Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
First and most fundamentally , are the members of the Trade sufficiently aware of coming new generations of information products to have a view on whether they should be selling them ? Second , do the new products have some organic relationship with their current stock - in - trade ? In other words , will existing customers be likely to want to buy the new electronic products alongside their print - on - paper counterparts , and , perhaps more interestingly , will those electronic products draw new customers into their shops ? Third , can booksellers make a greater profit using their shelf space for displaying electronic products than the book stocks that may have to be sacrificed ? Is there enough margin and what are the implications ( and therefore , costs ) associated with after sales service ?
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
Selfridges under siege in Sunday revolution Karen Woolfson ONE of Britain 's most prestigious stores , Selfridges , made history yesterday by opening on a Sunday . It was the first time since the store opened 80 years ago . Bosses defied the law to woo last - minute Christmas shoppers from Oxford Street rivals .
Idiom: when push comes to shove (used idiomatically: yes)
Which we did . I never really minded Wally . When push came to shove , I stuck up for him . Then Paul said , I do n't know why you 're sticking up for him , he 's been trying to get you slung out on your ear for ages . So that was it really .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: no)
Of shadow planets , mirrored on their axis : Daylight mist air , dissolving air — Half - seen - unseen , sensed , in your eyes ' flesh And behind them , there , in the same sky Where the stars drill down ,
Idiom: lift a finger (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh yeah yeah yeah he goes , like that . Yeah who did it all day yesterday ? Did n't lift a finger Dave to put it out . Well I got a cut . I said yes who 's got to bloody wrap and weigh it up then ?
Idiom: keep your head (used idiomatically: yes)
These are the major muscle groups at work when the transfer from backswing to forward swing starts . It is this which produces the combined bracing of the right foot , leg and hip which produces the wound - up spring resistance at the top . The release of power is triggered by ( a ) keeping the knees and toes aligned throughout the backswing and ( b ) by keeping your head just inside your right foot to guard against falling into a reverse pivot . Once this combination has been achieved at the top , the pulling action from the left Latissimus Dorsi , Trapezius and Deltoid starting down will automatically start the transfer of your weight from right to left making it a natural movement for the legs to drive forward . Only then during the forward swing can the legs and hips begin to work in harmony with the upper body in generating clubhead speed .
Idiom: on the take (used idiomatically: no)
the market price for the good will be higher than if no tariffs were imposed , and this will result in lower total market demand for the product . For a developing country in particular this might be a desirable outcome in the case of non-essential goods . Protectionism ( exchange controls , import controls ) is likely to be extensively applied by developing countries , but it may still be relevant in an industrialised country which is suffering a high level of unemployment , with consequent pressure on the government to take economic measures to remedy this situation . Governments might also wish to protect domestic industries to maintain industrial activity within the country , or to maintain or develop the country 's involvement in certain key industries , such as electronics , defence equipment and so on . Identifying the underlying motives of a particular nation for taking any restrictive action on trade should be an essential feature of any international marketing plan .
Idiom: pull rank (used idiomatically: yes)
With a final warming glare , Vi wished him goodnight , then threw open the door and marched out , head high . Only then did she allow herself a smile . ‘ Well , fancy ' i m with the ' ook , pulling rank like that then ? Nasty little twerp.’ Her smile widened into a grin .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
THE manager of Birmingham 's Bull Ring Shopping centre has banned children from sitting on Santa 's knee , claiming that the gesture could be open to misinterpretation . Quite right , too . For too long this dirty old man in red has been adopting the friendly old buffer guise to get his kicks from young and innocent children . I was never convinced by all that ' Would you like to sit on my knee ? ' nonsense . In a word , Santa , no .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: yes)
Who is he , Paige?’ She blinked twice , rapidly , then a third time more slowly as the significance of his question sank in . Hurriedly she looked away , hiding her surprise , playing for time . ‘ Who is he?’ Her stumbling repetition masked a growing delight at his basic error .
Idiom: full of the joys of spring (used idiomatically: yes)
You look full of the joys of spring today . Why are you smiling all the time ?
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He 'd have to carry on as usual or else it would look suspicious.’ They stopped , suddenly awkward at calculating Pascoe 's guilt . It was second nature to weigh up a situation and draw conclusions but this was not just another news story , this was different . Neither had previously assessed whether a colleague was a murderer . Rain swilled ice round in her glass .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Did both conduct and teach me , how by it To climbe to thee . In the legend of Theseus , in Greek mythology , he prevented himself from getting lost in the Cretan labyrinth by holding on to a silken thread . The thread eventually led him out once more to safety . George Herbert took up this image by saying that God 's ‘ silk twist’ links earth to heaven .
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm mhm . I 'm so valuable to him . gon na go downhill . Because he 'd the di You 're the Medical Director . Yes I know that .
