . Council workers have staged a protest after being told they must go back to using a car park where one of their colleagues was murdered .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
The pound is up at one dollar , ninety three and down at two marks , eighty one . ( ad lib ) One of the country 's most popular hot air balloon festivals takes place this weekend . It got underway this morning with a spectacular mass lift - off . More than a hundred thousand people are expected to visit the showground to see a variety of colourful , and often bizarre balloons .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm yes erm well at the ti at first I could only move my head , but when I went on that holiday , St Giles had been working on me with nerve machines and muscle machines Mm . and in the , swimming in the hot water . Mm . used to have a black rubber tyre round my middle
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
However , having heard today sir that two things . Erm firstly that if an existing employment use falls to another land use , this is what Mr Allenby was just saying , the subsequent release of employment land onto the market does not come out of the sixty hectares the structure plan 's asking for , that 's what that 's what Mr Allenby just said , I hope he wo n't come back on it , major point . Having heard that , and secondly due to your patience er through your patience getting clarification that it the borough could if it wished allocate its sixty hectares under this structure plan policy outside the town centres and that things that then took place in town centres would be extra , it 's not something they have to do but it 's a freedom they would have in their local plan , having heard those two things , the concern I 've got that even at sixty hectares , Harrogate 's allocation was too small erm really recedes very quickly sir , and would completely disappear and here Mr Allenby and I are at one , if the way this discussion had worked out had got the strategic site policy on the table today as a discussion item , and if we were able to get clear that such a strategic site policy if it existed was in addition to the allocations under I five , I would be wholly happy sir and would be able formally withdraw our objections absolutely .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
The baby did not open its eyes and start preaching a sermon . He did not hand out sayings of Jesus in a little red book , or give them Christmas presents . The baby was only a sign and could only have been understood later in the light of the life of the person who was to be the Saviour of the world . Indeed , here is a reminder that Christmas can only be understood in the light of later events , can only be discovered in all its wonderful freshness and life when we discover for ourselves that Jesus is the human face of God . We also discover at this point the reality of love at the heart of the sign .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It just did n't sound to me like laughter . What an odd thing.’ ‘ I mean to get to the bottom of it,’ said Lydia , only without much conviction . ‘ This is one of the things I would prefer to understand.’ ‘ The only really profound question,’ said Beuno , ‘ is why .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
He has been pictured in a Tarzan suit with a helicopter hovering over his head . Mr Heseltine had tried to buy the puppet at one stage , but he failed . Food for for thought for Mrs Heseltine . 2 ringers do n't make a right , although they might make a mainstream centre left traditional Conservative . Which one should she choose ?
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
Before 9.15 , phrases that will have been used include : ‘ a lethal dose of my love rod’ ; ‘ young girls’ love juices’ ; ‘ a good fist - fucking’ ; ‘ all your fudge - packing’ ; ‘ the mark of a man across your bun’ ; ‘ most people have carried your hand baggage’ ; ‘ he 's recovering from a rogering in the toilet’and ‘ he 's pouring a hand shandy in the car park’ . THE RIGHT SAID FRED STORY : two brothers work for years trying to become pop stars . The highs were few and far between . When Fred was a kid he sent John Peel a demo tape and John Peel phoned him up , but nothing came of it . ( Partly because he remembers how ‘ cool’ this was of John Peel , Fred sometimes now grabs fan letters and phones up the writer , ‘ to freak them out’ . )