Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
Sticking your urine in a bottle , lot of blocks , sticking them in different coloured shaped holes and things like that , you know . Yes , yeah . But er , it was all the rage in about forty - five , forty - six . Oh , certainly , yes , yes , and and it carried on for a long time afterwards , and and I think is is still used in some selection processes . Is it .
Idiom: call someone's bluff (used idiomatically: yes)
I have quotations from your competitors which are much lower.’ The salesperson 's response depends upon his level of confidence . He can call his bluff and ask to see the quotations ; he can take the initiative by stating that he assumes the buyer is wishing for him to justify his price ; or , if flushed with the confidence of past success , he can say ‘ Then I advise you to accept one of them.’ 5.6 CLOSING THE SALE The skills and techniques discussed so far are not , in themselves , sufficient for consistent sales success .
Idiom: take the fall (used idiomatically: no)
Few people have not woken to the sounds of the dawn chorus nor seen moths drawn to artificial lights as daylight fades . Birds become quieter in the afternoon , while butterflies and other insects are more active , feeding on the opened flowers . At twilight , mosquitos and midges appear and then , as darkness falls , nocturnal creatures such as hedgehogs , owls , and bats take over . Flowering plants also respond to their environment as shown by the charming example of Linneaus , flower clock ( Table 1.1 ) . Their responses affect the habits of nectar-seeking insects and the type of pollen that is being spread at a particular time of day .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: no)
At a team meeting on the night before the Bombay Test , tour skipper Gower soft-talked his team into playing even though several were upset by the no-nonsense attitude of manager Tony Brown , who angrily offered to send home anyone who disagreed . Fear But the sort of fear that England players may well have to face in India in the New Year was graphically described by opening batsman Graeme Fowler , writing about the start of the Bombay Test in his diary Fox on the Run . ‘ I am not sure we were mentally attuned to the day . ‘ Even if you give 100 per cent and try like hell , prior events must affect you — you ca n't eradicate them completely .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: yes)
At once the big yellow dog began digging away at the hole in the bank . Dirt flew in a thick , black fountain . Deeper and deeper he dug , following the tunnel into the bank . In no time at all he had made a good - sized hole in the riverbank . ' Sergeant ! ' called the boy .
Idiom: poor as a church mouse (used idiomatically: yes)
And it may surprise you to know that a number of the county people are not what they appear . I mean as regards their wealth . ' ' Poor as church mice , some of them . ' Florence was now stressing her words with a deep obeisance of her head . ' And the ones that have the money are the worst payers . '
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: no)
Two canons swaggered by from the cathedral , clad in thick woollen robes lined with miniver . A group of lawyers in gowns of red , violet and scarlet , trimmed with lambswool , sauntered arrogantly by , their cloaks pulled back to display decorated , low - slung girdles . Pigs wandered here with bells slung round their necks to show they were the property of the Hospital of St Anthony and could n't be slaughtered Beadles armed with steel - pointed staffs dispersed fowl or curbed the yapping of fierce yellow - haired dogs , whilst bailiffs tried to move on a strange creature dressed like a magpie in black and white rags . The fellow loudly claimed he had in his battered , leather coffer some of the most marvellous relics of Christendom : ‘ One of Charlemagne 's teeth!’ he yelled . ‘ Two legs of the donkey that carried Mary !
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
" I could do it , " I said . Which just came to me that moment . " Do you think the company would put an inexperienced driver on a run like that ? " " Well , " I said . " How do you get experience ? "
Idiom: have an eye for (used idiomatically: yes)
Only bulging muscles give the game away , but the ex- rally driver is quick to dismiss the image of the passenger as performing animal . ‘ The myth of the sidecar passenger as lunatic is just stupid,’ says Simmons . ‘ You have to be quick , smart and have an eye for speed . You have to understand as much as the driver about what is happening , and remember you 've no controls other than your body weight . It annoys me when people say passengers are crazy .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
According to a report in this month 's Modem Railways an all - electric tilt will replace the present hydraulic system . British Rail says that this is just one of the options being considered . There have been no problems with the hydraulic tilt , which jacks up the carriage bodies as the train rounds a bend . The tilt problems so far have all been traced to the electric control systems . The prototype APT will resume its trial runs from London to Glasgow ' in the near future ' .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Here,’ said Philip , taking the crunched - up ball of paper out of his jeans pocket and throwing it at the boy . The boy picked it up and carefully unravelled the pages , smoothing them on his leg . Then he folded the pages neatly and put them in his pocket . ‘ I know what they call you,’ he said . ‘ Anybody knows that,’ said Philip .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
As Greenspan notes , it was the dot - com boom of the 1990s that " finally gave broad currency to Schumpeter 's idea of creative destruction . This was the same Greenspan who in 1996 warned of " irrational exuberance " and , then , as Fed chairman , did nothing to check it . Both the phrase and his lack of action make sense in the light of his ( now shattered ) intellectual system . It is impossible to imagine a continuous gale of creative destruction taking place except in a context of boom and bust . Indeed , early theorists of business cycles understood this .
