Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: close shave (used idiomatically: yes)
His strike in the 68th minute , from a MacLaren pass , beat the Bolton goalkeeper but hit the upright . Encouraged , Swindon at last began to take the initiative and Felgate saved Bolton by tipping Simpson 's shot over the bar . But Swindon had a similar close shave in the last seconds of full time as Philliskirk hit the crossbar and the game went into extra time . Bolton Wanderers : Felgate ; Brown , Cowdrill , Comstive , Crombie , Winstanley , Henshaw , Thompson , Reeves , Philliskirk , Darby . Swindon Town : Digby ; Hockaday , Bodin , McLoughlin , Calderwood , Gittens , Jones , Shearer , White , MacLaren , Simpson .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Erm okay , Mm . but if you can think of some way to say that and put it down so that we put down something like four sentences on paper and a few examples . What does the erm where 's it gone , the er doohickey , erm help ! The consent form ?
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , alright . Where , where are they ? They 're in the larder on the shelf right in front of you , about nose height , or somebody 's nose height , I do n't know which or not , but they 're right in the middle of the shelf . They 're taking the piss . Come and sit down , come and sit down .
Idiom: throw in the towel (used idiomatically: yes)
UNTIL mid - month you may have your work cut out trying to make the pieces of your life come together — or finding them . You seem to be coping with one thing after another , especially if you 're a 2nd or 12th May birthday . Nevertheless , there is just as much of a chance that you will win through your difficulties as there is of reaching the point of throwing in the towel . Relationships are at their most transformative stage , and after the 14th you should be reaping the harvest of love 's labours or indeed digesting the results of your efforts in other directions . And with Venus in the area of the far off , it might be appropriate to set your sights on pastures new .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
' Edinvar has been serving tenants for 20 years and Link has been a landlord for nearly 30 years , so we both have a long history of putting tenants first . ' Edinvar have 106 houses in West Lothian and Link have 126 houses in the district . Weslo Housing Management — a new organisation set up by local Scottish Homes management and staff — have lodged a rival bid to take over all the housing stock in the district . Scottish Homes want to transfer ownership of their West Lothian properties to another landlord and an extensive consultation programme is being carried out before a final decision is taken . Painters face ban
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
Return to ELBA After 30 years away , Denis Pitts returned to the Italian island of Elba and found it to be as beautiful as he remembered For as long as the sun rises over those rugged , evergreen hills to the east and the island 's wines continue to be so subtly perfumed , I shall never understand why Napoleon chose to leave Elba . Not only did he go on to lose at Waterloo : he suffered the final indignity of living and dying in a house called The Briars on St Helena , far down in the South Atlantic . I love Elba .
Idiom: in the raw (used idiomatically: yes)
Most prominent among the effects singled out for blame is the hostile takeover , both in America and in Britain . It is easy to understand why , for the hostile takeover brings with it a language and an atmosphere of conflict that sounds destructive and sometimes is . It exposes capitalism in the raw : huge profits to be made from risking huge sums of money , often in a matter of weeks , while ordinary people wait , innocently and impotently , for a verdict that will affect their jobs and lives . Often , both in America and in Britain , hostile takeovers have been shown to be reckless , mistaken and damaging . The firms involved have ended up bankrupt or deep in debt , healthy companies turned into cripples .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
Right now the practicalities of organising Julie 's funeral at the church where their daughter was christened keep him going . But he ca n't repress a shudder as he recalls the day he learned of his wife 's death , at first being told that she had drowned . ' Because we were having work done on our house , Sophie and I were staying in a rented place and it did n't have a phone . ' It was about 5.30pm , pouring with rain outside and I was making Sophie 's tea when a preacher came to the door and broke the news , but like everyone in that situation you just do n't believe it . ' How could Julie and Elizabeth have drowned , I thought .
Idiom: better safe than sorry (used idiomatically: yes)
Congress , our laws are weakened at the Tories request , and recent announcements that the public funding of trade union education is to be stopped has even brought a c cry of outrage from the Health and Safety Executive . The right to stop the job has to be our campaign cry , lay officials and full - time officials must integrate the priority of health and safety issues . Our political allies in the Labour Party should spell out exactly what it means to work in an unsafe environment , and last but not least , we should push the message of the National Health and Safety Conference of last year , better safe than sorry . Thank you colleagues . Motion two six four , Lancashire region .
Idiom: Hobson's choice (used idiomatically: yes)
They 're currently ‘ talking to people’ , but hey , anyone can do that ! Make yer mind up time : Laughing Hyenas at the Marquee or Mark Eitzel at the bleedin ' Knitting Factory again ? Hobson 's choices do n't come much more painful , but as ever Eitzel rewards the faithful , rifling some quite astounding new American Music Club material for an acoustic show that was often too painful to bear — and that 's just for the audience . ‘ I 'll get off quick,’ he burbles after three numbers , eliciting screams of protest . ‘ Hey , the next band , they 've come all the way from Chicago!’
