Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: fair and square (used idiomatically: yes)
The news was greeted like a pools win at Windsor Park , a mix of euphoria and amazement . Chairman David Campbell said : ‘ We 're still in a state of shock over this development . ‘ As far as we were concerned Tblisi had won the tie fair and square . ‘ The idea of them trying to bribe the Turkish officials is nothing short of astonishing.’ Manager Trevor Anderson added : ‘ I 've played all over Europe and have never come across this sort of thing before .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
One even ran nearly one million miles . Members in Ireland have tracked down the original carriage ; it was acting as a holiday home , and was virtually intact ! But they are going to have to rebuild the engine cab from scratch , along with the chassis . And need as much information as possible to help them . Ex - Walkers staff to have come forward so far include Alfred Donaldson ( who started at Pagefield in 1934 ) , Bob Smith and Ted Porter , who still works for parent company Beloit Walmesley of Bolton , who now make giant paper making machines .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: no)
Also No . also some of the things that I 've been going on with , doing this one with three , and I do n't know if it , they 'll stay in the can long enough for that . You know what I mean , so what , but again some come through with it . My father had another , everything was okay if you came out at any time after the thirty first of March , look all I 'm doing now is I was giving back , er taking my position as the company director , getting a salary off the rent in my farms and small holdings and my shares in shipping .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: no)
Either will do , but the present confusion has only added to uncertainty in the financial markets . Targeting both the money supply and the exchange rate would be daft since the Government has only one effective instrument available , the level of interest rates . Overfunding is not a way out of this box , because at the end of the day this too works via interest rates . Perhaps Lord Rees - Mogg should stick to picking European mastersingers ? Letter : Monetarism and the ' Thatcherite miracle ' that never happened
Idiom: fit the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
According to ICL , notebooks have two distinct uses : first , they are a user 's only or main machine — so , it must be possible to plug them into a local network , and they must have the functionality of a standard personal computer . Second , users want them to be portable , so size and battery life is important . ICL , of course , claims that its boxes fit the bill on both counts . ICL enhanced its MX , FX and CXe server product lines by producing two new RAID disk array subsystems — the PowerArray for RAID Level 0 , 1 and 5 , and PowerCache , which caches SCSI II EISA disks to increase throughput . The MX multiprocessor range is updated to incorporate four 50MHz 80486s and run Santa Cruz Operation Inc 's Unix System V.4 , and Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT , when this becomes available .
Idiom: cut loose (used idiomatically: yes)
RELAXATION Taking time out just to relax each day is highly desirable , even if you have a really comfortable place to lie down take fifteen to twenty minutes . Find a really comfortable place to lay down and cut loose . Day - dreaming is very often therapeutic . Just let your mind wander to sunnier climates and pretend you are indulging in your favourite pursuit , or as an alternative you can concentrate on getting each of your body to relax .
Idiom: hit a nerve (used idiomatically: no)
He kissed her again and , as her flesh remained slack and dead , his voice changed and suddenly sounded a little desperate . ‘ Jessamy — please — do n't do it.’ The ragged plea hit a nerve that seemed connected to her soul . Her mouth slowly stirred under his and Jessamy knew she was making a big , big mistake , but it seemed impossible to stop . Her memory stirred along with her body , and everything came tumbling back into her mind with an overwhelming rush .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
The family house itself assumes a special prominence which is unique to this class . Lord Ribblesdale thought of his grandparents ' house as ' my second home . ' For Louisa Coutts Trotter , whose hypochondriacal father was constantly on the move seeking new cures , her grandmother 's Edinburgh house was a fixed point in their peregrinations ; while Willoughby de Broke eccentrically opens his autobiography with a series of chapters on the family 's houses , rather than on its people . In such families , pride in ancestry was quite consciously imbued . One grandmother is remembered as taking ' a deep interest in all her grandchildren ' , reading and talking , walking and painting with them ; and when her granddaughter became in turn a mother , it was her belief that
Idiom: take liberties (used idiomatically: yes)
What mean you ? BELVILLE : Your ladyship , I am incapable of meaning anything but what is honourable . This , madam , you left last night , and I take the liberty to restore it to you . COUNTESS : ' Tiis true , sir , I see now it is one of mine . But such a trifle was not worthy of being brought by such a gentleman as you seem to be .
