Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: spit blood (used idiomatically: yes)
He had two or three minor cuts and grazes on his cheeks ; they looked as if someone had pulled a fork through the flesh . On the other bed in the double room of the Travelodge David Ryker sat , head bowed , hands clapped to both sides of his skull . Every now and then he would spit blood onto the carpet . He had bandaged his cut hand so tightly his fingers were beginning to go numb . He touched his shattered front teeth with his other hand , feeling part of one smashed incisor come free .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
Having failed to collect what other countries owed it , Britain continued to pay the US for ten years , suspending debt service only in the depth of the Great Depression . Rogoff ’s discussion about the debts accumulated after WWII is beside the point . It is neither here nor there to claim that “ had the UK not used a labyrinth of rules and regulations to hold nominal interest rates on debt below inflation , its debt - to - GDP ratio might have risen over the period 1945 - 1955 instead of falling dramatically . ” The fact is that the UK did manage to reduce its debt using a series of policies , including encouragement of economic growth .
Idiom: hammer and tongs (used idiomatically: yes)
As I write , details of that visit to have a look - see at the coaching structures and club and provincial administration are being worked out . This summer will now come as a boon to the pressurised Irish representative players . They have been going hammer - and - tongs since last July and the tour of Namibia . Many times on the recent trip to New Zealand Noel Murphy publicly referred to the vastly increased calendar of events which have been imposed on the leading players in all the rugby countries . Murphy publicly wondered if too much was being demanded of the top players .
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: yes)
CRICKET The Wimpey cricket team is finding life tough at the top . Promoted at the end of last season to Division 1 of the West Middlesex Midweek Cricket League , the team is searching for new blood to add to the pool of players to make sure they stay there . You do n't have to be a Mike Gatting to play for the Wimpey cricket team . But it does help if you have had experience of playing the game at school , college or club level .
Idiom: save someone's bacon (used idiomatically: yes)
The ban is because of public safety . All the cafe owners we spoke to insisted they 've never seen cars parked on the carriageway . They want to take the matter to a public inquirey , in the hope that one way or another , their bacon will be saved . The headmaster of a private school for boys , who was jailed for twelve years for sex offences against eight of his pupils , has failed in his challenge against the convictions . Three judges told Ralph Morris his trial was fair and they refused leave to appeal .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
. . It 's a bit out of order . .
Idiom: make a go of (used idiomatically: yes)
He made a gesture : she took it literally . But then all his audiences , these days , were unsatisfactory . He had his own band now ; he was trying to make a go of it full - time , and it was difficult . No one wanted to pay for music ; the general feeling was that it should flow free from the celestial spheres . Now he was off to a nine p.m. to one a.m.
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Lucinda shook with silent joy . Gravy - browning ? But it really was n't funny , come to think of it , since poor Pa would be the whipping boy for the silk stocking shortage . One thing was certain , though . Worrying about clothing coupons would at least make Mama forget the invasion for a while .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
China ’s E - Tail ~ Revolution SHANGHAI – When you think about centers of technological innovation , Silicon Valley , Seattle , and Seoul are probably the first places that come to mind . After all , they are the homes of Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Intel , Microsoft , and Samsung – companies whose innovations transform the way other sectors , from financial services to telecoms and media , do business . Now , however , the rise of “ e - tail ” ( consumer - facing e - commerce ) in China is enabling Hangzhou – the base of Alibaba , China ’s largest online retailer – to join their ranks .