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
The old Bourbon ‘ Boule de Neige’ rose was planted in the glasshouse for the bride 's bouquet and corsage — glasshouse - grown roses can be forced into flower four to six weeks earlier than normal . The hothouse flowers gardenia and stephanotis had to be coaxed and nurtured into flowering for the posies and the bridegroom 's buttonhole . It was touch and go , because gardenias in particular are very moody . ‘ We had a bit of a struggle to get them for the wedding , but you can pull various strings to hold things back.’ Then there was the bouquet - making — no simple feat with the large quantities involved .
Idiom: look the other way (used idiomatically: no)
They handed me a cardboard plate on which was an apple , a slice of cake , and some homemade toffee . They wished me a happy Christmas then stood waiting , eyeing me curiously , till I understood . Without noticing it , while I was looking the other way , I had become old ; so old that I was an ‘ old lady’ , known as such at the village school . Under their teacher 's guidance little hands had struggled — arranging , rearranging , fingering — plates such as this , to remember , and to show love for , the aged at Christmas - time . The little girls were still watching me , now rather doubtfully , I thought , so with a mighty effort I changed my whole concept of what I was , in order to respond .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
RENTING instead of buying can save people setting up a home more than £ 2,000 a year , it was claimed yesterday . As house prices plummet , the new breed of renters escape the danger of falling into debt traps and save their spare cash for the future . Housing analysts estimate that up to 500,000 young people have steered clear of becoming home owners since the property slump of the late Eighties . By renting accommodation they can enjoy a short - term lease contract while saving for a deposit to be laid down on a property when the market 's future becomes clearer . Economists with the Council of Mortgage Lenders have compared the cost of buying a £ 55,000 house with renting .
Idiom: go to ground (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's when the Press will really start having a field day.’ ‘ It 's all very well for you,’ she grumbled , sweeping one hand through her already tousled mane of hair . ‘ You 'll doubtless go to ground and leave me to cope with everything.’ When he did n't answer , she looked up at him accusingly . ‘ Unless of course you 're intending to disappear even sooner than that.’
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
Five - a - side knockout football competition — charge an entry fee . At Christmas time sell Traidcraft SCIAF Christmas cards . Enter Fun Runs or Marathons for Africa - get your sponsor forms and free T - shirt from SCIAF . For schools — have a non - uniform day and pay for the privilege . Simply fill a jar with spare coins — it 's amazing how quickly the pennies grow .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
Or are you going to claim I misunderstood you?’ Caroline stared at him . The man was worse than she 'd thought , not just egocentric but mad , to boot . ‘ Well?’ he demanded . ‘ What are you thinking?’
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: no)
They interrupt because they are unwilling to let pass a remark from which an intricate leap can be performed . Listening means harvesting what is being offered . It means reading between the uttered lines . It means asking promoting questions and also repeating what seems to have been said in order to ask for clarification . At the end of any interchange each party should be able to ask the questions : " What did I tell him and what did he tell me ? "
Idiom: have someone's number (used idiomatically: yes)
His wife came from that way . Near Braintree , I think.’ ‘ Do you have his number?’ There was silence for a moment . Then : ‘ Might dig it out .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
But he Alright . could draw it up to a a thousand pounds on that card I mean And you said he 's only just paid it , well That 's what he said , if I 'd known what I know now , he said I would n't of paid it !
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
In the signet office , the last dated document to survive was issued on I I June . Here business was likely to have been dislocated by the arrest of the king 's secretary Oliver King on 13 June , but departments without that problem show a comparable running down of business . The last grants to pass the great seal ( although others were in the pipeline ) were the appointments of the chief baron of the exchequer and two serjeants at law on 14 and 15 June — a last attempt by the establishment to pretend that it was business as normal . This prompt response to political crisis reflects the fact that the progress of grants through the system relied on the initiative of the recipients , who must have realized that grants from Edward V would shortly become worthless . In other departments business ran down more slowly .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Brigade command headquarters were also established in the buildings , which were systematically wrecked by the former Yugoslav army . They are also thought to have installed deadly boobytraps before leaving the region where the 100strong Cheshire contingent will soon be joined by a further 2,300 soldiers from the regiment . Men from the Royal Engineers and local contractors have been working around the clock to make the barracks habitable . But although new roofs have been built , many windows remain smashed and most bathrooms are nothing more than rubble . The troops have to sleep in cramped conditions on the floor with up to 20 in a single room .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
The helicopter warning horn then sounded advising that the main rotor blades were too slow . Applying pressure to the pedals to regain tail rotor control failed . But the report also says Mr Warren risked his own life by assisting the trainer pilot and passengers to safety as the helicopter threatened to catch fire . And though injured himself he ran a mile over rough terrain to fetch help . Chairman of the helicopter club of Great Britain , Jeremy James in Banbury says demonstrating the hover is n't a difficult manoevre but he does n't blame the pilot .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: no)
Who , Elinor 's expression seemed to be saying , is Martin Rubashon ? And why have I never heard his name before ? ‘ What 's a face - to - face matter?’ she said . ‘ The dustbins , of course,’ said Henry testily , ‘ this is a nine - million - dollar contract . I 'm not letting it slip over a few measly dustbins!’