Idiom: on the take (used idiomatically: no)
That is not just a ceremonial position . If it does not stand as a moral example to the followers of the Church , it counts for nothing . Had Prince Charles been an innocent party in the breakdown of his marriage , he could still have gone on to take not only the throne but the leadership of the C of E. But he is not . Although it is no easier to blame either him or Diana completely for the separation than it is with any parting couple , it is beyond doubt that he is principally responsible . It was his behaviour which led to problems in the marriage .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
In fact , I would go further : in the face of the crisis , we felt abandoned by conventional tools . ” Trichet went on to appeal for inspiration from other disciplines – physics , engineering , psychology , and biology – to help explain the phenomena he had experienced . It was a remarkable cry for help , and a serious indictment of the economics profession , not to mention all those extravagantly rewarded finance professors in business schools from Harvard to Hyderabad . So far , relatively little help has been forthcoming from the engineers and physicists in whom Trichet placed his faith , though there has been some response . Robert ~ May , an eminent climate ~ change expert , has argued that techniques from his discipline may help explain financial - market developments .
Idiom: from the word go (used idiomatically: yes)
Well th Er the impression I got when I talked to the locals who lived here was that it was n't gon na be that mixed . There was n't gon na be single parent families with three children , er living above an old age pensioner who 'd been in there from the word go . Er that problem always raised and of course visitors and things like that , car parking , it all came to a head . You kn about that time .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
The reduction of taxation was not our only objective . We had other social policy commitments and we also needed to keep to those . The difficulty of imposing spending cuts across the board was shown by social security . Benefits were divided into ‘ pledged’ benefits like the retirement pension which the Government was committed to uprating each year according to inflation ; and ‘ unpledged’benefits , like child benefit and supplementary benefit , where there was no such commitment and the Government decided each year whether to increase them or not . If we reduced by 5 per cent every unpledged benefit we would still , in 1984 , have saved only £ 200 million .
Idiom: run the gauntlet (used idiomatically: no)
It is dangerous place . Unstable rock , high on the left flank , periodically cascades down the lower section of the route . In the frozen hours of dawn it all appeared rather benign , but on our return , some five weeks later , we were forced to run a sobering gauntlet . Loosened by the heavy rainstorm of the previous day , armchair - sized boulders fell nearly 3,000 feet and crashed into the path , releasing an intense , sulphurous odour . We held our breath , and with hearts pounding ran through the danger area .
Idiom: hit home (used idiomatically: no)
Tony Roche OLYMPIC champion Linford Christie yesterday blasted critics who label athletics as Britain 's most drug-troubled sport . On the day that British Athletic Federation officials were deliberating the fate of disgraced European indoor 60 metres champion Jason Livingston , sent home from the Barcelona Games when traces of Methandianone were found in a drugs sample , British team captain Christie hit out after a London awards ceremony . ‘ Our achievements have put the ‘ Great ’ back in Britain , ’ he said . ‘ Yet every time drugs are mentioned it 's about athletics and that gives the impression that it 's all about track and field competitors .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
Another super course — Roll on 1986 . A.G.M. The Society 's 33rd Annual General Meeting followed the present policy of ‘ going out and about’ and was held at Hounslow Manor School , Middlesex on Saturday 27th April . The format , too , followed last year 's by being an all day event starting with enjoyable classes given by Ann Langford and Chris Markham , after which an appetizing ploughman 's lunch was served at flower - decked tables , efficiently organised by Phyl Bailey and Anne Weathers , ably supported by their class members . Approximately 100 people then took part in the business meeting when our President , Lady Braithwaite , opened the proceedings with many congratulations to the Society on the previous eventful year in which she had taken a deep interest .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
A further four teams — an increase of two ( Wanderers and RUC)— will play on synthetic pitches at intermediate level which brings ever closer the day when all games above junior level will be staged on such surfaces . Indeed Leinster have already ruled that all their Senior One games must be played on synthetic this season . Cookstown aim to play home games on various synthetic pitches , depending what slots are available , until their proposed pitch gets up and running , and that leaves Banbridge as the sole shale pitch in use in Senior One . There has n't been much movement in the way of players this season , but two Senior One teams — Lisnagarvey and Mossley — have new coaches . Philip Anderson ( Holywood ) has taken over the reins at Lisnagarvey from Terry Gregg and hopes to emulate the numerous successes achieved there in recent seasons .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Were n't you?’ she teased . When Ellie went scarlet , because there was definitely more than a grain of truth in that statement , she laughed , not unkindly . ‘ Never mind , Ellie , but you must understand that what with one thing and another we do tend to jump to conclusions — not always the most obvious.’ They did ? Why ?
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
TROPICAL INFORMATION The Koi market is an endless source of innovation . NICK FLETCHER went out and about to look at one dealer 's new ideas . Above : View from the guest bedroom , of Ray Talbot 's split - level pool . Right : Koi are fed year - round in the indoor pools , kept at 55F ° .
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
Holly was withdrawn , private . He felt no call to share the small purseful of glory . To his left three guards had taken the strain on a rope that ran tight and stretched to the building . He heard the command , he heard the men 's feet slither in the snow as they pulled . With a shriek the last beams of the roof collapsed and pitched down .
