Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
They also had an overhead railway which gave me unlimited pleasure and I well remember a wall covered with hundreds of tiny wooden drawers filled with different sizes of screws and nails . Outside the shop at first floor level was a magnificent six - foot magnet . I was not very old when Dad told me that if you stood under it for very long , it would attract the coins out of your pocket . Surreptitiously , I tried it , it did n't work , so I placed a coin on the palm of my hand , still it did n't work and I then discovered that the magnet was only made of wood . There was a bazaar in Butcher Row belonging to The Arcadia Bazaar Company whilst round in Minster Street was one of the early ones owned by Marks and Spencer .
Idiom: buy time (used idiomatically: yes)
He still has a still has a few technical problems with his speeches , his voice is very thin , he falls away at the end of sentences and when he rises to a crescendo his voice is like the distance whine of an aeroplane engine but what he said was exactly what they wanted to hear a return to family life and strong law and order . Anne : he had a long way to go do you think he 's done enough to survive ? Peter : What he 's done today is buy himself a little time , his troubles are n't over , Mrs Thatcher still casts her shadow over this conference he still has problems inside and outside the cabinet but he has bought some time . Anne : They 'll be doing it all again in 12 months time do you think things will be different , will Mr Major still be there ? Peter : I think he will be here in 12 mths time , I Do n't think Mr Fowler will be at least not as party chairman , another prediction I will make I think the Tories will get a drubbing in the local elections in May , I think they are going to get a drubbing in the Euro elections in June .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: no)
This approach is slightly linear , but the puzzles appear to be solvable in any order , and in a variety of ways . Certain of the Kings Quest series have been criticised as being too ‘ twee’ and sugary — KQ VI is basically a ‘ fairy tale’but the storyline is much firmer than previous titles and avoids making the teeth grind and the stomach curdle ! The gaming world in part consists of four main islands ( there are rumours of more ! ) and this nicely breaks up the game and avoids the feeling of a bland and repetitive world,(why does that Island concept ring a bell ? ) and you move from Island to Island by looking at a map and selecting your destination ( sounds VERY familiar ! ) . The initial puzzles seem pretty straightforward , and would allow the game to be ‘ adult supervised’ for the youngsters , although the computer hardened eleven / twelve year old would probably handle it — with the occasional flash of totally brilliant parental genius ( in reality of course it is likely to be the other way round ! ) . Kings Quest VI is far and beyond the best of the series so far the first volumes were original and set the standards for all to follow .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
The government has announced new statistics which show that the number of AIDS cases reported among heterosexuals is up by ninety five per cent . Robin Gorner is er AIDS Liaison Officer with Oxford City Council . Robin , this on the face of it looks very worrying , what 's your reaction to these statistics ? Well clearly it 's devastating news ; er unfortunately I think we have to say that we 're not tremendously surprised . The news is that heterosexuals had become infected with H I V , the virus that leads to AIDS , ten to fifteen years ago , and that the numbers were doubling ten to fifteen years ago , that 's what it means when we hear AIDS cases , and what that must mean for today , is horrifying .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
He dragged them all over the place with him , finally returning to Waldbach .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
And Nora hunted like a mad Irishman — and in the hunting field none are madder . If a gate was open , she 'd jump the fence beside it . If a winding lane led to where she wanted to go , she 'd cross two furlongs of field to cut the corner . She fell off all four sides of all three horses . She fell into mires .
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: no)
Two dogs were sent down the holes after the protected animals . The baiters then used a hand - held detector to trace the movements underground . They were caught at the sett after a member of the public spotted them on farmland , said Simon Caterall , prosecuting . Dr Stephen Harris , of Bristol University , who wrote the script for the wildlife documentary Bockside and other nature programmes , was called in by the RSPCA . He said that the hi - tech device and other equipment found , such as nets , snares and digging gear , proved the men were after badgers .