Idiom: throw the book at (used idiomatically: yes)
Eventually we were taken up out of the cells and charged . I was charged with three different offences ; assault , criminal damage and possessing an offensive weapon . Once the police have arrested you , or so it seemed to us , they will throw the book at you in order to make something stick . They said that I had torn a policeman 's tunic . They said that , in the narrow passageway , a corridor whose opposite walls I can touch comfortably with two hands , I had picked up an aluminium chair , ripped it in half , swung it around and hit a policeman with it so hard that he had to shield his head .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
7 TYPE the new page width , say 12.5 for 12.5″ in 10 pitch . This gives a typing line of 10″ ( page width 12.5″ minus left and right margins of 1.25″ each ) 8 Tap Enter
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They 've got something wrong with them , or sometimes it 's anger,’ explains one pupil . ‘ Maybe they 're divorced and hurt , so they just take a child.’ ‘ Or they 've been a bully before , and they just go downhill . If you 're a bully , people just do n't want to know you.’ A class member brings up the subject of drugs .
Idiom: in the raw (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The patina is the degree of ‘ distressing’ a customer requires,’explains Simon . ‘ You can decide how old you want your furniture to look — the number of worm - holes and that sort of thing!’ Beds can also be supplied ‘ in the raw’ for decorative painting , which the shop can do to order . Simon Horn also has mattresses and divan , bedside tables , chests of drawers , ottomans and wardrobes . Antique beds from all over Europe include magnificent rococo styles .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
We had been at Orange for a week and were having a kit inspection . Each member of the Section had dragged their entire kit down to a patch of gravel behind the barracks and , standing in a semicircle , we had lain all our uniforms and possessions at our feet . The Sergeant walked past inspecting the kit , finding fault everywhere ; my mistake had been to try and conceal an unwashed pair of pants in my bag . The Corporals followed behind him , throwing stuff everywhere and beating anybody who did the slightest thing wrong . All our kit was strictly numbered and counted , and anybody who was missing a vest or who had an extra T - shirt got kicked or punched .
Idiom: up to the hilt (used idiomatically: yes)
She crunched through toast and marmalade while Rory had a shower , then said they had to hurry down to breakfast , she 'd need the bulk to make sure a hangover did not develop from the great variety of booze they 'd sunk the night before . In the breakfast room , wet ringletty hair dripping on the tablecloth , she read out headlines from the Galway papers that caught her fancy , and earned some dirty looks . The locals thought she was a stuck - up bitch from Belfast , which she played up to the hilt , and the other guests — foreigners , mostly Dutch and Germans by their collar sizes — were taken by her vivacity , and the calm indulgence of the quiet , handsome man opposite her , who said little , smiled a lot , and ordered a second full fried breakfast in a way that had the waitress fit to melt into his arms . As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . ‘ They love you,’ said Jessica , with delight .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
It is largely our need for electricity and transport and our demand for consumer goods that ultimately leads to acid rain . As a society are we prepared to spend to regain our natural environment ? We could , for example , on a personal level reduce the need to generate so much electricity by improving home insulation or by fitting more efficient and energy - saving light bulbs . Or we could leave it up to the electricity generators to reduce the impact , at the expense of higher bills . Other sources of acid rain may not be so easy to control .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
I could not believe that this was the intention of Parliament . Nor could I believe that it was the intention to bring in at a single stroke a charge to tax that would be calculated to interrupt the education and expectations of so many parents and children , for it is surely common knowledge that the provision of free or subsidised education for the children of those teaching in independent schools was part of their usual terms of employment and that the salaries paid would be wholly insufficient to meet a charge to tax based on the full fees of the school . By the same token , bearing in mind that the salary level at which the tax bit was £ 5,000 a year , it will put the travel facilities attached to their employment out of the reach of many airline and rail employees . Probably the most universally provided ' perk ' is the company car . Parliament has introduced taxation of this ' perk ' but upon a gradually increasing scale — still short of the true value of the use of the car — no doubt because to have introduced it at its full value would have been seen as an unfair and unacceptable increase in the burden of taxation in one year on those who enjoyed the ' perk'and of course the future of the British motor industry would be taken into account .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
Ultimately , effective child protection is dependent on political will to support both parents and professionals with the resources they need to meet their responsibilities for children 's welfare . Then justice may be seen to be done . Suzy Braye is lecturer in social work and Michael Preston - Shoot is senior lecturer in social work , University of Manchester . Martin Wasik is professor of law , University of Manchester CHILD ABUSE : INTERVIEWING
