Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: out of sorts (used idiomatically: yes)
And that , more or less , was that . Nick Cusack had three efforts on target for Darlington but , like David Cork , was well shepherded by Hartlepool 's teenage central defenders , Andy Davies and Ian McGurkin , the latter making his debut as a late replacement for the injured John MacPhail . Darlington 's plight was summed up when the out - of - sorts Smith was substituted with twelve minutes left . The skipper headed straight for the dressing room instead of staying to shout his support from the dug - out . There was no dressing down , though , from Hankin .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
In its north London sites , for example : 15 per cent of staff were professional / technical management ; 50 per cent professional / technical , e.g. programmers , engineers and systems analysts ; 17 per cent professional support staff such as accountants and administrators ; and 18 per cent non - professional support staff , including technical assistants , secretaries and clerks . During the mid-1970s , the company decided that the consolidation of its activities on one site would produce considerable advantages . Some of the most obvious included the benefits of face - to - face , and hence faster , communication between staff , together with the building of a team spirit amongst professionals of different disciplines . There were , however , no suitable premises available in north London which could house the company and there were other problems associated with its existing locations . The high cost of housing in the north London area was proving a barrier to the recruitment of people with the rare technical skills it required .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
HOPES of a rally were killed off yesterday by Government figures reflecting a stagnant economy . UK output slumped for the ninth successive quarter and this left the pound and shares in limbo . The FT - SE 100 Index was in no man 's land and closed with a marginal two - point gain at 2706.2 . Most shares were treading water . Those that did rally were special situations , such as Cable & Wireless which jumped 7p to 649p after a 7 % profits rise at half - way .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
I was innocent but the evidence was damning.’ He frowned as he moved about the room . ‘ I could do nothing while I was behind bars so I was forced to make a run for it . ’ He was looking at her but now there was a far - away look in his eyes as though he 'd forgotten her presence . ‘ Now I 'm almost there , a little more time and I 'll prove my innocence.’
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
As the cash poured in , and Sam became the nation 's number one pin - up , her 48-year - old father was her biggest fan at first , then her manager . But earlier this year , their relationship turned sour . The family feud came to a head on Monday when the 26-year - old issued a High Court writ , suing the former builder for more than £ 1 million . Sam and her company , Samantha Fox Ltd , claim he owes Pounds 1,057,428 and also wants property returned . She is claiming daily interest at 15 per cent a year on the money she says she is owed .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
Or , at most , they allow you to plug in your own cassette tape - recorder , but that 's a very slow and not very erm professional way of looking after for example your customer records . So in order to have something that enables you to keep records of two or three hundred customers , and then of course to be able to print out some sort of lists or invoices at the end of it , you would need to pay , probably even now , a couple of thousand pounds , and very often of course more . So your rule of thumb , for starting , is that if somebody 's spending more than two or three hours a day , perhaps , on accounts or stock - taking or whatever , then it might be worth checking out the possibility of using a computer . Yes indeed . Because once you 've got a computer running for your main application then you can always find other things to do with it which may help you to improve your business .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
All apartments , sleeping 2–4 persons , have a bedroom , balcony , kitchenette and bathroom with shower and toilet . BRITANNIA APTS Situated close to the S'Amfora , these lively and very attractive apartments are just behind the Britannia bar and restaurant and are some of the best appointed on the island . There are two separate sections here , divided by the new swimming pool , the area around the pool being a great suntrap . Other amenities include a snack bar , pool table and video T.V.
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
GEOFF SNOWBALL / Wiltshire Trading Standards Voice over Popular computer games on sale for just £ 2 each . They cost up to than £ 30 in the shops . But these just some of the thousands of pirate discs which find their way into homes all over Britain .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
Lee felt faint . It was so like before . The midnight telephone calls , the endless pleas — for what , she had never known — the suicide threats , the constant secret visits to reassure , to keep the peace for his sake , for her fathers sake , for his sake only . She realized now that she loathed distortion , that she would never lay this ghost because this ghost was real , this ghost was her and this ghost was forever . ‘ He 's gone,’ Lee said .
Idiom: water under the bridge (used idiomatically: yes)
Attacked ‘ At one stage we thought Freddie was going to get John thrown out but they both calmed down after a few minutes,’ added the source . Mr Proctor said last night that it was all ‘ water under the bridge’ . ‘ I do n't know what got into John and I do n't know why he attacked me . He just seems to have taken the head staggers .
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: no)
It is you and no other — and this will be repeated again and again — who can start to make the difference . Try it and see . When you change the behaviour pattern which has become second nature to you , the world around you will react differently . Fear of change , of newness , is feeding the negativity within you . It is perpetuating its independent existence within your being , taking away your ability to control your life because you have handed this over to your lower nature — or to ‘ life’— within you .