Idiom: life and limb (used idiomatically: yes)
I see from the local press that the hoof branding system was developed by a lady who keeps a thoroughbred gelding . He presumably spends his winters in a nice clean stable but most animals live in muddy fields . With the best will in the world I can not imagine that a meat man would have the time , or that an un - horsy policeman would risk life and limb to scrub the mud from the hooves of every animal which roughly fits the description of a stolen one . With freeze branding the animal is immediately recognisable and you have the comfort of a large back - up organisation if the worst happens . Obviously I welcome any extra options for keeping animals safe and hoof branding will be the answer for some people .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
There are many things now riding on IBM 's AIX Unix implementation(s ) : the PowerOpen operating system for PowerPC platforms will be based upon AIX 4 , some AIX technology will find its way into Pink — the object - oriented environment out of IBM / Apple Computer Inc 's Taligent joint venture — Pink stuff will find its way back into PowerOpen Unix and Apple is committed to AIX for its future Unix requirements . So it is perhaps not surprising , though it was n't made public at the time , that IBM last year paid a seven figure sum to what was then Interactive Systems Corp for the substantial body of Unix development work that Interactive provided to IBM 's Advanced Interactive Executive , AIX , effort . IBM bought up the technology outright before going public on its agreement with Apple to ensure that no enterprising outfit could subsequently go off and get a licence from Interactive that would allow it to develop compatible versions of PowerOpen , AIX or even Pink . NOW LOTUS DOES APPLICATIONS FOR HP Girding its loins for a deeper plunge into the commercial market , Hewlett - Packard Co last week announced a strategic relationship with Lotus Development Corp that will see Lotus Notes , cc : Mail , Ami Pro and Freelance Graphics ported to its first native Unix platform , HP / UX .
Idiom: carrot and stick (used idiomatically: yes)
If people are treated as though they are ‘ Theory X’ people , because of management assumptions , ‘ Theory X’behaviour will in fact be induced thus confirming management in its beliefs and practices ( eg . ‘ clocking on’ , time - keeping systems , close supervision and management controls etc ) , ie : ‘ Theory X explains the consequences of a particular managerial strategy’ . McGregor supported the ideas of Maslow about man 's hierarchy of needs , and suggested that a Theory X approach will work well where man is concerned with his physiological and safety needs . ‘ But the ‘ carrot and stick’ theory does not work at all once man has reached an adequate subsistence level and is motivated by higher needs … ‘ Theory X is often misunderstood , and confused with a ‘ hard’ or ‘ soft’style of direction . ‘ Theory X is not a straw man for purposes of demolition , but is in fact a theory which materially influences managerial strategy in a wide sector of American industry today.’
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
Take issue beyond that . Sorry , what was the second part of the question ? Well , the first part of the question was when , when will they start seeing a return back on that money and secondly , when should n't you equity account it ? Well , er , equity accounting , James is better placed to answer that question than me . Erm , I 'd be very surprised if , if cash , if , if B Sky B does n't start to trade at a profit overall in erm , in the second half of ninety three .
Idiom: lend an ear (used idiomatically: yes)
' It 's completely absurd to suggest that there is anything unprofessional in my friendship with the Duchess . I am acting in a purely professional manner ' HE was acting by royal command , lending a professional ear to the Duchess of York 's marriage troubles . Their relationship , he said , was approved by the Queen and was ' business only ' . But observers who saw Fergie in conference with her financial adviser found that kissing and cuddling was high on the agenda for the poolside sessions .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
Now she felt better , but still it seemed that everything had changed . Suddenly , hideously , the world had become a mask — a paper - thin veil behind which lay another nightmare world . The walls were no longer quite so solid as they had seemed , and each white - suited attendant seemed to conceal an assassin dressed in black . The world had flipped over in her mind . Was now a thing of menace — a jagged landscape of threat .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
But some accidents happen because of their egocentric tendency to think of themselves as invulnerable . For instance , a child may become so fascinated by watching a car backing up the drive that she fails to realize the danger of being in its way . You will see the gradual development of a less self - centred view in your child 's play . If he is to play successfully with others he must be aware of them as persons like himself , with feelings and rights which must be recognized and adjusted to . He has to give up his egocentricity and develop the beginnings of a more altruistic point of view .
