Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: full of the joys of spring (used idiomatically: yes)
And I went about two years ago on a gorgeous and sunny morning like one of the first of the season , you know , and the place was packed . And I had t spent a fascinating time standing near the stepping stones and looking at people . Because you know they came up , they were full of the joys of spring , looking around , chatting to their friends and then they r started looking at the stepping stone . And you knew what they were thinking , they were trying to weigh up whether they dare go across the stepping stones and you could tell by their faces and what they did of course when they decided no it was beyond them and they 'd play safe and they 'd go back the same way . But can you see the people who came to the stepping stones and could n't go across and had to go back the way they 'd already come would n't go back with a very their ego would n't have b been boosted very high .
Idiom: fly a kite (used idiomatically: yes)
Being in compression , the trailing edge hoops retained a natural shape . To distribute compression loads on the spars and spine , the bridle trihedrons went direct to each extremity . What could be more simple ? Flying this kite among the otherwise conventional swept wings on a breezy day was initially eerie . It was absolutely silent . In strong wind it was as nimble as one might wish and had exceptional stability at the extreme sides of the wind window .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
Even young knocked a set of them out about an hour . slow him down . Did you hear that thing about the old geezer who chopped his old man off ? Oh I saw the headline . What was that then ?
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
It is unclear at present what the proposal will say about London Weighting ( LW ) . At SSC on 14th Feb , a proposal devised by SMT was tabled whereby LW would increase to £ 1,780 for Grade 3 and 4 staff , but only to £ 1,571 for all other staff . This was firmly rejected by the staff - side reps , who have maintained throughout the negotiations that the original agreement on LW should be adhered to , that it should be considered separately from the rest of the negotiations , and that LW needs to be a flat - rate , across - the - board payment to compensate for the costs incurred by working in London . It remains to be seen to what extent these concerns will be taken into account in the final proposal . You were asked recently to vote on the forms of action you would prefer to take in support of the shop 's position on the reduction of pay differentials .
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
They 're usually happy to help out , as it gives them extra pocket money . But do n't leave your children with someone under the age of 16 . If you do , you remain responsible for your child even while you 're out and if anything goes wrong , you 'd be held responsible for your babysitter 's welfare , too . Judy lives in Manchester and hires her friend 's 17-year - old daughter who 's studying for her A levels . ‘ She knows my children and gets on really well with them .
Idiom: work to rule (used idiomatically: no)
He opened the file . ‘ It 's the admin assistants’ work all right,’he announced . ‘ Held up on account of their work to rule . If you were to go ahead it would be strikebreaking . Do n't touch it with a bargepole.’
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
I got up from the grass and made my way back to the orchard as Jerry started to drop his shells in the dust cloud left in the wake of the speeding jeeps . As Taff and I crouched in our trenches eating our afternoon meal and trying very hard to ignore the clouds of mosquitoes that were buzzing all around us , I looked at Taff . He was eating his food , and , I thought to myself , ‘ Christ , how he has changed his appearance after five days living in a hole in the ground ! ’ He looked tired , his eyes seemed to be open wider than usual . Of course , everyone I had met today had this wide-eyed look ; the wounded , the jeep drivers , and the Commandos occupying the weapon pits .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: no)
It can be the focus of inconsolable grief ; it inspires poetry and literature , symphonies and songs . To any visitors from another planet , it would be the most obvious and most dominant feature of this one . But only lately have we come to think of it as one body , however large and interconnected it may be . Not long ago geographers were wo nt to divide it into its most impressive component bodies , and to call them the Seven Seas . ( These were the Arctic and Antarctic , the North and South Atlantic , the North and South Pacific , and the Indian Oceans .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Marshall smiled contentedly as he said : ‘ We got him to confess to putting the knife in the pond.’ Wickham appeared on his way from MacQuillan 's room to the typists ' office . ‘ Pascoe had a heart attack,’ he said . ‘ That should scotch the suicide gossip.’ He had begun to walk on when she asked about Tavett .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
Roger : You can get it out of your system … get rid of your frustrations about your parents and that . Bill : You can let yourself go . Roger : They get on your nerves . John : You have n't got teachers — they ai n't up at football . They 're not on your back and telling you what to do all the time .
