Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
2 . With Wilko 's track record on dealings with very skillful , supposedly temperamental players , can anyone honestly see him being interested in Gazza . Sheridan and Cantona are the prime examples that spring to mind . Anyway , is there a vacancy in the reserves midfield for a player of Gascoigne 's quality ! ! Wilko for England .
Idiom: above board (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I can see her going for that,’ he said . ‘ Persuade her , Jack . It 'll be above - board , the whole thing . She can pick the time , the place , she can set it up however she wants . I 'll talk to her and we 'll try to work something out.’
Idiom: by the by (used idiomatically: yes)
We 've had a hell of a job getting this degree of consular access . I want you to know that . We said they could n't have the corpse if we did n't get it — that 's by the by— but it 's understood by both sides that this is the last of such meetings . You 're being transferred to the Correctional Labour Colonies , but you wo n't be classified as a foreigner , you wo n't be in the foreigners ' camp . They 're going to take you beyond our reach …
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
His journey had been completely unnecessary . Anyway , what was this obsession he had with her and Adam ? Why was he constantly jumping to conclusions ? Nothing she said made any difference . He thought he knew it all , and that was where he was going to come unstuck .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: no)
they were and they were all hits and it was a great period . And nobody ever said , baby like you did . yeah it was it was er you know it 's it 's er just one of those happy things in life where everything seemed to work great . But why did you stop ? Why did you stop singing that way ?
Idiom: pick someone's brains (used idiomatically: yes)
She listened to his advice and bought instead a Welsh pony with the vague idea of attaching it to a trap and doing the shopping in it . That , too , proved impractical but Dai was impressed by the way Laura managed , without any fuss , to get most things done the way she wanted . ' She would often come and have an afternoon cup of tea with me and then pick my brain as to what BA had asked me to do that morning . If she did n't like it she 'd just tell me to say to him , ' I did n't have time . ' She would never have a confrontation but she would get things done her way .
Idiom: eat humble pie (used idiomatically: yes)
Will he focus on the Ministry of Defence decision to do away with 2,000 infantry soldiers ' jobs in Scotland ? In particular , will he reflect on assurances given by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Transport that the amalgamations of the King 's Own Scottish Borderers , the Royal Scots , the Gordon Highlanders and the Queen 's Own Highlanders will be further reviewed ? Now that both the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister have comprehensively rubbished those assurances , will the Secretary of State for Scotland have to eat humble pie again or will he stand up for Scotland and make this a resignation issue ? Mr. Stewart My right hon . Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Defence have spoken in complete unison on this .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
That was the case at North Manchester General Hospital , where Wimpey Construction UK Northern worked alongside staff and patients to build a new £ 18 million wing to the existing hospital . Disturbance to the day - to - day activities therefore had to be kept to a minimum . Building out of hours was not an option as the hospital operates around the clock . The result for the North Manchester Regional Health Authority — despite the difficulties — is a striking addition to its health care provision in Manchester . The new 160 bed hospital wing has been completed to the highest standards .
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
For one thing , she had by then been convinced that she could forget Ven Gajdusek 's ‘ I 'll send Ivo for you … ’ . Yet here was Ivo come for her . For another — here was she with no experience whatsoever of professional interviewing techniques — not even a rank amateur , in fact — yet she was about to pretend that interviewing was second nature to her . It was of no help to her inner disquiet , as she left her room , that she saw in her mind 's eye a picture of the aristocratic - looking Ven Gajdusek . Oh , heavens , she panicked , and knew then that her impersonation would have to be good — Ven Gajdusek was nobody 's fool .
Idiom: run the gamut (used idiomatically: yes)
His will be a heavier , larger box weighing 15 to 20 pounds , capable to 4,000 colours and directed at the general commercial technical CAD / CAM marketplaces . He intends running it with myriad Sparc chips , everything from a low - end Tsunami to a high - end Viking or HyperSparc but until those pieces of silicon become available he 'll use a 40MHz MBus - based Cypress chip that can be swapped out when the time comes . The portables will be joined by high - end and low - end servers and desktops made by the company from somebody 's chip set — again running the gamut of available silicon — and fleshed out by some of its own proprietary ASIC and graphics work . The Sparc market is Pak 's first port of call but he sees no reason why the portables could n't house an HP or an IBM chip . Silla took its name from the $ 1b Korean conglomerate that is providing much but reportedly not all of its funding .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
The 1984 St Leger was classic Piggott in more ways than one , for the run - up to the race had been accompanied by a typical controversy over whether he had filched the big - race ride from a fellow jockey . Commanche Run was trained at Newmarket by Luca Cumani , whose stable jockey was the American Darrel McHargue . Piggott had replaced McHargue , then sitting out a suspension , on Commanche Run in the Gordon Stakes at Goodwood , which he won by a very wide margin ; and though the stable jockey was back on board for the colt 's victory in the March Stakes on the same course , his preparation race for the St Leger , Commanche Run 's owner Ivan Allan , claiming ' There 's only one St Leger and only one Lester , ' insisted that his close friend Piggott replace McHargue for the Classic . Despite a scare with grazed knees during the week before the St Leger , Commanche Run was favourite for the race , and with much justification . He had been lightly campaigned as a two - year - old but had shown himself a three - year - old of the highest class by his two facile Goodwood victories , and he started a 7–4 chance at Doncaster .
