Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Pity it backfired during the lucky draw at Edinburgh 's ritzy Prestonfield House Hotel recently . The Curry Ball , organised by showman and restaurateur Tommy Miah for charity , had pulled in several hundred of the great and good to overpower lavish helpings . They also chipped in generously to the draw , more than £ 1,400 in autographed fivers and tenners , first prize as described by DJ Steve Hamilton ‘ a British Gas lucky bag’ of state of the art appliances . First name out , farmer John Francetti . The conversation then went approximately like this :
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
The title was again created for John ~ Holles . When he died in 1711 the title became extinct but his estates passed to his nephew Thomas ~ Pelham , who three years later upon coming of age received the title in its third creation . In 1757 he received the additional title of " Newcastle - under - Lyne " .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
if he says no you , you know , I do n't want you pushing him . Yeah , right , right . Well maybe you could have a quick word with him first and I could give you a call and then erm I wo n't be playing squash with him for about another what , four or five days so it 's next Wednesday Mhm , okay well
Idiom: on the hoof (used idiomatically: yes)
Ancient and Modern : Premium bonds By PETER JONES PARTIES try to win elections with on - the - hoof policies they hope will forge a polling - day bond with an electorate ignored for five years . In ancient Rome , Mafia - like networks of bonds and obligations between powerful families and friends held the key . The 2,800 election notices from Pompeii , hand - painted in red on house walls , show the system at work ( fine example in the London ' Rediscovering Pompeii ' exhibition ) .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: no)
What type of computer has the longest lifespan ? Computers do not have any lifespan . They can fail in one minute right out of the box or last 20 years with luck and very careful use .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Land and buildings are to be shown at original cost or subsequent valuation . All fixed assets shall be valued on the same basis as used in the last audited accounts and there shall be no upward revaluation of them or any of them above the value(s ) used in the last audited accounts . No value shall be attributable to any intangible asset including but not limited to , goodwill , intellectual property rights , research and development expenditure , third party rights , customer contracts , computer software and hardware , assets located in the business which is to be closed , any assets with an original cost of less than £ 500 , books and records but full provision shall be made for all liabilities in respect thereof . No depreciation is to be charged in respect of the months of acquisition or disposal . Depreciation shall be calculated at each month end as follows : —
Idiom: peaches and cream (used idiomatically: yes)
Eva had been born the year of the Wall Street crash . The harsh years of the Depression were causing everyone to tighten their belts . By now the " peaches and cream " teenager was in her forties , and grey haired , with nine children to feed and clothe . How they coped with no child benefit or social security back up says a great deal for their determination and the sacrifices that had to be made by them all . Robert Burrows ' wages were often less than ten shillings a week .
Idiom: shut the door on (used idiomatically: no)
Go ahead . Right . See if I can shut the door on you ! Cor ! I might call back to fucking haunt you you bastard !
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
Kumar 1980 and Greer 1984 ) . In this book I shall be following an understanding of modernity established by the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre ( 1981 ) and the sociologist Peter Berger ( 1969 ) . Both men are Christians , and in the last few years a number of other Christian writers have followed in their footsteps ( Hunter 1983 ; Guinness 1983 ; Williamson , Parotta et al 1983 ; Kolakowski 1986 ) . Modernity for these writers has been used as an all - embracing concept that includes both the ideologies of the modern world — its ‘ modernisms’— and also the economic , social and cultural realities of modern life . To understand modernity , then , involves an investigation of modern ideologies and methodologies — in science , theology , philosophy , literature , etc . ; it also involves an effort to make sense of these ideologies in the context of advanced industrial societies .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
By then I knew the match was saved , so I was happy , not disappointed . But afterwards I felt … so few runs needed to beat Hutton.’ Garfield Sobers did the trick two matches later . ‘ In the first hour we lost Mahmood Hussain with a hamstring injury and Nasim - ul - Ghani with a broken thumb , leaving us with three bowlers . But Sobers is still my favourite cricketer .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
Life gets even more complicated when the type is set across different widths , or ' measures'(look at p 140 of last week 's issue ) . The top story , about police computers , turned out to be slightly too long when it appeared in print . The only place where we could make cuts , without resetting the entire piece , was in the last paragraph . These physical constraints all take their toll on the accuracy , readability and good English of the magazine . It would make life a lot simpler to do these alterations when the words exist as digits in a computer 's memory , rather than as solid chunks of metal in the composing room .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's all about involving the staff . Voice over Along the way , state of the art technology helps assemble the vehicles . The process is monitored by computer . It 's all a welcome boost for Cowley after all the redundancies , the 3,000 jobs here now are safe , say Rover , who announced that contracts worth £ 236 million have been sealed .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
And the technical solution to the population problem was contraception . So Western experts were soon jetting off to poor countries to run surveys and design massive family planning programmes . And when these did n't meet with immediate success , yet more surveys were done and more programmes developed — until , ultimately , it was decided that , if parents could not be trusted to do the right thing , the decision had to be taken out of their hands . Helicopters dropped experts onto unsuspecting villages in Nepal ; Tunisian women were coerced into buses to have loops inserted without explanation ; African women were given contraceptive injections against their or their husbands ' wills . Not surprisingly this produced a strong counter - reaction .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Flotilla Sailing All our flotilla yachts are easy to handle , equipped for inexperienced or short handed crews , and modified for Mediterranean sailing with holding tanks , cold showers and extra ventilation . Headsail roller reefing and slab reef mainsails make light of strong winds ; bathing ladders , cockpit cushions and sun - awnings provide essential comfort . Comprehensive safety equipment is inspected by officials each year and we add VHF radios for further safety . Inventories have been refined over many years to meet your needs on flotilla , and include little touches like sets of snorkels and flippers — and a pack of foodstuffs and cleaning materials to start you off .