Idiom: it's all Greek to me (used idiomatically: yes)
Anyway , you should be some help to him and he needs it . Frankly , what he 's up to … Well , it 's all Greek to me , but so long as it keeps him happy.’ He glanced away , almost as though in embarrassment . I had the feeling of a patron drawn deeper than he would have liked into the unpredictable consequences of his generosity — a lonely figure , heir to the Agnew fortune and tradition , yet unmarried , childless , last of his line .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Are China ’s Banks Next ? WASHINGTON , DC – America ’s recent bout of dysfunctional politics and the eurozone ’s on - again , off - again crisis should , on the face of it , present a golden opportunity to China . To be sure , the malaise in the United ~ States and Europe is likely to hurt Chinese exports ; but , over the long term , China wants to reorient its economy toward domestic consumption . With the Tea ~ Party wing of America ’s Republican ~ Party scaring investors out of the dollar , interest in the Chinese renminbi ’s potential as an international reserve currency can only increase .
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
Unclear Safety THE ARBITERS of Britain 's nuclear future , now sitting at the Sizewell inquiry , might like to know of a new hazard connected with pressurised - water reactors . When the Belgian nuclear industry decided to allow reporters into its new reactors at Doel near Antwerp , it followed the time honoured tradition of entertaining the thirsty hacks on a boat trip up the river Schelde . Unfortunately , they overdid it a bit . One French reporter , after a substantial lunch with three wines , overbalanced on the gangplank while disembarking .
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: no)
In the greatest matters , the universal testimony of the Church was the guarantee of truth . But in matters of local importance , he was prepared to accept the testimony of the local community : in this he was following the ancient practice of the Church with regard to canonization , which was replaced by a formal centralized procedure in the course of the next hundred years . Equally , Anselm accepted local monastic testimony as a sufficient basis for defending the possession of lands and privileges ; and here he followed in Lanfranc 's footsteps . In brief , both Lanfranc and Anselm were living in a time when the ancient consensus of local testimony , which had sufficed in the past for most matters of faith and practice , was being subordinated to more formal legal and rational procedures . In the main , both of them belonged to the past , but Anselm was more conservative than Lanfranc .
Idiom: take someone to task (used idiomatically: yes)
But the move to the climax does n't build with inexorable power , the backward placing of the horns and percussion finds the sound wanting , and the emotional grip simply is n't tight enough to pin you helplessly to the wall . For all its surface vehemence , the second movement observes the explosion from a safe distance , the following allegretto is sluggish and mechanical , with little in the way of slyly pointed playing to sustain it — even the climax fails to break free from its rigid framework , and the Finale , despite a powerful , thrusting allegro , is dogged by a lethargic introduction . Karajan ( DG ) has often been taken to task from making an adagio meal of Shostakovich 's andante here , but Flor turns it into a snail 's banquet ( beautiful Concertgebouw wind playing notwithstanding ) . With the likes of Previn ( EMI ) and Skrowaczewski ( IMP ) around , as well as the superb earlier Karajan version ( all at mid - price ) , Flor underplays the possessed trenchancy of the music at too low a temperature to effectively compete [ JH Symphony No . 10
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
The US crisis promptly turned into a global meltdown thanks to the commingling of balance sheets across jurisdictions . The absence of global institutions – acting as lender of last resort or serving up coordinated fiscal stimulus – aggravated the crisis and delayed the recovery . And now , go - it alone fiscal , monetary , and exchange - rate policies are spilling across national borders , threatening currency wars and protectionism . How we deal with these challenges is the greatest economic question of our time . One approach , favored by technocrats and most policymakers – at ~ least until domestic politics intrudes – is to seek solace in ever - greater global governance .
Idiom: once in a while (used idiomatically: yes)
Turning to the third category , of strokes that serve to separate clearly a single note from a group of slurred notes that either precede or follow , we could call them ‘ separation strokes’ We find strokes in such patterns as shown in ex.3a so overwhelmingly , that we can identify sporadic dots as shrunken strokes . Illustrations are given in ex.3b from the D minor String Quartet for an upbeat , and ex.3c from Die Zäuberflote for a downbeat . Though once in a while such separation strokes may have a slight accentual implication as perhaps in ex.3c in the majority of cases they do not . Their purpose seems to be simply that of differentiating a clear staccato separation from the very mild non - legato separation in such places as those of ex.3d from the start of the ‘ Hunt’ Quartet , K458 , or ex.3e from the start of the A major Quartet , K464 . In the ‘ Hunt’ Quartet the single note , on the many appearances of the theme throughout the movement , never has a dot or a stroke .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
The topics discussed included how to attract new volunteers , how to make the most of the window , the shop layout , how Save The Children spend the money and oh the list goes on . They were all very enjoyable and useful seminars . If you attended the lunchtime fringe meeting on shops you probably had even more food for thought . Now looking for the future , is there an opportunity on the shop front , for further growth ? Here 's a mini report ..