Idiom: come in from the cold (used idiomatically: no)
It 's too early to say yet . Voice over Another faithful sign that winter is truly upon us , is when wildlife comes in from the cold . At Beckford in Worcestershire fifty hedgehogs have been brought in by worried animal lovers . These were n't prepared for the winter hibernation .
Idiom: take the biscuit (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Volstad 's plates are as meticulous as usual , with a broad range of clothing both specific to the LFDs and of general issue . Many of the photos are from private collections . We particularly like the combination of skull - collared Fliegerbluse and camouflage jacket for assault gun crews ; and for sheer oddness a Luftwaffe bicycle - mounted Jäger unit wearing cavalry Waffenfarbe in Italy must take the biscuit . Another good reference on a neglected subject : recommended . MAA 230 ‘ The US Army 1890–1920’ by Philip Katcher , plates Jeffrey Burn .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Die Hard II is $ 20 m over budget ; Brucie 's wages alone account for $ 8 m Paul Gascoigne Everyone except Robson knew all along he was world class London phone numbers Now up to ten figures ; 071 homes get instant added snob appeal
Idiom: play with fire (used idiomatically: yes)
He had wanted none of them in his house . Not even Elizabeth , she thought , remembering his look when his wife had greeted him , calmly ignoring his mood . She was playing with fire , in Lydia 's opinion . Men did n't like having their moods ignored . There were two shotguns in the hall of the farmhouse .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
With this letter were two lists of plants for Miller and Collinson , both headed ' sent by Budden , 1759 ' and Miller 's assortment seems largely to tie up with requests made in the above letter . It included Gale , evergreen Veratrum with flowering buds , dark green and striped - leaved Pyrola and a pretty Lycopodium . A blue cloth bag contained roots of Yellow - Root ( see below ) with several kinds of Orchis and in a white bag were various Martagons . Both Collinson and Miller received a root of Bartram 's dwarf black plum and Collinson had five grafted Newton pippins , together with a Latirel , a pretty striped Orchis and roots of single Ranunculus wrapped in a white woollen cloth . The last and incomplete letter from Miller in the Darlington collection , dated 10 November 1769 , carried a wish for plants from Bartram 's garden , because he believed there to be new genera amongst them , but specimens had been ' so much compressed as to render the distinguishing characters very doubtful ' .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
But that was at the bottom of the second paragraph . Absolutely . In my book , that would have been your , your key point . It would have gone on to say , , that cases of food poisoning had risen by fifty percent , and then Mr Chadwick saying , ' It 's likely we 're receiving more notifications . ' But I mean you 've , you 've actually passed up your good news by putting it so far down that the editor might well have read the first paragraph .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
The Pre - Constitutional Ethos . : The Case of the Protestant Librarian of County Mayo and Issues of Sexual Morality Was the Irish constitution merely an abstract one , without actual social consequences ? It was not only a constitution which really was and is effective in the running of the state , but which was itself the product of the hegemonic culture already established . Whyte ( 1980 ) provides several instances of the influence of the Roman catholic moral code in both state decision - making and in public behaviour from 1922 through to the 1950s . The most interesting one , in which clergy , local people , and the Dáil all played their part , was the case of the protestant librarian in County Mayo , 1930–1 .
