Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
Until 1 January 1977 , if for any reason — including accident , redundancy or retirement — the farm worker 's employment ceased , so did his security of tenure . A farmer could apply to a county court for a possession order and evict his former employee , though the court was empowered to suspend the order for up to six months . It almost goes without saying that over the years no single topic in agriculture has succeeded in raising passions more . Agricultural trade unions have described the system as ‘ feudal’ and ‘ legalized serfdom’ , while farmers have defended tied housing as being essential to farming ( especially livestock farming ) where labour needs to be on immediate call , an aid to labour mobility within the industry and a considerable tax - free perquisite . Strictly speaking , the tied cottage is not , historically or legally , a feudal institution .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
•Develop feeding strategies involving both traditional and new feed resources that maximise productivity of local and improved small ruminant genotypes ; •Assume full responsibility for a Feed Quality Laboratory ; •Participate in training , both on and off station . Qualification Earned PhD in animal nutrition , or related field ; established international reputation or at least five years ' postdoctoral experience ; ability to work collaboratively with scientists of different disciplines and nationalities ; demonstrated ability to conduct research , communicate and publish results .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
At 4 am the klaxon for reveille sounded , and half an hour later the breakfast gong . Small boats came out to the liner , some bearing vendors of coconuts and bananas , others containing friends and relatives who shouted up names to the rail . The ship was flying a quarantine flag , which was normal . The captain had to certify to the Port of Havana medical officer that no - one on board was ' an idiot , or insane , or suffering from a loathsome or contagious disease ' . When this had been done , immigration officers began to process the passengers , examining their papers and indicating whereabouts on the pier to expect their luggage .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
The use of ketamine in a social context can be discouraged by educational measures , some of which have already commenced . The disturbing qualities of the state itself may prove sufficient to prevent the non - medical use of ketamine from becoming an entrenched public health problem . Rescheduling the drug would inconvenience those doctors , veterinarians , and scientists who use ketamine in their work and hopefully will not be necessary . Meeting local needs The private sector must be included in data collection
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
He looked such a handicap certainty for the Tote Gold Trophy that he quite ruined the betting on the race when starting 7 - 4 on in a field of 10 , the smallest of the series . He was well beaten and in a later race broke a blood vessel . He is at his best on soft ground and would be a danger to all off his present mark if he could find his best form . Even then I doubt if he would be a threat to Morley Street . There will be no shortage of runners at Towcester or Kelso this afternoon .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
You simply have to be 18 or over , and living in the United Kingdom . All you need What you do need is the desire and determination to learn , and if you have that , you are well on the way to joining more than 100,000 men and women from every walk of life who will be studying with the Open University next year . You can work towards a degree or diploma over a period of years — or choose single courses lasting a few weeks or months , from an enormous list of topics ranging from childcare to computer science . Changing lives
Idiom: kick against the pricks (used idiomatically: yes)
Silverberg refused . Throughout 1955 Clift did n't work at all . Dean , meanwhile , made Rebel Without a Cause , an exploitive title for a young actor who kicked against the pricks . During filming , he took to frequenting a Hollywood bar popular with the S & M crowd . A bondage freak himself , he would get high on dope and then let his sadistic friends use his chest as an ashtray .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
The Ayatollah Khomeini may have died , the demonstrations may have dwindled , the book which precipitated the whole bizarre nightmare may no longer be burned in scenes of spine - chilling ugliness , but let no - one be in any doubt : Iran still wants Salman Rushdie dead . Tomorrow , the fourth anniversary of the fatwa falls . Condemned to death for a work of fiction , Rushdie still has round - the - clock protection , still lives a strange half - life of hide - outs , a hostage to hatred . The price on his head is high — higher than ever , currently at a cool three million dollars — and the hit squads are alert and patient . True , the man made prisoner by all this is testing the limits of his confinement .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
In temperament he was not unlike Surere , a career official who had dedicated himself to climbing to the top of the power structure , though he had chosen the priesthood as his channel . He was as inflexible in his allegiance to Amun and the old gods as Surere was to the Aten , and during the reign of Akhenaten he had fled to the oasis of Kharga to escape death . His loyalty had stood him in good stead after the restoration , and he was now a commissioner of police for religious conformity — a post which did not prevent him from working in any other area which Horemheb , through the king , saw fit to appoint him to . ‘ When did this happen?’ ‘ Yesterday.’