Idiom: out of this world (used idiomatically: yes)
Have to have some . Orbital Cleaning Services ! Refuse refuse collection of the world world out of this world , we 're out of this world ! We 're Di did grandpa say he could drive back ?
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
Far left : Liz in her own make - up Left : Liz , with her daughter , Rosie , wears Workshop silk blouse , £ 85 ; John Smedley claret turtle - neck sweater , £ 53 Below left — Face : Maquimat Beige 031 ( £ 16 ) and translucent Poudre Majeur ( £ 18 ) , both by Lancôme ; Shadowbase Concealer by Almay ( £ 5.25 ) — apply it with a brush , after using foundation , to give a more natural effect Cheeks:02 Blusher by Prescriptives ( £ 15.50 ) — a few light swirls give your face natural warmth Eyes:03 compact of red - browns by Prescriptives ( £ 20 ) ; No 7 Fashionline Chocolate Kohl ( £ 1.95 ) and No 7 Superlash in Brownish - Black ( £ 2.80 ) , both by Boots Lips : Moisture Rich Lipstick in Tawny Blonde ( £ 4.55 ) by Almay Below : Well wrapped - up against the bitter East winds , Liz wears In - wear mulberry hooded parka with detachable lining , £ 199.50 , and cotton / Lycra leggings , £ 29.99 ; Pringle mauve rollneck sweater , £ 48 ; Scotch House cashmere scarf , £ 65 ; Traidcraft earrings , £ 12.50 . Fifi ( right ) is snug in her Skiss green / blue padded jacket from Harrods , £ 49 ; Nipper pinafore , £ 49 ; Scotch House scarf , £ 11 .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
They parted nine years ago and the split distressed him so much he vowed not to get seriously involved with another woman for a very long time . He threw himself into the making of ITV series Travelling Man and was rewarded with huge success in the ratings . But then Twiggy , who by now had switched from modelling to acting , came along and stole his heart . She was trying to get over the death of her husband , Michael Whitney , from a heart attack . Leigh says : ‘ I honestly thought I was going to be on my own for at least a decade but I did n't know the Twiglet was going to come on the scene .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: no)
‘ If we can find L.L. , the mystery may be at an end,’ he said . ‘ What do you think we should do , Watson?’ ‘ I must write to Holmes at once,’ I said , and I went straight to my room and wrote a letter to Holmes , which gave him all the details of Barrymore 's story . On the following day heavy rain fell without stopping . I put on my coat and went for a long walk on the moor .
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
Outside , a soft rain falls ceaselessly . In my letter I had told Karen that the purpose of the trip was to discuss the future of our relationship . I quickly discovered that in her view it did n't have one , and that the only reason she had agreed to see me was to get this across once and for all . As far as she was concerned , she told me over and over again , we were responsible for Dennis 's death . If she had n't yielded to a guilty passion then she would have been a better wife to Denny .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: yes)
The Mandela Theatre Company from Edinburgh visiting on April 29 intends to develop the play The Dorm for school benefit and has great follow up potential . It tells of a young offenders institution where five inmates have made a pact that if one commits suicide the other four can be freed ‘ for psychological reasons’ . But the twist is who will be the one to die for the rest and the storyline comes from a real incident . The Culture Club is held every six weeks at the South Bank Albion social club in Middlesbrough . Performances start at 7.30pm , and admission is £ 2.50 ( concessions £ 1.50 ) .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: no)
In 1736 Noon published another anonymous tract which has always been attributed to Bayes —An Introduction to the Doctrine of Fluxions , and a Defence of the Mathematicians against the Objections of the Author of the Analyst . In 1742 Bayes was elected a fellow of the Royal Society . Bayes 's fame rests on his posthumous paper , ' An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances ' , which was published in 1764 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for the year 1763 , having been ' found among [ his]papers ' by his friend the Revd Richard Price [ q.v . ] , who wrote an introduction for it . It contains a solution to the problem ( in Bayes 's words ) : ' Given the number of times in which an unknown event has happened and failed : Required the chance that the probability of its happening in a single trial lies somewhere between any two degrees of probability that can be named . '
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
SC Barker said : ‘ No one becomes a Special for the money , because there is n't any.’ But what he does get is the satisfaction of working alongside regular officers in the knowledge that his contribution is a genuine benefit to the work being done in Darlington . He dismissed some of the popular images of the Specials which he said were off the mark . ‘ I 've watched the TV series Specials , but to be honest it 's a load of rubbish . They make out we are all stupid and completely useless that 's not true.’