Idiom: make a go of (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite her disability , Philippa is very confident — she strides out with her guide dog Paula and is a medal - winning swimmer Seven years after losing her sight Philippa now holds down a full - time job . ‘ I decided to make a go of it,’ she says NATURAL CHOICE Remarkably versatile and elegantly styled , wicker and cane furniture for indoors and outside has never looked better and you 'll find a wide selection to choose from
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
TAKING the plunge Theresa ‘ Yummo’ Lacy of Hygiene London East at long last took the plunge and married James Buckley,(who is now also a Hygiene consultant ) , at the end of August . The church service was unusual to say the least , the bride arrived fifteen minutes late to Elvis Presley 's rendition of the Hawaiian Wedding Song . The church ceremony ended with the bride and groom going out to Tina Turner 's ‘ Simply the Best’ . The guard of honour was provided by colleagues from Hygiene London East and London West armed with decorated toilet brushes and sink plungers .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Allitt , 24 , from Corby Glen , near Grantham , Lincs , denies murdering Liam and three other children , and attempting to murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to ten children and a 73-year - old woman . Mr Taylor , of Grantham , said Liam had gradually improved , and his voice choked with emotion as he described how the next afternoon his son had opened his eyes and reached for his teddy bear . At 5 am the next day , doctors had awoken Mr Taylor and his wife Joanne to tell them their son had had a heart attack and suffered severe brain damage . A decision had been taken to switch off his life - support machine . He had been christened that morning and died the same afternoon .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's an interesting mix of gentility and potency . We started our 1964 test with the words : ' Sun - capped Dolomites and the distant roar and squeal of one of the works rally cars scrambling its way up the Gavia Pass — this is perhaps the image that some people have of the big Austin - Healey at work . But there is a world of difference between those frequent winners , the former spartan works rally cars , and the over - the - counter product of today . ' True , but the 1964 road car was no sluggard . With bigger carbs and a new camshaft , power improved from 137bhp at 4750rpm to 148bhp at 5250rpm , and torque from 158 to 165 lb ft at 3500rpm .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I have too much to achieve , too few hours in the day to spend on keeping a wife happy . My wife would need all the virtues in the world to cope with the demands of my life . Stamina , poise , wisdom , dedication , a love of people from all walks of life —’ ‘ Heavens ! Do you have a part - time job I do n't know about?’ she grinned .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
After ' Wish You Were Here ' , Pink Floyd had shot their finest bolt and the socially condemning ' Animals ' and ' The Wall'(both of which sounded more like vehicles for Waters ' psychiatrist couch rantings ) still fail to impress . Pink Floyd had ceased to be a band at this stage of their career , overshadowed by the excess of past successes and Roger Waters ' ego . Something had to give and Pink Floyd shed Waters to go it alone as a trio . ' A Momentary Lapse Of Reason ' was their first experiment together , a back - to - basics show of rock strength that borrowed from their past in a noble effort to face the future head on . While nowhere near as impressive or effective as their earlier work , this is certainly nothing to be ashamed of .
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
At this stage , some demonstrators ( reputedly , members of ‘ Young Socialist Alliance’ ) threw placards and stones at the police . Police were instructed to draw their batons and move in to disperse the marchers . However , far from responding in an organised manner , ‘ the police broke ranks and used their batons indiscriminately’(ibid.:29 ) . A second group of police assembled behind the marchers , effectively hemming them in . Water cannons were then introduced and turned on marchers and innocent bystanders alike ( ibid . ) .
Idiom: get under someone's skin (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh , why?’ This time it was his eyes that were narrowed as he watched her as closely as any cat after a mouse . ‘ Because if you try to do anything so misguided I might have to give a Press interview to explain just why I got under your skin so badly!’ His face closed up completely at her words , almost as if he was wearing a mask . ‘ You really do think I was responsible for Eddie 's death , do n't you?’
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
Er the it was er usually gen well , you know , it was quite good apart from my last two years . Mine are usually really good except er somehow I think I 'm gon na get a really shit one here . Mind you the shit I used to get away with at school , you know , just winding the teachers up and like generally taking the piss , I 'd always pay attention and I 'd always , always get good marks but somehow I think they seem to take pissing about slightly more seriously here . Here ? I , I get the feeling that because they do n't really know especially if you 're caught pissing around in quad , yeah , and er it 's by a teacher that you do n't know , a ma or a master or something they do n't pay much attention to it because you 're a girl and they do n't know you and I get that feeling anyway , I feel slightly like we c could actually get away with more .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: no)
The standard can always be abridged if the requirements of the children require the case to be heard very quickly . But there are occasionally cases where an ex parte application needs to be made , and I stress occasionally . This appears , on the face of it , to be such an occasional case . There is some suggestion of violence on the part of the mother 's current and very , so far , short - lived relationship with the man she is now with and , if that is so — and one has to accept , for the purposes of this application , the untested evidence of the father — it would not be in the interests of these children for the original order to be made after an inter partes hearing . But it is obviously undesirable to have ex parte residence orders other than very occasionally .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
CHARLES 'S disappointment at the birth of a second son rather than a daughter marked the beginning of the end . Arguments were fuelled by Diana 's bulimia which produced wild mood swings . Things came to a head this year when the full extent of Charles 's friendship with Camilla Parker Bowles was revealed by royal author Andrew Morton . SEPARATION THE news of the separation on Wednesday surprised few people .
