Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
Environmental Politics Planning guidelines on environmental protection Under new guidelines issued by the UK 's Department of the Environment , local councils in Britain " the primary planning authorities " will have to take account of rising sea levels due to global warming when considering planning applications in low - lying areas . Planners are also being instructed to site housing so as to minimize car use for journeys to work and school , and to encourage public transport and improved energy conservation measures . The guidelines introduce into local planning the concept of protecting the environment through sustainable development .
Idiom: grist to the mill (used idiomatically: yes)
( 1979 ) . History text - books invariably included in their titles such key - words as ' Decline ' , ' Downfall ' , and ' Eclipse ' . Turmoil in industrial relations , ethnic disturbances , the growth of violent crime , even the dismal competitive record of British footballers , cricketers , and tennis players , were all grist to the commentators ' mill . The roots of all this , it was agreed , lay deep in British history — perhaps in the moral nihilism of the 1960s , perhaps in the collectivism of the 1940s , perhaps in the decline of the entrepreneurial spirit in the late Victorian period , perhaps even in the many centuries of geographical isolation and freedom from foreign occupation behind the barrier of sea power . The point of reference for the origins of Britain 's eclipse could be placed almost anywhere from 1968 back to 1066 .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
Many companies have already included additional financial information in their interim reports , and some top UK companies have engaged their auditors to perform and report on reviews of interim information . Clearly , the face of UK interim reporting is changing . However , there is still some way to go . While Cadbury recommended that the Accounting Standards Board ( ASB ) and the Auditing Practices Board ( APB ) should issue standards for interim presentation and review , the jury is still out on what these standards should contain . To contribute to this debate , Coopers & Lybrand formed a working party to survey and examine interim reporting .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
No . No . if your mum brought a pizza in would we put it under the table or on the table ? On the table . On the table so whatever you 're sharing out goes on top there 's the table put some little legs on okay there 's the table whatever you 're sharing out goes on top and we 're sitting here with our knees under the table okay so the people are underneath the table .
Idiom: down at heel (used idiomatically: yes)
Most of their oysters , though , came from the Colne , round Mersea Island , and they were supplied to the big Roman garrison at Colchester . Oyster farming is certainly possible , and it 's been done successfully in a number of places . But I did n't see any sign of it at Winter Marsh — the place just looked down - at - heel . Besides , assume that the plans for oyster farming are all above board — do you go , or send your secretary , at eight o'clock in the evening to an unoccupied flat to make a telephone call about it ? And do you need code - names to establish your identity ? "
Idiom: laughing stock (used idiomatically: yes)
And an overwhelming majority thought the photos would not further calls for tougher press controls . Mirror readers leapt to their phones to back our coverage — and blast the duchess . Ardent royalist Dorothy Myers , a nurse of Rochdale , Lancs , said : ‘ That woman has made the Royal Family into a laughing stock.’ Mary Mackie , 64 , of Walton - le - Dale , Lancs , said : ‘ It 's not right she should be flouncing around with her fancy man.’ Housewife Rita Davis , of Ilford , Essex , said : ‘ We would never have known what our taxes are going on if it was not for the Mirror.’
Idiom: old hat (used idiomatically: yes)
Vickers Aircraft was based there , and Brooklands expanded dramatically . The Club House became Sir Barnes Wallis 's office , and part of the banking was removed to extend the runway , ending Brooklands ' use as a circuit forever . It must be said , too , that by 1945 Brooklands - type racing — flat out on bankings — was old hat . Riley Imp , MG PA , period memorabilia on display Then the aircraft industry declined and Vickers moved elsewhere .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They talked to him yesterday afternoon , that was all . Mrs Tavett 's honesty is vindicated , even if you harbour doubts about Dick 's.’ They forgot about Tavett and moved on to discuss Pascoe and how , when they came to think of it , he had looked very like a man waiting for a major heart attack . While they were saying so , Marshall was contacting Mrs Tavett and learning that her husband had said he was going to the surgery that morning but had not been home since . The doctor 's receptionist had not seen him .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: no)
What does the bugler play at the end of the day on a US military base ?
Idiom: get a move on (used idiomatically: yes)
She remembered Victorine saying hardly anyone used it any more . It was a much longer way back than the road . She would be late , even if she stopped dawdling and got a move on . Her pace slowed even more as she thought of the house dark and sour with grief . And it would be her fault that breakfast would be late .