Idiom: drop someone a line (used idiomatically: no)
She and her husband are members of the Hottentots Holland , RAFA and now live at 23 Columbine Street , Nerina , Durbanville 7550 , Cape Province . While still on this theme , a friend who was a cook bemoans the lack of stories from or about those who kept us fed . Perhaps some of the cooks who fought as infantry at Maleme , Crete , could drop us a line . Appeal sequel Two years ago I published an appeal by Mrs Mary Marsden , of Church Stretton , Shropshire , for news of any relatives of six airmen of 57 Squadron killed when their Wellington crashed at Staplefore , near Cambridge , on 3 September 1941 , when returning from a raid on Frankfurt .
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: no)
Do what you have done , abusing your bodies . We said if you want to abuse your bodies , we 're going to take every bloody pound you have in your pocket away with you , with the most modern medical treatment , bowels . Heart - lung machines , that a machine that I can use , when you 're put in a heart - lung machine , I stop this machine , I keep this machine going , and I take out your heart , and your , your heart , I drop it on the floor , pick it up , wash in Parmolive soap , and put it back again . All these things I can do , to prevent death . Young babies , baby are there days of care , and look what we get .
Idiom: prodigal son (used idiomatically: yes)
The concretion is potent . It forms the religious imagination . One may respond ( in relation to the parable of the prodigal son ) that one knows that today women may pass property to their daughters . But it is still the case that through the reading of it in church a certain image of what it means to be male or female is conveyed . Again it may be said that though prophets and priests in the bible are male , there is no reason why women should not be ordained or exercise leadership today .
Idiom: in stitches (used idiomatically: yes)
Dear Kate , John Henderson is utterly brilliant ! His last two articles ‘ Baby Talk’ and ‘ Horse for Sale’really had me in stitches . In fact it got me some funny looks because I was reading Today 's Horse on the tube and could n't help laughing out loud ! Some of the things he says are really quite outrageous — do you ever get any complaints about his language ?
Idiom: no questions asked (used idiomatically: yes)
A policeman , white , talking to a gang of youths , black . I went round another corner and took out the map to find out where I was , but it did n't help . What I wanted was an area marked ‘ The sort of place where an average girl out on her own wo n't get mugged or raped and she can get a cheap bed for the night , no questions asked.’ I was sweating now even though it was getting cooler . My shoulder ached — all those dreams .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
Moreover , as Coote acknowledged , magistrates themselves were initially hostile to the aims and methods of purity groups . They were loath to convict , especially in cases which seemed to contradict common law . The difficulties in the working of the new act quickly came to a head . In December 1886 the Home Office received a memorial from the Clapham Vigilance Association , complaining that Clapham Common was ‘ infested’ with prostitutes of the lowest type and that actual fornication was shamelessly committed on benches close to the public roadway . Ratepayers who formed this local group grumbled that the police were conspicuous by their absence .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: no)
So and i I mean you read them in a they 're marked within five to ten minutes , yeah ? Scripts fifteen minutes at most . I 'm not looking to give you constructive feedback on them , I 'm just looking to see what grade it gets so you go down and put it in a pigeon hole . Do not worry about the quality of the essays . There is a mar if you got a two two for a piece of course work , ok , it would easily get an equivalent two two in an exam would be the eq would be about a third or a pass , yeah ?
