Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
The US electronics industry is making more rapid progress than predicted towards phasing out the use of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) in its cleansers , according to US environmental groups . Only a few years after claiming that there were no known substitutes , the companies are discovering a wide range of alternatives — including soap and water — which are not only cheaper but in some cases better than CFCs . IBM 's massive San Jose disk - drive plant has cut its use of CFCs by 95 per cent since 1987 , substituting soapy water and hot - air drying . " Some of the things we thought would be really big problems in 1987 turned out not to be " , said the plant 's environmental spokesman . International Herald Tribune 16 May
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
After turning in 32 he treated the sun - basking crowds to some confident shot making , adding further birdies at the tenth and fourteenth to underline his command Darcy was taken aback by the speed of the Englishman 's surge , and after going into four successive bunkers from the start , was unable to close the gap . O'Connor , jnr , three - putted himself to extinction for he needed 22 strokes on the greens in the first nine holes which he covered in 43 shots . He three - putted four times in the first six holes and on the inward run twice fluffed chips to take a third 6 at the thirteenth . Darcy commented ' It was a very negative day and I got all the bad breaks going .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: no)
He nodded , ' I can not remember driving to my home . But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ' ' Oh ! ' she breathed blissfully , and , with an impish smile turning up the corners of her mouth , ' Do n't stop there . ' His grin was heart - turning to see , and he kissed her lightly on the end of her nose for her impudence . ' So there am I spending the rest of that day with you in my thoughts , and getting barely any rest from thoughts of you when I try to sleep at night either . '
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: no)
Jonah Barrington , Britain 's squash - rackets hall - of - famer , has come up against the Pakistan sportsman 's competitive edge more than a few times down the years in that windowless torture - chamber which can be a squash court . Says Jonah , ‘ They have a combatively resplendent fire in their genes and bellies . They also keep their eye on the ball.’ Javed at the crease is more than the uncomplicated warrior , laying about him with pride . he is more of the Orient , more of the lowland plains ; cunning and clever , a cruel swordsman equally adept , as the mood and the challenge takes him , with claymore , scimitar , or foil ; kestrel - eyed , smiling , whipwristed ; long on patience if so inclined , short of stature and short of fuse .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
Woolly monkeys and howlers , spider monkeys and capuchins , tamarins and marmosets scramble around one another reaching for the fruit . Parrots and macaws grab them with their beaks . Toucans collect them one at a time , throwing them up in the air and deftly catching them at the back of their throats . The seeds with which each fruit is packed pass down the banqueters ' digestive tracts unharmed and are excreted , with luck , some way away . The very digestibility of the fruit , however , may be a disadvantage as far as the plant is concerned .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Management as local activity has taken time to distance itself from the field of administration which belonged , as recently as the 1980s , to varying tiers of government rather than to institutions . The growth of management as a virtually separate discipline has been resisted . The organization and the development of institutions and systems sometimes took their roots from broad ideas about the ownership of education as an aspect of a larger community 's life . At other times it was treated as a day - to - day activity , associated only with mundane needs . The response of schools to the need to manage things for themselves has partly been linked with their development as organizations separate from central government and local authorities and partly with the preservation of teacher freedom .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: no)
Dad , daddy we 're going to enter Stradbroke . When ? There 's snowdrops all along there . Ah that 's nice innit ? Joan is er is up the erm , you must ring Joan .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
as significant in its way as the assassination of Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo . But it was no good . At the vital moment of explanation , Harry must have been selecting the England cricket team on the back of his exercise book . Cameron - Hyde had discoursed in vain . ‘ It 's beyond me , Nadine .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: no)
The Lord Chief Justice had said then that it would be wrong for it to appear that the proposals had the backing of the judges or that they had had any hand in their preparation ; and that it was essential that the judges remained at arm 's length . This dispute emphasises the ambiguity of the judges ' position . They want , at one and the same time , to be ‘ independent’ of Government and to be involved in the processes of government . But , like everyone else , once they enter into discussions on policy with Ministers and civil servants they compromise their vaunted independence . In the debate referred to , the senior judges renewed their attack .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Lit faintly by the moonlight and with the mighty peaks behind him , he looked a quiet , impressive figure . ‘ When he stepped up , the storm lantern threw its uneven yellow light up under this face , making the hollows in his cheeks look carved and his eyes enormous.’ At times she is whimsical as on a visit by Princess Margaret to Jamaica in 1955 : ‘ May I go on record once and for all— I hate to bend the knee , except to God , and even then not too often.’ On talking with her son Michael —‘Talking with Michael is like going down a water chute and finding yourself in the same swimming pool , very much at the deep end.’ She writes about her country home : ‘ The old toad is rolling his drum down at the foot of the hill , and the crunch , crunch of the cows is near to my window over the barbecue .