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
Male speaker I would like to see a list drawn up of all the council 's assets . They could then be sold off to the tune of a hundred million pounds to pay off debts . After all , they do n't really need Shire Hall . Voice over
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
Siding covertly with Nasser , he progressively undermined the Suez Canal Users Association , which he himself had created , and sapped British and French confidence in American good faith with every twist in his tortuous attempts to reach a peaceful solution . Eisenhower , who was in the midst of his re - election campaign and was presenting himself to the American electorate as ‘ a man of peace’ , failed to make clear to his British and French colleagues in the Atlantic Alliance the depth of his reluctance to countenance the use of force over an issue that was only important and not vital to US interests . During the Korean War , Attlee made Britain 's objections to the extension of the conflict to mainland China crystal clear to Truman . Eisenhower and Dulles prevaricated over Suez , and , in the longer term , the United States has paid the price for their misjudgments . America inherited Britain 's thankless task of trying to maintain a semblance of stability in the Middle East , and has been singularly unsuccessful in doing so over the three decades that have passed since Suez .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
This is where most of the problems lie — and where the gambles were made . In those circumstances , according to Mr Altman of New York University , the calculation about what capital structure to adopt became rather different from the conventional sort . A choice between debt and equity was made on the assumption that this choice did not have to stand the test of time . Think back to Mr Altman 's diagram ( chart 6 ) showing how bankruptcy costs affect the value of a firm and its optimal debt capacity . A buyer for the long haul would not skate far past the optimal point and towards bankruptcy costs .
Idiom: high and mighty (used idiomatically: yes)
Eileen Harman 's a pain in the neck when all 's said and done.’ ’ There was trouble with Emily Lightbody over a file this afternoon.’ ’ Well , Emily can be a bit high and mighty herself at times.’ We laughed . ’ What is worrying you then?’
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
Brand spanking new , £ 19,000 worth of boom truck being driven by Robert Pringle as he delivers rolls of carpet to the warehouse cutting table . It is one of two new boom trucks delivered that day . Suits off , jeans on , Kim Dyas , Business Development Manager for Stoddard Mercia , gets stuck in to sort out samples . Gordon McKinnon , Bobbin Minder ( holding bobbin ) and Philip Mallard , Weaver , working on the new Jacquard Axminster carpet for Aberdeen Football Club . Philip moved to Elderslie two years ago when L.D.P. Warwick factory was closed down .
Idiom: break the ice (used idiomatically: yes)
When she stops and turns back , we decide to abandon the low - key approach and we wave our umbrella in the air , pointing at it and grinning dementedly . She recognizes us immediately . We lead her back towards the Odeon Mezzanine and break the ice by saying interestingly how confusing it is that the Odeon Mezzanine , the Odeon Leicester Square and the Odeon West End are all situated within yards of each other . The film we 're going to see is Flatliners , and Denice tells us she 's been dying to see it for ages . She apologizes for being thirty seconds late and says she 's been having her nails done .
