Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Therefore , to whom belongs the credit for this near miraculous escape from falling victim yet again to socialist ideology and dogma , which is in decline and disrepute everywhere , except for a few Third World countries ? Firstly it belongs to John Major himself , for taking to the hustings , and restoring , a cutting edge to the party dialogue — and thus taking the Central Office by the scruff of the neck and lifting it out of the doldrums into which it had sunk . Secondly , to the instinctive political sense of the electorate , which , all too well aware of what was at stake , itself took charge of the situation , regardless of underlying allegiances , and saved the day , also leaving Labour in a state of profound shock . The campaign also revealed ‘ Paddy’ not only as ‘ too cocky by half’ , but whose political judgement , as an officer with one - time ‘ unilateralist’leanings , is suspect . Finally , with the government now reinstalled , all that remains is to overhaul Central Office , and give it a thorough spring cleaning .
Idiom: under the gun (used idiomatically: yes)
They had got no farther . Leeming had written that no member of the party had any idea why they were kidnapped or who the kidnappers were . Apart from the seclusion and pressure of being watched under a gun , they all seemed in good spirits . They used the doctor 's appearance and concern as a reason for stopping the interview and made plans to return the next morning . Duncan had taken Leeming 's hand , promised him that he would do his utmost to find the family and deliver them safe from harm .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
Yes , your heroine will be united with her destined mate . But perhaps in a way that will be something of a surprise . In this contriving to do the obvious thing in a way not altogether obvious will lie the difference between producing a run - of - the - mill story , which may well never see the light of day , and producing a story with that something extra . It is not easy . You may be lucky and that necessary little twist may be given to you by the workings of intuition .
Idiom: bite someone's head off (used idiomatically: no)
Nationally Major was 1pc ahead . Altogether they sold over 170,000 jelly politicians . Just to bite their heads off . Hersh money IN Tory headquarters at Stockton South they 're going nuts over the Hershey bar America 's favourite chocolate , apparently .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
Gandhi 's quest for Truth or God involves not only bhakti yoga , that is the discipline of prayer and devotion , but also karma yoga , that is , the discipline of action . We have already noted that he interprets the Gītā as a call to action and it is not without significance that he has been described as one of the foremost activist theoreticians and as a karmayogin . We can leave for the time being , however , the implications of his activist approach to Truth in order to look again at his concept of Truth as hitherto elucidated . As we have seen , he claims to have had glimpses only of absolute Truth and we have interpreted this to mean that he is often made aware of the need to live and act in accordance with certain ethical and religious principles and to travel in a certain spirit . But there have been other claims to knowledge of absolute Truth .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
They were slim , pale and elegant , and she wore colourless or pearl nail varnish . There was nothing vulgar about these hands , not like his wife 's plebeian paws with their chilblains and chipped red enamel . He toyed with the idea of holding Eleanor 's hand and getting romantic . Instead he used her remark as the perfect occasion for a quarrel . He remembered Gina 's summing - up of Eleanor 's character and told her that she only saw people as shits because she was n't woman enough to hold a man .
Idiom: white hat (used idiomatically: no)
Our picture shows Station Guide Carol Bayliss with the Visitor Centre replica . Hard hats come in three shapes and colours for Hunterson Station Warden Tommy Smith . His full time role in the station calls for regular use of his standard white Scottish Nuclear hard hat . But when the fire team are training or tackling a blaze within the perimeter he puts on a red fireman 's helmet as a member of their support system . And in his spare time , he has been on - call for the past six years to wear a yellow helmet as a Retained Leading Firefighter with D Division of Strathclyde Fire Brigade based at Ardrossan .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Yes , you could say … Anyway , I have to get back . My kids will be driving their aunts and their bubbeh round the bend … ’ Your what ? ? ? Dull flop of human - heart - shaped stone into very cold , damp pool of water .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
SHE loves shopping , he hates it . She loves gossiping with friends over lunch , he would rather be alone with his thoughts . So you can see there 's precious little chance of Prince Charles and Princess Diana experiencing the nightmare that every separated couple dreads — bumping into each other while out and about . A close look at their London haunts on our map on the right shows the two have little in common apart from their children . While Diana has built up an active social life within a two-mile radius of Kensington Palace , the Prince rarely ventures into town and prefers to dine with friends at Highgrove .
