Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: no)
Macca and Strach ) was ineffective , Hodge ran around like a headless chicken trying to pull down every Crewe player he came near and White and Deane were not in the game . Deane seems to have to problem of going to collect the ball on the wings and as a result he 's never in the centre when the ball comes across — I hope someone will tell him that centre forwards are supposed to hang around near the goal . In the second half Leeds looked slightly better but almost went 2–1 down when poor marking let one the Crewe forwards in with a chance , the ball came across from the right wing and the bloke had a shot at goal from about 12 yards out that only just missed . Leeds fortunately got their act together and started passing the ball around and a couple of minutes later Forrester volleyed in from ten yards after good work on the right by Dave White . With about 10 minutes of the match to go Forrester collected the ball on the right edge of the penalty area after agood run from Kelly , turned and curled the ball around the goalie and into the opposite top corner of the net — a truely brilliant goal .
Idiom: do a number on (used idiomatically: yes)
The peritonitis was n't her only disaster . She had gone badly wrong — so my dad said — with a case of genital herpes . You could tell that she was looking forward to doing her number on the wart . She knows where she is with a wart . But she did n't flinch .
Idiom: rub someone up the wrong way (used idiomatically: yes)
You know he 'd far prefer to have the cheap workforce that you could tell exactly and appear to know what he 's talking about , whereas the older men knew that he knew absolutely nothing . Was there any sense of surprise really that as the quarrier was were Welshmen and most of the workforce were Welshmen that in fact things would come to some sort of agreement , that there would n't be this kind of As an outsider , probably being the only Englishman in the quarries , you know I I think they were surprised , the fact that it was a local family , I think that 's what really rubbed them up the wrong way . Er they 'd been to chapel with them , been to school with them , worked in other places with them , and it ended like it did . You know that that did surprise a lot of them .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ If what this girl says is true , you 'll find proof of their guilt in the car , sergeant,’ said the stout man who had been talking to the keeper . ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry - from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under.’ ‘ We 'll take these men to the station , then we 'll come back and lend a hand , Sir Benson,’ said the police - sergeant . Mary stared . The keeper saw her look and chuckled .
Idiom: hand to mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
The belief that the liberal East Coast intelligentsia is ruining the country is rife across the country and will be affecting cultural policies at their broadest from city hall to the White House before and after the election . In Britain the populist , anti - intellectual pressure has come from government instead of from the people . The arts world has almost grown accustomed to the hand - to - mouth condition in which it is kept , but what it has not become resigned to over the long period of Tory rule is the positive hostility to its aims and values . It may well be that the Tories ' most lasting and damaging contribution to the cultural life of the nation will have been their deliberate subjection of Britain 's television companies to the crudest of market forces , which will almost certainly reduce the best programmes in the world to the shoddy idiocies everyone else in Europe and US is fed . Again and again , in the name of public accountability , but often with a barely concealed philistine agenda , the government has demonstrated its lack of faith in intellectual or artistic endeavour over and above the purely functional or business - related .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
His profound scholarship is reflected in his catalogue of Greek and Roman papyri in the Rylands Library at Manchester ; but he also found delight in small and simple things produced by more humble establishments than University Presses , such as cotton - reel labels , trade cards , valentines , playbills , almanacks , grocery bags and much else . Among printers ' mementoes , one should not forget the special examples , in the nature of things not easy to find because of the infrequency of the occasions , produced by presses set up on frozen rivers , such as the Thames and Severn . In 1684 Croom , a printer of Bride Lane had such a press which was patronised by Charles II and his court mingling with the crowds on the ice . John Evelyn records of the same occasion : January 24th .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: no)
In light of this , he expected no reward but this day he knew he had received one as he stood at the door of a ward of children on whom he had operated , now sleeping peacefully and painlessly . Yet we can understand the bewilderment of a passing nurse as she caught the softly spoken words : ‘ I knew you 'd never get the better of me , Jack Merridew.’ Julius Caesar Essay The first speech which I have chosen is the one which Cassius makes to Brutus in Act I scene II .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
Relationships built on money will end when the money runs out .
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , and its not through yet , presumably they 'll have another look at it at the end of the month . You want the papers you 've yet to find someone with a painting and He is fast quick off the mark when he gets going That 's what he says , I really have seen the place , the man in the pass him Why ?