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde (used idiomatically: yes)
At times , the relationship between my penis and the rest of my body might appear to be a classic case of the tail wagging the dog . But I 've learned to stop blaming my penis for getting into a muddle when attempting to decode my hidden desires . I 'm learning to live with its troublesome Jekyll and Hyde nature . When it fails to rise to the occasion , I no longer get rattled and threaten to chop it off with a pair of barber 's scissors , tie it up in a sack and drop it down a deep , dark well . Secretly , I might still yearn for a bumper - sized twelve - inch member .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
He did n't talk to his wife , who died at the age of thirty - three , having borne him nine sons . ( His second son , Philip Dormer Stanhope , who became the fourth earl , was the famous politician , wit , gambler and letter writer . ) The third earl designed this house himself with a view to it being lived in by his eldest son and subsequent heirs . There had been a house here before , built by the Pagets on land they had bought from Burton Abbey . In 1706 Lord Chesterfield acquired the property and demolished the original house .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
Lucenzo 's dark eyes flickered in warning but Meredith was determined not to be intimidated . ‘ Blackmail indeed ! How would you like to be an innocent old woman quietly doing your knitting , and then get a letter like that out of the blue?’ ‘ Innocent , hell!’ Meredith wriggled to the edge of the seat , oblivious of anything but the need to put this man straight about her very proper , homely grandmother .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: yes)
The others held a mixed collection of the minor paperwork of life , some library tickets , the catalogue of a sale of marine painting that had taken place a year ago , the election address of his son - in - law , Vivian Carolan , at the last election , and a few letters , none very recent . One was from a retired ship 's captain , now living at Fowey in Cornwall , giving news of his house and garden ; the others were impersonal , acknowledgments of subscriptions to various charities , and some business letters from the estate agent who dealt with the letting of the two other flats . In the bottom drawer was a folder of receipted bills , the uppermost being for gas , electricity and the telephone , all paid within the past month . Everything was tidy and shipshape . Mr. Stavanger was clearly a man with an orderly mind .
Idiom: run amok (used idiomatically: yes)
CHECKMATE or MATE : when a player can not get his king out of check , the king is checkmated and the game is over . STALEMATE : when a king is not in check and when his side can not make a legal move , the position is called a stalemate and the game is a draw . DESPERADO : when a piece is trapped or doomed to capture or is blocking its own pieces it is deemed ‘ desperado’ and runs amok , kamikaze style . THE FORK : where one piece attacks two enemy pieces at the same time . Only one piece will be able to move and the other will be captured .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
Vivian ~ Ward turns the tables on some Rodeo ~ Drive saleswomen in the movie " Pretty ~ Woman . "
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
They stared at each other , momentarily united in recognition of the difficulties . ' I 'll call them all , personally . ' Yeo jabbed a finger on a button on his phone . ' Dawn , please get Angela 's diary for the two weeks before she went missing — and last week — and list every date she had . Now , please , in the next ten minutes .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
Until a fortnight ago , Geoff Martin was the local Council 's representative on the Merton and Sutton Health Authority which voted to use a private security firm at the hospital . He says , although he was opposed to the move , no - one at the time could have predicted the horrifying consequences , and he says ‘ there must be a public enquiry to expose what went wrong’ . My main fear is that once the initial publicity for this has died down , that the Health Authority may attempt to have some sort of behind closed doors , almost like a cover up , and I think that , that , the , this is , this incident has got such ramifications for hospital security in general , there should be a full public enquiry ; and the public have a right to know what went on . Obviously it 's a terrifying incident for er any parent listening , but what was so wrong , or , is there anything wrong in introducing private firms to police hospitals ? Well I think until we know the full facts , it 's difficult to actually blame anybody , er for this , this particular incident .
Idiom: on the back burner (used idiomatically: yes)
Abolishing the right of silence . Douglas Hurd , as Home Secretary , proposed this one . But the Guildford Four were released at just the wrong time , and the government quietly put the scheme on the back burner — indefinitely , it would seem . 9 ) Electronic tagging of offenders .
Idiom: up the ante (used idiomatically: yes)
This Is My Life begins with a hint of promise as Kavner rushes round the set like an uncontrolled greyhound , Hoffmann and Mathis do a neat job of tight-lipped anger and all concerned knock six mental bells out of each other at every turn . The problems , however , are immense and grow larger with each reel . As Kavner 's hysteria mounts , Ephron ups the ante on the sucrose front and the whole mish-mash descends swiftly down the toilet . To cap it all , Kavner 's stage act is one of the most deeply unfunny routines I have ever heard . But her vast collection of hoary old Jewish jokes , most of them pinched from the Dead Sea Scrolls , are greeted with paroxysms of guffaws and rolling in the aisles .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
And the next thing , why and she whips her boobs for everybody to see , and they 're all , yeah ! Yo ! All these big fellers about shouting , you know they was having a ball ! And everybody was I 'm not joking , there must have been a couple of hundred people that either they 're shopping or watching , you know if they could . Next thing the cop parade and th they 're for the cop cops did n't do anything .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
Fortunately nobody was on the face at the time of the avalanche and all climbers and walkers in the area have been accounted for . Mount Cook , or Aoraki ( Cloud - Piercer ) as it is called by the Maoris , has suffered from massively shrinking glaciers in recent years , which is never good for a mountain 's constitution , and heavy snowfalls with a recent warm spell have n't helped . Mount Tasman , at 11,482 ft the second highest mountain , must now be in line for a reversal of the pecking order . Mt Cook — dangerously unstable . INDEPENDENT ECOLOGIST FOR LAND 'S END
Idiom: close ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
They have to learn in competing with men for recognition and promotion to suppress any signs of feminine ‘ weakness’ . Tears must not be allowed to fill their eyes and under no circumstances run down their cheeks . The male mafia will close ranks and deem such a woman unstable , neurotic and quite unsuitable for responsibility . If she has a male boss who has tantrums that would be more appropriate in a three - year - old , a boss who shouts at and bullies her , in the institutional world of male values , she will lose all respect if she cries . She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues .
