Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: run amok (used idiomatically: yes)
Joe Bell , who lost 24 breeding pigeons valued at more than £ 2,500 , said the raiders also broke into another breeder 's loft letting out his stock birds . Joe , a 61-year - old housing supervisor , of Portland House , Longlands , said when he arrived at the loft yesterday morning the outer door had been nailed up from the outside . ‘ I borrowed a hammer from one of the allotment holders and forced an entry to find the raiders had ran amok inside hurling bricks through the wooden huts and smashing window frames,’ he said . ‘ They took 24 champion stock breeders leaving eight chicks and seven sets of eggs . I managed to get another breeder to take two of the chicks , but the others will have to be destroyed .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet I am his wife and I desire him . There is something lethal in all this . ‘ You know,’ said Patrick , holding her hand with a steady pressure in his large warm hand , ‘ I 'm very grateful to you , you were so kind to me when I was ill , you were loving to me.’ Franca was touched that he remembered , that he had been aware . She said , ‘ I cared very much .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
Carrie , her face red and flushed as a result of the shouting she had done , hugged him enthusiastically . Behind her , Tom Hanks 's happy face showed that he too had backed Grye to win . ‘ You 've done me proud again , Seb . As a result of your win I can buy something special for your ma . Some really nice material for a dress , perhaps .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
We are hopeful that it will be a true festival of football . ' Not only do the World Cup organisers have to keep England 's and Holland 's supporters apart , they will also have to cope with Ireland 's peaceful ' green army ' , which could number 20,000 . But the FA pointed out that Holland and the Irish Republic would be based primarily in Sicily and would play only one game each in Sardinia . Mr Colin Moynihan , the sports minister is expected to visit Italy again in early spring , perhaps travelling to Sardinia . Fifa , soccer 's world governing body , played down the pairing .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
Novotna really made Seles fight in a hard - hitting battle that surely set a new decibel record ! Monique Javer also pulled a bad one out of the hat , and lost 6–1 , 6–0 to Fernandez with a performance that lacked any hint of a challenge . Clare Wood los 6–4 , 6–2 to Halle Cioffe , and it was left , as it is so often , to Jo Durie to fly the flag . Durie and Bates lost their mixed doubles title in the quarter - final to the pair they defeated in last year 's final , Scott Davis and Robin White . And just for the record , Bates played doubles with Edberg , but they lost 6–2 , 6–1 to Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez in the 1st round .
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
Gary Wilmot could possibly do it as , like me , he was a contestant on the show and would therefore understand the awesome fear the contestants have to cope with . I love doing ‘ New Faces’ , but it 's not a job many pros would take on . You have to take a back seat and be ‘ an unselfish performer’ , and very few successful acts or ‘ stars’ are unselfish . I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single - minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . In fairness to Central T.V. , I 'll have to inform Richard Holloway , my producer , of my condition .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
A woman holds a tiny baby . It 's the early 1930s , a picture of the half - sister , left behind . But I think I knew about her and her mother long before I looked them both in the face , or heard about their existence ; knew that the half - understood adult conversations around me , the quarrels about " her " , the litany of " she " , " she " , " she " from behind closed doors made the figure in the New Look coat , hurrying away , wearing the clothes my mother wanted to wear , angry with me yet nervously inviting me to follow , caught finally in the revolving door . We have proper birth certificates , because my mother must have told a simple lie to the registrar , a discovery about the verisimilitude of documents that worries me a lot as a historian . In 1954 The Pirates of Penzance was playing at the Streatham Hill Theatre , and we had one of the baritones as a lodger instead of the usual girls .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: no)
Could it triumph , with its Galileos , Einsteins , Picassos , Beethovens and Aristotles — thinkers and seers of Pacific origin , who will one day come to imprint their views and creations as firmly as did their Mediterranean and Atlantic forebears ? Or is it all an illusion , a phantasm derived from mere figures , a figment of journalistic imagination , an evanescent creature of dream and the wishful thinking of those for whom history is proceeding too slowly , and who would prefer to see an era change during their lifetimes rather than to live within the dulling envelope of merely one ? I hope that the succeeding chapters will go at least some way towards building flesh and sinew , face and character — even if it happens to be , as on Tafahi island , a North German face and character — on to the dry , lifeless bones of economists ' figures . On the face of the planet there lies , assembled into one immense and complicated but always inter - connected body , a quantity of some 329 million cubic miles of water — the sea . This body , because it contains fifty thousand million million tons of sodium chloride and similarly massive quantities of other dissolved salts , is undrinkable by most living creatures , but in scores of other ways is central — vital , indeed — to the existence of all life .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
I realized my mistake ; he 'd remember such generosity , and his boy would be able to describe me . Hell , under all that gook on his eyelids , he was probably no blinder than a hawk . That made two unwanted witnesses to point the finger at me . ‘ Much thanking , Mist ' Americano , much thanking.’ He whispered a long coil of Chinese phrases to his boy helper , and the child looked up at me , almond eyes shining in a brim - shadowed face .