Idiom: get a grip (used idiomatically: no)
As soon as Delaney stumbled through he was sent reeling by a wave , clutching at a pillar for support , and nearly going over the side . The storm was raging unabated . Forster slithered to Delaney and got a grip , pulling him back to comparative safety . Nell finished taking his pulse . ‘ It 's a hundred and fifteen now.’
Idiom: take to the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
Bosley and Hughes knelt on him and manacled his hands behind his back . Hewett , blood pouring from his face , looked for James , but he was gone . Robert James had taken to the hills . PC Thomas Hewett 's first comprehensible thoughts were for his colleague . John Charlton had not moved since the first encounter .
Idiom: stop at nothing (used idiomatically: yes)
It had been years since she had cried like that , and that she should have done so now in front of Luke surprised her even more . She glanced across the room at him , seeing his shadowy reflection in the mirrored glass . Which one was the real Luke Calder : the hard , tough businessman who would stop at nothing and spare no one to get what he wanted , or that tender stranger she 'd just had a glimpse of ? She wished she knew . A woman should know what sort of a man she was starting to fall in love with .
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ About a year ago . We trespassed on his land . Hers said it was by mistake but I know it was n't and he came wandering out of the wood , all black and shaggy like the Beast in the fairy tale in the most peculiar clothes , very ancient , and dreadful wild hair like pictures of the Prophets.’ ‘ Was he angry?’ Alexandra asked .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
The goal at Newcastle , marking Cuntona out of the scum match , and then nearly winning the game late on . Although Batty 's been missed , Fairclough can provide a John Wark-like threat in the opposition box . Amazing is n't it ? that now Batty 's moved to Blackburn , within a month he 's being hailed as a good passer of the ball . A skill he has obviously picked up under the guidance of Dalglish . This despite being played in a slightly deeper holding role .
Idiom: take to the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
He was buried in Auchinleck kirkyard but , even in death , he was not allowed to rest in peace . Six weeks after his burial , the Dragoons discovered his grave and dug up his corpse . They took it to the Gallows Hill , Cumnock , intending to hang it from the gibbet but the Earl of Dumfries intervened and stopped them as he feared rioting by the people of the district . After sorely abusing the corpse , they buried it at the foot of the gallows , intending the burial as a final disgrace . A headstone was erected by local admirers and many years later , when Cumnock required a new burial ground , the intended disgrace was completely reversed by the people of the town deciding to have the ground around and including the minister 's grave consecrated as their new cemetery .
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
Eadmer reports him in February 1094 as addressing the king in these terms : There is independent evidence in Anselm 's letters that these reported words correctly represent his idea of the relations between king and archbishop . In this he was only following in Lanfranc ' s footsteps , and it is clear that he expected the king to exercise more authority in ecclesiastical affairs than the more ‘ advanced’ ecclesiastical theorists of his time thought tolerable . In the same vein he wrote to the papal legate in 1095 : We shall see that in writing this letter Anselm was concerned to safeguard the privileges of Canterbury against the claims of legatine authority ; but he was also inspired by a traditional respect for royal authority , and the common - sense view that in fact nothing could be accomplished without help from the king and his officials .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
' Back there ? ' The cabby looked doubtful . ' Well , to the alleyway behind the bar . Could you manage that ? ' ' Anything for you , me old cock sparrow .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: no)
DELIGHTED Don Shaw toasted a £10,000 Mirror Bingo jackpot yesterday — with a cup of tea . The 59-year-old teetotaller declared : ‘ It sure beats champagne any day . ’ Dad-of-two Don , a steel inspector from Chapeltown , South Yorks , called House on No 68 in Game 228 . Don , who plans to buy a new car , added : ‘ I heard the news on my late wife 's birthday . It must have been a lucky surprise from her . ’
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Arthurton 's innings was interrupted for 30 minutes after lunch on 117 when a tropical summer storm rained hailstones as big as cricket balls on the pitch . The previous highest West Indian Test score at the ground was 140 by Viv Richards in 1979–80 . ' I was just playing each ball on its merits and hoping things went my way , ' said Arthurton . ' Once you have a lot of patience I think in the end you 'll get what you want . Pakistan scored a one - run victory over a West Australian Invitation XI in the opening match of their Australian tour .
Idiom: under a cloud (used idiomatically: no)
If they are wanted at all they are probably wanted in large numbers and to be made in a hurry by unskilled labour . Wood , which is really a craftsman 's material , does not take kindly to the inevitable abuses of an emergency . For all these reasons wooden aeroplanes are under a cloud at the moment . However it would take a brave man to prophesy that they will never come back . One never can tell where wood will turn up next .
