Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Jane Markham reports : Morrells Brewery says it 's planning to offer managers at its pubs extra cash to cover the tax which is due to be introduced in just over a fortnight 's time , but the Oxford - based firm says it 'll only pay the equivalent of the initial government estimates for the charge , which in most cases falls well below the actual figure . The brewery insists , however , that pub managers wo n't be out of pocket . The situation for tenants remains the same with many facing bills up to double last year 's rates demand . Businesses in the area are being advised to make sure their accounts are up to date before tough new rules on VAT come into force .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
Nature of course as you know is the world 's leading science journal and er I have to read Nature every week . The reason why of course and I take this as a matter of pride because er not only am I , I think probably the only member of the L S E as published in Nature recently , but erm er the other thing I take pride in is the fact that erm one really ca n't ignore it , because all the time stuff is being published in the world 's leading science journal which is directly relevant to this course and how many other courses are in L S E are like that ? For example a couple of weeks ago there was a thing on tit for tat and this week there 's a fascinating thing on snakes and female sexuality which erm illustrates er some of the points I 'll be , I 'll , I 'll be making and although as Sue rightly says erm , most of the articles in Nature are rather technical and difficult to understand if you 're not a specialist they do make concessions to the rest of us by publishing very often erm summaries er in the first part of the journal erm and there is one on this and er I can recommend that . In fact I 'll , I 'll Xerox it and pass it round if people are interested . I also find
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Really , truly , a skivvy . Sixteen hours a day.’ She held her hands out for them to see . ‘ And you need not worry about whether I was safe or not . I was in a doctor 's house .
Idiom: rough edges (used idiomatically: yes)
The basic structure and feel for the balances of nature’ , as she describes it , inform her abstract work , itself often initially inspired by her landscape watercolours . ‘ Glass - painting is so tremendously kind and flexible’ , she says , ‘ because until you fire it , you can wipe it straight off.’ Her sparing use of leadline is complemented by the rough edges of her exploratory mark - making . Through paintwork , light is reduced or blocked out . Through acid - etching , colours are modulated , light increased .
Idiom: come to a pretty pass (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , England made a B tour last summer , from which it was deduced that Terry Hurlock might have a full international future . It was disturbing to hear the manager remind questioners of what happened when he made ‘ sensible’ experiments in Saudi Arabia late last year : ‘ We got a 1 - 1 draw and a nasty headline.’ In the name of Allah , things have come to a pretty pass if the tabloids are influencing England 's selection policy . Surely Robson has no need to fear them now . He must start planning for contingencies , which means dropping stalwarts as well as those over whom questions still loom .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
She reserved her temper for the horse . She yanked the reins and brought the whip down hard upon its bony rump . The toothless old mare only turned her head and gave Granny what seemed like a horsey laugh too . Granny decided to dismount which she did with some difficulty on account of.having to keep her frock pulled down to hide her torn drawers . Once on the ground again she tried pulling the horse , but still it would not budge an inch .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Something for the weekend , sir , she said , stopping him just as he was about to leave with another young man — you see she 'd noticed that they had n't talked before going off together , they 'd just started kissing and were going to drag each other home without discussing anything , and they were young , really young , eighteen . Madame 's was one of the very first places to have condoms for free . I ca n't keep on fishing in this bag , she said , and then she had a holy water stoup put up by the door , and filled it with them , you just took some on the way out . And of course I 've seen her blazing in that dress of hers when she kicked off against someone . Madame kicking off ?
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: no)
As he 's a non - Catholic it 's worse . They have n't much money , and he 's in the Army . I hope they 're doing the right thing . I ca n't remember having seen them in church before . Still , there 's nothing I can do .
Idiom: in the lap of luxury (used idiomatically: yes)
There is no mitigation for things like that . They should be , I think they should be finished . We ought not to have to keep them until they 're about seventy , in nearly the lap of luxury . Just top 'em , get rid of 'em . What happens to Christian mercy then .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
In the case of estate cars and hatchbacks , property in the luggage space at the rear under a top cover and out of view , is deemed to be in a locked boot . Valuables or money left in other parts of an unattended vehicle or in an open top vehicle such as a jeep are not , therefore , insured under the policy . NOTE under the OT policy the exclusion wording on MONEY has not been relaxed and still refers to ' loss of money from an unattended vehicle unless secured in its locked boot ' . See SCI 43 ( General ) regarding the procedure on indemnity issues . VALUATION OF BAGGAGE / PERSONAL EFFECTS
Idiom: cut it fine (used idiomatically: yes)
They jogged on through the scrub . In the distance , there was the low mournful howl of sirens . ' You 're cutting it really fine , Masklin , ' said Angalo . ' Faster ! Run faster ! '
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
If I had used words , I should have had to think more carefully about what I was doing . I was , so to speak , keeping the secret even from myself . Having recently re - read my own , I have come to the conclusion that diaries furnish the perfect vehicle for self - deception and self - enhancement , provided that , in later years , the reader / writer is incapable of reading between the lines or unable to remember what has been left unsaid . I can remember exactly what I was doing and , out of context , my behaviour seems so harmless that the need for secrecy appears quite mysterious . I was refusing second helpings of food , asking unfailingly for small helpings , and skipping optional meals like tea or Sunday breakfast .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Morrissey ‘ I have been in almost every conceivable human situation … I 've been in almost NO conceivable human situation , come to think of it.’ Get the drift ? The interview went onwards into a mass of sexual innuendo before Morrissey was removed speedily from young Antonella 's reach by his tour manager .