Idiom: rule the roost (used idiomatically: yes)
Straight after the Open he was offered a Rolls Royce to go out and celebrate his win . I had an old camping van that I lived in during tournaments , and he chose to go with me in it for a meal in Chinatown in Liverpool . The late 1960s and early 1970s saw Lee Trevino ruling the roost on both sides of the Pond . Well , almost ruling it : one player stood in his way — Tony Jacklin . Some say 1972 was a fight to the death , which left Jacklin as the slain gladiator .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ No one 's not going to put on me .’ Anne had continued to visit the Misses Dolan frequently even after Margaret had moved in to look after them , and been very happy to see her old friends so well cared for and so delighted with Margaret 's lively little girl . ‘ It 's a new lease of life for them,’ she told her mother , but just before Sarah became ill Miss Louisa suffered a stroke and was confined to bed , and two weeks later Miss Ellen had a heart attack and was also bedridden . Anne went to offer to help Margaret with the nursing but she said that she could manage . ‘ Thanks , Anne , but honestly they make it so easy .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
Since then I 've thought two things . First : he 's weird enough to have undressed me without thinking , according to some mad notion of the ‘ proper’ thing to do . Perhaps he thought I could n't lie in bed with my clothes on . And then that perhaps it was a sort of reminder . Of all the things he might have done , but had n't .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
On Sun , 16 Jan 1994 , wrote : I do nt think the FA want to pay compensation to anybody . Although I rate El Tel very highly I think one of the reasons he is being picked is that no money will have to change hands . I know us anti - Wilkoite 's have got to stick together , but Terry Yorath — Be serious ! ! He made an absolute Bollocks of the job down the road here at Bradford Shitty , and he was one of the most unpopular players at Elland road during the ‘ golden era’ .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
The very first international tennis event to be held in the country was disrupted by 30 coloured demonstrators , protesting at the exclusion of the Tennis Association of South Africa , just three weeks ago despite massive security . In fact , the bigger the event , the better the target . It would seem to be that there is still an enormously long way to go before anyone can predict with even a reasonable amount of confidence that the security of the event will not be a problem . Therefore , the IB has to decide to have a last minute replacement on call in the event of a deterioration , or , if that proves logistically and financially prohibitive , reject the South African claim altogether . There are a number of significant steps that have to be taken before the IB can even contemplate making that sort of decision .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
Police suspect fatigue as the cause ; the driver was not under the influence of alcohol .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
And yet he could have sworn that someone had tapped him on the shoulder . And then raindrops began to fall in the sand all around him . Fat drops of rain placed in the sand , almost one by one , like counters on a board game . But there was no board . Or was there ?
Idiom: head for the hills (used idiomatically: yes)
Cash is the first among equals . And he wants to go home . He is putting on his long black coat , a sure sign that he is ready to head for the hills , or at least his hotel suite . A busy man , Johnny Cash , with a notoriously short attention span . Only one way to grab his interest — give him a Winston Churchill Commemorative Crown at the outset of our allotted five - minute interview and hope we have the chance to exchange more than names .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Then it started to rain . The rain fell in tiny , miserable droplets that were blown about by the wind . These icy cold droplets seemed to cut through to the bone as if to punish him for the way he was . He sought shelter . But the best he could do was it down behind a large rock and escape from the grasp of the wind , though the rain still got to him and he started to shiver violently .
Idiom: hell for leather (used idiomatically: yes)
And beyond was the Thames , curving away at Battersea and Vauxhall - a thin miasma rose from its putrid , oily surface , and the smell of drainage — the smell into which all London smells sooner or later merged — hung over all . The strongest smell on the roof , though , was of the coke that sang as it burned in the brazier . A coach and four came hell - for - leather up King Street and almost collided with a chaise coming down Whitehall . Men poured from both and raced through the cheering crowd , up the steps , to hammer at the door . When it was not immediately opened , one of them began to shout ‘ Too late !
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
An 18-year - old and a 16-year - old are due to appear in the same court to face a similar charge . Convicts back behind bars TWO escaped prisoners were back behind bars yesterday after police re - arrested them in an early morning swoop . Armed robber Phillip Ayres , 25 , and Stephen Mynott , 29 , jailed for murder , escaped from Channings Wood Prison in Devon , six weeks ago . Police moved on to a housing estate in St Mellons , Cardiff , after a five - day surveillance operation .