Idiom: drop someone a line (used idiomatically: yes)
We also provide details of a simple AM tuner which can be added to an audio system which only has an FM reception capability . For good measure , we have some information on the design of analogue to digital converters ( ADC ) and selecting basic logic gates to perform the standard AND , OR , NOT , NAND and NOR functions . In the meantime , if you have any comments or suggestions for inclusion in Circuit Surgery , please drop me a line at : Faculty of Technology , Brooklands College , Heath Road , Weybridge , Surrey , KT13 8TT . Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer all questions from readers through the medium of this column . Fig 1 .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
But even eventually I got in . Oh I could tell you a lot about this but I 'll I 'll just tell you a little bit that 's all . Er we came I was er the doctor put a big B on my board at back . Blighty . Oh I 'm alright for I 'm going this time .
Idiom: in the soup (used idiomatically: yes)
Joanna Farrow shows you how to get the best from beans , dried peas and lentils PEAS AND CHICKPEAS Bought whole or skinned and split , dried peas are classically combined with smoked ham or bacon in a richly flavoured soup . The more versatile chickpea can be spiced up in salads or puréed with garlic for deep frying or serving in dips . Chickpeas are used as the basis of many southern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern dishes , including hummus and couscous .
Idiom: in cahoots (used idiomatically: yes)
Absolutely yeah , I mean I and I I 'll reiterate it and I 'm not siding with Malcolm but two days after the stock taking they did prior to this one , we were out there rechecking . Mm . out rechecking with Malcolm in cahoots to say , well show me where you counted these and let 's do it again . Yeah . That 's not happened , there 's been absolutely zero coordination either on a daily basis here .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus the inconvenience of negotiation can be avoided and a decision to purchase can be made at any time and immediately put into effect . But to achieve these advantages , derivatives exchanges have had to devise institutional arrangements to ensure the absence of default risk . In over the counter deals the transactors can appraise such counterparty risk and take steps to avoid it , for example by writing conditions into the contract . The institutional arrangement by which futures exchanges eliminate counterparty risk of default , and preserve the anonymity of dealing , is the establishment of clearing houses . The clearing house may or may not belong to the exchange , but it is the counterparty to all exchange based futures and options contracts .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Ellie loves that poet . She knows many of his poems by ~ heart .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
' I 'm glad to hear it . I do n't like having my illusions shattered . ' ' Perhaps it 's better not to have any in the first place , ' Merrill remarked idly , braking at a crossroads . ' Oh , but would n't life be dull ? We need illusions ; they do n't always get shattered , and reality sometimes actually surpasses them . '
Idiom: at a loss for words (used idiomatically: yes)
' To return to myself , to my particular egotissimo . If I appear , let us say , disenchanted , it is because I have reason to be . My life- ' Andrée appeared at a loss for a word . ' Your life has not been happy ? ' said Flavia . ' If you wish to simplify . '
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: yes)
There are no easy answers here . Even the prescription of a joint approach to issues of sexism and racism ( Brah and Deem , 1986 ) does little more than scratch the surface of a very much deeper problem . Educational and pedagogic strategies developed by feminists more conscious of the need to dig deeper into psychic processes in tackling sexual identities and subjectivities ( e.g. Walker dine , 1991 ) require more serious attention within antiracism , and have found a sympathetic counterpart in Phil lip Cohen 's cultural studies approach to antiracism ( Cohen , 1987 , 1988 , 1989a ) . In antiracism as much as in multiculturalism , the absence of any serious engagement with issues around sexuality in the ' irrationality ' of popular racism is symptomatic of a rationalist understanding of pedagogies and educational processes . In the case of antiracism , this is further underpinned by an overly rationalist conception of state and dominant class racism .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Awesome magical energies were focussed and brought to bear . Lightning streaked the darkening sky . Terrible clouds , capable of stripping men to the bone , were turned aside by magical winds . Daemons howled and gibbered as they surged through the carnage . Teclis strode into the sky to better observe the battle .
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
During the week , the Neighbours trio go their separate ways . Stefan is playing Buttons in Cinderella , at Bournemouth , and the sisters are in Dick Whittington in Liverpool . Lollipop lady comes unstuck LOLLIPOP lady Iris Pearce has been threatened with the sack — because she is too nice . Iris , 58 , halts traffic for pensioners and invalids , not just children , on her school crossing at Keighley , West Yorkshire .
Idiom: make hay (used idiomatically: yes)
THAT 'S MY GIRL … Dave Chapman and Ruth plan a very special 16th birthday celebration with State Governor MAKING HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES … Early bird Ruth arrives on her bike and pitches in with the adult workers at her grandfather 's stables every morning before she sets off for school Pictures : STUART FOSTER ELL OF A FIND !