Idiom: on the stump (used idiomatically: yes)
His team - mates seemed to have stopped breathing . He let the next ball go by outside leg stump . The bowler adjusted his line and dropped the next one on leg stump , on the half - volley . By now my man was seeing the ball like a melon . He leaned into it and the fielder at midwicket could only turn and jog after it all the way to the boundary .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
In the semi - final they meet James Talbot and Michael Nutt of the Old Bleach Club , who will be seeking to gain some compensation after they were in the Old Bleach side which lost this season 's CIS Irish Senior Cup championship final to Carrickfergus by a mere five shots . The only thing certain about this opening confrontation is that Talbot and Nutt will be most unlikely to lift two counts of seven against the NIBA champions , as they did in their final game in the PGL against the Murdocks from Ulster Transport at Willowfield . This will be a real test for the Randalstown players , for Leonard and Graham are favourites in my book to win the championship . And I am not overlooking the fact that the Provincials are more than well represented with Ronnie Oliver and Ian McClure of Portrush , who meet Edwin Downey and Gary Rutledge of St Brendan 's . And the championship could n't have a better launch on Friday morning when Carrickfergus ' Michael McHugh meets Paul Daly of Belmont in the opening U-25 singles semi - final .
Idiom: play possum (used idiomatically: yes)
Writers who get cancer are obviously lucky , they have a head and shoulders start on everyone else . As my living was eked from my imagination , it now seemed sensible to link that imagination to my own healing . I had , of course , been told by my surgeon that everything he could see he had taken out , On the other hand , I had chosen to explore further on my own and I was learning that cancer has this nasty habit of playing possum . The word , ‘ secondary’ had entered my vocabulary and its meaning had become clear . I decided that there might well be a few odd cancer cells lurking about that my immune system had n't spotted or had been too demoralized to deal with — and anyway , was n't I , like everyone else , making thousands of cancer cells every day ?
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
' What d'you mean ? ' ' I mean that presumably you would have been required to pay for your bed and board in the normal way without subsidy . In other words , as happens in other clubs . ' ' Oh , dare say we 'd all have found the money somehow . ' ' D'you have any income other than your pension ? '
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: yes)
Before Cameron and Menzies left they had written down lists of safe houses , sources of milk and meal , and secure points further west . A frail safety - net had started to take shape . They rode east and south under a moonless sky alive with stars , the lustre of the Milky Way making a faint track across the zenith . Their heads seethed with possibilities , worries , further problems . As the deep black shadow in Glen Keltney closed over them , they moved slowly nearer home in a trance of fatigue .
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
It was the last match for Underwood and Halliday and maybe others — and what about Jonathan Webb 's two personal records created during the match , or the potential for Championship records for Morris and Underwood ? And then there were personal cap records and the new Championship records for points amassed by any one team . This match was not just a game , it was a landmark and to all intents and purposes one ignored by the BBC . The people of England should have been made aware of the significance of the match . It is , of course , the RFU 's responsibility to promote the match but the BBC could have helped — unless the RFU , despite the massive popularisation of the game during the World Cup , still wants the sport to be an elite minority game .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
Warrington had some unexpected help in Sierra Leone , when a party of schoolchildren joined him in his ‘ tomorrow , tomorrow’ speech , reciting the words faultlessly in the Queen 's English . Director Michael Bogdanov 's production was tailored to local tastes . The hubble bubble scene has been elaborated — audiences have shown special interest in the recipe for the witches ' brew — and the plot 's tyrannical shenanigans have struck a chord with those who have experienced the benevolent rule of Dr Hastings Banda , Malawi 's president for life . Obituary of Brian Shaw BRIAN SHAW , the former leading male virtuoso dancer in the Royal Ballet , who has died aged 63 , was a meticulous and suave performer , never more so than as the male partner in the Bluebird pas de deux in Sleeping Beauty .
Idiom: in Dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
The former Benson gate guard Spitfire PR.XIX PM651 will return to St Athan and be placed in storage along with the remaining Spitfires that were brought in out of the cold some time ago . Largest aircraft to leave the Museum and the one that could give the most problems when it comes to moving it , is former Spanish Dornier Do 24 flying boat HD5 - 1 . This large , three - engined , beast is being placed on a 21 year loan to the Dutch Military Aviation Museum at Kamp Zeist , near Soesterberg , where it will be displayed in Dutch Far East markings . To many , the arrival of the Dornier at Hendon was an irrelevancy in terms of RAF history , and it will find a far more apposite home in the Netherlands . Of all the aircraft to move , the Dornier will be the first , needing the removal of the engines , the wing and the tailplane before it can be brought out of the Museum , through the Bomber Command Hall .