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: yes)
Mrs Strutt , of Chirk , Clwyd , also helped in a hospital in Llangollen . Her husband , John , 77 , said : ‘ She did so much for so many people . Everyone thought the world of her.’ Another caring woman who died in the disaster was doctor 's daughter Deborah Leon , from South Gosforth , Newcastle upon Tyne . Debbie , 32 , worked for the Portland Project for the homeless before becoming women 's officer with the Transport Union .
Idiom: hit the road (used idiomatically: yes)
And you set out in the morning and you know this road , you know this road well . You travelled along it yesterday , there was nothing wrong with this road yesterday . But on one of these days , and you hit the road there 's been an accident , somebody 's dug the road up , there 's something wrong and you 're in a traffic jam . It 's a day when you want to get in early . So there you are , you 're stuck now in this traffic jam , and you know you 're going to be late .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
With both scrum - half Ashley Blair and flanker Johnny Boyd out for a protracted period , Carey 's absence would be a further blow to Ulster 's lone Division One representatives . Brian Smith fills the gap against Instonians who will present a stiff prelude for the League battles ahead . Dungannon will be happy to have a ready - made replacement for Blair in Irish Under 21 pivot Andrew Gallagher and up front former Irish Schools ' number 8 John Patterson gets his big chance to stake a claim for Boyd 's open side berth . Dungannon are also bolstered by the return of Ireland lock Patrick Johns . There is a possibility that Alistair Redpath may get a run in the centre .
Idiom: in the short run (used idiomatically: yes)
And plainly Peirce does not deny that we have some common sense grasp of it ; but he holds that taking it seriously transforms the character of inquiry . Ordinary inquiry is directed at the efficient settlement of belief , so that error or ignorance will not interfere with our practical concerns . Forming the intention to adopt beliefs only when they correspond to reality postpones the settlement of belief : we are forced to adopt rules which , while they are guaranteed to reveal reality to us in the long run , are not guaranteed to do so in the short run . The inquirer does not believe current scientific results , but simply looks upon them as the current stage on the route to a final description of reality . ( He may believe them qua practical man , but not qua scientist . )
Idiom: close call (used idiomatically: yes)
By the same token , away from home Kent may find themselves batting on a missile launching pad , but that is another matter . So , too , is the risk that an overcooked spinners ' pitch may be ruled out of order and points deducted at umpires ' question time . Indeed , because of unsatisfactory conditions and a close call last season , Kent have forsaken Dartford this summer and , for economic reasons , will not play at Folkestone . Accordingly , Canterbury will absorb four extra championship matches . Incidentally , proposals for the establishment of a major Kent ground at Crystal Palace which could give the county a profitable metropolitan base are being enthusisastically pursued , though they are unlikely to be realised before the end of the century .
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
The effect of Odo of Cluny on robbers is comparable to that of Gauzlin of Fleury or of the statue of St Faith at Conques on unscrupulous knights . Odo 's biography was written by a monk who had little interest in the miraculous and much in practical virtues . Perhaps the greatness which Cluny achieved amongst Western monasteries shows , amongst other things , that in the final analysis living saints were even more effective than dead ones . This account of Western Christianity in the early Middle Ages may have been rather weighted towards the political , and perhaps , given the political complexion of the discussion , it may be surprising to many readers that more has not been said about the papacy . The popes pressed their primatial and jurisdictional claims with impressive continuity in this period ; using every appeal to them made by Carolingian churchmen seeking to bolster their own positions ; making a bid to establish the authority of the papacy over the Bulgarian church ; declaring its sole power to establish a new archbishopric as at Magdeburg in 968 ; and developing the special relationship with the new Polish church at the turn of the first millennium which would ultimately bear fruit in a Polish pope at the turn of the second .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
Society , he insisted , demanded their destruction . The judge agreed . Before handing down the death sentence , he asked if the two men had anything to say . Valus and Derby - Lewis showing no remorse replied , nothing . They were driven away to death row in Pretoria 's central prison .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's like , we 're only messing like , do n't you understand?’ ‘ When we did a signing session at the Rough Trade shop , we thought it was the biggest ball hop ever!’ cackles Niall . ‘ People were waiting for us to sign things and it was like , you 're taking the piss out of us , are n't you?’ ‘ I still sneak into record shops to see if there 's a Frank & Walters section,’ confesses a disbelieving Ashley . ‘ It 's probably healthy to have the outlook that we have , though .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
He is , and always has been , a true sportsman , smiling , chivalrous , gentle ( except when he has a bat in his hands ) , and possessed of the genuine amateur 's clean outlook . He has not relied on intimidation . He has based his game on the prime virtues of line and length , backed by great stamina . Almost 25,000 balls has he sent down in Test cricket , and although Sir Richard Hadlee , in an otherwise gracious radio tribute immediately after the 400th wicket had been bagged , pointed to the greater number of Tests and deliveries needed by the Indian , it is by assessing the amount of support from the other end over the years that we gain a full picture of Kapil 's place in history : he has carried India 's bowling almost throughout his career . I vividly recall meeting the young man in 1979 for the first time .