Idiom: ride high (used idiomatically: yes)
How times change ! In the same year that Accrington Stanley became only the second team to leave the league through bankruptcy — Aldershot F.C. were riding high . After their winning match against Crewe Alexandra , the Shots polished performance improved their league position by four places , and left them with an outside chance of going up into Division III . 20 YEARS AGO
Idiom: hang by a thread (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Not yet , we have n't caught Tweed yet . That phone call never happened . Your job hangs by a thread,’ he informed his subordinate cheerfully . Hands thrust inside his jacket pockets , Kuhlmann went over to the window and stared down into the courtyard again . He had omitted to tell Meyer Tweed 's BMW was being followed by an unmarked police car , a vehicle which would be replaced by another later to allay suspicion .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: no)
Question two the answer must be in a sentence . So if if you ask the question erm or if you ask the question who something something the answer would be a name the person who did this was so and so . The you 've got ta you mark it you give full marks for a sentence answer . So when you mark somebody 's test paper you do n't just put the name and not the sentence you 've got ta work out one mark out of two whatever . You work out a marking .
Idiom: slippery slope (used idiomatically: yes)
You start off drinking then you smoke and you , yeah Yeah , mm . Yes , though it 's interesting with , with , with things like er alcohol and tobacco because they 're , well at least partly legal , erm you know often there 's quite a , a crisp Manichaean division drawn between them and anything that 's illegal erm you know so that you know kind of once , once you start smoking dope you 're on the slippery slope to er you know kind of heroin and crack and all the rest of it crime . yes and , and crime of course , yes , absolutely , erm er so erm yeah er yeah and go in thinking about the er thinking about the questions erm
Idiom: good riddance (used idiomatically: yes)
On Sunday I heard that Sidcombe have gone to the wall . This must surely mean we will not be relegated . As I told Denny d'Arcy , the Sidcombe manager , when I rang up to say good riddance , ‘ We are just the amoeba on the European footer lake . Clubs like ours have to try and survive on the crumbs washed from bread tossed in by the business world , to feed the mallards of the Football League.’ Still , as Sidcombe stuffed us twice this season they can go to hell .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
There was terror in the neighbourhood for a long time afterwards . That made me realise how much we depend on the prison officers and the fantastic security systems that have been built up . We depend on them and , by and large , they do their jobs brilliantly . Mr. David Martin ( Portsmouth , South ) It is a pleasure to follow the hon . Member for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) .
Idiom: head south (used idiomatically: yes)
He left Beirut with the camera equipment and videotapes on 11 September , arriving back in Cyprus on the 12th . Next day , he flew to Heathrow , and after an overnight stop in London , travelled on to Montreal , and from there , as Thomas Leavy , to Baltimore - Washington International airport , where he checked in , as instructed , at the Ramada Inn . Donleavy , accompanied this time by another agent , arrived there early next morning , the 15th , for a full day 's debriefing , and that night Coleman headed south for Alabama to rejoin Mary - Claude at the Lake Martin cottage . On the 23rd , he began his postgraduate studies as a teaching assistant at Auburn University , and on 2 October , also on schedule , Mary - Claude presented him with a daughter , Sarah . Meanwhile , one of Asmar 's operatives had delivered the Speak ‘ n’ Spell material to a relative who worked for Al Shiraa , Beirut 's pro - Syrian Arabic - language news magazine .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
The third section , ‘ Switch’ , has a socket to take a double footswitch for turning the internal or any external effects on and off , and there are two more of those push - push buttons , this time for assigning effects to channel 1 and channel 2 . And finally , the ‘ Effect 2’ section contains the effects loop , a knob to control the level of the external effects and a mini - button for ‘ series’or ‘ parallel’mode . Essentially , this either bungs the whole output through the effects loop ( good if you 're using EQs , gates or compressors ) or else splits the output in two , sending one half past the effects loop and straight to the power stage ( best , apparently , for when you have a multi - processor in the loop ) . To backtrack slightly , the ‘ Preamp R’ output is also the output for Lakewood 's matching powered Acousticube ‘ monitor’ . Although we do n't have one for review , the idea is obviously to make full use of the stereo Alesis delay on gigs small enough not to need further amplification .