Idiom: get the nod (used idiomatically: yes)
Hooper is taking nothing for granted as Souness contemplates his line - up for the vital clash , his latest worry being Michael Thomas ' ankle injury which makes him doubtful with Steve McManaman . James , who has still to keep a clean sheet , would be disappointed to be overlooked , but he has the confidence and the talent to establish himself at Anfield . However , I believe Hooper will get the nod . He told the Echo today : ‘ I 've been doing really well over the last month , playing probably the best football of my life . ’ It 's good to know I 'm in contention .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet our 4 × 400 metres relay teams have had considerable success . Something is wrong somewhere . After the fiasco in Prague I began to wonder whether there was any point in my running in any more relay teams , began to think that it was just a waste of everyone 's time . Looking back I suppose it was then that I started to brood about a problem that grew and grew until it burst out into the open at the World Championships . Trying to look at the subject rationally , I think it was a difference between theory and practice .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
You 'll have to wear warm clothes , otherwise you 'll catch a cold .
Idiom: have your work cut out (used idiomatically: yes)
With Venus at the zenith of your chart from the 13th , the climate is right for success in your worldly endeavours and in affairs of the heart although it wo n't be plain sailing . TAURUS Apr 21-May 21 UNTIL mid - month you may have your work cut out trying to make the pieces of your life come together — or finding them . You seem to be coping with one thing after another , especially if you 're a 2nd or 12th May birthday . Nevertheless , there is just as much of a chance that you will win through your difficulties as there is of reaching the point of throwing in the towel .
Idiom: make a pitch (used idiomatically: yes)
Bush , at 68 , had a hard job keeping up with such a pace . And tonight , he wo n't even try . Unlike his rivals , he will not make a final TV pitch for support . THE President got one piece of good news yesterday . Daughter , Doro , who remarried in June , is expecting a baby — his 13th grandchild .
Idiom: tempt providence (used idiomatically: yes)
Special tramway tours have always been a feature of the hobby , and the first was held at Blackpool by the Light Railway Transport League in 1938 . The object is to ride on an unusual or distinctive tram , photograph it and to place it in unusual locations where it is not usually to be seen . Sometimes this can tempt providence when the train demurs and falls off its rails ( opposite ) , however there are always plenty of experts to offer friendly advice to the professionals upon re - railing ! Enthusiasts in Action : 1 . The launch of a new tram book in 1978 is the excuse for a special run on 59 ( opposite ) .
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: yes)
With the James , we are told who did it ; in the Ackroyd , the matted fellow who is the chief suspect is never very securely identified as the author of the crimes — it is almost as if the inspector could have done it : so that Ackroyd 's is an authorially uncertain work in which the authorship of its crimes is uncertain too . Meanwhile the interesting Hawksmoor is less interesting than Dyer , and may be meant to be . ' Time will tell , sir ' , a colleague remarks , and Hawksmoor replies : ' Time will not tell . Time never tells . ' Once more he raised his arm involuntarily , as if in greeting . '
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
And the Sheikh 's dominance has been maintained this year as he heads the table with some £ 1.75 m in prize money , half a million ahead of his older brother , Hamdan Al Maktoum , who owns Nashwan , with Sangster languishing in 10th place with a mere £ 250,000 or so in the kitty . Silk Slippers may not enable Sangster to challenge the Arab supremacy , but an English Classic success after a five - year gap would come like manna from heaven . Silk Slippers certainly looks the part , being a staying filly with speed in the mould of Midway Lady , who took the 1,000 and Oaks three years ago . What was so impressive about Silk Slippers 's victory was that she twice had to overcome difficulties in running and William Hill 's offer of 33 - 1 about the daughter of Nureyev for the Oaks is particularly tempting . She certainly looks a more attractive three - year - old prospect than Digression , who won the big juvenile colts ' event , the Royal Lodge Stakes .
