Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: bells and whistles (used idiomatically: yes)
Today 's 940 Turbo fits that description as comfortably as the old 740 Turbo did . Now , however , there are not one but two turbocharged 940s . The existing 2.3-litre , 165bhp , all - bells - and - whistles 940 Turbo is joined by a new , turbo - boosted version of the two - litre 940 SE . This latest derivative is a cheaper and tamer Turbo , true , but as it comes under the two vital company car tax breaks points ( 2000cc and £ 19,250 ) , its role is clear . Making a 940 SE into a 940 SE Turbo could n't be simpler .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
It was once a beautiful building , but in decay now looks both tatty and sad . It is often the way with Mughal ruins : while the more primitive forts which preceded them still have an aura of power as they rise solid and impregnable from the burning plains , the silky refinement expressed in Mughal architecture turns , in decay , to something approaching seediness . It is difficult to visualize now , but it must have been within this pavilion that the young Roshanara consulted her spies as she reclined on carpets beside the gently bubbling irrigation runnels . Sadly there is no description of the Princess at this period ; the only proper account of Roshanara to survive dates from very late on in her life ; it was written by Bernier , who saw the Princess 's marvellous train on its way from Delhi — perhaps from this garden — to Kashmir to escape the summer heat : Stretch imagination to its utmost limits and you can conceive no exhibition more grand and imposing than Roshanara Begum , mounted on a stupendous Pegu elephant and seated in a large latticed howdah covered with a silken tent , blazing with gold and azure , followed by other elephants with howdahs nearly as resplendent as her own , all filled with ladies attached to her household …
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: no)
Chuck did n't reply , so George swung round in his saddle . He could just see Chuck 's face , a white oval turned toward the sky .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Sarajevo remained under siege , although relief convoys supplying about 50 per cent of the city 's needs reached the city by road and relief flights continued sporadically . After delays when Bosnian forces refused to allow refugees to leave Sarajevo , 1,500 Moslems and Croats left the city on Nov. 15 in a convoy of Red Cross buses . UNPROFOR convoys trying to reach other towns came under fire several times ( and on Nov. 6 returned fire ) but on Nov. 19 broke the seven - month siege of Tuzla and on Nov. 28 the eight - month siege of Srebrenica ( the biggest Moslem enclave in eastern Bosnia ) ; both towns were full of refugees . Croat offensive in Bosnia As part of a separate offensive around Mostar involving Croatian regular forces , a supply route linking Serb - held territory in Bosnia and Croatia with Belgrade was cut on Nov. 9 .
Idiom: hot under the collar (used idiomatically: yes)
erm Oh dear , Dougie 's getting a bit , I see Dougie 's getting a bit er , yeah , erm A bit hot under the collar . Anyway , one lady said , Go on ,
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
That afternoon a friend came round , Ruth and Jim , and they come round with a bottle of champagne , the best you could buy , and it was just like we 'd had a baby … I mean I 'd had a sort of cry I suppose , but at the actual time I was glad I had a daughter [ after two sons ] . And after he said typical mongol , I think , I do n't know , it 's awkward to explain : everything seemed to fall into place . Just as the clinical professions can provide parents with the language and the concepts with which to take a negative view of the child , so they can provide the unwitting stimulus for the parent to enter a new , positive world in which things ‘ fall into place’ . Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty - four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning - point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
Saatchi and Saatchi , the world 's largest advertising agency , claim that the French business executive driving a BMW car , flying TWA , wearing Italian clothes and banking with Citibank has more in common with an American counterpart leading the same lifestyle than with a Parisian neighbour who drives a moped and works on the Metro as a cleaner . Global Eden All of this leads Fred and Beth to worry that the fatal combination of an explosion of ' free time ' with a booming global market in consumer goods and leisure industries will spell the death of their great utopian dream that they have cherished for so long — individual self - realization , mutuality in work and levelling out of global economic inequalities . The historical process of transforming the world , making it a better place , recovering a pre - lapsarian global Eden in its pristine simplicity , will end up with people selling it to each other by the dollar , pound or yen . Alice and Henry will probably see it differently .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
Similar resistance in the remaining ( n -1 ) labour markets renders the general level of money wages downwardly inflexible . This divergence between collective and individual rationality is not encountered when the means by which the real wage is reduced is via an increase in the absolute price level . An increase in P is across the board , affecting all groups of workers equally and posing no threat to the structure of established wage differentials . It is therefore individually rational for workers to resist money wage reductions but to accept an erosion of their real wage rate through price increases . Workers are not behaving irrationally since all workers are in the same boat when prices
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
' Yes , these , I think . Clear glass , naturally . ' He placed a pair of steel - rimmed glasses on Devlin 's nose and adjusted them . ' Yes , excellent . I 'm pleased with myself . '
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We 've given a lot of blood , sweat and tears and I do n't just want to pass it all on for somebody else to inherit . ‘ We 've got a great team . I know I could win the title again and I know that I could do Britain proud . ‘ But I just want to make sure , and we are really close to it , that the agreement we have is to my liking . ‘ I 'm sure I will be racing for Williams next year.’
