Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
It was n't only Chilcott 's promise of a tidy sum of money and six horses if he would take Topaz as his spouse which made Manfro want her . She was a beauty and he 'd often wanted to steal a kiss , but had had enough sense not to try . Gypsy women were chaste before wedlock and Chilcott might have called off the arrangement if he heard of such liberties being taken . " Just wanted talk to you . No harm in that , is there ? "
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
It faces a high demand for electricity at breakfast time and dinner time , moderate demand throughout the rest of the day , and very little demand at night . To cater for demand at peak times it has to build extra power stations , which are then idle during times of day when demand is lower . Thus in the long run , taking account of the capacity cost of building the extra power stations , the marginal cost of supplying peak users is very high . It does not make sense to charge all users the same rate , for users at different times impose very different marginal costs on society . It makes sense to charge peak users higher prices to reflect the higher marginal costs they impose .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
NO RECESSION AT DOUGLAS REYBURN There is a hive of activity at Douglas Reyburn , the Kilmarnock based spinning and dyeing company that supplies the group with carpet yarns . Managing Director , Andrew Steel , states that ‘ We are working round the clock . Three shifts are operating flat out to keep up with demand . Production is at the maximum with record levels being achieved .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: no)
' Let 's give it a whirl . ' ' Brilliant ! ' The next thing on Jenny 's mind was food . ' Where would you like to eat ? ' she asked me . ' Should n't you be going to a party ? '
Idiom: off the beaten track (used idiomatically: yes)
Paul 's verdict : once I overcame reservations about what appears to be a messy lighting procedure , I warmed to this stove . In practice getting the thing going is straightforward — though care should be taken to avoid excessive flaring . It 's heavy compared to gas burners , but being able to use low - octane car petrol is a real plus for those heading off the beaten track . A ‘ go - anywhere - anytime’ stove , it 's also robustly packed in a metal case which will take some knocking about . MARKILL 808 MINI
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
( 2 ) If Waqar and Wasim Akram were using a doctored ball then why did Aqib Javed not benefit from it ? ( 3 ) Throughout the series , whenever Waqar took five or more wickets , Wasim Akram returned mediocre figures , and when Akram took wickets Waqar failed . A doctored ball should do the trick for both at the same time . All this proves conclusively that Waqar and Akram are genuinely great and exceptional bowlers . Why should it seem odd that they should win Tests for Pakistan ?
Idiom: have someone by the short and curlies (used idiomatically: yes)
You you To make sure it 's not gon na have a motorway going through in next year or whatever and I know but as I said they have you by the short and curlies . Yeah . You just have to
Idiom: hard cheese (used idiomatically: yes)
And unlike markets such as the US , the UK cheese eater is not wedded to branded products . Almost three - quarters of the 398,000 tonnes of cheese sold in the UK each year is either cheddar or ' territorial ' cheeses such as Cheshire and Red Leicester . Low fat hard and soft cheeses account for 8 per cent of sales . Fund targets Eastern Europe By WILLIAM BOWN
Idiom: have a screw loose (used idiomatically: yes)
Going down to see her . Fucking hell ! I swear you have a screw loose cos he was playing oh well , . I do n't know where he was . Aye , he was lost on it .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh ! It 's lovely ai n't they ? We used to have them in a er one of those big barrel things Did you ? you put the beer in .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
I smiled at that . There was very little noise really . You would n't have been able to hear a thing back at the house . Almost all the energy from the bombs had gone into blowing the earth out and the air in the burrows back . The first dazed rabbits came out ; two of them bleeding at the nose , looking otherwise unharmed but staggering , almost -falling .
Idiom: cold feet (used idiomatically: yes)
They were all in a room near the adjutant 's office , waiting for Woolley to get off the phone to Corps H.Q. and tell them where the day 's flying would be . It was only 7.30 a m. , and still dark . ‘ I wonder why people get cold feet,’ Killion remarked . ‘ From a medical point of view , that is . At a time of crisis , you 'd think the body would try even harder.’