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: no)
He 'd been before , this was Ruth 's first visit . Ruth grinned at him as he sat down at a cane table , making sure he was under the bright green awning that hung over the balcony and not a sliver of sun was on the bare parts of his body . He pulled a face at her as he shifted a sheaf of papers towards him . ‘ I do n't see why you should have all the fun on these trips,’ he muttered dejectedly , ‘ soaking up a tan when you 've already got some left from Seville last year . Has n't anyone warned you of the dangers of over - exposure to the sun?’
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , ? Thanks . Erm , I really feel that this consultation is coming more than a too late because we started on the slippery slope when the consortium was er first dreamed of o , you know about a year ago and set up in April and that really this is the sort of the inexorable next move , and this consultation is far far too late ! Erm I think that Vince has raised of very personal questions that we have ask about this erm the question of local accountability of the health authority board that will be created by this the to service this new joint health authority , would in fact , be the size of the existing one for West Essex and we would ha , have only a third of the representation that we currently have the whole of West Essex we 'll only have two non- executive members on the health authority board and I do n't think that that is terribly accountable but certainly a considerable reduction on what we 've got at the moment . Erm not only will people have to travel a lot further for treatment , as was admitted at the public meeting erm last Monday , here in Harlow but er if people want to is maybe they 'll one or two less senior f the area committee authority they will have to travel to Witham or Colchester or whatever , by absolutely execrable public transport if they do n't drive a motor car to actually attend those meetings and that 's not democratic or accountable either !
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
Others line their nests with mud , with moss , with leaves , with feathers . Some dig burrows in sandy banks , others hollow out holes in trees . Some lay eggs among the stones , so camouflaged you would mistake them for the rocks themselves . Yet no one teaches these birds how to find their building materials , how to prepare them , how to weave them . No creature ever deviates from its instinctive mental programming .
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
The book contains seven chapters written by a collection of authors who are obviously highly experienced . Each author attempts to relate the ‘ tricks of the trade’ in a highly readable , often anecdotal fashion ; most notable is Wood 's mention of growing protein crystals in a sandwich box . It is an interesting thought that Aldrich 's sales of laboratory equipment could grind to a halt as the UK 's cash - starved scientists descend on their nearest Woolworth 's looking for their highly desirable Tupperware apparatus ! Most chapters contain one or more ‘ general methods’ , a step - by - step procedure for performing a particular purification —eg of membrane proteins — or for separation of proteins to a grade necessary for sequencing , or therapeutic use . While these methods are not guaranteed to work , they should provide suitable guidelines for other workers .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
The photographic face confronts us continually Liz Wells introduces the many and varied images Mask , curated by Valerie Brown for Impressions Gallery in York is a computer - developed identikit , a somewhat tongue - in - cheek representation of the average European who , we are told , is androgynous , 31.5 years old , of mixed ethnic origin with no distinguishing marks ! The image itself is , of course , dull . It is available in kit form ; but if you get one for Christmas the joke is probably at your expense .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
The doormen know them and , aware that they wo n't do anything stupid , leave them alone . They might even give them a tip . Young stays there until something happens : he might get a picture within half an hour , although he has hung around until 4 am . ' By about 2 am we might say , ' Let 's go now , let 's go past Tramp . ' We might get the nod there and stay or we might find nothing going on . '
Idiom: play hard to get (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That 's certainly none of your business,’ he said , but his heart was n't in it . ‘ Come on , Tel . Do n't play hard to get , I 'm on the payroll — remember?’ ‘ Not any more you 're not.’ He reached into a drawer down to his left and produced a cheque - book , one of the big fat jobs that meant it was a company one , not a personal account .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Date : Thu , 21 Oct 1993 10:37:28 + 0100 Subject : Tim 's Poll Have to think about it but the name that immediately springs to mind for most of them is Russell Grant . But last night … ah , that was sweet . Absolutely hilarious .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
Lord of the Field , a winner at the Curragh , is an English entry but to be honest it all looks a bit thin on the ground — a bit like the St Leger . Maybe everyone is saving their horses for the Arc . German racing as I 've mentioned before in this column appears to be all the rage and there is a big meeting at Baden Baden today with John Oxx featured . George Augustus who lost his last race in Germany in the stewards room is down for the Grosser Preis Von Baden and would have to be supported . Rated
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
Too many top managers leave after a strategy has failed , clutching pay - offs big enough to guarantee their family 's security for several generations . This makes a nonsense of any incentive scheme . The penalty for failure should be heavy ; but , by the same token , the rewards for long - term success could be higher than they are today . Michael Jensen and Kevin Murphy of Harvard Business School found , in a 1990 study , that the average pay of chief executives of big American firms had barely caught up , in real terms , with what similar bosses received in the 1930s . But they also found that bosses ' pay is often less variable than that of ordinary workers .