Idiom: teething troubles (used idiomatically: yes)
County workers travelled in less technological gritters , snow ploughs and snow buckets and spent two hours dragging the expensive machine back on to the road . It had slipped off the road , despite the manufacturer 's claims that it can clear 20 ft drifts and 2,500 tonnes of snow an hour . Mr John Morgan , the driver , said the machine had sheared its mounting bolts but the problems were teething troubles . A spokesman for the county council said : ‘ Before that unfortunate incident it had been working very successfully for several hours . ‘ Once repairs were completed things were back to normal again.’
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
By all accounts displaying considerable skill , the pathfinders of the assault made their way across the Shatt al - Arab to land on the Fao peninsula , occupying the island of Umm al - Rasas on the way over . Once ashore , the attacking force made for and took the remains of the Fao oil - export complex . Having achieved this , they provoked disquiet in two quarters : first , those concerned with the defence of Basrah , up the river to the north , and the nearby port of Umm Qasr ; and , second , the government of Kuwait ( an important source of support for Iraq throughout the war ) , which had already suffered air attacks and was to be struck again before the fighting was over . The Iranian forces at Fao were finally unable to reach either Basrah or Kuwait . The Iraqis moved armour into positions south of Basrah to block the more obvious of these steps and the Iranians evidently decided that Kuwait could be attended to some other time .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
And , therefore , the sit situation where you find yourself today erm is not the same as it was I think in nineteen eighty . Erm the second point I 'd like to make is er we danced round this phrase presumption this morning , I 've tried to avoid using it because its its it gets all sorts of er connotations going . I read in the Planning Press that the Newbury District Council managed to browbeat the the Department of Environment into accepting the phrase in their in a local plan , so perhaps presumptions are er the word presumption may or may not be acceptable , but then to extend it into saying well you ca n't even say , not normally be acceptable , and , not normally be er agreeable , for any sort of policy er means that strategic policies or general policy approaches are simply ruled out ri right across the board . And I 'm sure that 's not really er acceptable . And finally , if I may , the question you raised earlier and I did n't respond to it as erm I might of done , er the question about whether North Yorkshire is particularly unique .
Idiom: not cricket (used idiomatically: no)
VETERANS of England 's last strife-torn Test series in India eight years ago have warned of the dangers and sacrifices that will have to be faced if Lord 's insist on going ahead with an 11-week tour at the end of this month . As news filtered through from Bombay last night of a city paralysed by strikes and tourists stranded at the City 's airport by stone-throwing mobs rampaging through the streets , pressure for the tour to be called off is growing . Forever anxious not to offend another cricketing nation , the Test and County Cricket Board will try until the last possible moment , before Graham Gooch 's players are due to depart on December 28 , to save the trip , even though New Zealand has offered a peaceful alternative . But according to Chris Cowdrey , who made his England debut in Bombay in November 1984 just 48 hours after British High Commissioner Percy Norris had been gunned down in the streets nearby , tight security could suffocate the England players . Unrest
Idiom: cut no ice (used idiomatically: no)
I mean , how many times has someone tried to re - invent the fret ? Thanks , but the fret is just fine as it is . And if I 'm used to the dynamics of a Shure SM58 , some competitor showing me a graph of his mic 's superior frequency range cuts no ice when I jump on stage and have to revise my singing to suit it . To suggest that change is a bad thing would be stupid ; we 'd never advance if that were so . I 'm simply reminding manufacturers that the guitarist 's craft developed from the tools originally available to him , and equipment designers should work to enhance that craft , not enforce change upon it .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
It could n't be that David Markham . But it was . She had n't set eyes on him for years , but there was no mistake . He must have been equally surprised to see her but he recovered first , and while Rachel was still floundering to find something to say and Julie was murmuring something about hoping he would enjoy working at OBEX he said , ‘ Actually , we 've met before . How are you , Rachel?’