Idiom: pay the piper (used idiomatically: no)
The Green party has said that the Labour party 's position is’ wobbly , ineffectual and dictated by the unions.’ That view was quoted in the Daily Mail in September last year . At the end of the day , those who pay the piper must call the tune . There is a price to be paid for not realising that the days of production of coal at the expense of all other power fuels are over . We need to know more about that price .
Idiom: sink or swim (used idiomatically: yes)
SUE STOCKER Voice over In part two : Tactical weapons : The Tory seat that sinks or swims with the floating voter . And one 's a puppet … one 's a politician . Can Mrs Heseltine spot the difference ? The Prince of Wales has been talking of his love for his country home at Highgrove in Gloucestershire .
Idiom: a hair's breadth (used idiomatically: yes)
Polling Day Weather : Dry , sunny and warm THE RESULT of the general election was thrown wide open last night , with three polls suggesting a last - minute rallying of support for the embattled Conservatives . As the political leaders completed their campaigns , three out of four eve - of - poll surveys put Labour and the Tories neck and neck , pointing to the closest result for nearly 20 years . Gallup for The Daily Telegraph gave the Conservatives a hair 's breadth half - point lead over Labour , with the Liberal Democrats in danger of being squeezed as the two main parties battle to emerge as the largest party in a possible hung parliament . According to Gallup , the Tories are on 38½ per cent , Labour 38 and the Liberal Democrats 20 . In the same poll last week , the Tories also had a half - point lead .
Idiom: keep the wolf from the door (used idiomatically: yes)
After Lord Randolph 's death from syphilis in 1895 , his widow began a career in her own right . She was not squeamish about using her considerable social influence in support of her son Winston ; she pressed his writing on publishers , sought for favourable reviewers , and appealed directly to the third Marquess of Salisbury , then prime minister , to permit him to join the expedition to the Sudan under Sir H. Herbert Kitchener ( later first Earl Kitchener of Khartoum , q.v . ) . She did not allow a chronic shortage of money to hamper her style of life : she kept from the door a wolf of considerable size and voracity . In 1899 she founded and edited the Anglo - Saxon Review ; in spite of its contributors , this monthly magazine was overpriced at a guinea , had no theme , and failed after ten issues . At the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899 , she was chairman of a committee of American women which managed to obtain and equip a hospital ship , the Maine ; she sailed to South Africa on its maiden voyage .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
Some forceful pushing may help get through a barrier , but it may also produce dependency on me to keep pushing . If the teacher imposes all the discipline , then will the pupils learn to access their own will , or do they simply bide their time until they leave school ? If a teacher leaves it up to the pupils to work on their own initiative , will they miss out on essential skills while coming to grips with being responsible for their own learning ? When they are stuck , it is so much more attractive to tell them what I think than to encourage and cajole them to tell me what they think . It also gives me pleasure to rehearse a story clearly that I have thought about .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh I know , you could see it coming though could n't you ? It was in the pipeline were n't it ? Serves them right , they do n't deserve to win , a load of rubbish You bloody get in Go on
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Chips will sell for under $ 400 a piece in quantities of 10,000-up , starting in the first quarter of 1993 . The announcement included one surprise : a brand new multi - processor Xbus , co - designed by Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre . It uses high - speed , state - of - the - art packet switching techniques incorporated into the cache controller for symmetrically connecting over 64 Viking CPUs . FOUR SUN SUPERSPARC DESKTOPS DUE ON MAY 19TH Sun 's initial Viking workstations , the first four of which are due on May 19th , wo n't be called Sparcstation 3s , but will come in various configurations of desktops including both uni- and multi - processors , and come in Sun - tweaked versions around and between the TI 33MHz and 40MHz SuperSparcs .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: no)
and four foot ? Yeah that 's a big and my and that stuck out the bucket like that , well going over the top we had a hood over the top tumbler to stop the flashing , so my father stopped , thinking that was a bit of wood and were gon na break the top of the tumbler , so he stop and out and scrubbed it and found that was this bone and I think if my memory serve me right that 's in the , the Fleet Museum now . You do n't know what it came off ? No , they reckon that was an elephant , I do n't know so the yarn went .