Idiom: run out of steam (used idiomatically: yes)
What would such a policy do for unemployment ? What would it do to improve morale inside the party ? Whenever these arguments showed signs of running out of steam , we turned to complain about the inadequacy of the supporting papers . Geoffrey Howe wanted public spending economies . Vast subsidies were going to uneconomic nationalized industries and local government was heavily overspending .
Idiom: with open arms (used idiomatically: yes)
A southern Italian , he had taught up until now in a village near Naples and could not speak a word either of Slovene or of Triestino . He must have had the same kind of feelings as my father had at the prospect of being sent to Fontanellato . In the event , inhabitants of Štanjel , although they were certainly not unkind to him , did not exactly welcome him with open arms . They regarded him as something more or less from outer space , and it was a long time before he and his family felt themselves to be part of the community . As no temporary accommodation could be found for him in Štanjel my parents gave him a room in our house ; his family joined him there when we left .
Idiom: life and limb (used idiomatically: yes)
Chaucer : The Prioress 's Tale Elizabeth had done all she could in the circumstances to provide the best possible start in life for her sons once her husband had died . There were some risks to life and limb , however , over which she had no control ; how could she ever have guessed that she would outlive her son Robert by almost exactly 10 years ? Robert Titford 's life was destined , like that of his father , to be a tragically short one ; the boy from the dockside parish whose early years must have been spent in an atmosphere redolent of the sea and ships , old tars and tales of high adventure , chose to make his living on the ocean waves . And it was those waves which were to carry him , steadily and inexorably , to a far - distant grave .
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
Voice over Gloucester will be at full strength for tomorrow 's game against Saracens . Victory for the Cherry and Whites could take them clear at the top of the Courage League , if Orrell and Leicester come unstuck . Last Saturday , a weakened Gloucester side struggled to overcome Rosslyn Park . Captain Ian Smith and Peter Jones were playing in the Scottish Trial ; both have been selected as replacements for the Calcutta Cup .
Idiom: by hook or by crook (used idiomatically: yes)
right on the corner by the , I believe the They 'd do , they 'd do special one - off things for your would they ? Yes er that 's been the essence of what I 've wanted is er I 've , I 've had to have what I 've wanted by hook or by crook , and I do n't mean crook in a bad sense , I mean one way or another , you know what I mean and er I did job for the casters , same as they did jobs for me , you know and that 's how I 've gone through life , that is Michael . Helping one another and Three brass casters there ?
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
New dishwasher owners are usually horrified when they find that a 3 kg box of detergent costs anything between £ 2.59 and £ 5.93 , depending on where you shop and whether you buy a supermarket own brand or one of the well - known names such as Finish or Sun . Add to this the price of rinse aid ( between £ 1.29 and £ 3.50 for 500 ml ) and salt ( about £ 1.40 for 3 kg of supermarket own brand ) , and a litre of washing - up liquid seems a bargain . But , although initial costs seem higher , in the long run dishwashing is the cheaper option . Very little detergent is needed — a full high - temperature load uses about 60 g of powder to a 3 kg box will give you up to 50 full 12-place setting washes . Every wash uses about 2 ml of rinse aid , and , in a hard water area , you 'll use about 0.5 kg of salt a week .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
For example:(1 ) a school in Liverpool may feel their local history to be linked to part of the world of work on American cotton plantations;(2 ) a school in rural Wales may wish to exploit connections of Welsh emigrants to Patagonia;(3 ) a school in Lancashire may feel it essential to include a study of textiles in the nineteenth century as an in - depth study in a Victorian core unit . Teachers should try to identify criteria such as those mentioned above to guide their selection of content . Simultaneously , a programme of study must be planned for the whole key stage bearing in mind what comes before and after . Consideration needs to be given to the balance of time and coverage devoted to core units as against supplementary or school designed units . Historians have always complained of content overloads in syllabuses and National Curriculum orders are no different .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
Russia Stays ~ Home MADRID – Just three days before his return to the Kremlin as Russia ’s president , Vladimir ~ Putin met behind closed doors at his residence in Novo - Ogaryovo , outside Moscow , with US National ~ Security ~ Adviser Tom Donilon , who was there to transmit President Barack ~ Obama ’s renewed determination to strengthen cooperation with Russia . But Donilon returned home empty - handed : Putin will attend neither the G-8 summit on May 18 - 19 at Camp David , nor the NATO summit in Chicago on May 20 - 21 , despite Obama ’s effort to accommodate Russia by moving the G-8 summit from Chicago . As a result , what would have been the first meeting between Obama and Putin after his return to the Russian presidency has been postponed until the G-20 summit in Los ~ Cabos , Mexico , set for June 18 - 19 .