Idiom: fight shy of (used idiomatically: yes)
Eintracht Frankfurt stayed second after a 2 - 0 victory at Dynamo Dresden . European Cup Winners Cup holders Werder Bremen , who beat Nuremberg 3 - 0 on Friday , are a further point behind in third . Big names fighting shy of Eubank CHRIS EUBANK finds himself in a predicament after his successful WBO super - middleweight title defence against Ohio veteran , Lindell Holmes , at Olympia , London . He still wants to take on the best in the world , but the best do not seem to want him .
Idiom: bite the dust (used idiomatically: yes)
MARITAL BLISS at Leeds In Environment Issues we do n't usually have room to record every birth , marriage and death ( hatches , matches and despatches ) , however , Hygiene Leeds warrants a mention for the five marriages that have taken place over the last three months . As Branch Manager Ian Davies said ( speaking as a confirming bachelor)‘five good men have bitten the dust ; normally men of sound judgement but I will forgive them this one mistake!’ However , congratulations must go to Paul Sykes , Aaron Parker , Service Technician Ian Parry , Consultant Paul Cooper , Supervisor and team leader John Fox , and their respective better halves Jane , Sarah , Karen , Helen and Tania . LEECHES
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
A little out of it is the Gate House , built in the local Surrey style by Hugh Baillie Scott , for a refined and progressive family who were among the new wave of Surrey homesteaders brought here by suburban railways , and hence having the possibility of commuting . These were the new country people who , like their architects , wanted to experience ‘ the simple life’ . No hunting , shooting or fishing for them , but walking and gardening and breathing in the clear air . Baillie Scott was the progenitor of the American open plan and the most innovative interior decorator the first few decades of the twentieth century ever saw . He came from a family of fourteen and was brought up in Ramsgate .
Idiom: on thin ice (used idiomatically: no)
That sounds splendid I 'm sure when translated into management jargon , but let , but let me repeat it . Pragmatic coalitions , collaborative democracy and local communities . My rule is when skating on thin ice move fast , so I shall get Pragmatic coalitions . Our present party system and the way it works in elections has passed from being nearly useless to being pretty dangerous .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: no)
by Suzanne Lowry in Paris AT THE height of last week 's farcical premiership crisis , President Mitterrand slipped out of the Elysee Palace under the lenses and noses of the encamped journalists awaiting his decision , and went shopping . As the hacks speculated about the cloud of black smoke that suddenly appeared over the palace roof — it did not mean that no decision had been taken , only that a chimney had caught fire — the President was browsing in his favourite bookshop , Les Arcades , just below The Sunday Telegraph 's Paris office . I saw him there , an unmistakable figure in his black double - breasted coat , his black fedora placed carefully on the pile of books beside him . The grand old man of French , even European , socialism with his gaunt profile and livid complexion , calm at the eye of the storm , looking almost like his own ghost .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Where ? In car . Oh and it fell out of your pocket ? Yeah . Ah I just wondered , shall I turn this light off ?
Idiom: fair game (used idiomatically: yes)
Two hundred years ago , a novel dealing with scriptural material would have been unthinkable . Even poetry would not address such matters except in the more or less orthodox , more or less devotional form of Paradise Lost . By the twentieth century , however , Jesus and his world had become ‘ fair game’ , not for luridly sensational purposes , but as valid points of enquiry and exploration for serious , internationally acclaimed literary figures . Through their work , the fruits of biblical scholarship were disseminated to an ever - widening audience . Biblical scholarship itself did not stand still .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
Had someone or something decided that now was the time to be serious ? Surely in time and eternity only death and hell were really serious . She sat on the corner of the old sofa with her legs folded under her and stared at the window , willing the oil lamp not to sputter and distort the sounds that belonged to the night : the true night that lay outside in the garden and the valley and held dominion over the hills . Had she not been nervous , Lydia would have been angry , for she had realised that she was , herself , a domestic beast penned in against the night in a frightening little box of night that was all her own , vulnerable to destruction by the very bounds of its definition . The creatures of the field , unprotected as they were , had yet less to fear from the night , being part of it .