Idiom: run riot (used idiomatically: yes)
The adrenalin which had been pumping into her bloodstream since early the previous day had burned up all her reserves of energy . Energy she had been unable to replace by eating because of her queasy stomach . Because of her weakened state her imagination had run riot . But it would n't happen again . It must n't .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Radio now was becalmed , for another 10 years . Then it was noisily invaded by the pirates of Radio Caroline , illegally broadcasting pop music offshore in the North Sea . The BBC reorganized its channels , took the pirate disk jockeys on board the new Radio 1 and entered the 1970s with little of the direct Reith influence remaining . In the 1970s , local radio was greatly expanded , and a pattern was set . Technical developments made possible both a greater variety and quality of signals and also more convenient ways of listening .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Ian Fletcher and Liz Moore SHOPPERS went sales crazy yesterday , spending £ 1.5 billion as they snapped up everything in sight . ‘ If it 's on the shelf customers want to buy it,’ said one store manager besieged by bargain hunters . After seeing thousands pour through his doors , Tony Dyer , of Debenhams in Bristol , said : ‘ It 's chaos and it started the moment we opened . Everything seems to be selling right across the board.’
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Recently introduced , smartly presented , quality gin with a penetrating , heathery aroma and refreshing , citrus edge to the taste . White Satin Intensely junipery on the nose with a hint of sweetness and a certain rubberiness . On the taste it 's fresh and clean enough , but there is a slightly unpleasant finish . Bombay Sapphire
Idiom: in hot water (used idiomatically: yes)
I remember on one such occasion in early 1920 , my sister Gladys and I were upstairs in the top back room , looking out of the window , when we heard a terrifying scream . Running downstairs we found that my eldest sister , Gertrude , who had been helping Mum , had caught her fingers in the rollers . She had to bathe them in very hot water every night for months and fortunately the accident left no permanent damage . On the right at the back of the room was a matchboard door only six feet in height , leading to the scullery which was very confined , being about nine feet by six feet . To the left as you entered was the copper over which hung a galvanised tub used not only on wash days but also for personal baths .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
These are to facilitate the winding of the pickup coils . Next wind some tape through the slots and around the core to provide a base for the pickup windings . The coils themselves should consist of 500 turns of 0.2mm enamelled wire scramble wound as neatly as possible over the core , the second winding crossing over the top of the first at right angles . The whole assembly can then be given several coats of varnish to help hold the windings in place and glued down to a square mounting board , etc . The ends of the coil should be soldered to the termination strips to allow for the later attachment of heavier gauge connecting cable .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
While some cooperation and coordination in a specific sector might be possible , as long as the hope was to embrace the whole of Western Europe in its ambit , any scheme could only be minimalist . If the sectoral approach and spillover were to achieve any great potential , they could only do so on a more limited front — that is , by the six states which had already agreed to the supranational principle by forming the ECSC . Yet the Six themselves did not seem prepared to launch any further sectoral integration , at least in the short run . Indeed , the initial experiences of the ECSC had led some to argue that rather than pursue a sector by sector strategy , it would be far easier and more logical to plan for the integration of whole economies . In that sense , the sectoral approach was already being rejected : ECSC might well have been its end rather than its beginning .
Idiom: below the belt (used idiomatically: yes)
I was n't thinking What an excellent plan . Well it 's a pacemaker below the belt dear . Well I do n't want to know about that . How wise .
Idiom: draw a blank (used idiomatically: yes)
Using her clearance codes , Reynard skipped nimbly into the data terraces he visualised as a vast graveyard , but which were in fact the accumulated records of all known people in Arcady , all employees , current and late , of Tech - Green , all public workers in the country , all suspect characters and a host of other subsections of humanity . Tammuz Malamute was clearly a highly trained individual ; that meant education , and Tech - Green education into the bargain , given the avenues of his proficiency . Naturally , Reynard started there , drew the first blank , which did n't disconcert him ( he would have been disappointed by an easy discovery anyway ) and composed himself to delve deeper , perhaps taking it backwards a month at a time , beginning with Malamute 's employment with Club Eleusis . The couple of hours stretched to three and more . Reynard took a break , frustrated .
Idiom: pigs can fly (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ OK , so he 's not the most sociable being in the world . Maybe he 's trying to change — for my sake.’ ‘ And maybe pigs can fly . Look , I know something 's going on here — and I want to get to the bottom of it.’ Rory flinched .
Idiom: make a killing (used idiomatically: yes)
The people who bought BT shares in the two previous issues have done quite well . ‘ Since they will be given preferential treatment this time around it is likely many of them will want to put more money into it.’ Drew Porter , head of the Ulster Bank 's Personal Investment Unit in Belfast , said although the two share issues were likely to be very close together , investors may be able to ‘ make a killing’ on NIE and still be ready to snap up the BT3 opportunity . ‘ Although the dates between the applications for NIE and BT3 will be fairly close , there should be no problem if investors want to use the proceeds of one to fund the other . ‘ If the NIE shares offer a good premium , and I expect that they will , then people should be able to buy them , sell them quickly and make some money to buy into BT3 if they want.’