Idiom: wipe the slate clean (used idiomatically: yes)
The new union began nevertheless with some advantages . Of these perhaps the greatest was that at a stroke all the feckless local officials of whom Wilson complained so bitterly had been removed . Financially the slate had been wiped clean . Wilson , whose own competence left something to be desired but who had learned from experience , had already centralised the finances which he had accused branches of the old union of frittering away . The new general secretary , Ned Cathery , was an experienced and trusted colleague , having joined the union in September 1887 at the age of 35 .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
If I was on my own I 'd turn round now , to walk straight into anyone on my tail . But Victor will be watching , so I leave it to him . I turn another corner , and slow down . Victor walks towards me grinning and stripping cellophane off a new pack of cheroots . He sticks one between his teeth but does n't light it — just holds it there like a storeman 's pencil .
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
Nervous start Fairbrother had destroyed England off - spinner Such , who took eight Australian wickets on his test debut at Old Trafford last week , slamming four sixes in five overs after his early reprieve . And with Speak overcoming a nervous start -he took 33 minutes to get off the mark to hit a string of boundaries , the pair put on 141 in less than 30 overs . Then Fairbrother lobbed Andrew to Such at mid - wicket , Graham Lloyd was lbw in the same over , and two overs later Speak was caught behind one run short of his first century of the season . Only DeFreitas ( 43 ) and Watkinson ( 27 ) offered much resistance after that , as Andrew and England hopeful Mark Ilott mopped up the tail .
Idiom: keep up with the Joneses (used idiomatically: yes)
They can never keep the intelligent ones with them . Especially the young ones . We want something better than just money and keeping up with the Joneses . But it 's a battle . It 's like being in a city and being besieged .
Idiom: pure and simple (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus , it is claimed , the economic and political environment is absolved from responsibility for disease and collective responses are rendered unnecessary . Another related factor is the move towards treating health care provision as a tradeable commodity . Navarro ( 1986 ) claims that ‘ capitalism attempts to replace services pure and simple with commodities that can be bought and sold on the private market’ and rather more strongly , Waitzkin ( 1983 ) suggests that ‘ from the standpoint of potential profit , there is no reason that corporations should view medical products differently from other products . The commodification of health care and its associated technology is a necessary feature of the capitalist political - economic system.’ Conclusions
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
He won nine successive England caps and is regarded as one of the best man to man markers in the game by Taylor , who was with Keown when he was at Aston Villa . Taylor is also likely to give David Hirst immediate consolation for having to sit out Sheffield Wednesday 's UEFA Cup game last night . Manchester United 's Paul Parker is also under consideration for the game on November 18 . Along with Liverpool pair , John Barnes and Rob Jones , Keown , Hirst and Parker made up Taylor 's five to follow the players he believes can add to last month 's encouraging 1 - 1 performance against Norway . Hirst 's recovery from the ankle bone he cracked at the end of August is most encouraging , following the failure of Arsenal 's Ian Wright to click alongside Alan Shearer .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Edward Carrington , with heavy heart but great determination , threw himself into his training as an agent . Like any bureaucracy given a green light , the Secret Intelligence Service grew like mushrooms in a wet field overnight . It was riddled , in his opinion , with old and stupid men , most of whom had been recruited by word of mouth or by membership of a certain club or school society , but to give Menzies his due , he did bring in new blood of a different order . Carrington learned Dutch under a young lecturer from Manchester who was brilliant , and his radio and cipher training was handled by men whose accents were extremely low , while their skill levels were precisely the opposite . He was taught unarmed combat by a former plumber , and was later told that the famous novelist Gerald Kersh gave lessons in how to kill a man in total silence using only a handkerchief or a bunch of keys .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: no)
This is the sort of thing Reader 's Digest have done for years , of course , on great enormous computers . They would have lists of all the people that had bought books from them or might have bought books from them in the past , categorized by where they live , the age of the person , the sex , the special interests , the past purchases , and then they would send out special books erm special letters , if they had a new doggie book coming out they might select all the ladies over fifty - five who had bought doggie books in the past . What Reader 's Digest with its enormous great computers have been doing for at least ten years , now people with small computers and a word - processing package can do for themselves , and certainly they would be selecting from their customer lists particular people to send particular advertising to and special letters . And we 've talked mainly about small companies , small firms of one kind and another . Presumably all this applies equally well to , to shops because I suppose you could link up the cash registers to some sort of stock control , so that you could almost keep a running total of what you , you have in stock as you erm punch the appropriate numbers up on the , on the till ?