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: no)
( Full disclosure : Subramanian and I are colleagues at the Peterson Institute for International Economics , and we have worked together on other issues . ) In particular , Subramanian develops an index of economic dominance that should become a focus of conversation anywhere that people want to think about changes in world economic leadership . There is no need to know any economics in order to be fascinated by this book : it is about power , pure and simple . The basic facts are incontrovertible . The United ~ Kingdom was the world 's dominant economic power from the rise of industrialization in the early nineteenth century .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
The story of the Borders is largely one of cattle - rustling on a scale which would have amazed even the American Wild West , of internecine feuds as violent as those of Sicily , and of cliques of racketeers who brought into the language the term ‘ blackmail’ , meaning ‘ black meal’ or ‘ black rent’— in other words , protection money . As early as 1249 , when England and Scotland were nominally at peace and recognized each other as separate kingdoms , a commission of English and Scottish knights framed a code of Laws and Customs of the Marches for use in local and national disputes and transgressions , though it was to be honoured more in the breach than in the observance . Edward I , considering himself sovereign lord of both countries , appointed his own Warden not so much to keep the peace along a border whose very existence he denied , but for the whole Keeping of Scotland . Only when Scottish independence was once more recognized did there come about the establishment of separate Wardens for each of the three main regions either side of the Border : West March , Middle March and East March . Appointments to these posts were in the gift of the monarch on either side , but the power of local lords made the choice a foregone conclusion in most instances if the said lords wished to serve , which was not always the case .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: no)
' You and I are going to be strong against temptation . We are going to nurture our souls , not give in to lust . We are n't animals — God has blessed us with free will . By sacrifice and submission and by the Grace of God I mean to become a truly serious person , fit to make a new beginning and become a Catholic and a proper wife to you . We 'll be married in the Catholic Church , and I 'll teach all our children to be good Catholics .
Idiom: look on the bright side (used idiomatically: yes)
The UN people reckon that about 80 % of polling stations are within range of Khmer Rouge artillery . In Kandal province , which surrounds the capital Phnom Penh , every polling station could be hit . Mr Akashi insists on looking on the bright side : Khmer Rouge artillery was known to be inaccurate and their shells often failed to explode , he said . Despite the reports of political violence and killing , there has been plenty of genuine electioneering . And the general uncertainty about the outcome suggests that there is real democracy at work .
Idiom: heart and soul (used idiomatically: yes)
" Robert should n't , " Nicandra was troubled . " Silly old him , " Lally laughed and held her orchid against her bare shoulder . Not on that evening , but long afterwards , Nicandra was to understand something of Aunt Tossie 's efforts for this celebration : this party for her darling , into which she had thrown heart and soul and quite a lot of money . Then , great kindness and great love were only to be expected and accepted . Aunt Tossie was the fountainhead of both , the medium through which Dada might be approached for favours .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: no)
Slowly , daylight came . But they saw no people … only rain , and waves , and a broken ship in the wild angry sea . On Harker 's Rock There were twelve people on Harker 's Rock . Daniel Donovan was with Mrs Dawson and her children , and there were eight other people near them .
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
Sure of his victory , the Goblin King himself was hurrying to lead the charge in his battle chariot . Fresh greenskins were already forming up for the attack , spear - wielding infantry and archers among them , and towards the rear two huge Trolls shambled slowly through a sea of frolicking Snotlings . The assistant cooks heaved on the rope and the cook pot lurched slowly backwards . The wooden spit stand began to bend and creak , the Halflings groaned and took the strain . ‘ Just another couple of feet,’ cried Gambo as he nimbly moved aside and poised his cleaver ready to chop through the tortured ropes .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I am now having to find alternative accommodation .’ After the hearing Dennett said : ‘ I had had a drink . ‘ It was one of those things and I do n't want to say anything more about it.’ At their £ 125,000 detached home at Cleveleys , Lancs , Gladys was as tight - lipped as a ventriloquist about the incident . She would only say : ‘ I do not wish to say anything about anything.’
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: no)
But who and how ? FRIDAY Out and about today in our office Porsche 924 , a red 1982 model bought six months ago for £ 2500 . Since then it has done about 4000 miles and generated a lot of interest among fellow hacks — especially now we have the handling and ride back to its exalted best with new shocks and a set of tyres . Alarmed the other day , though , when the car started to run like a hairy goat — as one eloquent ' Strine ' put it .