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
He 'd warned the man , no one could say he had n't warned him . If it had only been possible to hold the conference without him ! But that had been out of the question , of course . It was ridiculous , really it was . To have had to practically beg the man to cooperate with him , and now be faced with the God - awful mess he 'd made of it .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
She said she hated doctors . She said they were quite untrustworthy and cut off peoples ' arms and legs unnecessarily in order to keep their hand in , demonstrate their skills and prove that they were earning their money . The fumes of the wine had not been entirely dissipated and she felt too lazy to go all the way to the village and tell Dr Wyn about her ears . Her ears , she claimed , were perfectly sound . If she heard laughter that was n't there it was not her ears but her brain which was at fault , and she wished to preserve her experience intact in order to present it freshly to the specialist whom she intended to consult when her holiday was over .
Idiom: go native (used idiomatically: yes)
Kurlovich was convicted and banned in 1984 for smuggling anabolic steroids , but returned to the sport two years later , convinced ‘ drugs do not contribute to sport’ . REUTER EVI DT Jacklin goes native at Dalmahoy By Ian Wood AN ADDITIONAL fillip to the £ 625,000 1993 Tartan Tour will be the presence in the field for the Tartan Special Professional Championship of Tony Jacklin , the first Briton since Harry Vardon to hold the Open and US Open titles simultaneously .
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: yes)
The Varsity showdown is almost upon them . And Oxford , since bringing in 20 year old Ian Gardiner to stroke position just a few weeks ago , are now edging ahead as favourites . But Cambridge will take heart from today 's weigh - in . While the dark blues averaged 13 stone 7 , Cambridge were 2lbs heavier per man and the heavier crew GENERALLY wins . But the EXPERTS say the difference is of little consequence .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
Penalty goals two and three from him duly followed to counter one from Liley for the Tigers . That established a tidy 9–3 lead , which Pears decided was insufficient . From scrambled possession at the back of a line - out by Winterbottom , an industrious leader , Pears jinked left and right , adding a couple of half - dummies for good measure . Leicester 's tacklers , unwisely , were keeping anxious eyes on Carling and Halliday in midfield as Pears measured his options . A pass to the line opened up and the outside - half ended beneath the posts for the try .
Idiom: in the doghouse (used idiomatically: yes)
When at last she did so Giles Carnaby was warmly effusive . ‘ Oh , what a relief ! I was beginning to think I must be in the doghouse for some reason.’ He spoke as though they knew each other well and over a long period . ‘ You did n't get the message ?
Idiom: money talks (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We are building a team at Hillsborough which will be challenging for all the honours in the game . Our star players are simply not for sale.’ But usually money talks in football , no matter what the club , and if United do raise their bid , Wednesday — despite their protestations — may find it hard to resist . If Wednesday stand firm , however , United will have to look elsewhere . Meanwhile , Webb 's unhappy Old Trafford career looks like finally being resolved .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: no)
‘ As to that machine paying for itself , let me tell you that one side of one tube alone has thirty - nine thousand rivets to be inserted . Seventy - eight thousand holes . If you count the holes for nuts and bolts , too , there 's not far short of seven hundred thousand in the entire structure . I think it 'll pay for itself all right!’ They were approaching the open riverside yard where the giant square tubes were being assembled , on pontoons that floated with each spring tide .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: no)
Throughout the country Cobras are either brought into the villages and fed , or effigies of the animal are anointed and worshipped . Rarely has it ever been recorded that a fatality has occurred from snakebite during the festival ; the Cobras appear to know that they are being revered . On one occasion , however , a devotee who had a few too many drinks took a mud - covered Cobra to his home with the intention of washing the snake . Unfortunately he turned on the wrong tap , which gave hot water instead of cold . The Cobra nipped him and he died shortly after .
Idiom: take the liberty (used idiomatically: yes)
' Superior stylistic settings and often terrific process effects are largely wasted by the limp , lifeless pacing of adapter - director William Sterling , ' wrote Variety . ' Having decided to make it a musical , ' wrote Alexander Stuart in Films and Filming , ' William Sterling should have had his team work on the songs until they were really worth including until they added something to the tale . ' Marjorie Bilbow , in Cinema TV Today , described the production as ' very plodding and unimaginative ' , and Clyde Jeavons wrote in the British Film Institute 's Monthly Film Bulletin , ' Apart from accommodating a number of half - hearted and totally unmemorable songs and dance routines , William Sterling has taken few liberties with the original narrative , but at the same time he has divested it of both its charm and its potential for cinematic comic invention . Visually the film is closer to a Babycham commercial than a Tenniel illustration . ' By the time Alice 's Adventures In Wonderland was released , Crawford and wife Gabrielle had split up , but they kept their parting quiet from the press for eighteen months .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
The Centre says it took into account Percy 's age , stength and fitness . But now they have agreed to give Percy another assessment . Under the microscope : DNA testing to catch a rapist . Under review : School in child abuse investigation may re - open . And under fire .