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh no er and I Did they come and check it first or they just No , no they just take your word for it and now I have got as I said , I 've got that , I 've got to paint that over and reseal and I 've got to make sure that nobody makes a mess in there , but the plumber said what you really need to do is to get rid of this cheap and tatty , horrible plastic tray which does n't come right to the edge of the tiles Mm . and buy a screen five hundred pounds he says !
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
We have been working on finishing and we got four fine goals . ’ City 's attackers The signs were already there for City that they might be in for a spanking when their formidable attack of Andy Cole , Leroy Rosenior and playmaker Jacki Dziekanowski were held in a tight grip in a first-half an opening 45 minutes that was marked by a spectacular 30-yard goal from Justin Channing , in the final week of his loan spell from QPR . But it was in an amazing , 12-minute onslaught in the second-half that Allison 's men broke City 's hearts . It started with a 66th-minute goal from Marcus Stewart after a Paul Hardyman throw-in . Two minutes later Carl Saunders scored with a 25-yarder .
Idiom: sick to death (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ As for Larkhill , I do n't want to know . I 've told you … that 's your responsibility . I 'm sick to death of the worry it 's brought , what with the lease - owners demanding money from me , when I 've no bloody rents to collect there … I do n't know which way to turn . They want to finish me , that 's what it is !
Idiom: in stitches (used idiomatically: no)
Instead of transferring the 4th stitch to the 5th needle on each side of centre 0 , let it run down each time before crossing the cable . After completing the cable , run the stitch down to the bottom of the pattern and reverse the stitch in rib fashion at each side of the cable , using the latch tool , as shown in the diagrams . Ribbing in the stitches on either side of the cable draws the work in more than allowing it to ladder down , which makes working a sample piece very important . A cable pattern covering eight stitches can reduce the width by as much as half ; for example , every eight stitches used in the cable patterns should be counted as just four stitches . Where a stocking stitch tension might be 28 stitches in width to 10 cm , placing a cable at the centre might reduce the tension to 8 or 9 cm .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
Neither Lizzie nor Peggy spoke , for Andrew , after one glance at them , had hurried along the corridor towards the far end where the nursery was situated . The mother and daughter walked on towards the third door on the other side of the corridor and which led into Mrs Funnell 's room . But they paused a moment outside and Lizzie said quietly , ' Does he always take his bath with her ? ' Almost in a hiss now Peggy leant toward her mother and said , ' Yes ; yes he does . Is there anything wrong in that ?
Idiom: out of this world (used idiomatically: yes)
By Nicki Pope WHEN a teenager talks about popping in to the travel agents , parents should realise they may be intending to buy something more mind - bending than a cheap break . And when they start on about ‘ beam me up Scottie’ they hope it will really take them out of this world . For these seemingly innocent catchphrases take on a new meaning in the unofficial dictionary of drug dealing , a chief police officer revealed yesterday . Scotland Yard Commander David Stockley has produced a handbook to help parents , teachers and social workers decode street language .
Idiom: make a meal of (used idiomatically: yes)
. . Or making a meal of it y Making a meal it you mean ? Yes . .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , everyone 's different,’ said Miss Maynard , giving her charge a last fond look . ‘ Some like to know for sure and some don't.’ The woman was not just getting on her nerves now . Celia felt that she had actively begun to dislike her , although it was clear she knew her job . In her hands Harry rarely cried and Brian considered her a miracle .
Idiom: kiss of life (used idiomatically: yes)
999 hero saves tot at his desk AN ambulance boss saved the life of a choking baby when her parents raced into his control room as he handled a 999 call . Radio controller John Fletcher , 42 , gave four - month - old Lauren McNamara , who was choking after swallowing a battery at Anfield , Liverpool , the kiss of life . John of Ellesmere Port , said : ‘ I 've nicknamed her Ever Ready . ‘ She 's a very beautiful baby and I 'd always be ready to help her.’
Idiom: do me a favour (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Sure , Stephen . I just thought … ’ ‘ Well , do me a favour , James , and do n't ! It 's not your strong point . Why do n't you go and chase up those roofers for me ?
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
She was smiling . CHAPTER 8 The following morning , as he opened his eyes , Mungo heard voices outside his window . Drawing back the curtains , he saw a pair of men in blue overalls get out of a black police car , open the gates to the yard and give a mock salute as the driver and his passenger drove in . Across the road , Mr Zamoyski was just unlocking his shop when the postman arrived .