Idiom: in the soup (used idiomatically: yes)
She patted her mother 's hand . ‘ He 's going to do some errands for me so I thought it only fair to give him a bit of food . ‘ ‘ Too soft you are , girl,’ Win Morgan broke her bread into small pieces soaking them in the soup , ‘ ca n't be responsible for the whole neighbourhood , can you ? Just like your dad , you are and did n't I tell him that teaching you reading and writing would n't bring any good?’ Hari moved to the door .
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
He 'll sort that out . Oh alright . That 's neither here nor there , they 'll have to wait for it , it 's up to them . Paid ? That 's right
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I 'll see what I can do.’ Leonora stared at him blankly as he went into the kitchen , wondering what she 'd done to incur his displeasure again . Dr Penry Vaughan 's brooding Celtic moods were a bit hard to take at times , to say the least . Scowling at his broad , white - sweatered back , she followed him into a room as neat and orderly as an operating theatre . Cupboards , surfaces , refrigerator , cooker , everything shone with pristine cleanliness , no clutter of any kind in sight beyond an electric kettle , a large cast - iron cookpot on the back of the wood - burning Aga .
Idiom: hear things (used idiomatically: yes)
' The caretaker 's house ? ' I asked . ' He did n't hear a thing , ' Prentice said , nodding . Well , neither had I until Billy had either slipped or tried to open that skylight window . I lowered myself down off the fence .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
The regimes of 1815 and 1848 had , with their restricted franchise , based on an electoral élite , taken care to exclude the people from participating in political decisions . By giving the vote to some ten million electors this élite had discovered that the people 's will did not necessarily correspond with those of their masters and Louis - Napoleon had reaped the benefit as the people 's choice . François Guizot , an archetypal representative of the political élite , neatly summed up the Prince 's appeal : ‘ It means a great deal to be at one and the same time a national glory , a revolutionary guarantee , and a principle of authority.’ A friend of the Prince 's youth , Benjamin Disraeli , was to explain with less elegance the reason for his own arrival in power : ‘ I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole.’ The difference between them was that Louis - Napoleon had no intention of sliding down again and in this determination he was aided , not for the last time , by the actions of his opponents .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
" Did she say so ? " " Have you ever actually seen anything that he 's given her ? " They walked together down the King 's Road , went into Woolworths , and were dazzled . The same flood tide that had brought such a good harvest of tiles heaped a mass of driftwood onto the Reach . Woodie looked at it apprehensively .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: no)
This led to a collapse from overwork and , in the mid-1890s , to voluntary bankruptcy . Though he disliked clerical employment , his writing ability and theoretical understanding of marine science were developing . Following a conversion at sea he became an evangelical Christian , and spare - time preaching developed his ability at public speaking . The acceptance of his first article in about 1895 led to regular contributions to popular journals , including the Spectator and the Cornhill Magazine , with syndication in American journals . Appointed columnist on the Morning Leader , and financially stable , he left the Meteorological Office in 1899 , and also began accepting engagements as a paid circuit lecturer .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
British Telecom responded with great promptness and had two telephone lines and a fax line installed on Monday . It was almost a miracle . The Legal Centre was up and running and ready for business . Work started there in earnest on Tuesday 12 March . The solicitors moved in , volunteers answered phones , typed documents , and novices learnt to operate the computers and word - processors .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
' I am Mrs Reece - Carlton . I wonder if I could help ? ' She held out her hand politely . In the two years they had been operating , Stephen had taught her never to lose her temper with the guests , however unreasonable , but to try to win them over . Mr Banville looked surly and refused to shake her hand .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
. We 've got our four elements going in , four main components . We 've got coke , iron ore , limestone and hot air . Hot air is blown in to the furnace . We 've got the blast furnace gas and dust coming off the top , and the dust 's removed and the blast furnace gas is used as a fuel .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
Well again , Henry . Well all right . I think that John Hunt has a word from Chipping Norton . Yes , bill , can I come back to Chipping Norton because that 's , that 's who I 'm really interested in as you know . erm Peter over the road there 's trying to keep it away from Wheatley erm and we 're not quite happy about what 's going on in Chipping Norton .