Idiom: hold court (used idiomatically: no)
Writers who disapproved of Mary claimed that her impatience to be at her lover 's side could not temper itself , but needs she must bewray her outrageous lust , and in an inconvenient time of the year , despising all discommodities of the way and weather , and all danger of thieves , she betook herself headlong to her journey with such a company as no man of any honest degree would have adventured his life and his goods among them . Others record that she patiently concluded the business then before the court , and went off with a reliable escort to hold a council with Bothwell about the taming of Liddesdale and empower him to hold courts in Hermitage itself . Whichever may be the true explanation , it is certainly known that on her way across the wilderness north of Hermitage the queen was thrown by her horse into a peat bog , marked on modern maps as the Queen 's Mire . Here she lost her watch .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Comparison with Conceptual Model At this point in the exercise , the use of the instruments had revealed a number of factors in terms of the requirements of the IPS , and the problems that could affect its implementation and effectiveness . The next step was to compare the conceptual model with what was actually happening in practice , a process similar to that described in Chapter 9 , where the existing situation is considered in light of a proposed new system . This comparison was made more difficult by the existence of two organisations with a number of disparate functions , each using similar information but stored and utilised in different ways . The FAOR team noted these differences , but unfortunately did not realise the true significance in terms of the detailed user requirement that would eventually be needed to progress the IPS proposals .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's the trouble.’ Rincewind sighed again . It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers , but the plain fact of the matter was that the disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists ' houses and smashing their windows . There was a faint sound , hardly louder than the noise of the bees in the rosemary by the road . It had a curiously bony quality , as of rolling skulls or a whirling dicebox .
Idiom: oil and water (used idiomatically: yes)
Polly tried to tell herself it was none of her business . Though it would certainly be in keeping with his media image if he were to use Seawitch for what the tabloids liked to call a ‘ love nest’ . Yet he had made no secret of his opinion that women and boats were about as compatible as oil and water . And the cabin 's ambience reinforced that view . In fact there was something almost monastic about it : as if it were a retreat for much needed solitude and quiet study .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
He saw the house as it had once been , in his childhood — still , ordered , each thing in it the finest and most beautiful example of its kind . He thought of the dinners , for eighteen , twenty , thirty people ; he thought of the dances , and the whisper of music from the ballroom ; of the quiet afternoons he had sometimes spent in his father 's study . He opened his eyes again ; the old butler looked at him anxiously . ‘ We tried , Monsieur Edouard … ’ The old man gave a helpless gesture .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: no)
During healing , rachitic long bones become harder and denser than normal , appearing eburnated or ivory - like to older pathologists . These robust bones of healed rickets provide an explanation for Lees and co - workers ' findings . Virchow , it is worth noting , provided a precedent for the suggestion when he held that the simian cast to bones of Neanderthal man reflected not a separate line in the evolution of Homo but rickets in man living during the Wu∘rm ice age . A more comprehensive description of the bones would probably reinforce one explanation or the other . Did any of the femora excluded from the Christ Church study show hip or knee deformities , bowing , or other stigmata of childhood rickets ?
Idiom: heart of gold (used idiomatically: yes)
' Sarah , however , is not upset that she was caught topless with Bryan . ' Since she is separated from Prince Andrew , she is free to do whatever she wants . ' ON the duke , Mrs Barrantes said : ' Andrew is a good - looking boy and has a heart of gold . ' And he is generous to the point where he would be without money himself to help someone . ' But he has not got any character — absolutely none .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
The proposals for the Council of Ministers , the Commission and the Parliament should be part of the negotiating brief for United Kingdom Ministers at Maastricht , as should proposals on economic and monetary union , to which my right hon . and learned Friend the Member for Monklands , East ( Mr. Smith ) hopes to refer later in the debate . Not only are the proposals right in themselves , but many of them might win support at Maastricht . A positive United Kingdom approach — good for Britain and good for Europe — could win us partners and allies at Maastricht who could support Britain 's positive proposals , could associate themselves with us on proposals by others that we oppose , and could be counterparts in the give and take involved in any negotiation . Mr. William Cash ( Stafford ) rose Mr. Kaufman
Idiom: toe the line (used idiomatically: yes)
CARLISLE boss Aidan McCaffery was sacked yesterday after 18 months in charge . Carlisle have taken one point from the last 15 and are 18th in the Third Division . Toe the line ! FRANK WIECHULA VINNY Jones revealed it was a ' toe - job ' which led to Paul Gascoigne 's grimace in the famous photo of their close encounter .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
’ At the age of 21 I turned to prostitution to provide money for drugs as I now had a heavy addiction . I also realised at that time that the future had little meaning for me . I reached rock bottom , which I always said would never happen … At the age of 24 I found myself back in Corntonvale prison , this time doing a 5 month sentence . I realised the sheer hopelessness of my lifestyle ; I knew I had to change …