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Now,’ he said softly . ‘ Tell me , Isobel.’ She turned her head to look up at him . With that intuitive understanding she had always had with him , she knew exactly what he meant . ‘ I was happy , Edouard .
Idiom: tread the boards (used idiomatically: yes)
Trying to do things on the cheap only results in an inferior service . If the day hospital is to stay , and one hopes it is , then a return to previous staffing levels are essential . A MAN who had a triple heart bypass operation is now treading the boards in the hope of becoming a pop star . Former taxi driver Paul Burrows , of Chandos Street , Darlington , discovered his talent for singing while convalescing from the life saving surgery last April . And now the 39-year - old is becoming a hit in local clubs , singing Sixties hits solo as well as performing duets with his wife Margeurite .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
The sadly - lacking mainspring of the entire offensive was the slow build - up of planned routeing and the lack of any scientific devices to assist the navigators and bomb - aimers . It is extremely odd to reflect today that whilst the " boffins " managed to save the country in 1940 with radar in the Battle of Britain , no parallel device was being developed to help Bomber Command . But please to remember that the Battle of Britain boffinery first saw the light of day in the mid-1930s . There was a scientific hiatus and it took the Butt Report and the prodding of the C - in - C to trigger off an effort in this direction , GEE was an excellent start , but soon negated by jamming . It did , however , assist in the concentration of bombers on route to the target and was invaluable in getting aircraft back in conditions of bad weather , GEE 's most important occasion was perhaps the 1,000-Plan , when nearly 1,000 aircraft passed through the target area in about 90 minutes , making Koln a watershed in the history of the British Bomber Offensive .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
Simon Wright did n't expect to be back from the High Court for at least another week . But lawyers struck a deal before his case was due to start , and Simon returned to Swindon tonight around 600 000 better off . Simon was riding pillion on a motorcycle when it hit a car head - on at the Three Horse Shoes crossroads at Ashton Keynes in September 1986 . The motorbike rider , Patrick Gregory , was fatally injured … Simon , then 18 and a trainee fitter , spent several weeks on a life - support machine .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
No - one could question the diligence of Maxwell Fyfe , Soskice , or Brooke as Home Secretary , but their reputations have suffered grievously from lack of vision and flair . A further inhibiting factor on the Home Secretary 's freedom of action is the pressure on Parliamentary time available to the Government to get its legislative programme enacted . Other Ministers stake out their claims , urged on by their civil servants . Even within the Home Office , one of the most heavyweight of all Whitehall Departments , the Secretary of State will have to set his own priorities between immigration and nationality , criminal justice , national security , gambling , the fire service , Sunday trading , dangerous dogs , and many other topics for legislation , some of which may be urgent , and most of which will be controversial . The portrayal so far is of national politics painted with a broad brush , giving a picture lacking in definition and detail .
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
The air crews used to flock around the office even more now that she was with us , and in particular a navigator called Henry who made numerous attempts to date her . Rosemary , playing safe , refused to go out with him unless I came too so in the end we used to make up a foursome with Henry 's pilot , Jimmy , and with me sticking to my policy of not getting involved . ( This policy came badly unstuck later on . ) Henry and Jimmy were known around the squadron as Laurel and Hardy . Henry was large and jovial and partly bald , while Jimmy was small and rather lugubrious in appearance and hailed from Glasgow .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Olsen had called Leeds ( Wilko i guess ) and expressed his concern about Frank and inquiring why Frank did not make it . The answer he got was in the line that Frank looked uninspired in training ( well as ‘ inspired ’ as Deano looks from time to time in the games i guess Deano most look — very — inspired in training ) . Olsen also mentioned that Frank and a couple of other U21 players has all along been good enough for the WC-squad but as the U21 team had a chance for making it in their own qualifying these players were not considered when games collided ( they usually do ) . Frank will probably be rented out to a norw. club this spring ( as will many of the other players not playing in the first-11 — among them Fjortoft ) . halvard
Idiom: upset the apple cart (used idiomatically: yes)
A very scholarly and erudite work , widely acclaimed at the time but since much maligned . Professional jealousy ? Upsetting the scientific apple - cart ? A charlatan ? Unlikely — man was a friend and colleague of Albert Einstein .