Idiom: time will tell (used idiomatically: yes)
However , we have two concerns : first , a number of respondents equated better files with better audits — this may satisfy the regulators , but does not necessarily indicate any improvement in the underlying quality of professional judgment ; second , audit regulation is a costly process for smaller audit firms and some costs are being passed on . At this stage it is difficult to assess whether the potential benefits to accounts users which may arise from improvements in audit judgments and financial reporting as a result of regulation can be justified against the costs , particularly at the smaller end of the market . On these issues only time and further research will tell . Inland Revenue one , taxpayers nil The proposals in the latest Inland Revenue consultative paper benefit the Revenue rather than the taxpayer David Furst Clark Whitehill
Idiom: sign of the times (used idiomatically: yes)
While I was still listening to " The Surrey with the Fringe on Top " and " Some Enchanted Evening " , rock and roll burst about my ears . The first record I ever bought was " Love and Marriage " , the second was Lonnie Donegan " Diggin " My Potatoes ' . It was a sign of the times . 1956 . Elvis 's " All Shook Up " , " Any Way You Want Me " , " Love Me Tender " , " Heartbreak Hotel " and " Teddy Bear " followed .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
Diesel engines also produce nitrous ocxides ( NOx ) , which return from the skies as acid rain . It is small wonder that the truck and bus manufacturers based in areas hit worst by acid rain , Volvo and Scania in Sweden and MAN in Bavaria , are working hardest to cut pollutants . While many politicians have only recently seen their green light many diesel engine manufacturers have looked further ahead , and have been developing cleaner engines , principally in response to stringent American legislation . The result will be a common level of NOx and particular emissions from vehicles ( measured in grammes per kilowat hour ) from vehicles sold in Europe after 1991 . NOx be cut to 11.8g / Kw / hr , and particulates to 11.8 g / Kw / hr , That level will still be significantly higher than US levels , but much lower than vehicles currently being sold .
Idiom: in the altogether (used idiomatically: yes)
BROADCASTER Jimmy Young was in the bath when he learned he was to get a CBE . It took girlfriend Alicia Plaistow several minutes to persuade him to climb out of the tub at his Florida holiday home to take a call from the Prime Minister 's office . Jimmy , 62 , said yesterday : ‘ I suppose it was rather strange being told I was being awarded the CBE while standing there in the altogether . ‘ Alicia kept banging on the door saying it was John Major 's office but , of course , I did n't believe her . ‘ I thought someone was trying to have a joke at my expense and was n't convinced even after I 'd put the phone down .
Idiom: nip and tuck (used idiomatically: yes)
Microsoft Corp sketched out its plans for tackling the groupware market last week and explained how it is taking a completely different tack from Lotus Development Corp. Instead of producing a specific group application like Lotus Notes , which has become virtually synonymous with the sector , Microsoft is concentrating on ‘ groupware - enabling’ its existing applications . From a technical point of view this is mainly nip and tuck stuff , but Microsoft is betting that the innovative use of existing technology will be a winner and is finally cashing in on all the application programming interfaces , dynamic data exchange , object linking and embedding facilities that it has been burying in its applications and operating systems for the last couple of years . Two ‘ products’ were previewed in a UK briefing which embody this approach . The first such is Microsoft Workgroup Templates : these are bundles of technologies , such as macros and dynamic link libraries which can be bolted onto existing applications to turn them into a specific workgroup ‘ solution’ .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: no)
A selection of new books added to stock is listed below : International news Flying the Scottish accountancy flag in Australia are Murray and Lesley McKay who are in partnership in Perth , Western Australia . As far as they have been able to check , they believe that they are the only two Scottish CAs in partnership together in Australia , but we would be interested in hearing from anyone who thinks that they might have a claim to that title . The McKays qualified and married in Edinburgh and then left to work in London for a short time before travel beckoned and they went to work firstly in Papua New Guinea and then in Lusaka , Zambia .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
This in fact was what happened . Despite the darkness and unannounced approach , the raiding party found the Armstrong chiefs , Mangerton , Gilnockie , Whithaugh and the rest , awaiting their arrival at Langholm , their ‘ capital’ , with some hundreds of their very tough riders assembled , a significant indication of their excellent information system in this wild Border country ; and when they heard of the descent on Dacre 's castle of Gilsland , they appeared to take it for granted that they would go along . Will Douglas , who as Knight of Liddesdale , and Keeper of that unruly area , looked on all Armstrongs as eminently hangable , was doubtful , to say the least , but recognised that to refuse to take them would be considered a grievous insult and could endanger them all thereafter . The next day was spent at Langholm in a sort of wary amity , much new - killed beef being provided for the troops — they were assured , all English - bred . A further advantage was forthcoming .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
The Lords had initially upheld the interlocutory injunctions although the House subsequently refused to make the injunctions permanent . The hearing continues . Coleridge biography in the running for £ 20,250 prize . By Tim Radford Literary Editor ANEW study of the poet of Xanadu and The Ancient Mariner has won the Whitbread Biography of the Year prize , earning its author £ 1,750 and leaving him in the field for the Book of the Year £ 20,250 prize , to be announced on January 24 .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
But at least the food is there in a crisis — and is also there ready and waiting in the event that a government comes to power which is serious about getting food through to the poorest . But the Green Revolution has not reached Africa and what were high hopes for that continent in the 1960s have now dissipated in both a series of chronic famines and a general food shortage . There are all kinds of reasons for Africa 's food problems — rich and precious land being used for cash crops instead of to grow food for local people ; a much smaller proportion of land fertile enough for cultivation than is the case in Asia or Europe ; farmers being paid such pathetic prices for food crops that they turn to coffee or tobacco in order to survive . And the world is all too prone to assuming that a scientific solution can work a miracle . But nevertheless if it were handled properly the high - yielding seeds of African maize , upland rice and cassava which are on the way could make a real difference .