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
Flew ( 1981)(3.2 ) , in the extract from his book The Politics of Procrustes , differs from Williams . For Flew , the track which leads from equality of opportunity ( a phrase which he finds ambiguous ) to equality of outcome is not a slippery slope at all . Rather , Flew claims that the idea of ‘ open competition for scarce opportunities’ is less ambiguous than that of ‘ equality of opportunity’ ; that it is , in our metaphor , a level piece of ground rather than a slippery slope ; and that it is clearly distinct from that of absolute equality of outcome . Williams , Flew therefore claims , has failed to show that equality of opportunity entails even a prima facie commitment to equality of outcome . He also points out that a commitment to equality implies also a commitment to a state which will push everybody around until they are equal — Procrustes was a figure in Greek mythology who forced all those he came across to become the same height , either by chopping bits off or by using a rack to stretch their legs .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Josie looked at her strangely a couple of times , and asked her if she felt ill . She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . ‘ Just got some stuff on my mind,’ she told Josie , and Josie did n't press her further . Kid stuff , she probably thought . Romance and froth .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
The people involved in administering the sport just are n't part of the scene , not the people I see at races … not there . Go to a road race or track meet in Britain or Europe and it 's people like Alan you 'll see . Come to think of it , I 'm not sure I even know who Mike Farrell [ AAA / BAAB General Secretary]is ! ' Solly 's criticisms are delivered more with humour than malice , yet they are nonetheless strongly felt . He is keenly aware of the paradoxical gulf between British standards in distance events , and the much - lauded strength of our sprinters .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
But if it did , it was apparently to have been a big affair — no mere helicopter - borne ‘ surgical strike’— in which sheer weight of numbers and firepower could have been expected to guarantee ultimate success . Very heavy Syrian casualties would apparently have been deemed a lesser price to pay than the probable failure of anything less than what the general 's men say was planned : a full - scale armoured and infantry assault involving 40,000 men on five main axes along a 50-kilometre front . The likelihood that , after all the fanfare and ultimatums , it is not going to happen , or at least not for the time being , is another boost for the ‘ rebel’ general in his lonely defiance of Lebanon 's Muslims — indeed , a good many of its Christians , too — much of the Arab world , and international communities . The Tayif agreement was supposed to be a formula for peace , but last week it came close to becoming a recipe for one of the biggest , almost certainly the most ferocious , battles of the 14 ½-year war . It might be argued that historically the Maronite Christians have done much to bring this near calamity on themselves , that Gen Aoun is only the latest , probably the last , in a long line of revolts against an Arab and Mulsim environment to which this most stiff - necked of Arab minorities refuses to adapt itself .
Idiom: seal of approval (used idiomatically: yes)
In this way , distinct ventures could develop side by side with measurable results — Richard Lewis and his team at Bisham , the Slater squad , Chris Bradnam 's group and hopefully , in time , many more . The LTA would retain its role in team selection but would be truly impartial . As important as money for independent ventures would be the seal of approval . AELTC Registered and Approved would make a great difference to parental peace of mind , and to support from outside sponsors . Thus , a variety of initiatives could exist , co - operate and interact to everyone 's gain , on a fair and equal footing .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
It is a great deal more professional than it was a few years ago comparable with the standards of other types of consultancies and partnership firms , and is attracting an altogether higher quality of person than was previously the case . In turn , clients ' expectations are growing ; they are more informed , more knowledgeable about the process , much more likely to adopt an open style , and want to know the key facts , expecting a high level of overall professionalism . Very few of them believe there is any magic ( if ever there was ) in the business and almost all of them want to understand the process and expect executive search consultants to provide that knowledge . There is now no room for the amateur or the dilettante in the business . In conclusion , it is clear that the market in the UK is maturing and the executive search product is starting to come to age .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah well they 've had , they 've erm , yeah the pink , the pink ones came in just after I passed mine . Yeah it come from , I , I was n't expecting it to come back , it come through eight days , . That , that letter I 'd written must of done the trick . I would appreciate , I put in , I appreciate , I would appreciate your co - operation . If you , if you put down the letter for people like this , sort of , I would of done one of two things , I 'd would get really nark about that and the way they give you what you want
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
Because you should never deal with these people in a cash basis . It 's only an advisory basis . And John will make this crystal clear . So really you 're you ca n't lose they come they give you the best advice , they give it in a written form . Hello .
Idiom: bright young thing (used idiomatically: yes)
He would n't have minded so much if there 'd been a rise somewhere along the line — a moment of triumph , no matter how brief — but he 'd gone from children 's programmes to women 's programmes to the Devil in one slow , unspectacular but continuous slide . He looked around him at the other producers and researchers . All bright young things , on their way up , or looking as if they were , with their murderers and their mercenaries and their adulterers . He caught Emily 's eye on him and looked away quickly . Adulterers .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
He graced his office with dignity and performed his duties with such excellence that I know I may have difficulty in walking in his footsteps . He was lucky to have the support of his family , but above all , in having as his Lady Mayoress a wife who showed him such love and devotion , in sickness and in health . No - one could have tended and him night and day in his illness as she did . While some of us have sought to help , the real weight of responsibility has fallen on his shoulders and those of his wife and I 'm sure all members of Council will join with me in saying a very real thank you to them both . Now comment was made during the er nominations to this office .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
However , self -awareness has affinities with the fear or belief that something will take place on the day after tomorrow ; it is , as Churchill puts it , ‘ a transaction that is made in language’(1989 : 314 ) . Perception The previous section depicted all sorts of situations in which it would be natural to describe animals or human babies as recognising something — names , parents , fellow - creatures , their own bodies ( but not their ‘ self’)— and it was concluded that there was nothing out of order in so doing . Now recognition involves the use of the senses . Only within the language - games of certain literary genres would it be legitimate to describe a tree , which opens its leaves to a shower , as recognising anything .