Idiom: pop the question (used idiomatically: yes)
A COMPUTER expert gave his girlfriend an olde worlde surprise when he enlisted the help of a town crier to ask her to marry him . Two weeks ago Sharon Edwards began teasing Darren Johnson over his ‘ lack of romance’ . But yesterday , after 25-year - old Derek from Huntington , Chester , popped the question , Sharon , 22 , admitted she was stunned . Mr Johnson secretly arranged with deputy crier David Mitchell to propose during one of his ear - splitting announcements . So , while out on a shopping trip , Darren stepped forward as a volunteer to help the crier with a proclamation of his own .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
Meanwhile the Broads were due to be given National Park status in April 1989 , and it seemed appropriate to mark the occasion with a modern study , albeit a subjective one . Denyer decided to put together a mix of landscapes and portraits , images that gave him particular visual pleasure . Working in black - and - white was pretty much a natural choice , partly for practical and economic reasons . ‘ Also’ , he says , ‘ I 've always liked black - and - white . There 's an immediacy and drama about it , and the fact that I can control the entire process from pressing the shutter right through to the dry print counts for a lot .
Idiom: ahead of the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Why not wear the things the rest of the day too ? After all , as Deborah Hutton , health editor of Vogue , put it : ‘ If you 're the sort of person who frowns , even if you do wear these things for an hour while you exercise , you 'll carry on frowning for the rest of the day after you 've taken them off.’ If you are inclined to take Frownies seriously , and wish to be well ahead of the game , you need look no farther than Clare Maxwell - Hudson 's office in north London , where the notion that anti - frown plasters are a new idea from the USA met with shrieks of incredulity . Many years ago , before aerobics was invented , Clare , the well - known natural beauty and massage guru , expounded her theory that keeping a serene face was the best bet for a wrinkle - free future . Her idea was to stick a piece of Sellotape between your eyebrows for an afternoon to make yourself aware of how often you frowned , so that you would know to do it less .
Idiom: thick and fast (used idiomatically: yes)
As the paper states , a solution to this problem must be found if the progressive developments suggested for auditing are to be achieved . An Institute working party is currently re - examining the issue with a view to moving the arguments further forward . Finally , may reactions to the paper come thick and fast from all quarters ! It is a golden opportunity to influence the future scope and nature of auditing . news
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
The reason for this is essentially because the materials employed on nuclear construction are more costly — layers of thick stainless steel , intricate computerized systems , for example— and the design far more complex . Safety requirements demand , among other things , the installation of multiple back - up systems for emergency cooling of the reactor , as well as constant checks by regulatory bodies on the standard of even the smallest weld . As a result , building costs are higher right across the board for nuclear stations and construction time is also up to twice as long . On such capital - intensive projects , any over - runs can rapidly push up the overall costings . As we have already seen , the early record of British nuclear construction was not impressive .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
flowers and Yeah I mean she had a picture of him on the headstone and oh , thought she went over the top I 'm afraid and she get loads of support because then that Clifford was very popular and er his was yeah and er the men were very good .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
A horrible time , truncating the night 's slumber yet eliminating any chance of a soothing return to bed for an hour before the day 's work . And I hated turning out even more since my marriage . Helen was lovely to come back to , but by the same token it was a bigger wrench to leave her soft warm presence and venture into the inhospitable world outside . And the journey to the Hulton farm was not enlivened by my memories of those five other sows . I had tried everything ; full anaesthesia , lifting them upside down with pulleys , directing a jet from a hose on the everted organ , and all the time pushing , straining sweating over the great mass of flesh which refused to go back through that absurdly small hole .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
" Do you know yet who she is ? " " Not yet . There 's no diary in the bag . That kind do n't keep diaries . But I shall know in about half an hour . "
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
In the light of these guidelines , a Government 's request for United ~ Nations involvement , or consent to it , would not be an infringement of that State 's sovereignty or be contrary to Article~2 , paragraph~7 , of the Charter which refers to matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Add approximately 8 cm ( 3 ⅛in ) to the top pleat section for this purpose . Example : Overall length 132 cm ( 52 in ) — Bottom pelmet 14 cm ( 5 ½in ) ; three pleat sections of 28 cm ( 11 in ) ; top pleat 34 cm ( 13 ½in ) . Bear in mind that all sections must add up to the overall length measurement . Materials Outer fabric
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm saying squaring it off financially . No . But at the end of the day , I mean , he 's sure gon na turn round and do it to us . No . But you have to .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Italy ? Ireland ? Aline kicked me under the table . ‘ She 's talking about you,’ she murmured , without using her lips . The night 's ward - changes were being announced .