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
In the second category , general civil cases , parties should be able to choose their own lawyers because the interests of justice would be inherently less likely to fetter the client 's right of choice . Lord Donaldson implied , however , that solicitors who exercised their new rights of audience in these cases ought to be expected to concentrate on advocacy . While emphasising that he had not reached any firm conclusions , Lord Donaldson 's voice will be a powerful one in behind - the - scenes manoeuvres as rules governing the exercise of the new advocacy rights are hammered out away from the parliamentary battlefield . The rules will be drawn up by the Law Society ' having regard ' to suggestions made by a new lay - dominated independent advisory committee on legal education and conduct . They will have to be approved by the Lord Chancellor and be subject to the ' concurrence ' of four senior Supreme Court judges , of whom Lord Donaldson will be one .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
But like , wi with the door Dave 's mum 's sister was rubbing it in to try and say to his nan that we were kicking her out and so she got a bit funny over it ! So we sort of like trying to hang on for the time being about the door . She 's coming round , sh you know , she understands it 's for her benefit as well because the doors on the council houses they 're like that , just rotten ! Yes , they 're all the same Mm .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ And finally , evidence of the growing underclass is to be found in the increase in single - parent families , the increase in crime , and the lack of attachment to ‘ conventional’ values . These ‘ symptoms’ , it is said , are most prevalent among young people living in poor areas.’ TO test this , Kinsey has analysed the results of one of the biggest surveys of its kind in Europe , consisting of carefully - monitored questions put to 3,500 young people from all walks of life in Edinburgh and the Lothians . If the underclass theorists have got it right , argues Kinsey , then nowhere will it be more apparent than among the children of welfare - dependent single - mother families . It will be they who commit the most crime , it will be they who will stick two fingers up to conventional mores .
Idiom: look on the bright side (used idiomatically: yes)
Nauseating sight . Mind you , if Puddephat has sunk beneath the waves after a heavy lunch in some little trattoria , we wo n't have to put up with it any more . Look on the bright side , that 's what I say . ' ' What d'you think has happened to him ? ' Loretta asked , keen to keep Geoffrey 's mind off his original question of why she had sought Puddephat 's advice .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
However robust its procedures and however effective the communications about its aims , the dependability of an examining system finally rests on the quality of those who set , moderate and mark the papers . In this important respect , the Institute 's exams are in a stronger position than ever before , following the agreement of the firms with the largest numbers of students to provide nominees to examining positions on a planned basis ; and smaller firms have expressed support as well . The good standing of the exams , and thus — in the long run — of the profession itself , depends heavily on individuals ' willingness to put something back into the qualification from which they have benefited , and on the support that they receive in this endeavour from their employing organisations . The high cost of structured CPE : myth and reality CPE does n't have to be as expensive as many firms would have you believe Steve Pipe Stephens & Co
Idiom: err on the side of (used idiomatically: yes)
Underlying the mental health movement in the USA was ' widespread faith in the ability of mental health experts to effectively manipulate the social environment ' . Among professionals there was a belief that ' perhaps two - thirds of the population were psychiatrically ill ' , which meant that there was ' a gigantic opportunity for human progress ' . But the centres which were the linchpin of the movement were criticized both for erring too much on the side of prevention — tackling such issues as racism , poverty and education in the communities served , and for doing too little prevention , this arising from the affiliation of most of them to general and mental hospitals . The attempt to adopt a public health model , bringing a whole host of welfare agencies to primary intervention opened up ' a power struggle from which the mental health field had yet to recover ' , according to Gardner ( writing in 1977 ) . Aside from those who were involved in intellectual and political movements it was an open question how far mental health experts would be received into the bosom of the target population .
Idiom: play it safe (used idiomatically: yes)
The absence of descriptions of status and occupations from most other certificates is not really an omission . In Essex at least they would have been required for aliens only . Nevertheless , the wording is not entirely free from ambiguity , and no doubt some officials decided to play it safe . Strictly speaking this information was superfluous ; at Coventry it was inserted perhaps with a view to recording guild affiliations . So most certificates distinguish only the clergy , as was required , and the gentry were bound to be noticed as landowners and the lords of many other men .