Idiom: on the rebound (used idiomatically: yes)
That , that totally , just like the T and A , that totally unbiased paper . Lie is a nasty word . Lie is a nasty word and those in politics ten who use it tend to get hit by it on the rebound . Labour has been saying something it knows to be untrue . This is Mister Kinnock 's words , that the Tories will privatise the Health Service .
Idiom: old hat (used idiomatically: yes)
But who?’ ‘ James Joyce modern enough for you ? Or is he old hat already ? ‘ The first till last alshemist’— that 's what he called himself.’ For a - moment I thought his tongue had slurred the word , then I remembered Joyce 's fluent way with puns .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Bold stuff from a man whose pb of 27:51.76 is almost five years behind him , but Solly 's accentuation is firmly on the positive . ‘ One of my problems over the last few years has been that I 'm amazingly optimistic — really stupid in fact ! But if just once I feel I 've run as hard as I possible could , in good shape , and I 've still only done 27:50 , maybe I 'll be happy to say , ‘ Oh well , Solly , you 've been kidding yourself all along’.’ The choice of Twin Cities as his marathon debut was made carefully by Solly and coach Alan Storey , former national marathon coach . ‘ There were lots of reasons for choosing that race rather than a higher profile one .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
No longer would youth and its culture have such a power to affect society as it had had for those brief few years from 1963 to 1967 : although the sharp end of youth culture was confusing purchasing power with political power and demanding change , many of its constituents were caught by the freeze that , introduced the previous year , signified the end of the ten - year boom that had thrust youth into prominence . The youth market , which had been held together in a fragile unity , fragmented : on the one hand into Teenybop , on the other into the Underground . Revolution was now the buzzword , as pop allied itself with the youth riots that occurred throughout Europe and America in 1968 and 1969 ; although overtly concerned with inner space , pop went public with a confusing mixture of ideology and rhetoric , to which private concerns like self and sexuality were subordinated . Indeed the lasting effect of this period is seen better in the political pressure groups — the Gay and Women 's Liberation movements — which it spawned than in the actual pop music of the time . This public libertarianism , whose very real sense of possibility has remained at the heart of every subsequent ‘ utopian’ movement ( like the early days of Punk Rock ) , foundered against the worsening economic climate and the ‘ tough’mood of the new Conservative government under the ‘ abrasive’Ted Heath .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
The Labour leader made formal obeisance to the language of socialism when he complained of the ‘ neglect of the productive base’ . But his theme — that Labour would concentrate on supply - side deficiencies of the British economy -was one which would naturally appeal to non - political parents and teachers and to business people seeking literate and numerate employees . In much the same way his reference to the rundown , dirty and potentially dangerous state of public transport would strike a chord with commuters who use our shoddy and dilapidated railways or who drive on potholed roads . Education and training were , Mr Kinnock said , ‘ the commanding heights of the modern economy’ and human skills were the nation 's most precious resource . An undertrained and under - educated work - force led inexorably to balance of payments problems .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
' We have to hope they complete their work as soon as possible , ' he said . The decision to expedite reviews of deportation cases will be announced in a low - key way , if at all , a senior Israeli official said . At their makeshift camp in no - man 's land in southern Lebanon , however , a leader of the 396 Palestinian deportees said Israel 's offer of a phased return home was not acceptable . Abdul Aziz Rantisi said they would all leave their camp or none would . MORE Israelis now favour ceding occupied Arab lands and the formation of an independent Palestinian state than at any other time in the past six years , according to an opinion poll published yesterday .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
Well standing or you know God I dunno ! He probably was told to go home and take it easy , you know , and Mm . He 's like me you get well like most
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
FESTIVAL OF MOVEMENT AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL Our heartiest congratulates go to Jean Parmiter and her 55 + Display Team , who represented us at the Age Concern Festival Movement at the Royal Albert Hall in November last year . Many society members attended the Festival to watch the team performing , and they really did us proud as they moved rhythmically and gracefully through the Medau hoop - item — aptly named ‘ Whirlpools’— devised and produced by Jean , whose live piano music was enhanced by percussion from Margaret Charlwood . Well done team ! Two days of movement in West London
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
This tradition of writing natural histories of human societies continued to develop with individual and idiosyncratic additions throughout the nineteenth century in a number of different countries . From 1860 on , however , a dramatic increase in the number of such works occurred ; a veritable explosion of major publications took place which owed a great deal to the excitement aroused by The Origin of Species . It is in the light of these publications and the furore caused by Darwinian evolutionary theories in general that Marx 's and Engels 's historical work on pre-capitalist societies must be seen . Indeed , Marx saw his work very much in this light and at one time proposed to dedicate Capital to Darwin , who refused , horrified as he already was by the religious and political repercussions of what he had written . For Marx , however , these political and religious implications were what was central .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
