Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
I was so glad to get your letter . It is the Underworld indeed , with rain slashing down out of a black sky , and the wind tearing the roses off the side of the house . We had some hot weather , but with an eiderdown of cloud under the sun . One of those days was last Friday , when I had a terrible time going to lunch with Herman to meet Ivy . There was a derailment on the railway - line ahead of our train and , after sitting fretting for forty minutes , we were all turned off it .
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: no)
Sorry bout the last msg … Im doing this on a PC , as opposed to me normal VDU , and for some reason the function keys are all up the spout . I was just dithering , trying to see what the new keys were , when I thought ‘ shit , unless I can send it , there s no point me carrying on ’ . In a swift mindless moment , and one CTRL-Z later , the message was off on its merry way . Ah well — least I got the new key first time : - )
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
If you leave it unmarked and unprotected it is easy to mix the Source and Destination disks up and you could overwrite and lose your valuable information ) Figure 8 shows the Utilities Screen and from here you can choose and run a variety of the helpful programs available in DOS5 . Point the mouse cursor ( seen here as an arrow ) onto the required program and double - click on the left mouse button to highlight and operate the program . The BACKUP and RESTORE programs are opposite to each other , one will backup your programs to floppy disks and the other allows you to restore them to your hard drive . Also here is the UNDELETE command which will sometimes ( do n't rely on this as a guaranteed safety catch ) save your bacon if you have accidentally wiped ( deleted ) a file from a disk .
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: yes)
You know , I mean they 've still got a couple of books each and I 've bought three Swing the swing and I 've bought them a couple of wooden puzzles where you pick the bits up so , I thought well then I 'll call it a day there , and that 'll be that Well this is this is it Gilly cos I mean Oh you can keep going though totally over the top I thought well Joseph 's was twelve ninety nine and Ben 's was fourteen nineteen ninety nine and that 's just tough that I 've got you know , I ca n't get Charlotte 's any cheaper than that , but , I mean they 're not gon na know how much I 've , they 're not gon na say well you 've got five pound more than what I have cos they 're not of that age so , that 's how I 've left it , that 's what I 'm gon na do , I 'll get her the circus and then they can swap them over and Joseph will be happy that he got something on wheels
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: yes)
While endeavouring to find a title for my first book , Colin Harvey , the publisher , suggested ‘ Poems for Daffodil Teas’ . I thought Poems for D.T. 's would be more appropriate , or would attract more attention on a book - shop counter . Getting back to the actual poem , I had to write about a subject that the ladies of the congregation could identify with , and as Tupperware is a household name , I got the inspiration to write ‘ The Hostess’ It all started from there , and , like the product , has gone from strength to strength .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
The idea of the lofty Naylor Massingham sitting impatiently outside her apartment block for an hour was one which Leith found quite pleasing — so much so that she almost broke into a smile . Resolutely she held the smile down and , since he was being so aggressive , her own tone was short as she snapped nastily , ‘ What are you doing here anyway?’ ‘ Do n't be shy — call me Naylor!’ he thundered , and suddenly Leith 's sense of humour got the better of her , and she burst out laughing . He seemed arrested by her laughter , she saw , as she watched his glance go from the merriment in her eyes to her laughing mouth . And then , even while she was making valiant efforts to control herself , because for certain he was going to set about strangling her at any moment , after some seconds of looking at her as if staggered , suddenly , and to her amazement , he was seeing the funny side of it also — and he was laughing too !
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: no)
Shirley Clarke CBS Records 17–19 Soho Square London W1 Dear Shirley ( if I may ) I would like to ask if it might be possible for Oxford University Press to make use of the track The Chocolate Girl by Deacon Blue in a non-broadcast educational video . The programme is titled Project Video and will be distributed on cassette to secondary schools worldwide for use in teaching English as a foreign language . Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes .
Idiom: on the trot (used idiomatically: yes)
What I did there was I had my Trio preamp going through a Boogie 295 power amp into a couple of Boogie Black Shadow speaker cabs and I was switching between that setup and the Fender Twin . It 's the closest I 've been to my ideal live setup , really . It was great to be working in one place for a few nights on the trot so that I could afford to go to that amount of trouble.’ I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster . ‘ It 's really just a bunch of guys that I work with on the session scene who all write a bit , and we 've come together in order to find an outlet for our writing .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: no)
Top politicians from all parties in the United ~ Kingdom were united in condemning Barclays ' actions , particularly with regard to its systemic cheating on the reporting of interest rates , exposed in the Libor scandal . ( The London ~ Interbank Offered Rate is a key benchmark for borrowing and lending around the world , including for the pricing of derivatives ) . Indeed , Chancellor of the Exchequer George ~ Osborne went so far as to say , " Fraud is a crime in ordinary business ; why should n't it be so in banking ? " His clear implication is that fraud was committed at Barclays – a serious allegation from Britain 's finance minister .