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Pharmacists are trained scientists who 've taken an intensive four - year course before they qualify . They have a very detailed knowledge of medicines and how they work . If you 've got a cold or sore throat , they can advise which over - the - counter medicines to take . They can also advise about the side effects of medicines and how to minimise them — for instance , by taking certain tablets after food . They can tell you which medicines not to take if you suffer from a condition like asthma and what to do if you miss a dose of medicine .
Idiom: fall by the wayside (used idiomatically: yes)
Karen had watched , wide - eyed , as this woman like a chainsaw had cut a swathe through the young men of their department at the university , apparently unconcerned with looks , or wit , or age . She had a knack of breaking hearts and being mystified by the effect . She slept with boys ( and men — some lecturers , too , fell by her wayside ) as if it were the most natural thing in the world ( ' indeed it is , it is ! ' ) , then dropped them just as casually in the morning with a smile of disbelief that they should expect anything more of her , or any other woman . If they recovered and were friends she was delighted , and would flirt with them , and assume an easy physicality with them , and sleep with them again maybe , and break their hearts again if given half a chance . And all the time , it seemed , back home in Northern Ireland , she had a different life .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Within two years , he had joined the payroll , first as a PPS , then as a junior whip . Thatcher reportedly singled him out for promotion when he was honest enough to tell her that backbenchers were uneasy about the state of the economy : like the young George Washington , he trembled , but could not tell a lie . It was a useful means , anyway , of catching her eye . A Tory admirer once told the Guardian : ‘ John is like a snail . You do n't see him move , but he gets from A to B. And he leaves no slime.’
Idiom: chop and change (used idiomatically: yes)
As one can not induce inspiration ( some have tried in vain , using drugs or alcohol ) , all we can do here is write about the 99 % of work and skill which forms the other part of melody writing . Even the product of inspiration may need skilful pruning and reshaping . Beethoven 's sketchbooks reveal how often his first visionary ideas were modified — chopping and changing until at last they fall into shapes of full significance . Single - cell construction . The rhythmic cell is departed from at only two points : the end , where longer notes give a moment of repose ; and at mid - point ( the end of the first sentence ) , where the two quavers of the motif are extended to six .
Idiom: take someone for a ride (used idiomatically: yes)
Lovely , innit ? Yeah . There 's got ta be someone out there though , that 'll take him for a ride ! I 'm sure John is gon na tell you he 's gon na be in the paper about all these people who 's gold top milk is missing , have you heard about that ? Oh what , and it was the dog ?
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Now think of a two - section piece of egg box and marble ( fig . 1c ) . We could place the marble in one hole ( state A ) and it would remain there indefinitely . We could equally well have placed it in the other hole ( state B ) and it would similarly remain there . It appears that the marble is stable in either of the two states . This is a mechanical bistable .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
In next year 's Budget it is to be hoped he will take a further opportunity to reduce the differentials between Scotch and wine.’ Dram come true ? Producers say there 's still some way to go before they can operate on level playing fields Simpler self - assessment By Gordon Milne
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Lions coach Ian McGeechan said : ‘ Ieuan thinks it was a 50–50 ball and he had it as well as Bunce when it was grounded.’ And television replays from behind the goal - line showed that Evans 's hand NEVER left the ball . The player said : ‘ I had my hands on the ball all the time . How can it be a try?’ But Kinsey defended his decision by insisting : ‘ I got the nod from my touch judge Andy Cole.’
Idiom: open the floodgates (used idiomatically: yes)
By Susan Dean A DYING Ayrshire cancer victim , Alfred McTear , is to give evidence for his courtroom damages battle against two tobacco companies in his home next week because of worsening health . Doctors have given Mr McTear , 48 , a former smoker , only a short time to live , but his case — which will open the floodgates of claims if he is successful — will take months to be heard in court . A special commission which would have been held at the end of the month has had to be brought forward because of Mr McTear 's deteriorating condition . It will now will be held in the front room of his home in Cherrywood Drive , Beith , on Tuesday , in the presence of the commissioner , QCs , junior counsel , solicitors and shorthand writer .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
Tony Roche NO - ONE else will believe him , but Martin Richards is convinced he has the edge on Northampton 's Wayne Shelford in today 's most fascinating Pilkington Cup third - round tie . Tongue - in - cheek , the captain of tiny Tabard revealed : ' I 'm ready for Wayne — I 've seen him on television . ' He has a problem because I have seen him play more often than he has seen me ! ' Richards , a 33-year - old Highgate estate agent , faces the former All Black captain in a Hertfordshire field where mighty Northampton know they are on hiding to nothing .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well!’ said the Prince . ‘ Five thousand pounds is a lot of money to pay for something you do not exactly know.’ ‘ Before any money changed hands we would , of course , need to be satisfied that the information was worth it.’ ‘ I would certainly hope so ! But , tell me , Captain Owen , what do you expect would be the nature of this information for which you are prepared to pay so high a price?’