Idiom: go native (used idiomatically: yes)
Dancing rebel Paul Mercurio adds a little Spanish sex to his stride , takes on the ballroom bosses and falls for frump turned dancehall diva Tara Morice , while the relentlessly zippy direction tries to match the hypermanic bump and hustle . By the end all you can do is grin and bear it going native Hollywood Indians are n't what they used to be . First , they 're not Indians but Native Americans .
Idiom: ride roughshod over (used idiomatically: yes)
H. Champion , The Great Dock Strike in London , Swan and Sonnenshein , 1890 . The Wilson Paradox Havelock Wilson 's later reputation in the trade union movement as a " bosses " man " , an imperialist , an anti - democrat riding roughshod over his members ' wishes and a betrayer of the miners ' cause during the 1926 General Strike diverges strangely from his earlier image as a militant , a rabble - rouser , a fearless advocate of the seafarer , " stumping the country agitating , organising and inciting " , and as an advocate , even an originator , of the " new unionism"which shook the trade union establishment to its foundations in the late 1880s and early 1890s . The contrast is extraordinary , even bizarre . Was it the same Wilson , reacting differently to different circumstances ?
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
Our wind playing , however , is an incredibly high standard and what we have got in our orchestras are brilliant sight readers and if you want a sort of erm an orchestra to learn something then an English orchestra will take , I do n't know , a quarter of the time that any other Continental orchestra will take . They are very , very , very quick indeed and very , very efficient , and this is why , since the War London has been the centre of the recording industry , simply because it 's been worth the while for Americans in recording companies , for example , to record in London rather than anywhere else because we are so efficient . At one time , British singers were , dare I say it , almost rock bottom . No Continental opera house would engage an English singer erm now it 's quite different . I would be surprised if there 's a major opera house in Europe now which has n't got and English singer .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
There are many people living in western Germany who have still never set eyes on either Leipzig or Rostock - Warnemünde .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
We were at university together . I stayed on to teach philosophy — you went off to London and disappeared into the Civil Service . Now here we are , sitting face to face across a table in some little restaurant with a bottle of wine between us … ‘ Are you happy?’ I ask you …
Idiom: take the fifth (used idiomatically: no)
Here she takes the fourth round Her father 's own daughter . Here she takes the fifth round Her father 's younger brother 's niece . Here she takes the sixth round ,
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever the reason , the Regent was no less determined to try to capture Balliol while he was thus detached from his main force . How to attempt this ? It was out of the question to consider attacking or besieging Roxburgh Castle , of course , without heavy cannon . Would it be best to wait , hidden , and seek to ambush Balliol 's party on their return to their main army — as surely they must intend ? The difficulty there would be to achieve surprise .
Idiom: in the driving seat (used idiomatically: no)
The Guidance says that where they intend " to limit the way in which a parent meets his responsibility this should be discussed with the parent and incorporated in the plan of arrangements for the child whilst in care so that it may be subject to periodic review " ( para 3.68 ) . No matter what limitations are imposed on parents they may still do whatever is reasonable in the circumstances to safeguard and promote the child 's welfare while he is in their care ( s33(5 ) ) . A useful analogy is to imagine the local authority in the driving seat . The parents have a place in the car and should be consulted on the destination and route . They may even drive on occasions but must not deviate from the agreed route except where reasonable to protect the child .
Idiom: run the gauntlet (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ JIMMY , TAKE THAT TIE OFF , I'M THE ONE THAT WEARS THE TASTELESS GEAR.’ JIMMY JOHNSTONE LEAVES COURT WITH NICHOLAS FAIRBAIRN QC Johnstone 's professional career ran the gauntlet of scandal from boat trips to benders and back again . His international appearances were restricted by injury and suspensions ; although he was one of Scotland 's top players for years , his longest run in the national team was only four matches , and he was actually dropped from a game against England for ‘ not being mentally attuned’ after he refused to act as a makeshift linesman in a practice match . Johnstone was always more sinned against than sinning .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
While there were many conflicts over all the new music ( and dance ) forms ( see , for example , Hustwitt 1983 ) , by the mid-1920s we can see the outlines of a new , laboriously constructed consensus , ‘ hotter’ and radical elements squeezed out , new techniques smoothed and assimilated within a musical framework with links back to bourgeois traditions , socially centred on ‘ respectable’dancing and home - listening , and on traditional kinds of concert and opera - going ( see Frith 1983b ; 1988b ) . The consensus popular music repertoire of the late 1920s , 1930s and 1940s covers a relatively narrow stylistic spread , bounded by theatre song on the one side , novelty items deriving from music hall and vaudeville traditions on the other , with Tin Pan Alley song , Hollywood hits and crooners in between . Contesting articulations of musical practices could as a rule now arise only at the level of consumption . Even within elite culture , where producers ( composers ) were nominally autonomous , the modernist challenge tended to subside into a conservative ‘ neo - classical’ hegemony . The third moment of situational change begins sometime after the Second World War — most strikingly with the advent of rock ' n ' roll — and can be termed the moment of ‘ pop culture’ .