Idiom: out of sorts (used idiomatically: yes)
Can I , can I just put some other bit of information in front of you as well . You mentioned the accounts of the Maxwell Charitable Trust as having five hundred thousand of assets , I saw those accounts for the first time the other day and I found that they had five hundred and one thousand of assets of which er five hundred thousand consisted of a a purely hypothetical transfer of an asset from a Liechtenstein trust to the U K trust and that asset had no valuation done on it as far as I can make out a and no reference to any valuation appeared in the accounts , so we actually had B I M apparently owned by a charitable trust on the face of it with figures of five hundred and one thousand of assets , but in practical accounting terms and valuation terms , no evidence that those five hundred and one thousand pounds er of assets had any valuation approaching that figure . Can now , can we actually move on a bit because , that has been very valuable what you said , but in fairness to Mr Maxwell it also has to be said does n't it that up until he stole these assets er this process of throwing organisations , peoples monies into a spin dryer and pulling them out of different sort of sequences was something he regularly did and we 've had witnesses to say how well he did manage the funds and how they grew , whether when they should sell stock and when they should n't sell stock and so on . So we 're actually concentrating on the actual business of that in the final analysis , despite how he behaved , large amounts of funds were stolen and you b you 've kicked us off to a very valuable start about whether that would be harder to do faced with a Maxwell - type character if all of Good was implemented . So w we 're grateful for that .
Idiom: have an eye for (used idiomatically: yes)
You know one thing that 's striking me at this moment actually , when you talk about when you came into Suffolk and you Mm mm . met er , Hector and you told me once before you had no eyes for anyone else there . That 's right . Perfectly true !
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
And we listened to the breath- Of-the-being-of-the-breeze ; And your heart had found its place : Sitarist of the sun . 7c .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: no)
In its report , Sub - Saharan Africa : From Crisis to Sustainable Growth , published on Nov. 22 , 1989 , the World Bank reaffirmed the need for structural adjustment programmes ( SAPs ) as a prerequisite for economic recovery , but laid greater emphasis on " human - centred " development . It proposed a long term strategy to " release the energies of ordinary people by enabling them to take charge of their lives " , noting that agriculture remained the " primary foundation for growth " and emphasizing food security rather than food self - sufficiency . The report was seen partly as a response to a document published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa ( ECA ) which had criticized the socially destructive effects of World Bank - supported SAPs [ see pp . 36991 - 92 ] . In its new report , the World Bank focused on ( i ) strengthening the skills of African people and institutions;(ii ) additional debt relief and increased external aid in support of African countries ' efforts ( from US$ 15,000 million in 1990 to US$ 20,000 million by 2000 ) ; and ( iii ) the need for a " global coalition " of donors and beneficiaries to tackle long - term problems . The main aims of the strategy were stated as ( i ) continued economic reforms within the framework of SAPs;(ii ) a doubling of agricultural growth to 4 per cent per year;(iii ) a reduction of Africa 's annual 3.3 per cent population growth rate;(iv ) increased regional economic co - operation and integration;(v ) encouraging partnership between African entrepreneurs and private foreign capital;(vi ) an increased role for non - governmental organizations ; and ( vii ) the involvement of women .
Idiom: every which way (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . And I know full well now what it 's like to be standing on a picket line for seven months . And it 's not something that I enjoy , so that you 'll try every which way to try and avoid it . But if a matter came to a head that withdrawing my labour was the only way to resolve it , that I thought was the only way to resolve it , I 'd go out and do it again . In those early days , was there a feeling that withdrawal of labour would in fact bring about the effect that you wanted ?
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
The overwhelming blackness , the cracking peals of thunder and the piercing flash and hiss of forked lightning ; I 've never since been in an alpine storm of such ferocity . Within minutes a gusting blizzard was raging , and the climax of our first season in Chamonix had turned into a nightmare . We climbed eight pitches of glassy ice through the storm and at nightfall emerged on the summit ridge , already close to exhaustion and chilled to the bone . To stop there , exposed to the lightning and the cutting wind , was unthinkable . A blind descent of the mountain 's south face in the dark seemed our only option .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: no)
Tonight he defends his Commonwealth welterweight title for the sixth time , the fourth against a British fighter , when he meets Ballymena 's Eamonn Loughran at the Dome in Doncaster . Boucher , 31 , has a habit of beating fighters in their home town . ' My last defeat was in New York against Glenwood Brown in 1989 but , instead of putting me off going to a guy 's home town , it seemed to encourage me , ' said Boucher . ' I beat Gary Jacobs for the Commonwealth title in Glasgow but my British return was more satisfying when I beat Kirkland Laing . ' In 1991 Boucher knocked Laing out in nine rounds but was ignored by all the world champions and is still being avoided .