Idiom: beat about the bush (used idiomatically: yes)
So we 've er we felt that was we only had to cope with if the worst came to the worst . Well er that 's outside my hands but I think we should say that there should be significant growth next year as the new er as the third tranche of the community care special transitional comes in but of course there are more responsibilities . I mean , let 's not beat about the bush here . We are taking responsibility for people who we were not taking responsibility for before so it is n't sort of entirely buckshee money which we distribute , there are real responsibilities here . Erm , the er question of the forecast for this year on residential work .
Idiom: keep tabs on (used idiomatically: yes)
With a low hum of premonition my eyes panned Harlem , as if out there among the smokestacks and flarepaths lay my damage , my special damage , waiting for birth or freedom or power . There is only one Earthling who really cares about me . At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . No one else does . Selina 's never there .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
While we absorb about the same amount of protein as fat , it is the fat which causes the biggest problem to the figure - conscious , since it stores more efficiently , becoming even harder to shift . The biggest villain is that ad man 's bug - bear ' saturated fat ' — found in meats , oily fish and dairy products . As a rule , the harder a fat is at room temperature , the more saturated it is . Suet , and fat on chops and steaks , contains around 60 % saturated fat , while butter contains some 50 % . Polyunsaturated margarines and low - fat margarines are not totally without saturated fat — 15–12 % is usual — while polyunsaturated oils are 12 % and below .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
Being in unhorsey vet in Yorkshire was a penance at times , especially in a racing stable like this which was an equine shrine . Siegfried , apart altogether from his intuitive skill , was able to talk the horse language . He could discuss effortlessly and at length the breeding and points of his patients ; he rode , he hunted , he even looked the part with his long aristocratic face , clipped moustache and lean frame . The trainers loved him and some , like Beamish , took it as a mortal insult when he failed to come in person to minister to their valuable charges . He called to one of the lads who opened a box door .
Idiom: see eye to eye (used idiomatically: no)
It was partly because these artificial agglomerations soon broke up that we were left at the finish with a lot of little scraps , which nobody , when not talking through the back of his head , could mistake for potential nations . What to do ? We swallowed hard , stiffened our upper lip , and decided to ‘ see it through ’ by shutting our eyes and applying the same old formula regardless — a constitution , a mace , a copy of Erskine May , a Speaker 's chair and national independence . By 1982 we had swept up all but a handful of awkward items whose inhabitants , for varying reasons , did n't want to be or could n't be ‘ nationalised ’ — which was very untidy and inconvenient of them . So , as I say , the Muse of History laughed when Britain , which had risen almost as one man to take the Falklands from the Argentine , then quite logically watched , passive and embarrassed , while the United States occupied the independent sovereign state of Grenada .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
The robbers got away with £ 180 . Detectives are horrified the men are prepared to use such violence for a comparatively small sum . The best clue to the mens ' identity is a clear trademark on the back of one jacket as the robbers leave . Police say they 'll be easily recognised by friends and neighbours and they must be caught before someone is killed . A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death on a man who drowned in a rafting accident in California .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Ms Alexander , calling on Mrs Bottomley to meet a delegation of parents , said : ' Although it was Beverly Allitt who committed these crimes , my concern is that the hospital management failed to spot her character defects , failed to supervise her and failed to act on numerous clues , and delayed inexcusably before calling in the police . ' It is absurd they should have any role at all in running this investigation . ' Yesterday 's Trent Regional Health Authority inquiry report said all young patients at the hospital should have round - the - clock cover from qualified nurses . The report also called for sweeping changes in the way medicines were given to children . Inquiry call : Ann Alexander , above , with parents and a relative , from left , Stephen Gibson , Jo and Christopher Taylor and Margaret Hardwick
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
She agreed . John trained frantically hard with press - ups to increase his strength and , as Pamela Chrimes described it , ' used me as a dumbbell until he could cope ' . The first time he tried it , with elastic supports round his wrists , Anne Heaton was terrified and wondered whether she would live to tell the tale , but it worked . So he obtained the job , unfortunately at the cost of giving himself a hernia for which he needed hospital treatment . The reason he wanted desperately to get into the company was that Ninette de Valois , to whom he had already spoken about his choreographic ambitions , had told him that experience of working with other choreographers and dancing their ballets was essential to learn his craft .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You can not ask me to go back there!’ ‘ Yes , I can . If you had not so stupidly bade me keep quiet , I should have done the trick long since , and you would not have had to leave the place at all . It is all settled now , so you may be easy.’ ‘ No !