Idiom: make a go of (used idiomatically: yes)
Donna picked up her bags and followed Alex towards the exit . ‘ I got myself a few commissions — did I tell you I was thinking of going freelance?’ ‘ Think you can make a go of it?’ ‘ I hope so . Otherwise , I starve .
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: no)
Some of these projects , including Charles Brown 's , are currently under review . Most are destined for the chop . The DHSS has pumped £ 21 million into a new blood purification complex at Elstree which has its own research and development facilities . This factory , should make Britain self - sufficient in blood by 1985 . At the moment the health authorities import between 60 and 70 per cent of their blood from the United States , where AIDS and hepatitis B contamination is rife .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
The problem sheets are so difficult now nobody can do them and they usually just wait until the answers come out every week and usually it 's just a case of copying them down . Students are often left to muddle along ; the help they may need is not forthcoming , even in tutorials . Consequently many students , by the final year in particular , felt that they had lost all hope of making sense of the subject or getting to grips with the work . So far , we have seen that while physics was viewed by students as exciting and forward - looking , in practice the teaching tended to be conventional and hierarchical , very much like school , with students being given a body of information to absorb . In higher education , however , students are expected to do far more practical experiments than in school .
Idiom: read my lips (used idiomatically: no)
Like much political folk wisdom , this particular belief is of recent origin . It probably dates back only to 1984 when the Democratic presidential nominee , Walter Mondale , promised to raise taxes on Americans to curb the US budget deficit and was promptly beaten by Ronald Reagan . Four years later George Bush based his famous ' Read my lips — no new taxes ' on the same assumption . In Britain , the idea seemed confirmed during the 1980s . The Conservatives cut income tax throughout the decade .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: no)
Ann Williams XYZ Foods Tel : 000 0000 Here details are given both of the executive at the PR consultancy working on the account and the relevant executive at the client company . Very often PR consultancies only give their own executives ' names , but there are times when a journalist will want to " go straight to the horse 's mouth " and a contact within the client company can be very important . The details also give a home number to contact at the evenings and weekends essential if the story is likely to have any national significance . If a story is really important two contacts are also very useful .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
ENTERPRISE ONE Heinemann 1985 96 pp Based on topics and situations related to day - to - day business activities : telephone work , office practice , etc . Students ' Book develops situations in the running of a small company ; workbook introduces additional practice . Dialogues , drills , pronunciation exercises on cassette . each unit introduces a situation on which various kinds of language practice are based .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
Outside in the street , where she could raise her voice again , she almost shouted at him , telling him he was to stop behaving as if he had been right and she wrong — as if he believed she now shared his views and endorsed his ridiculous maunderings . When he refused , and persisted in his lofty , tolerant , self - satisfaction , she understood that only some drastic gesture would persuade him of her seriousness . So when he went to take his bath , she hired a fresh chaise , had her luggage transferred to it , and left at once for Dublin . She was tired enough then to feel a certain caustic amusement that John 's infidelity to the firm touched her so much more on the raw than his infidelity to her . Chapter 31
Idiom: feel the pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
We eagerly set out to find our dream home but , after much searching , eventually we decided that there was no way we could leave our quiet countryside house with its beautiful views . We 're still here , two extensions later , and very happy not to have jumped on the house - moving bandwagon . Over the years we 've enjoyed annual family holidays without feeling the pinch and we 've built up good relationships with our neighbours and the surrounding community . Our house has increased in value and we feel lucky that we 're not affected by the slump in the housing market . Mrs. J Seed Nelson , Lancs
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
The hostel now has smaller bedrooms with 4 and 6 beds , improved toilets , showers and heating , new servery and kitchen and new classroom for groups . The waterside in October Grey seals assemble during the autumn , the cows on off - shore rocks near the sea to give birth to their young and the bulls on rocks and in inlets to establish territories for mating takes place 14 days after the births of the young seals . Exposed rocky coasts are preferred for both hauling out and breeding and so the islands of Orkney , Hebrides , Shetland , Farne , Scilly and Man and the coasts of Dorset , Devon , Cornwall and Wales are the areas where the seals will be found . The British population of some 52,000 is 65 per cent of the world population and so it is very important that these numbers are protected .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
3 . Research methods . These must be designed or adapted from other studies bearing in mind available resources ; a questionnaire of some kind will often be involved . A sampling scheme must be proposed ( see Chapter 17 ) . Provisional tables , etc . , for the final report should be specified .