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
I think printing Hartley Peavey 's letter in the same issue as mine was maybe a bit of a gaffe — but I hope the local amp repairer does n't have a slip of the brain when he fixes your amp , or your local mechanic does n't connect up your battery in the car properly . I would place Aspen Pittman 's article in the same league as time share selling , or book clubs or something equally hazy with the truth that happens to make a good profit . And why should you save Aspen 's face ? You 're only reporting what he must have said . It 's really sad that integrity has sunk so low that any magazine has to print stuff that is n't really true .
Idiom: on tenterhooks (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact , it might be as well to be ready in advance with her own suggestion of a rendezvous next time Veronica called . It was n't just a matter of cost . Loretta , who was ignorant of the etiquette attached to these affairs , had been on tenterhooks throughout tea in case anyone should ask her to dance . Her education had not included much in the way of ballroom - dancing . At least she had one thing to be thankful for , she consoled herself , seeing Veronica into a taxi in the Aldwych : she was in no doubt at all that Veronica would be in touch again .
Idiom: fall off the back of a lorry (used idiomatically: yes)
David Bate , prosecuting , described the Ashdown case as a story of ‘ greed , opportunism and political muckraking’ . He dismissed the ‘ man - in - a - pub’ story as ‘ moonshine’ . In terms of excuses , the jury was told , it was second only to the old chestnut that ‘ it fell off the back of a lorry’ . Berkowitz 's plan to make a fortune from the document was thwarted when Mr Ashdown publicly revealed the affair . Shortly before returning their 10 - 2 majority verdicts , eight members of the jury asked for headache tablets .
Idiom: prop up the bar (used idiomatically: yes)
Recent semi - secret gigs have included Carter ( The Unstoppable Sex Machine ) , Snuff and The Senseless Things . The word is there 's going to be a few more surprises closer to Christmas which makes attendance between now and then damn near compulsory . In fact the only drawback about the Cube is that you 're more than likely to find one or two of the Sounds freelancers propping up the bar but , aside from that , there are n't many better ways to spend the approaching cold winter evenings than in the comfort of decent live music and good company . ALBUMS EDITED BY KEITH CAMERON HANKY PANKY
Idiom: go down a storm (used idiomatically: yes)
Dawn has been eyeing up her own customers as well as the shoppers who frequent rival stores to come up with an in - vogue verdict on local tastes . The upshot is that there certainly is a distinctive Merseyside mode . Not surprisingly , the predominant trend trait is a taste for extrovert , over - the - top dressing , with glittery glam clothes going down a storm for evening , and hyper - smart executive - look suits being snapped up for daytime wear . ‘ Liverpool is above all a party place,’ Dawn said . ‘ When I compared notes with managers in places like Glasgow and Manchester , I found that women there seemed to go for more restrained , less glitzy clothes .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
There are probably other examples , but these are the two that most spring to mind while contemplating William on his park bench . It is hard to say why , just something about him . William knows the book practically by heart . He is one of the country 's leading authorities on medieval plague , in particular the Black Death of 1348 , about which he has written numerous papers and articles in historical journals . He reads Rats , Lice and History as a kind of reassurance , a reminder of basic principles , and also , sometimes , to deter people from sitting next to him in pubs or restaurants , or on park benches .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I have the stomach for anything , Treshnish ! No , you did not rear a coward!’ Next day , the clan met out on the shore , where Eachuinn Odhar could stand up on the rocks among his officers , Donald Crubach at his side , and speak to all together . As he whispered , Donald 's resonant , trained voice repeated each sentence after him so that all could hear , from the Macleans of Morvern and Coll and the seven other members of the Clan Council away past the tacksmen and subtenants to the farthest cottar on the damp sand . He began by welcoming each man by name .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
The three big economies are at different stages of the economic cycle : while America is struggling with recession , Japan and Germany are still fighting inflation , giving rise to differences in interest - rate policies and attitudes towards the risk of inflation . Changing course Although the dollar remains risky in the short run , most economists reckon that it will rally in the medium term . Why ? It looks cheap .