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: no)
From the rejection of the community Marvell moves on to also flee from the labours and heartache of human love . Quite differently from the shepherd chasing nymphs convention of Marlowe 's poem , in ‘ The Garden ’ the colours of ‘ red ’ and ‘ white ’ are toppled from their usual pedestal by the green of plants and nature ’ . ‘ Nor white nor red was ever seen So amorous as this lovely green . ’ The poet believes that any sensual experience will present an obstacle to his complete and serene inner contemplation , a state he is trying to achieve in his mind to gain perfection in an imperfect world .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
The late appearance of Lonrho 's Tony Rowland in the guide of Fairy Godmother — or is it the Wicked Witch ? — offering to wave the magic wand and change the bulk of the debt into convertible preference shares could have offered a reprieve . But Rowland 's offer has been dismissed out of hand by Brent Walker and unless the bond holders , owed £ 102 m in all , agree to the restructuring plan involving BW 's 47 bankers it would appear that the directors will have no other alternative but to put the company into receivership . If that happens Lonrho may be gambling on picking up the betting shop part of the operation for the proverbial song . Meanwhile still waiting in the wings are the Cameron 's management buy - out team and Sunderland brewers Vaux . Both are more interested in the brewing side of the company .
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: no)
Lissa rolled her eyes . How many layers were there to this man ? Her assessment of him was forever being turned on its head . Each time she thought she had caught hold of the essential man he turned out to be as nebulous as the sea mist drifting through her fingers . Neptune was clearly working overtime with this particular denizen of the deep .
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: yes)
Daylight or darkness , it made no difference . The same people , expressions and positions . They may as well have been a small part of a photograph album gathering dust in the depth of someone 's attic . He shook his head involuntarily like someone returning from a trance . they had n't moved .
Idiom: lose heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Without an audience , but with a very hungry tummy , it was n't long before Suzy began to eat properly . Remember that your child may ‘ work hard’ to regain the lost reinforcement and thus may get ‘ worse’before getting ‘ better’ . You will need to steel yourself for this possible increase ( initially ) in the behaviour you want to eliminate ; but do n't lose heart — stick to your guns . Promise yourself before you begin that you will ignore the unwanted behaviour ( say , a tantrum)every time it occurs , and continue to ignore it until it stops . If you go in and comfort and fuss over your toddler after she has kicked , yelled and ‘ carried on’ for twenty minutes , you will make the situation worse .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
Describe in no more than 100 words how the production of sweet white wines varies from that of dry white wines . BOOKS food FOR THOUGHT Read all about it — Sara Robinson and Mike Johnson go by the book Take a leaf ( or a berry ) from Malcolm Hillier 's book this year and give your home an authentic feel of yuletide past .
Idiom: up against it (used idiomatically: yes)
The time for gentle breezes is over , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg typed ) , the time for the oohs and ahs , for the oh so beautiful and the ah so expressive , for the deep humanity and the flesh - coloured tints , for the sensitive and the profound , for the exquisite and the brilliant . Nothing but a hurricane will do now , he wrote . It must be impossible to stand up against it , he wrote , impossible to draw breath before it . It must knock your legs from under you , pound the breath from your body . No more learned monographs from Sweeney and McGough , he wrote , from Pizzetti and Baiocchi , from Goldman and Golding , from Rosenblum and Honeyman .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
And the women , come to that . If they were all your sales staff , I 'll eat a copy of the Sex Discrimination Act . ' ' I 'll bear that in mind . But for the moment , why not humour me with a little explanation ? ' ' I do n't see why I should . '
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
Moreover , if the retailer has too much stock of perishable goods , items may deteriorate or pass their ' sell by ' date before they are sold . The reverse of this is also true . Having too few of a product in stock can lead to lost sales if the item runs out before a new delivery arrives . If the stock level is consistently too low , lost sales may eventually lead to lost jobs . Stock control
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Diffugere , for example , is generally translated in the figurative sense " have dissolved " , " have melted " ( with reference to snow ) , or more directly as " have gone away " , " have departed " , even " have fled " . That is undoubtedly true , yet one suspects that there is more to the matter than seasonal facilities for dancing in the nude . If diffugere signals that winter 's troops are on the run — the snows have skeddadled — then the Grace may dare , at least for a brief time of truce , to resume her peaceful pastimes . The reader who returns frequently to the poem , and ( in the way of obsessive readers ) delights in noticing meanings potentially nestling within meanings , will begin to be persuaded , by and by , that these hints of battle and brutality are not to be ignored ; yet they remain no more than hints , shadows of meaning cast by a powerful text . Other words in the poem are important , vitally important , as terms rooted in Roman - ness , in the customs and values of the patriarchal state : .