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I think he will take all the beating in the National for he ran well round Aintree two years ago when he was second . He appears to be back to his best and I would n't rule him out.’ Carl LLewellyn , who rode Party Politics to glory last year , is back in the saddle on Saturday even though he has been out with an injury . ‘ Carl expects to return to action at Ascot on Wednesday , so there is no panic,’ Gaselee added . Gaselee , whose head lad Peter Heaney comes from Ulster —‘and I would n't be without him’— is one of the old school who takes life as it comes .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
' Only uneducated women who 've got nothing else to think about like show - off white weddings , ' Nigel said . ' They think having their picture in the paper 's everything . I get my picture in the paper — just a little one — with every article I write . I do n't need to dress up and spend thousands to get my picture taken . ' It was cruel but effective .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
Most of the trip was on scheduled flights — all exactly on time ! Of course , you do need to monitor people once they have been given their tasks . You ca n't just go away and hope everything will fall into place . I was once involved in setting up ten Crusades simultaneously in Australia and New Zealand for Billy Graham . They were about 3,500 miles apart and I was visiting each one at least once a month for a year .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: no)
Do n't you ever think of anything but dosh?’ ‘ Of course . I 've got a lot on my mind : the state of the economy , interest rates , disarmament in the Warsaw Pact , lead in petrol , why nobody lets England win at cricket any more , does the Aids scare mean we 'll never have another vampire movie , are forty - eight satellite TV channels enough … ’ ‘ OK , OK , lay off the ear - bashing . Do you know St Christopher 's Place up west?’
Idiom: ahead of the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Clearly , the homes and household objects that people adopt for purposes of personal and social identity frequently change their nature . Once an elite has established itself , it may well find itself being emulated or used as a reference group by ' lower ' social classes . On the other hand , rapidly emerging elites often pride themselves as ahead - of - the - game , a kind of cultural avant - garde . As Laumann and House suggest , they can usually be depended on to adopt design - languages distinguishing themselves from those who have not yet arrived . Perhaps the upwardly mobile middle classes in 1990s Detroit are now surrounding themselves with postmodern houses and artefacts !
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
This is a caricature , to be sure , but it illustrates the attitude managers often take to the unexpected : ‘ It should not have happened.’ Corporate reporting systems further ingrain this reaction , for they draw attention away from unanticipated possibilities . The typical monthly or quarterly report has on its first page a list of problems , that is , the areas where results fall short of expectations . Such information is needed , of course ; it helps prevent deterioration of performance . But it also suppresses the recognition of new opportunities .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We have been here for five years . Our sense of wonder has passed . Our sense of boredom has set in — with a vengeance.’ Lars Ulrich smiled as Ace turned , and continued , ‘ Christine will be fine . Minus an arm , but fine .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
So it is in effect , already tried and tested . It will give your business quicker reflexes by speeding up the whole production process , from planning to delivery . Incorporating state - of - the - art facilities in a modular form , it will support the latest techniques , from JIT implementation to Electronic Data Interchange . In particular , your customers will benefit from MAAPICS / DB . Better quality control through improved traceability is just one aspect which will enhance the service your company offers and therefore sharpen the competitive edge of your business .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
All major publicly - funded housing developments will make adequate provision for the less well off . We will introduce a new Welsh Language Act . We will publish a White Paper on local government reform this autumn with a view to establishing unitary authorities , based on the historic counties and county boroughs . We will ensure a full role for Community Councils under these arrangements . NORTHERN IRELAND
Idiom: as good as new (used idiomatically: yes)
It is a commonplace to say that the triumph of Auschwitz was essentially organizational : we found the sacred fire that hides in the human heart and built an autobahn that went there . But how to explain the divine synchronies of the ramp ? At the very moment that the weak and young and old were brought from the Sprinkleroom to the railway station , as good as new , so their menfolk completed the appointed term of labour service and ventured forth to claim them , on the ramp , a trifle dishevelled to be sure , but strong and sleek from their regime of hard work and strict diet . As matchmakers , we did n't know the meaning of the word failure ; on the ramp , stunning successes were as cheap as spit . When the families coalesced , how their hands and eyes would plead for one another , under our indulgent gaze .