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
He had not , as far as anyone knew , not that anyone cared , yet been beaten up or raped . This was probably due to the dog , a black and silver shadow following protectively at the boy 's heels . It was not an animal you 'd care to tangle with , not even for the sake of the high - k meat that clung to its bones , not while rats were smaller and had less impressive jaws and could , besides , be sold to the lower - Level kind for a bounty of six minims per head , not to mention what their meat and skin would fetch . Around the edges of the World spiral ! ed the ancient stairs , where rats and sometimes other creatures bred . People slept there , too , sometimes , when they were poor and weary enough to risk the rats and the police - gangs .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
People in such homes are anxious that , because of the gap between income support and charges , there is a threat of eviction . Indeed , there are cases of eviction . They may be few and far between , but they cause worry to elderly people who fear that the gap may lead to them being put in the same position . An AMA survey in September 1990 showed that 24 per cent . of local authorities gave evidence of evictions .
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: yes)
They do when they came in , and they want the stall made like this , and they would say , you know , well you know , I 'm paying you to finish that off , you know , how , your next , your next priority to do is this , and they eventually told me what they wanted , and you know , you get on with it . They started to especially trainee managers , spending periods of time in the smaller branch , and they 've got to get on with that concern , but I think there are benefits since they 've been doing that . Turning that issue on its head . We 're talking about what feedback or the lack of feedback you yourself have received , how do you give feedback to your staff ? How do you tell them how well or how badly they 're doing ?
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: no)
Act One , Scene Two : The opening batsmen concentrate on nudging singles , hitting the bad ball for four and keeping their wickets intact , to give their side ' a platform ' from which to launch a later assault with ample wickets in hand . Occasionally , knowing that all but two fieldsmen must patrol the area within the 30-yard circle centred around the stumps at each end , they chip the ball over their heads into the ' no - mans 's land ' beyond them . They aim to score 40–60 runs in the first overs of their innings . In the wings , the fieldsmen begin practising the dives which they will need to save future runs .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Me as well ! And I 've got to go . I 'm meeting Lucy off the train later on anyway , and if you want to know the truth’— he looked about him with rolling eyes —‘I'm completely pissed off with the whole of this bloody set - up . I 've done my best , though . First I stood in for —’ Suddenly he stopped .
Idiom: cast pearls before swine (used idiomatically: yes)
More daughters than would admit it hate their mothers . ' Flavia put her hands under the table and crossed her fingers . ' Or is it that you think so highly of her that you ca n't bring yourself to cast her pearls before swine ? That would be your English side coming out ; I rather prefer you when you are being Italian . Or it might be that you do n't want to talk about her because there is something to hide ?