Idiom: at the drop of a hat (used idiomatically: yes)
Seeing it there , the n the y name of your bank , the fact that amount that 's in the account , the the er gon details of your credit card , what 's your response to that ? Police records ? Erm er it 's er it 's obviously annoying for me personally , er but the worst thing about it is that it can be done at the drop of a hat , you say , I want information on X. and they say , Yes we can provide . And they do provide , er er h I mean I know we want an open society , but that 's ridiculous . This gives him an unrivalled knowledge of the way in which banks operate , and contacts inside them .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Afterwards , Souness admitted his side were their own worst enemies . ' They made us chase shadows for long spells but we had to go after this game and that situation was tailor - made for Spartak , ' he said . ' We had a lot of youngsters out there and we were a bit too fast and frenetic when we had the ball but that 's down to inexperience . ' As far as I 'm concerned we lost this game during the closing minutes of the first leg in Moscow when we conceded two late goals . ' But who knows what would have happened if we had made the early breakthrough tonight ?
Idiom: slip of the pen (used idiomatically: yes)
Check also on his reading : he 's probably having difficulties there too . 5 rusing ( rushing ) Two possible causes for the error here — one , a simple omission , a slip of the pen , perhaps , because the writer paused in the middle of the word . If this is the cause , then the child will probably recognise the error quickly if he is asked to read the word . Or it could be that the writer believes that he has adequately represented the sound of sh by using the s ; in which case , his auditory analysis is poor .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: no)
Head down ! Come on , head down ! No love , do n't make him do tricks ! Head down ! He 's tired !
Idiom: throw someone to the wolves (used idiomatically: yes)
In all three , the arts are barely on the official agenda : they bring in few votes ; they have small budgets compared to the least of other government departments , so they marshall small political forces . That is not to say , however , that these elections are irrelevant to the cultural life of each nation : there are ideas in play which affect them very profoundly . In the US , the arts briefly hit the headlines when President Bush unedifyingly threw the Head of the National Endowment for the Arts to the wolves of the right – wing electorate because the NEA had sponsored some difficult , and , in particular , sexually explicit arts projects in recent years . The significance of this event was not so much that it was government interfering in artistic freedom , as liberal would - be martyrs would have it , but that it showed how frightened the President was of the populist , anti - intellectual feeling which has developed in the US over the last few years . The belief that the liberal East Coast intelligentsia is ruining the country is rife across the country and will be affecting cultural policies at their broadest from city hall to the White House before and after the election .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
9.4.4 . REVISION As a rule of thumb , drill every point taught at least three times : in the lesson in which it is introduced ; in the next lesson ; in a later lesson . Use a check list to ensure this is done . Vary your drills , especially in the special revision lessons : use pictures as a stimulus .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
Or perhaps the plot of a story like this demands such heroism from Jacob , never mind the unheroic qualities he has displayed before . Certainly when Jacob appears to have his assailant in his power , it is precisely what we would expect . The ‘ man’ , unable to get the better of Jacob , touches his thigh and puts his hip out of joint . It is dark magic , such as a hostile demon might well display . Yet still Jacob has him in his grip , and the mysterious assailant begs him to let him go ‘ for the day is breaking’ .
Idiom: down the tubes (used idiomatically: yes)
Conner is still furious about losing Tuesday 's protest . His place in the defenders ' final is in jeopardy because of it , for Bill Koch 's America beat her stable - mate , Kanza , on Thursday , to boost the chances of the two Koch yachts meeting in the final . ‘ Four years ' work and $ 12 million could go down the tubes,’ said Conner . ‘ If we do n't make the final , Cy Gilette [ the umpire]will have our blood on his hands for the rest of his life.’ Had Conner beaten Kanza on Wednesday , the defence semi - final would have been halted , with Conner and Koch each having a place in the final .
Idiom: bounce off the walls (used idiomatically: yes)
Coleman felt he was working himself up quite convincingly . ‘ Strange Lebanese walking through here . Crazy Ibrahim bouncing off the walls , appearing at the Lebanese Embassy , and you apparently do n't give a damn . This operation is coming apart . The whole fucking island must know about Eurame .
Idiom: back to square one (used idiomatically: yes)
If the answer is No the network returns to the first activity and reconsiders it in the light of the objections raised in the question lozenge . This procedure is repeated at each stage and ensures that the results are fed back to ensure that they comply with the intention of the previous stage . It is not impossible for a No answer in the last lozenge to result in the project going back to square one . This procedure ensures that the information is available to those who need it and that they have a clear understanding of the problem . It may be the only method of ensuring this , as when a completely new requirement arises bearing no relation to current practice in the company .