What , you want one ? I 've got nothing other , I do n't know whether anybody 's aware of what went on last Wednesday and probably that , I mean there could have been there was a , sort of a , a cable that , a mains cable that heated up and started smoking and er , we had to deal with that . But erm , fortunately it did n't heat up , but we 're looking at erm , it did n't catch fire , but we 're looking at er er , some safety features that we may actually have to install in the plant room to erm to actually identify these these problems er , somewhat earlier . At that stage he did n't seem to have any effect on anything in terms of erm , alerting anybody , so erm we need to er , we need to deal with that with more action than we ha have at the moment . Mm .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
Apollo 's cloak is a dark purple , the Muse 's dress a lighter red - brown . A clearer red , blue and green are found in the traces of painting on architectural members , and were no doubt in the wall - painter 's palette , but there is no evidence for much mixing of colours and some for a deliberate restriction of choice . There is no shading on the rock here , but it is used on two out of three tiny , marvellous cups from Athens ( figs . 113 , 114 ) made by a potter Sotades and painted by the ‘ Sotades Painter’ who may well have been the same man . The fragmentary fig . 113 has an uncertain mythological subject , possibly the death of Opheltes ( Archemoros ) : a man starts back , raising his arm to throw a stone at a huge snake which rears , belching smoke , from among reeds ; and there is part of a figure falling against the framing circle behind or below the man . The hatching on the skin - cloak is surely meant for shading , and it definitely appears on the complete cup fig . 114 .
Idiom: buy the farm (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Morris welcomed the principle of the Farm Assured Scotch Livestock initiative but added : ' The scheme guarantees consumers that stock have been produced according to welfare friendly standards but we would welcome steps to take it a stage further , particularly to embrace quality . ' Any farmer worth his salt knows that quality can only be achieved by pursuing the higher standards of welfare . ' One particular aspect of concern to the SSPCA relates to the North - east , where large numbers of incomers from the south of England — the so called white settlers — have bought many small farms . Mr Morris said : ' We have had several problems with these sort of people and have pressed the case for a basic form of licence before anyone can start keeping animals . ' It seems absolutely wrong to me that people with no experience and understanding can be allowed to keep livestock just because they have the money to buy the land . '
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
I had a good time ! Is there no relation between club and professional dancing ? They say that when people get into formation dancing in clubs , then the avant garde starts to improvise , and vice - versa . But I think people just react to what is around them . In Modern Masterpiece there is the idea of people being taken over by a force greater than themselves and dancing themselves to death , and that seems to tie in a bit with what is going on
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
The shift from short - term mercenary troops , from unreliable feudal levies , and part - time forces expected to earn their own living was undertaken by most of the powers of early modern Europe . Success depended upon discovering ways to supply the standing army . In Russia , rank - and - file wages were kept very low , and throughout the period Russian regiments supplied many of their own needs , a high proportion of ‘ soldiers’ serving as tailors , carpenters , cobblers , and so forth . In peacetime , regiments were billeted upon towns and villages . Nevertheless , it was necessary to raise and administer far more revenue than Muscovy had ever handled .
Idiom: take a shine to (used idiomatically: yes)
He was the one who 'd been thumped , after all . He was far too much of a gentleman to degrade any woman . There were times , though , when he rather hoped a working - class bloke would take a shine to his wife and beat the hell out of her . He would have enjoyed being solicitous after — handing her the Vaseline , witch hazel and bandages with a pious lecture thrown in . Unfortunately , working - class blokes were far too sensible to take up with Gina .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
Some of the family firms went back generations . Tillot - sons , who controlled the Bolton Evening News until 1970 , when it joined a chain , had done so for 104 years . Graham of Wolverhampton , Grimes of Blackpool , Hawkins of Bristol and Jeans of Liverpool , were all in the saddle in the 1940s . Most were unhorsed in the 1970s . The provincial groups with papers in two or three towns were little different from the other independents .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
Salzburg 1766 After his return Mozart 's compositions included experiments with keyboard concerto writing in the form of arrangements of sonata movements of works by some of the composers he had met on his journeys ( Honnauer , Eckard etc)(8 ) . This afforded the opportunity for him both to become familiar with other music , and to come to grips with concerto movement forms unhampered by the need to create the thematic and harmonic material as well . During this period he also wrote the first act of the ‘ sacred Singspiel’Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots ( 9 ) the remaining acts being written by Michael Haydn ( l737–l806 then Konzertmeister to the Archbishop of Salzburg ) and Anton Adlgasser ( 1729–1777 , court and cathedral organist in Salzburg ) . The first performance took place on 12 March 1767 as part of the traditional annual performance by the students of the Gymnasium .