Idiom: economical with the truth (used idiomatically: yes)
However , once Leopold relinquished his role of chaperone and travelling companion and the adolescent Wolfgang found himself off the parental leash , he promptly set about indulging all his hitherto repressed impulses , just like any other high - spirited teenager . The ill - fated Mannheim - Paris trip of 1778 , which Mozart undertook with his mother , not with Leopold , marked the end of the close , trusting relationship that father and son had formerly enjoyed . Leopold had been forced to come to terms with several disagreeable flaws in his son 's character , including his alarming capacity to be ‘ economical with the truth’ when circumstances demanded . Their relationship was further strained when Wolfgang threw security to the winds to go to Vienna , and it suffered irreparable damage when a new and more powerful force — in the form of a prospective bride — entered Wolfgang 's life . Leopold realized that he would have no further influence over his son 's career .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
We can then go on to ask how in other languages without such grammatical means , the same functions are achieved ( if indeed they are ) . Such a way of proceeding has much to recommend it , but scant progress has been made in that direction . To all such approaches to the uses of speech , a strong objection might be made along the following lines : rather than look for a series of static functions or contextual parameters , one should attend directly to the single most important dynamic context of language use , namely conversation , or face - to - face interaction . The centrality of this functional matrix for language use hardly needs arguing : face - to - face interaction is not only the context for language acquisition , but the only significant kind of language use in many of the world 's communities , and indeed until relatively recently in all of them . Those interested in functional explanations of linguistic phenomena ought then to have a considerable interest in the systematics of face - to - face interaction .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
they got in , came in our tent last year they came in our tent cos they all look the same I lay there and I heard this zip go z - z - zip up , god someone 's coming in tent , tried to get in bed with us . Er , oh get lost and I said who 's that?and he went oh god , shit we 're in the wrong tent and they went out and you can hear 'em I mean being a tent they 're laughing their head off for about half an hour
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: yes)
Calls cost 36p per minute cheap rate , 48p at all other times , and should cost around the same as a first-class stamp . DAVID WAS New hit Kylie makes tracks KYLIE MINOGUE has split from her record company — because she got fed up of being treated like a money-making machine . The tiny Aussie star , who scored 17 smash hits with svengali Pete Waterman 's record label PWL over a period of five years , admits : ‘ I was bored with being told to smile and go out and make money . ’
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
Things you did n't know you did n't know Graeme Donald THE gentlemanly art of boxing has clouted so many expressions into common usage that it might be time to ‘ throw in the towel’ . Back in the days of bare - knuckle bouts the referee scratched a line in the dirt and fighters shaped up to each other by ‘ toeing’ this line . After a knockdown the fallen fighter had so many seconds to make it back to the starting stance and the less able were those who did n't ‘ come up to scratch’ .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD A SMALL mention for this unusually accessible epic from our much-maligned British Film Institute . This is a US pot-boiler set in the Old West of Oregon , where Chinese girl Lalu , played by the luminous Rosalind Chao , has been sold to a brother keeper but feistily refuses to play ball . Lalu falls in love with mule skinner Jim ( a rather lacklustre Dennis Dun ) , who lopes off to raise the readies to buy her from slimy Hong King ( Michael Paul Chan ) leaving her in the care of his friend Charlie Bemis ( Chris Cooper ) , a compassionate but cowardly Yankee with a booze problem . The movie is strong on performance , scenically stunning and interesting on the plight of the Chinese community and the wave of prejudice against them .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
At night his defences were low . Then logic became distorted , and the sequence of events since his arrival began to look like a conspiracy . He must fight the feeling with all his will . This was not the Dark Ages , he reminded himself , when ignorance and superstition filled the world with demons . This was now ; there was a reason for everything ; it was simply a matter of courage and patience .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
But then the Low Countries were prone to the occasional architectural brainstorm , such as the remarkable Saint - Pierre Station , Ghent ( 1912 ) . It is an Oriental mirage , a full - blown castellated and minareted North African Bey 's palace . Surmounted by a slender clock - tower , which summoned the Belgian bourgeoisie to rendezvous with the trains as surely as any muezzin summoning the faithful to prayer , it looks for all the world as if it has been transported by some mischievous jinn on a magic carpet . But it can perhaps be seen as an architectural expression of that scented fin de siècle fascination with the Near East that produced in this period such works as Massenet 's opera Thaïs and Strauss 's Salome and the luxuriant novels of Pierre Loti and Pierre Louys . However , many of the new stations began to feature a strongly marked nationalism as the assertive spirits of rival nations jostled with each other and advanced their claims for continental dominance with increasing stridency .
Idiom: go to the dogs (used idiomatically: yes)
ZIMBABWE , according to the former Prime Minister of Rhodesia , Ian Smith , is ‘ going to the dogs’ . Seeking clarification from one who should know , we are told that Mr Smith is short on pessimism . Zimbabwe , we are told , has already gone to the dogs . What a fillip for that nation , therefore is its elevation to full Test - match status , as granted by the International Cricket Council in July . It also happens to be a disastrous blow to Test cricket 's normally well - guarded sanctity as the supreme form of the game 's expression .
Idiom: smoke like a chimney (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ What about my lungs?’ ‘ Clear,’ he says with a broad smile . ( Ironic , you smoke like a chimney and the lungs are O.K. ) ‘ I smoke , should I stop?’ ‘ Your disease is not smoke related , and right now your equilibrium is important ; you should n't give yourself any extra stress , but you should think about stopping.’
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: no)
the drive . And the block is on the right hand side , and you just keep going straight on . Okay , do n't turn right , do n't turn left , go straight on . And the car parks are to the right and the main entrance is on the left and you just keep going straight on straight on straight on straight on and the bottom left hand corner is casualty . Now you ca n't actually park by casualty 's door , you 're going to have to park a little bit before that .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
tomorrow Alright then , mummy will , mummy will put them on the table ? No put them in that bag in there You want me to put them in the bag ? Yeah and then