Idiom: come to grief (used idiomatically: yes)
Market Report : Burmah bucks trend on day of gloom and doom By DEREK PAIN BURMAH , the oil group which nearly came to grief in the 1970s stock market crash , was one of the few shares to resist Barclays de Zoete Wedd 's gloomy forecast on shares . In occasionally active trading it closed 16p higher at 635p after touching 648p . In two days , when the market has been in ragged retreat , the shares have climbed 34p .
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: no)
Place top layer of cake on filling , dredge with icing sugar and decorate with crystallised spring flowers . 12 REDS from AROUND THE WORLD Judy Goolden sees red with this selection . Jill Goolden is the drinks expert who sniffs out winners on BBC2 's Food and Drink AUSTRALIA
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Oh well , it depends how things turn out — we 'll see — soon enough — is it a good idea to go there or not ? The moth flies into the flame of her own accord . My heart 's pounding and that 's bad ! . A normalizing and fleshing-out of Mr Golyadkin deciding to adopt a passive role . And the details of Raskolnikov 's alienation show Dostoevsky at his most unrelentingly careful and sensitive .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
' How did I get here ? ' she asked , looking around a shabby but pleasant room , feeling so frail that she might have been made of china , china broken into a thousand pieces . She remembered Jem 's first blow , but not his second . ' Dr Neil carried you in , ' said the woman , who was now holding Sally - Anne 's right hand with her own left hand , while gently wiping Sally - Anne 's poor bruised face with a damp cloth held in her right . Sally - Anne 's returning senses told her that she was lying on an old - fashioned sofa with a high back at one end , and no sides . The man standing before her had earlier been on his knees on the opposite side from the woman .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
The surface construction which realizes ( 21 ) is that seen in ( 22 ) , although it is more common to find the serial order of the second and third elements reversed ; this does not change their relationships in terms of intensional qualification:(22 ) It is curious that the verb and the adjective are so often separated in surface structure ; the reason is perhaps that the noun phrase object is " pulled " into the position immediately following the verb because , in the vast majority of transitive verb phrases , that is where the object is found . That aside , English follows its normal mode of realization — marking qualification by word order — and , as tends to be the case except in entity - identifiers , having the subordinate item follow the item qualified ; the only overt marking is the choice of an adjectival rather than adverbial form for the second property , to show that this is to apply to the entity of the noun phrase and not to the property of the verb . If the structure of ( 22 ) is an appropriate formulation of the patterns followed by the language user , then certain facts about English questions again fall into place quite naturally . Thus , it is quite predictable that there should be a means of questioning the verb and the adjective taken together , as indeed there is , although this happens to be a phrasal form — what … do to … ?— rather than a single interrogative word ; cf . ( 13 ) or ( 17 ) and ( 18 ) . Similarly , the noun phrase object can be questioned just like any other .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: yes)
The motivation behind making central funding available to set up the alumni bodies seems to be an elaboration of the same theme . What can an Alumni offer , beyond what we are trying to deliver , except entry to anyone who has ever done any sort of course at Salford ? The alumni seems to be essentially for fund - raising purposes : ‘ You were there at Salford , please dig deep into pockets’ . If this was not so , why would it get funding ; you do n't get something for nothing these days … ( Has anyone recently considered funding higher education properly , or is that one of those outmoded delusions from the seventies , like flares , peace or mushrooms ? )
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
He was sore from the long ride and , as he tried to walk the stiffness out of his legs , pacing in limited circles under the eyes of his guards , he saw that the man on the cart tail was watching intently . Arghatun was speaking again , and he gestured once or twice in the direction of Rostov and the others so that it was clear that he was making a report . After they realised that the warriors did not care if they stayed in the saddle or not , Yuan , Alexei and the others got down as well . They left their animals and gathered round Rostov in a group , but none of them said anything . Rostov asked one of the guards if the man sitting on the cart was the Khan , but the trooper only grinned insolently at him and replied in his own tongue .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
His nose was obviously irritating him and he banged it both with his paw and on the stone road until it actually bled . The sneezing bouts continued for a couple of days , accompanied by shivering and coughing fits . We took Ben to the vet and he was given a course of antibiotics , which seemed to do the trick . We did not venture near the fields again until a friend with children came to spend a weekend . The children took Ben for long walks , again crossing the rape fields .