Idiom: see stars (used idiomatically: yes)
That poems are alive but they run away from you , you know and you have difficulty catching them like you have difficulty catching foxes . Anyway let 's get back to the poem . So we 've discovered quite a lot about it all really but erm in the second stanza he says , through the window I see no star . Something more near though deeper within the darkness is entering the loneliness . So Lucy what do you think is entering the loneliness ?
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Nicky is Mrs Scott Wilson 's son . I 've known him since he was a little boy . He 's very naughty and breaks everyone 's heart — do n't you darling — but we all love him . ' She turned , eyes flashing flirtatiously and pushed back his hair from his forehead . ' When he 's cleaned up a bit , he can look quite presentable , ' she laughed .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
Unless the agent can give you figures showing that it really will pay you to cash in your present policy and take out a completely new one , keep it on and top it up with another , smaller policy . The agent will make less commission — but you will save hundreds , possibly thousands of pounds . READ THE SMALL PRINT When you borrow from a bank or building society , it 's usually a good idea to take out loan repayment insurance , then you wo n't get behind with your monthly instalments if you fall ill or lose your job . But do n't assume that all policies are the same .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Really rather proud.’ It was another day before the winds died , the seas settled and the Friendly Islands Airways craft was hammered into serviceable shape . And then , at 4 am one pitch - dark morning , I found myself where all along I had planned to be : standing on a steep hillside on a clifftop , waiting for the sun to rise on the world 's first dawn of the day . It was a Saturday , the middle of February . The night had been unusually cool , and a slight drizzle was falling .
Idiom: move the goalposts (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've failed everything I 've attempted . ' ' I do n't think so , ' Anna said . ' I think the goalposts have been moved . Godly goalposts . ' It was two in the morning .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
There 's a film for you . Oh lovely , thank you . neither here nor there but twenty four . Oh okay . Does n't matter does it ?
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: no)
Just as he began to hoist her upwards , she turned on him and snapped , ‘ Leave me alone ! I can get on board myself!’ The sudden jerky movement rocked the boat , creating a wave that knocked them both off balance . Suddenly , to Ronni 's dismay , she was falling into Guido 's arms . ‘ What were you saying?’