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
And she could scream as well … Ideally we might have preferred a juvenile actress , but with the restrictions on the hours children can work in Television we knew we could n't do it that way . ' Ironically it was Susan 's supposed age of around fifteen that so landed Doctor Who in more hot water when the two part ' Edge of Destruction ' story went out . Featured in that episode was the infamous sequence where a concussed Susan menaces Ian , and then Barbara , with a pair of sharply - pointed scissors . The repercussions of those scenes served to remind Verity Lambert of her responsibilities as Producer of a show aimed at youngsters .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Trevor Steven : Rangers ' European commitments have cost him his place in the Graham Taylor 's England squad Gilford three ahead at halfway stage From Mike Britten at Vilamoura DAVID GILFORD threatened to spreadeagle the field with eight birdies in his first 12 holes of the Portuguese Open second round yesterday . But the five - shot lead he created was trimmed to a manageable three shots for today 's third round which the English Ryder Cup man starts on a 13-under - par total of 131 . Gilford , winner of last month 's Moroccan Open , added a 66 to his first - day 65 and his nearest challengers are the Argentine Jorge Berendt ( 71 ) and the New Zealander Frank Nobilo ( 68 ) .
Idiom: keep body and soul together (used idiomatically: yes)
Elizabeth , having given birth to 13 children and aged only 46 , was buried at Catherine Hill on 19 June . Like all his brothers , Charles was destined to outlive his wife ; and in a sense we may not wonder at that fact . We have seen what a struggle it must have been for men in the late 18th century to keep body and soul together — how much worse , then , for their womenfolk . Things had improved slightly for married women since the patriarchal days of the feudal system , and few people in the late 1700s could have shared Luther 's view that : If a woman becomes weary , or at last dead , from child - bearing , it matters not ; let her only die from bearing , she is there to do it .
Idiom: party animal (used idiomatically: yes)
' Ruby Trax ' chart stars DANNII MINOGUE and CATHAL COUGHLAN give marks out of ten for Bryan Adams ' original of ' Everything I Do ' . ' Would n't bother with the shades , mate , nobody'll recognise you anyway … WORLD PARTY animal KARL WALLINGER enjoys the ever perky company of IAN McNABB ' Are you sure you can manage all that ? ' Left : PETER HOOTON and ROY BOULTER of THE FARM ask SHANE MACGOWAN a very silly question , while ( right ) : …
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
You have been warned ! Overall the GRiD 386NX was a rugged performer , it was noticeably faster than many desktop systems , and never missed a beat in over 12,000 miles of air travel via six airports , and 1,500 miles of travel up and down America 's rugged Pacific Coastline . Most remarkably it continued to function under California 's midday sun , when it 's slate grey shell was too hot hold ! After all our travels we were sorry to see the trusty GRiD go . Should another globe - trotting adventure arise , we know what notebook computer we 'll be taking along for the ride .
Idiom: at a loose end (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Yes , and the reason we 've got no morals is that for a long time ( 150 years ) we 've been at a loose end . ' And that 's all . put most simply , being at a loose end leads men to the vice of drunkenness and the crime of murder ; and the jobless Marmeladov and the ex - student Raskolnikov are both very pointedly at a loose end . But to say that the devil finds work for idle hands to do is misleading because hypermoralistic or ( if meant literally ) hypertheological . In that little exchange which is the entire Drunks fragment the ‘ loose end’ idea undercuts the moral and every other aspect of the matter , and once again there 's a link with journalism , this time Dostoevsky 's own .
Idiom: free rein (used idiomatically: yes)
In support of this they indicate that there have been worries about the ability of the Monopolies Commission to maintain consistency across its investigations . Thus , they claim a climate of uncertainty is created which militates against the decision - taking ability of firms . On the other hand they are not prepared to countenance the complete free rein of market forces , since the dangers of monopoly are well known . Consequently , they propose a policy more akin to that of the US and based on rules which would automatically forbid mergers above a given size . This would remove the uncertainty and leave firms free to operate unconstrained within the legally created framework .