Idiom: hack it (used idiomatically: yes)
Like in the Bible , the prodigal is rewarded for returning to the fold : in SCO 's case , it 's getting Intel Corp president and CEO Andy Grove as a keynoter for SCO Forum this summer . ‘ It is unnecessary because it does n't do anything more than what Unix does today . It is good for their strategy because DOS does n't hack it . It is an unnecessary happening.’ Apple president Michael Spindler 's opinion of Microsoft 's NT as quoted in PC Week .
Idiom: in no uncertain terms (used idiomatically: yes)
It covers issues like the treatment of the suspect in custody , the conditions of his or her detention , the form of interviews , the provision of rest periods , and so on . The most important safeguard is probably the entitlement to legal advice ; this is also the one that may be most inconvenient for the police . An American Supreme Court judge once said that any ‘ lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to the police under any circumstances’ . Lawyers can usually be relied upon to tell detainees of their rights in a way that suggests that some of them might actually be useful . Their conversations with suspects are likely to be more intelligible than the form - filling friendliness of any number of custody officers .
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
These are usually imitation lead or stone ornaments depicting the faces of gnomes , cherubs or sometimes the head of a lion , and are flat on one side to enable them to be fixed to a wall . While all these contrivances give us the pleasure of moving water , we must spare a thought for the plants beneath . Almost all aquatic plants with floating leaves dislike turbulent water or a continuous fine spray on their foliage , so any moving - water feature that is envisaged should be considered for one end of the pool and out of the direct line of choice plants like waterlilies . Fig . 6 Ornamental fountain . If a more decorative fountain is required , an ornamental fountain , such as this dolphin one , can be installed .
Idiom: in cold blood (used idiomatically: yes)
A lot of people were falling off a lot of things in the City . In a struggle , you do n't know what is going to happen . A good guy could n't kill the bad guy in cold blood according to the Hays Code , so they 'd get into a fight on a ledge . Gravity did the dirty work . But Daine was smart enough to grab hold of you .
Idiom: brownie point (used idiomatically: yes)
While it is certainly necessary to chart shifts in women 's position in literature and society through history , it is crudely ahistorical to judge writers of the past exclusively through terms arrived at in the late twentieth century . Jessica Munns asks an important question in a generally sympathetic review of Jacqueline Pearson 's The Prostituted Muse : Images of Women and Women Dramatists 1642–1737 : What are modern feminists , busily undoing gender systems , doing setting up systematics of feminism and then , as it were , awarding or withholding Brownie points for their fulfillment or omission ? To treat women of the eighteenth century narrowly as pioneers or precursors of modern feminism has the unfortunate effect of visiting a new teleology on eighteenth century studies . Whereas the view of mid - century literature as preromantic was effectively demolished by Northrop Frye there is a danger now of regarding women writers as pilgrims on the way to modern feminism , or at least to some recognizable place in the history of women 's writing .
Idiom: cut and thrust (used idiomatically: yes)
Apart from this in - built political impartiality , the speed and low - cost of the Robletts ' unique photographic reproduction of posters allowed the two main contenders to place orders one evening and have the finished product displayed at their conferences next day . The one - off posters featuring slogans that became familiar parts of the electoral joust also appeared on a single billboard in south London for photo - opportunity launches . Their ability to produce a full - sized poster in less than four hours gave an unprecedented flexibility to the two big parties in the cut and thrust of the campaign . The cheapness of a photographic reproduction as opposed to traditional litho - printing techniques also helped the party budgets . ‘ It would cost them too much to do a one - off in the normal way and we offered a cheap alternative .
Idiom: in the swim (used idiomatically: yes)
THANKS . Young members of Prescot Swimming club gather round Stephen Orford , a member of the British Wheelchair basketball team , after presenting him with a cheque for £ 750 on behalf of the British Wheelchair Sports Foundation . The youngsters took part in an arduous sponsored swim to raise the cash . Church hall A NEW church / community hall planned at Llanfair Caereinion is estimated to cost £ 65,000 .
Idiom: fit the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd like to We do not want it in the dictionary . Yeah but it does rather sort of fit the bill does n't it . it 's useful . Mm .
Idiom: clean house (used idiomatically: yes)
How well he recovers will determine whether or not Putin ’s revolution will remain a democratic one , or whether he will revert to autocracy to pursue his goals . I have no doubt that Putin will find people to blame for the failure to seek outside help for the Kursk in time . Indeed , the Kursk crisis may provide him with an opportunity to further clean house in the military . The first tests of his ability to recover are the looming regional elections across Russia . Between October and December over 40 % of our country ’s governorships will be up for grabs in new elections .