Idiom: in the driver's seat (used idiomatically: yes)
Who was he kidding ? Everything hurt . I could hear my wife , Sharon , in the driver ' s seat of our Peugeot 405 but I could not see her because my eyes were clouded with blood . I remember paramedics getting her out of the car , but I could not get out of my seat because my legs were trapped under the dashboard . Time was suspended and the police heard my life story at least twice with patience and good humour in the 80 minutes it took to cut my right leg free from the car .
Idiom: live and let live (used idiomatically: no)
For the armchair golfer there 's the definitive guide to great links golf , with photos from the game 's most respected photographer Brian Morgan — the Classic Golf Links Of Great Britain And Ireland by Donald Steel ( £25 , Chapmans ) . 17 Let them watch the Masters in action and re-live Fred Couples ' thrilling victory earlier this year on the Augusta Masters video from The Video Collection ( £10.99 ) . 18 Golfers can store their clubs in the latest in luxury — multi-coloured golf bags from Sun Mountain Sports ( 0622-820519 ) for £70 .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
All regions have recorded a steadily decreasing accident rate over the past seven years , except for Africa .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
( If they 'd existed in George Orwell 's day , when they were needed at least as much as now , we 'd have been spared all his sentimental fallacies about the perfect symmetry of family life . ) But feminism never prescribes its own politics for the inhabitants . Firstly , because it goes against its grain : women always have to find their own way to where they 're going . Secondly , it does n't need to — the feminist consciousness which builds the refuges is only the commonsense of its clients . This gives the lie to the notion that women 's liberation is only a middle - class indulgence — the refuges are a complex resource maintained by a poor movement for poor women .
Idiom: make a splash (used idiomatically: yes)
THE Spitalfields Development Group , the consortium planning the redevelopment of the fruit and flower market in the City of London ( above ) , has applied for planning permission for a radically revised 1.9 million sq ft scheme ( below ) , involving 900,000 sq ft of flexible office space , 200,000 sq ft of retail units , residential and lesiure elements . Two years ago the group won the go - ahead for a different scheme aimed at the banking and financial sectors , but the crash and oversupply in the City market forced a rethink . Water authorities that will make a splash : Jeremy Warner on investment in the floated water authorities By JEREMY WARNER STOCK broking analysts are about to start making choices about which of the 10 water authorities being floated in early December are worth investing in .
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: yes)
Goal nets were invented and patented in 1890 by James Brodie , of Liverpool . Cashing in on a record prize THE biggest individual guaranteed cash prize ever offered in North West fishing is up for grabs in Saturday 's Octoplus Echo Spring Classic final . Top prize in the competition , on the banks of Moreton Mere , is £ 1,000 . The runner - up will win £ 600 , third £ 400 , fourth £ 300 , fifth £ 250 with £ 150 for 6th place .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
But probably we 'll always I think the Guys situation is a very interesting experiment . It 's a shame it 's going on under a microscope , spotlight or whatever but erm . Spotlight I mean do n't a microscope . Erm but even so it 's er it 's , it 's interesting .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
He achieved the feat at the 15th at Goswick Golf Club near Berwick , George retired when Manager of Berwick - upon - Tweed Branch . Wet weather golfers soldier on in the rain Tayside get the better of Aberdeen WIND and rain greeted golfers who turned out for the annual Good Friday match between Tayside Region and Aberdeen District at Forfar Golf Club . Because of the atrocious weather , play was restricted to one round only with Tayside Region coming out on top by 4½ — 3½.