Idiom: in the sticks (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah . normally that erm Southwell Southwell faces Mansfield which rather gets us in the stick you see because we have to come here for Benefit Office interviews and things like that but you got to Mansfield for other things . That 's right , yeah .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Before moving on , two brief observations . First , at the level of the student 's developmental process , culture as process seems prima facie to offer the prospect of an integrative element working across disciplinary cultures . Culture as content seems to point , on the other hand , to different answers for different kinds of educational programme , and even begs the question as to whether it makes sense in some subject domains . The other point is that , while I have distinguished between the culture of the academic community and the cultural dimension in the student 's educational experience ( and this book is mainly about the second of those ) , there has to be a strong connection between them . Logically , and as a matter of fact , the quality of the student 's experience is affected by the character of the life of the academic community .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 'll spend quite a lot on , say , a Mondi jacket , but will wear it with cheaper skirts from Marks & Spencer and Principles . I tend to buy something new once a month , and inevitably end up getting various items for both Roger and Jamie as well , so I have to try to keep my spending under strict control . I do prefer to wear smart clothes for work ; it 's still not easy for women in business to be taken seriously — I like to look the part . With this in mind , Caroline picked out the dog 's - tooth check suit by Principles , shown here in red ( also available in black ) , which is excellent value for money and extremely versatile . Though based in London , Clarissa drives 40,000 miles a year attending dog shows , funding events and keeping the dog - rescue operations ticking over .
Idiom: take to the hills (used idiomatically: no)
She had n't seen Wenceslas Square yet , she itemised , and to see the square named after the patron saint of the Bohemian kingdom was surely a must for any visitor to Prague ! Having , however , decided upon that course , Fabia felt yet more light - headed , and gave herself up to the pleasure of her walk with Ven . He took her to Petřín Hill , an area of parkland with a funicular which climbed to the top from where splendid views were to be seen . ' It 's so peaceful here ! ' Fabia exclaimed as , more strolling than anything , they ambled along hilltop pathways through an avenue of silver birch trees .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
up on their behalf so the message got through it would have been nice if we 'd got ten at Talking Headlines this room takes ten comfortably um but Jack had done his homework he did a super presentation had everybody rolling around in aha laughter so that by the time we came to do the five practical ev exercises you know everybody was in a very relaxed and jolly mood but I think that 's was it 's about but from the results that we were getting from the practical exercises clearly what he said had taken root you know roll key words , roll them around in your mind er try running through letters of the alphabet to match up with your key word chains and you know if if if the word is ball try roll see if you can get it to rhyme and ultimately the creme de la creme is if you can actually get the title of a song or yes a well - known phrase or the name of a television game and then , so that had obviously
Idiom: unknown quantity (used idiomatically: yes)
Mary Miller Triumph over inexperience ACADEMY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA QUEEN 'S HALL , EDINBURGH EVEN where , as in the case of the Chamber Orchestra of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama , previous experience has been auspicious , a student ensemble is always something of an unknown quantity . We knew the first violin would be able to play a bit— he was , after all , Leon Spierer , the concert - master of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra — but what of the rest ? Well , they could play too , and if not as well as their director , that is hardly a criticism .
Idiom: in the raw (used idiomatically: yes)
Mock French seam is a type of french seam which is quicker to achieve . Stitch a plain seam with right sides together . Turn in the raw edges of both seam allowances towards each other and match the folded edges . Stitch the turned edges close to the fold ( fig . 23 ) . HEMS
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
Do Navigators gossip much ? Might you gossip ? ' ' Navigators travel to many places , hear many things . Some true , some half true , some concoctions . Stories alter in the telling , Jaq . '
Idiom: early bird (used idiomatically: yes)
Dark - feathered and wild , it dwelt in woods , surviving on a diet of maize , fruit and grass . The north American Indians hunted it for food and used the feather to decorate their headdresses , but the Mexican Aztecs were responsible for domesticating it . The early bird In the 16th century , the turkey was imported into England by Yorkshireman William Strickland , and it soon usurped the swan as the favoured traditional dish of the nobility . Henry VIII was the first monarch to dine on turkey , but Edward VII made it fashionable to eat at Christmas .