Idiom: bite the bullet (used idiomatically: yes)
First , there is the kind that keeps the UK out of the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) of the European Monetary System . Then there is the South American strain . Glass maker Pilkington yesterday bit the bullet over the Latin variety yesterday , taking a £ 4.4million write down against its Argentinian assets . The reason ? A burst of hyperinflation that Pilkington 's mathematicians reckon hit 73 million per cent per annum .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
As it moved it creaked and crackled , an old tree moving over crisp leaves . Skeletal arms lifted , one pointing ; eyes that were just holes in maggoty wood seemed to seek compassion from the human . A mouth that trembled and opened to expose pointed thorns for teeth seemed to work to speak ; over all , the shape of the woodland creature was that of a wolf , but a bare boned wolf , its fur gone , its flesh shrunken on to the jutting bones of its body . It dropped to its forearms and padded slowly to left and right . It sniffed the air .
Idiom: take the rough with the smooth (used idiomatically: yes)
This offer was a real and unarguable fortune . In one bound he would be free of all financial worries . And all he had to do was to stay in the sun and turn up on the lot when a suitable — or unsuitable ( he was used to taking the rough with the smooth)— script came up . It was a tremendous act of strength to — refuse that and a real financial sacrifice and gamble . None of those who sniped at his film career were ever to be so lasciviously tempted .
Idiom: run the gauntlet (used idiomatically: yes)
It is heartening to know that road casualties present no substantial threat to the toads at this particular lake . Of course we helped to reduce road casualties by removing toads from the road for marking . At other places people have often sought to reduce casualties by carrying the toads across the road and putting them into the breeding pond , but as often as not the toads they put into the pond were moving out of it rather than in , so the toads have to run the gauntlet of the road a second time . Also , we observed that males close to the breeding site seem deliberately to sit out on roads , where they have a clear view , and wait to jump on females as they pass . More than 70 per cent of the females at the lake reach the water with a male already riding piggyback .
Idiom: high and dry (used idiomatically: no)
Juniper is noticeable on the taste , but otherwise it is sharp and one dimensional . Not a particularly interesting gin . Booth 's High and Dry There 's an odd , baked edge to the bouquet , offset by good , herby aromas and a positive , junipery character . Sweeter than some , softening the fieriness of the spirit ; ends on a refreshing note .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: yes)
We squashed side by side in the small double bed which I shared with Grandma when she came to stay . Davey and I were lucky : we did n't have to share a room . I had heard Mum say to Grandma that it was n't healthy for a brother and sister to share , and it seemed to be true because Davey had n't caught my cold . Dad got me to read aloud to him and then offered me a barley sugar . Mum did n't let us have sweets except at Christmas .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
SPURS chairman Alan Sugar said yesterday that his family had been terrified by the hate campaign surrounding his legal battle with Terry Venables . Mr Sugar revealed that at one point one of his children had tried to persuade him to ‘ throw in the towel’ . He told a news conference at the club 's White Hart Lane ground : ‘ I 've been threatened , spat on , chased after and have been called all the names under the sun . ‘ When I got home on the evening that it was announced Terry Venables had taken out an injunction , one of my children was very nervous and said ‘ Why do n't you throw in the towel ? It 's not worth the aggravation’ .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
In this way , a potentially rich source of knowledge — communication of ideas among students — tends to be stifled . To the extent that it does take place , any exchange is biased by the way in which a student 's ‘ self - image’ and his image of his fellows is affected by their grades . A 50 % student for instance will think twice before putting forward one of his ideas for discussion with a group of 60 % students . This is relevant not only to informal interchange between students but also to tutorial discussion . Competitive rather than co - operative behaviour may be manifested in other ways such as the ‘ illegal borrowing’ of library books .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
She was a powerful voice and an iron hand : she brought up her sons to be , in her own phrase , Soldiers in Christ 's Regiment . It was a terrible sin for his elder brothers to smoke or drink , or for Martin to go to bed unwashed or with his homework undone . She had forced him to live against the grain of his own nature which was weak and pleasure - loving and stubborn with it , so that when she beat him for laziness or lying , he became more determinedly idle and sullen . He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose . He remembered the summer that he had failed his last school examination .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
Heart drug lottery shames our doctors REFUSING drugs to a person who needs them is a disgrace to the medical profession — but this is exactly what some heart-care units in opt-out hospitals are doing . It 's shocking that hospitals can deny help to older people , taking age into account when deciding who to admit and who to give anti-clotting drugs . Until now the medical profession has been one British people can be proud of . But it seems that these profit-hungry hospitals have found a way of practising legalised euthanasia .
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
Surrey and Hampshire Border Branch NSPCC , Woodmice , Medstead Road , Beech , Alton . But what will actually be done about traffic Sir — Once again the traffic issue hits the headlines . This time its Holybourne ; last year Anstey Lane made the front page . I was told it would take a year for anything to happen — but so far nothing has , apart from the issue being worse , plus minor accidents being a weekly event .