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
Cut-outs on this page are from Dennis Ruabon 's range of geometric quarry tile shapes ; use as borders , or for threedimensional effects Left : Cut-out from Dennis Ruabon 's Start-Border design ; in red , ironstone and black , it can be combined with the six standard quarry colours Right : Part of a nine-tile panel design of daffodils , in black , blue and gold , Panel-Accent Orpheus , from Royal Dutch Sphinx , can be used as a feature in bathroom , hall , or even the bedroom NEWS UPdate ALARM AND LOCK BAR SECURES PATIO DOORS AND SLIDING SASH WINDOWS
Idiom: count your blessings (used idiomatically: yes)
From now on the windows she polished , the floors she swept , the cups and saucers and plates she washed would not be her own . It would have been too sad to think about had she not met two apprehensive Wrens : Lucinda and Jane , kids hardly out of their gymslips who would need a bit of looking after . Count your blessings , Mam had always said , and she must never , ever forget it . ' Hey , but that was n't half good . ' She rubbed the last of her bread around her plate .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: no)
And the tried and true w , tested , the tried and tested ways are n't necessarily going to be of any use to you . You want some new fresh ideas . We can get stuck in tramlines . So some of the things that we 're going to be looking at this morning is ways for you to use , that the people working with you can come up with some new ideas , but you can also use these ways yourself , because sometimes you do n't have the luxury of people to help you with your problem . So we , we 're going to look at those sorts of things this morning .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
We will now proceed with agenda item number six report of the policy and resources committee . After this agenda item we will take a tea break . Thank you chairman , I think that I 'll take it easy until the chamber empty and so . I can not find the page now through all that excitement here when I get to it I 'll get to it some time page twenty five I 'll be alright . Can I say Chairman on on this report of the policy of the old policy and resources committee on the internal management of local authorities that was a very important issue because it 's I all issues are important but in particular the the seal the report is to inform the council of comments which the policy and resources committee has agreed to make the association of county councils on the recommendation of the joint working party on the internal management of local authority Now I 'm sure you , you 've waded through the report at least some of the during the last er week or so that er that you 've had it well I would advise you to turn to page thirty and thirty one because there 's lot eas and it 'll make life easier for you , if you do that and there on the bottom half of page thirty you will see the decisions of the policy and resources committee .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
A diametrically different view came from a trades - union leader , Mr Lee Chuk - Yan , who said : ‘ This whole thing of right of abode gives one more choice to people who already have lots of choices . It gives nothing to those who have no choice.’ A similar view was expressed by Mr Lee Wing - Tat , the radical local council leader , who made history by heckling the former Foreign Secretary , Sir Geoffrey Howe , at a lunch last July . ‘ The Hong Kong Chinese are very pragmatic .
Idiom: take someone's word for it (used idiomatically: yes)
But there 's lots of wildlife around , if you happen to be in the right place at the right time , and not singing a Betty Boo number at the top of your voice . The Highlands are teeming with fascinating creatures , and witnessing any of them going about their daily business is an exciting privilege . It 's sometimes hard to explain to a person who does n't share your enthusiasm for the plant and animal kingdom why watching three ptarmigan walking about on a clump of moss is exciting , but take my word for it that it is . A comforting aspect of wildlife watching in Scotland is that nothing is out to eat you . Adders are the only poisonous serpents in the British Isles , and they 're such lazy sods all they do is sunbathe beside or sleep underneath rocks after a meal of small frogs .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
He told friends he always believed in striking a happy medium . Seen at East Croydon railway station . ‘ Lavatories out of order . Please use Platform 5 or 6.’ Here is a late football result .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . And that is very very hot and will give some nasty burns to people 's hands . The business about sparklers erm it is one of those things where the very young children like to hold a sparkler but it has got to be done under proper supervised conditions . You are playing with a fire the temperature at the tip when it 's burning is approaching about a thousand degrees centigrade . And that is awfully hot it 's enough to bend steel and you can the effects of that on the metalwork after it 's burnt away .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
I think I think there was som some sent to Chester for example , I think they were doing something in the cathedral in Chester . Mm . And then you were talking about San Francisco earlier , now there are some churches in San Francisco that had Welsh slate and it must have gone by sea all the way Yeah . to to to San Francisco before my time .
Idiom: song and dance (used idiomatically: yes)
From traditional African to Jo'burg variety — work song ( gumboot ) , disco , jazz funk , hot gospel — and back again to a sensational African celebration which will leave you shouting for more . The Press ‘ An explosion of rollicking buttersmooth song and dance , a real rocker . The music throughout is magnificent … the best African musical so far . It 's amazing , it 's wonderful , and it deserves to be seen by everyone.’