Idiom: teething troubles (used idiomatically: yes)
A visit to the site of Expo 92 barely 10 days before the opening left many questions unanswered . A number of the national pavilions remain structurally incomplete , while many more have yet to receive their contents . There have been teething troubles with the monorail and cable - car ( essential accessories in the futuristic world of expos ) . But the big central pavilions which house striking multi - media shows devoted to the central themes of the Expo ( discovery , navigation , nature , the future ) are complete , as are the many performance spaces . ( Pavarotti , Domingo and Carreras will be among the musical turns . )
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: no)
This Basic ~ Law shall come into force at the end of the day of promulgation .
Idiom: give someone a bloody nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Parker says unequivocally that the future of the mainframe lies with Open Edition MVS , but he says that we could see a new generation of mainframe - class systems based on multiple RISC processors , again based on a similar idea to the SP-1 and that this will be the natural place for AIX . The concept of mainframe is changing fast and the question ' What is a mainframe anyway ? ' is one that Parker himself raises . The users have given IBM a bloody nose and IBM , in learning the lesson , is making changes both to marketing pitch and technology . It only remains to be seen whether the customers will buy it . The mainframe is dead .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
My nose had long since lost all feeling and I massaged it back into life . Tony gave me his thoughts on the situation — about how pleased he was to be wandering around at four in the morning , in the pitch black , in deep snow , in the cold , in the wind . I told him I was pissed off too . We lounged about and waited . The wind was worse now and Hafpor 's anenometer was showing gusts to 60 kph .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
Chris has just started bringing in the ' tropicals ' for the winter . Dosing with herbs The old rule of not overdosing your fish still applies , whether you are using off - the - shelf remedies or natural medicine . Some of the herbs Chris commonly uses include mint ( a good antiseptic ) , garlic ( antibiotic ) , and pumpkinseeds ( good for skin tissue — humans take them for worms ) . Chris stresses that some herbs can be dangerous if not used properly .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
The first results of the order — said to be worth about £ 81 million — are due on the network this summer . Peter Johnson says : ‘ We 're hoping that our pollution - free and energy - efficient units will mark the start of a new generation of sophisticated electric trains which will eventually run all over the Regional Railways network.’ Hunslet is also breaking new ground with its Malaysian contract . The trains it has designed will be the first electric rolling stock to run on Malaysia 's rail system . Ganz Hunslet , Hungary 's largest train - builder ( Telfos Holdings was one of the first British firms to take a majority stake in a major East European company following the collapse of Communism ) , is building the bodyshells and bogies , but final assembly will take place in Malaysia .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
Listening to lectures means silence on your part ; study is also silent ; the library maintains silence ; you say no word at an examination . Yet the early development of ideas was done orally . The philosophers debated ; St Paul was taken to speak at the Areopagus in Athens " for all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else , but either to tell , or to hear some new thing " ; the House of Commons clears the ground for legislation by public discussion ; and the speakers in Hyde Park orate . Yet in college the amount of oral review of studies is minimal . Each week you ought to have a regular session with a couple of your friends , for a discussion review ( behind closed doors ) of some part of your studies agreed in advance .
Idiom: fly a kite (used idiomatically: yes)
Right : A range of stunters in the authors ' collection shows how varied are the shapes of kites in the 1990s . Opposite : A spin - off kite ' at the ready ' for launch with bridle lines clear of the spurs and pre - checked for symmetry . All of these generalisations depend of course on a constant wind speed sufficient to fly the kite within its designed wind window . The launch We discussed preparation of the lines in Chapter Three , so all we want to emphasise now is that you remember to take a stake ( preferably fitted with a brightly coloured flag so that you do not lose it , or tread on it ) and that the line ends have swivel connections of adequate strength .