Idiom: rewrite history (used idiomatically: yes)
Unkempt , ill - favoured , ugly , it was also hugely run - down and dangerous . It was a poor place for bad tempers . James 's book rather rewrites history when he says that he wanted Niki to think he 'd been psyched out . The truth is simpler : Hunt was in top form and Niki was n't . After the race , the two men met and sensibly buried the hatchet .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
3 Hermiston Development . No response has been received to the letter sent by the chairman . 4 Neighbourhood Watch .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
Over the past few months we 've seen a far higher proportion of our own borrowers being first time buyers , okay at very low levels , but er a much higher proportion being first time buyers . Er . The reason for that is that they 're in a very good position in the market now , they , they can negotiate very good deals on houses they 're buying , there 's a very good choice of properties available , people by the mid nineteen nineties will look back on nineteen ninety as probably the time to have bought , when house prices were at their cheapest . You 're listening to the Fox Report . A headmaster is claiming that the craze for the Teenage Mutant Hero Ninja Turtles , is encouraging aggression and promoting the belief that might is right .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Where there ever any breaches of security ? Oh no no , it was really a happy - go - lucky time you , you had to be alive in those days to appreciate it , it , people sort of got together and it , it 's a different attitude to life today er much more friendly people there and they , we all worked together we all pulled together to defeat Hitler this , this was the thing in those days . Were women involved in the work there as well ? Yes , yes , yes and What sort of things would they have done ?
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
HARRIET RYLEY Since the festival began , fifty people have been arrested and a police helicopter fired at with flares . The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing . Local people are angry after finding drug - taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . The travellers say they 've already started a clean - up operation and when they do go , nobody will ever know they were there . In a minute we 'll have reaction from people living near the festival site , the local MP , and police involved in trying to control the festival .
Idiom: down the drain (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes . So I would n't save it at all I would do away with the lot . Yeah , just as a , as a side issue , I am interested that they 've been growing plum tomatoes because each year I hear of more and more people growing plum tomatoes successfully in this country and while we are just on the subject of diseases and things to control them , you may remember that a few weeks ago we were giving advice on how we should dispose of waste garden chemicals and , and we said you ought to pour it down an outside drain . Well , apparently that used to be the official advice er and , and we were correct in that but the authorities have now changed their minds and they no longer want us to pour waste chemical down the drains and I gather that the official advice now is that surplus diluted chemical should be poured , and I 'm quoting here , on to more or less level and bare soil in the garden or on to level gravelled paths , avoid disposal in areas around ponds , erm water courses and so forth , dishes and , and what have you and as far as undiluted chemicals are concerned , that 's stuff still in the bottle , the advice there is to talk to your local authority cos they have different regulations in different areas . If anyone wants chapter and verse on this the erm address of the British Agro - chemicals Association who put out this literature will be on our fact sheet .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
Never take exercise without a warm up and cool down Chiropractic As usual , the Greeks had a word for it Like many medical terms , Chiropractic springs from the classical languages . Originating from ' cheiro ' , a hand , and ' proktos ' , to use , it literally means ' done by hand ' or ' manipulation ' .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
If the smaller firms continue to bow out of training chartered accountants , the number of trainees will be concentrated among fewer and fewer larger organisations . But these larger firms are already cutting down on the size of their student intake and , if the trend continues , will end up — as Grant Thornton has already done — recruiting and training only staff who are expected to make a career with the firm after qualifying . Those qualified chartered accountants who fail to make the grade within their own firms and become available on the market will be few and far between and , because of the large firm culture , may be less suited to smaller firms or industry and commerce . The question is do the smaller firms care ? What is worrying is that the answer seems to be no .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
When other changes are taken into account couples with children are also seen to be considerably worse off . Particularly significant to families with children has been the loss of single payments and their replacement by loans . It is alarming that families with children who accept a social fund loan have to try to make ends meet on 85 per cent of their normal income support entitlement . Furthermore , all families on income support have to pay 20 per cent of the community charge and the whole of their water charges , and although the rates of income support include an allowance to cover the community charge payment , it is quite insufficient to compensate for the extra expenditure . Housing benefit has also been drastically cut : many claimants have lost entitlement altogether and the majority of those still in receipt of benefit are worse off .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
British national bibliography entries often omit prices . Prices given in publishers ' advance publicity will often have risen , in some cases very considerably , by the time the book appears . Despite these difficulties , it goes without saying that no book should be ordered unless the price is known . Date Usually the date of publication may be taken as given , but in a few cases — particularly where publication in book form follows several years after original research — imprint date should be compared against any dates given in the foreword or introduction .