Idiom: on the wagon (used idiomatically: yes)
Thing is do n't skinful . You watch , he 'll get in that pub and fi first thing he 'll fucking do is I 'll have a pint of lager please . Be on the fucking wagon . The first one may take a bit of time getting down but after that it It always does .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
But it could cost them more than they make . Store bosses are taking a gamble in hoping that enough folk will go shopping to make up for huge discounts on offer . If you take advantage of the sales you 'll be able to save at least 20p in the £ on goods which are already at rock - bottom prices . Yesterday shares in Kingfisher , owner of B&Q , stood at 432p — well down on the year high of 582p . And Do - it - All owners WH Smith shares were selling for just 391p — against their 1992 peak of 494p .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: no)
However , this option , quite aside from the misgivings his lordship was bound to have as regards gossip travelling , entailed my having to rely on unknown quantities just when a mistake could prove most costly . I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military - style ' pep - talk ' , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . ' History could well be made under this roof , ' I told them . And they , knowing me to be one not prone to exaggerated statements , well understood that something of an extraordinary nature was impending . You will understand then something of the climate prevailing around Darlington Hall by the time of my father 's fall in front of the summerhouse — this occurring as it did just two weeks before the first of the conference guests were likely to arrive — and what I mean when I say there was little room for any ' beating about the bush ' .
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: yes)
This mood is captured , for example , in Leonard Woolf 's autobiography Sowing ( 1960 ) : I am struck by the immense change from social barbarism to social civilisation which has taken place in London ( indeed in Great Britain ) during my lifetime . No one but an old Londoner who has been born and bred and has lived for 50 to 60 years in London can have any idea of the extent of the change . It is amazing to walk down Drury Lane or the small streets about 7 Dials today and recall their condition only 50 years ago . Even as late as 1900 it would not have been safe to walk in any of these streets after dark .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: no)
Nevertheless , it is useful to make these analytical distinctions , particularly where the apparent and real empirical contradictions threaten to swamp the theory . This theory of the global system , then , revolves around the perceived necessity for global capitalism to continually increase production and international trade , to guarantee the political conditions for this to occur uninterruptedly all over the world , and to create in people the need to want to consume all the products that are available , on a permanent basis . There are , of course , other forces at work in the global system , and in some respects global capitalism has had to come to terms with these , particularly when they become opposing forces . This can be illustrated by looking more closely at the economic , political and culturalideological spheres . Economic transnational practices
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: no)
DTp assess BR ( 8 % return ) cf . no control road expansion ; Bigger arguments against Western Orbital rather than Shrewsbury ; No private cars in Shrewsbury loop . Chairman 's Summary ? By Robert Hutchison , Shropshire County Council , p.m. chairman .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
She advises on skin care , particularly in relation to avoiding pressure sores , and may supply sheepskin heel muffs to protect the feet , and sheepskin squares for the patient to sit or lie on . The district nurse usually comes to see the patient in the mornings , to help him get out of bed and wash . The patient who can not sit up may start by washing in bed , with the nurse guiding him , so that he does not risk over - balancing and falling . As his condition improves , he gradually starts to wash while sitting , and later learns to get in and out of the bath . The nurse may also come back in the evening , especially in the beginning , in order to help the patient with medicines , such as insulin injections for diabetes , and to position him correctly in bed .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
The technique used in the current project is based upon our previous work . using a priming technique , showing that anxious individuals interpret threat / neutral homographs in terms of their threatening meaning . This involved presenting a priming word just prior to a target letter string . The subject indicated whether the target was a word . On such trials , subjects respond more quickly if the prime and target are related than unrelated , presumably reflecting a spread of semantic activation within the cognitive system .
Idiom: tread the boards (used idiomatically: no)
MILLICENT MARTIN Voice over Tired of being known only as Kylie Minogue 's long - suffering screen mum , Anne Charleston is treading the boards to prove she has other strings to her bow . She 's currently starring in The Cemetery Club at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon , the penultimate stop on her first British theatre tour . Ida 's played by Judy Cornwell from Keeping Up Appearances .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
The influence of Kilkenny and Galway hurling is reflected in the fact that they have qualified for three finals , minor , U-21 and senior . Kilkenny could have been beaten in the Leinster championship but for a controversial penalty , awarded after John Power went down in the square . Wexford too had chances to beat them , in the Leinster final and in the replay , but let them off the hook . In fairness against Offaly they were short three players , with three again missing against Wexford . There is , however , a tremendous camaraderie and resilience within the squad .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
During the war he appeared before a court martial as a captain in the Royal Armoured Corps for refusing to take part in the bombardment of Le Havre in 1944 and his attempt last year to clear his name was rejected by the Ministry of Defence . William Douglas - Home Merseysider on Thai drugs charge gets life By Richard Elias Daily Post Staff A MERSEYSIDE man faces spending the rest of his life in a Thai prison after pleading guilty to drug offences .