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I know . I sound like a nagging father . But I 've seen a few of them on the slippery slope — the Shiny Set , the stars , the Washington widows.’ ‘ Inadequates.’
Idiom: carry the day (used idiomatically: yes)
But some argued that a new and more resounding voice to address Edward would be more effective ; also , sadly , that Seton 's will to resist could well be weakened by having his son the hostage . Suppose the English refused to release that youth under some pretext , the father would be much constrained . This argument carried the day , despite Ramsay 's protests , and it was decided to send Keith , the Knight Marischal , as one of the major officers of state , to head the relieving party and to take over the governorship meantime . They would cross at the Town ford , under cover of the defending cannon , and be admitted at the South Gate . Ramsay would accompany Keith .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
And Morrissey ? ‘ Well , if he works a bit harder he might come on … I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that.’ This is a little odd considering The Smiths ' make up was , up to this point , completely based on experience of failure . What the world really wanted to know was how The Smiths would handle lasting success ?
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
But after 1947 , Nehru began to assert his supremacy and sack party chiefs who opposed him . Even so , several titans of the independence movement survived him and one — Lal Bahadur Shastri — succeeded him . Shastri died in 1966 , and Indira Gandhi staked her claim . Party bosses , nicknamed ' The Syndicate ' , decided to make her prime minister , expecting to manipulate her while using her name to get votes . But she won at their game , splitting the party in 1969 to assert her supremacy over the bosses — and she was vindicated when voters gave her a huge majority .
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: no)
The prison - building programme was among the casualties . Even the contorted prose of the Prison Department 's report for that year could not disguise the import : the on - going place producing programme begun in 1970 was suspended indefinitely and expenditure is now limited to completing major place producing and redevelopment projects already under way . Improvements at existing establishments have also been curtailed and will be necessarily confined in the years ahead to the renewal of essential services and repairs to enable establishments to continue in full operation . Other developments , to become increasingly portentous as time went on , primarily the moves towards stricter control over police powers of arrest and questioning of suspects , and the inauguration of an independent prosecution service , were in their embryonic stages .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
But if you are already a tenant and you are suddenly faced with a crisis , you will need legal advice to solve it . A solicitor is qualified to help in many different ways : Checking the small print — ensuring there are no loopholes in the agreement which could let landlords out of their obligations . Acting in emergencies such as eviction or harassment . Legal aid — a solicitor can advise if you qualify , and apply on your behalf .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: no)
For instance , should a farmer require some fencing , he knew that Mr. Green would be on the edge of the pavement at the right hand corner of The Market House — a position that Green 's had occupied over generations . So it was with many others , selling implements , rope and all the other necessities needed by the farming community . At the end of the day the pavements in this area would be covered with corn - samples discarded after a deal had been struck — the farmer would plunge his hand into his pocket , produce a sample which would be carefully examined by the dealer and then onto the ground went the handful to be gratefully devoured in due course by the rapidly growing pigeon population . Few cheapjacks went to the Tuesday market , but there were numerous stalls selling vegetables , fish , clothing and many other items . Nearly all stallholders were local , either from the city or surrounding countryside .
Idiom: head for the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
If you like messing about on the river , they you 'll love this lake ( go parascending and you can even mess about above it ! ) Ashore the fun continues . There 's an 18 hole golf course that 's held in high regard by professionals , stables where treks head for the hills , tennis courts , mountain bikes , and of course mile after mile of wonderful alpine scenery to walk or run through . And for those who prefer more leisurely pursuits you can picnic , sunbathe , ride a cable car into the surrounding peaks or take a ride on one of the oldest cog railways in the world . Hotel Post
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
A SINGLE shot from an unseen sniper killed a Royal Welch Fusilier serving in Bosnia with the UN peace - keeping force . The jury at an inquest in Wrexham yesterday into L / Cpl Wayne Edwards ' death returned a unanimous verdict that he was unlawfully killed in an area of Gornji Vakuf nicknamed Sniper 's Alley while on attachment to the Cheshire Regiment . His mother , Barbara Edwards of Cae Gwilym Lane , Cefn Mawr , said later : ‘ I did n't want a verdict that he was killed in action because he did n't go out there to fight , he went out to keep the peace.’ Mrs Edwards was told her son had died in the service of humanity . Earlier , she had listened to a statement by Lt Col Bob Stewart , the Cheshires ' CO , in which he said that the sniper had not been traced .
Idiom: draw a blank (used idiomatically: yes)
Both were apprehended but once again there was little to go on . Neither of their photographs was recognised by any of the witnesses . The police had drawn a blank . Berret sat down dejectedly to write his lengthy report . It was to run to 2,300 pages of foolscap .