Idiom: beyond the pale (used idiomatically: yes)
They watched me even more carefully , their eyes expressionless , waiting . They waited for my comments , waited to see whether I would condemn their beliefs or laugh . They waited for the moment when I might put myself beyond their pale . ' Aisha was a good woman , ' I said . ' A kind woman . '
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: no)
And further , Master Hussey , it would be helpful if you would bring with you your manor clerk , to speak to the value of your own holdings and this inheritance . We can not make a judgment without knowing what your resources are.’ That tasted bitter , thought Hotspur , watching Hussey swallow it down perforce , for on the face of it it was reasonable , and minor lordlings from the fringes of Wales do not argue with the prince of Wales . And sweet ! For the girl 's eyes , which he was beginning to read as he read his own children 's , had flared briefly in vindictive joy , and again veiled themselves .
Idiom: put your foot down (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Yes , it 'll be Christmas then.’ They were on the stairs again before Lizzie spoke , when she said , ‘ He 'll ruin her if you 're not careful . You want to put your foot down . He 's so possessive ; it is n't right . I 'm telling you ; you want to put your foot down.’
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Football coaching : Youngsters at a Middlesbrough school are getting their own Football Association coaching . For the next six weeks around 20 ten and eleven - year - olds at Linthorpe junior school will have the ball at their feet , courtesy of Middlesbrough council 's football development officer Jim Wattis . Full power : Both reactors at Hartlepool nuclear power station have remained in continuous service over the last two weeks , generating more than 379 million units of electricity .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
Mm . I thought I had other books ? Mm put everything up if some things get lost . Everything 's all lab Wonderful filing system you 've got here !
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
( It would be incoherent , for example , to amalgamate wholesale the theories of E.P. Thompson and Michel Foucault since the humanism of the former is incompatible with the anti - humanism of the latter . ) We think that a coherent radical pluralism can be constructed on the basis of a humanism which accepts , as Marx put it , that human beings ' make their own history , but they do not make it just as they please ; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves'(Marx , 1977 : 300 ) . These constraining circumstances include the economic , political , cultural and ideological factors which shape our social world , but neither economics nor ideology is ' basic ' . The economic situation may set limits on what is socially possible , but ( as Weber for one insisted ) this is equally true of the prevailing ideological situation .
Idiom: on the horn (used idiomatically: yes)
The three men , talking earnestly , walked together to the largest of the huts and disappeared inside . For nearly half - an - hour nothing happened , no sound broke the torpid silence of the village citadel . Then the younger man appeared in the doorway of the hut and blew a long - drawn - out simple note on a horn . Slowly the village awakened to life . One by one the men emerged from the huts or appeared among the trees on the top of the bank .
Idiom: easy on the eye (used idiomatically: yes)
Strings of garlic and bunches of herbs hang from the ceiling , and extra preparation space is provided by a solid table with upright , rush seated chairs around it . Farmhouse style kitchens are typified by stripped pine , bare brick and perhaps a dresser . Many manufacturers produce pine or pine - effect units , but none will give the easy - on - the - eye , mellow effect that you can get from old pine . Worktops , where they exist , should be in natural materials - wood or tiles . But by using old pieces of furniture of odd shapes and sizes you may well sacrifice the conventional work surface to retain character .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
Power Pak An update of Transpower , using two portable interchangeable heel implants , one designed for training , the other for competition purposes . Transtab A further development of Transpower , incorporating an elongated stability element . This massive Japanese sportswear giant has always had the resources to make an impact in the running market , now it seems to have the will . Although it still has a stronger name on the track , the 1992 road range builds on the strength of previous years . Transpower , or development of it , continue to dominate Mizuno development .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
Little did he realise that doubling up 63 times produces an astronomical total ( 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 ) ; there was n't that much corn in the entire world ! This tale might be apocryphal of course(just get on with it — Ed ) , and even if it is n't , it wo n't work with your pocket money . Not that it 'd need to —Grandmaster Chess might be showing its age a bit , but if you can put up with its idiosyncrasies it 's a bargain at £ 1.99 , especially with Renaissance Othello thrown in for good measure . Grandmaster Chess offers nine levels of play and a special level for board analysis or postal chess but , like most chess sims of its day ( it first was released in 1982 ) , the higher levels take for ever to make a move — Level Nine takes up to two hours ! A full game at this level would probably take three days so it 's highly unlikely anyone will bother , but the first four levels take a minute or less and even at Level Seven it only takes five — overall , this is n't a slow program .