Idiom: draw a blank (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm absolutely certain of that . He left nothing of the kind with me and never made any reference to such a document . You drew a blank at the Park Avenue apartment , I assume?’ ‘ Yes.’ ‘ There you are , then .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
For her , the trade of compositor was more an intellectual calling , not so much a craft and she found her work fascinating , reading as she went . It was also a way of moving up in the world . She stayed in work until she was 29 walking out for five years with her fiance , an engineer 's blacksmith who was himself a great reader , while they saved up to marry . Her daughter remembers her nursing a baby with one hand and holding a book in the other . She remained serious about reading all her life , taking pains with her five children 's education and recommending that they read good books , " not some of the trash she had seen at Morrison & Gibb " .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
But the narrative soon degenerates once more . Bonington 's adventures on Everest an Annapurna are interlarded with other events ; Fowler and Saunders on Spantik , and even a passing nod to Moffat and Edlinger . But towards the end , the book starts to read like a list , with the structure and prose all over the place . The Climbers is linked to a TV series of the same name and has all the hallmarks of a rush job ; grating , uncorrected mistakes of grammar ; indigestible multi - clause sentences ; and an overall lack of purpose or identity . ALPINE PASS ROUTE THE BERNESE ALPS — A WALKING GUIDE
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
Finds : Get to grips with a matchbox : John Windsor meets a man fired with enthusiasm for matchbox covers By JOHN WINDSOR AT A top price of £ 20-£30 —‘through the roof’ says Ian Hooker , with tongue in cheek — commemorative and advertising matchbox grips still cost peanuts compared with even the cheapest London saleroom collectables . Much other printed ephemera can be picked up just as cheaply , a boon market for collectors sharp enough to spot history mirrored in the disposable scraps of everyday life . Mr Hooker , a motor trade production foreman who began assembling the world 's largest collection of grips 12 years ago , has seen antique fair prices for rare ones rise from a fiver , two or three years ago , to the present £ 20-£30 , all due , he says , to the boom in advertising ephemera .
Idiom: take no prisoners (used idiomatically: yes)
Sega users , you see , tend to be older , hence the extra inches . BUT IF BRAND LOYALTY can indicate age , the type of game you play is also a cause for concern . While shoot 'em up and take no prisoner - type games may put you firmly into the hand - relief category , other games can be just as telling . One that everybody seems to have played at some time is Tetris . The original cartridge in the hand - held Nintendo Game - Boy , it has a popularity to equal even Mario and Sonic .
Idiom: as luck would have it (used idiomatically: yes)
Hunter had his spleen removed after the Students World Cup last summer , and it 's been a slow process working back to full fitness . But he could not have come back at a more opportune time as far as Selkirk are concerned . As luck would have it , Stirling and GH - K meet at Bridgehaugh , and both were not finalising line - ups until after training last night . The home side have doubts over Kenny Logan , Matt McGrandles , John Wright , Jim Brough and Brian Robertson ; among those on standby are teenage winger , Colin MacRobert , and Mark McKenzie . Though Alan Watt is back training , he is not included in GH - K 's 24-strong squad , which includes a French No8 , Franck Gruel , who has been playing for the 2nds .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: no)
WILF O'REILLY , Britain 's leading short-track speed-skater , clocked an unofficial 800m world record of 1min 15.20sec to win the Leon Wilson Trophy in Nottingham yesterday . Kepler blow KEPLER WESSELS and Fanie de Villiers could miss South Africa 's one-day game against India today after both suffered heads wounds when they collided during training yesterday . Spence adrift ENGLAND 'S Jamie Spence shot a final-round 74 to finish joint ninth in the Johnnie Walker Golf Classic in Melbourne yesterday , 12 shots behind Australian winner Robert Allenby .
Idiom: take someone for a ride (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over But some stall holders still are n't happy . They claim they 've been taken for a ride . Male speaker A prime defendent for an action for misrepresentation must be the company , Chiltern Show Society limited .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
A group of nineteenth century greeting cards and valentines , types of ephemera now a popular field of collecting . Nineteenth century ephemera , including table games , playing cards , a hieroglyphic card ( one where small pictures are substituted for a number of letters or syllables ) and ( centre ) a ' zoetrope ' or ' wheel of life ' , an early motion - picture toy . Souvenir of the great freeze of 1740 printed ' on Ice upon the Thames at Queen - Hithe ' . The elaborate allegorical framework was left standing . John Matcham 's name was set by the printer and the ' woollcomber ' pulled the press .
Idiom: get it up (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . down are n't they ? It 's just getting it up here . Yeah ! Yeah !
Idiom: have it both ways (used idiomatically: yes)
The Maastricht summit gives us great opportunities for economic , social and democratic reform . However , the Prime Minister is not capable of obtaining a deal which will be to the benefit of the British people . He can not have it both ways . He can not claim on the one hand to be at the heart of Europe and at the same time want to be on the periphery of Europe and seem to want us to go at a slower speed than anyone else . That is an inconsistent position .
Idiom: in broad daylight (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Was n't there a policeman shot there a little while ago?’ ‘ Yes , the Head Constable . Assassinated in broad daylight . A dastardly act . I do n't hold with it .