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
This last - minute change of dates is only the latest in a long line of difficulties we 've had to overcome.’ His mouth hardened to an implacable line . ‘ I got the whole thing up and running . I do n't intend to lose out now.’ He stood up , looking down at her with eyes like splintered ice .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
L'Oréal 's Rayonnance range for colour - treated hair contains a UV light filter which coats the hair to protect against oxidisation . Wella 's Anty - Oxy is a professional treatment for use after tinting or colouring — from salons only . Three examples of hair seen under the Redken electron microscope . Good condition , bleach - damaged and perm damaged All styles the Bain de Terre styling team
Idiom: tempt fate (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 'm rather glad for me , too.’ ‘ So stay alive to enjoy it , Peter!’ ‘ Do n't even tempt fate to suggest I won't.’ D'Alembord was newly engaged , and filled with a touching happiness at the prospect of his marriage . Lucille rather envied him , wishing that she could marry Sharpe .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
( AD LIB ANNE ) In part two of Central News : … coming face to face with the technicolour dream car . We meet the schoolboy painter who 's turned a BMW into a work of art . Plus : Dyed in the wool … the textile mill that 's gone up for sale
Idiom: for keeps (used idiomatically: no)
move , complete with numerous boxes acquired over weeks before from local supermarkets . Doubtless there were a few stiff backs and aching muscles to contend with after it was all finished . Coincidentally Tony mentioned ‘ that as a result of the move to central Leamington we are now fitter and healthier as we have all joined the local gym for keep fit sessions in the lunch hour.’ The new streamlined ‘ Action Team’ at L.D.P. in Leamington Spa , headed by Tony Fallon , Sales Manager with ( from right ) , Anna Harris , Sales Office Supervisor who has many years of experience with L.D.P. ; Natalie Anstey with the all round versatility of youth ; Cynthia Clark and Jan McGrath having strong accountancy / customer liaison skills and Cora Lake with a sales / marketing background . A drawing of L.D.P. 's new 2nd floor office and showroom in Leamington Spa .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Go down this road until you get to a traffic ~ light and then turn left .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
Although the main basis of action was immediate issues the leading militants were frequently part of the wider socialist movement in the area and many were associated , however loosely , with the ideas of the Institute for Workers Control . The Communist Party never had much influence on Tyneside other than among seamen . The leading ' rank - and - file ' activists of the 1960s and 1970s generally regarded themselves as anti - Stalinist leftists . This was in no small part a remnant of ILP influence from the 1930s and 1940s . The last flowering of this tradition was in the Tyne Conference of Shop Stewards , established in 1975 in relation to the Labour Party 's White Paper on Industrial Strategy and the consequent Industry Act ( see North Tyne side CDP , 1978b ) .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
' Father , a word ! There is more to be added to this story , though not publicly , perhaps , not yet . ' ' He has not lied , as well as murdered ? ' said the abbot , without turning his head . His voice was grim , but pitched no further than Cadfael 's ear . ' Neither the one nor the other , Father , if what I believe is true .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: no)
TELEVISION / Broken English : Mark Lawson on Home Run , and BBC2 's Red Dynasty By MARK LAWSON THERE were several scary moments in Home Run ( BBC 1 ) , a thriller by Andy Armitage , but few as terrifying as the early revelation that the central character was called Billy English .
Idiom: jump on the bandwagon (used idiomatically: yes)
However — given some perception along the way we do n't have to go right back to the beginning again . The kernel or essence of what has gone before will , if preserved , initiate a new impetus which will lead us into unexplored territory . Don 's let 's be bamboozled into jumping on any passing bandwagon . Let 's be selective — let 's take time . Only a classic endures , and sooner or later the fashion comes full circle .
Idiom: flash in the pan (used idiomatically: yes)
It is true that there is plenty to condemn : Suleman 's family lives on food stamps , the children already at home do n't have enough baby furniture , and her own parents are giving interviews to the media in which they criticize her choices . Her publicist quit , calling her " crazy . " There have been plenty of oddball flash - in - the - pan media stars in US popular culture before Suleman . But her story just goes on and on , and the emotion that attaches to it seems strangely furious and vengeful . I believe that Americans ' obsession with Suleman is a projection of their own guilt and shame at their recent choices .
Idiom: take the fall (used idiomatically: yes)
After discussions , Martin Lynch 's name came out on top of the list . ' Brendan Sheridan was another jockey forced to give up his National ride . He took a crashing fall from Ferromyn in the Heidsieck Dry Monopole Novice Hurdle and later felt very sore . Although passed fit by the doctor , Sheridan gave his National ride on Roc de Prince to fellow Irishman Charlie Swan . Richard Dunwoody , who rides Brown Windsor , was lucky not to join those on the sidelines after suffering three nasty falls yesterday .