Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: cold feet (used idiomatically: yes)
To some extent the work of the Committee was affected by the arguments in 1948 over a common Scandinavian military alliance . Nevertheless , it did manage to report in January 1950 in favour of the abolition of internal tariffs , the creation of a common external tariff , and a broad customs union built upon large - scale and specialised industrial production . By then , however , Norway , with the weakest and least industrialised economy of the three major states , was beginning to get cold feet and insisted upon appending a minority report saying that it could not , given its current economic situation , contemplate joining a customs union . Denmark seemed to be interested in going ahead in conjunction with Sweden , but the latter was not willing to consider this . In the face of Norwegian opposition , the Joint Committee was forced to conclude that the ‘ difficulties are so significant that they can not at present be solved by the participating countries’ .
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
There was always the possibility , of course , that his suggestion of a fortnight ago may have been a whim of the moment , and he would no longer be approving of the idea . But from my observation of Mr Farraday over these months , he is not one of those gentlemen prone to that most irritating of traits in an employer — inconsistency . There was no reason to believe he would not be as enthusiastic as before about my proposed motoring trip — indeed , that he would not repeat his most kind offer to ‘ foot the bill for the gas’ . Nevertheless , I considered most carefully what might be the most opportune occasion to bring the matter up with him ; for although I would not for one moment , as I say , suspect Mr Farraday of inconsistency , it nevertheless made sense not to broach the topic when he was preoccupied or distracted . A refusal in such circumstances may well not reflect my employer 's true feelings on the matter , but once having sustained such a dismissal , I could not easily bring it up again .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
Jaguar 's classy convertibles start at £ 41,200 , albeit with V12 power . What is more , the current XJS ragtop is structurally inferior to the cabriolet ( with Stag - like superstructure ) that preceded it . Other classy convertibles come from Mercedes - Benz , Porsche and Aston Martin , whose Volante , listed at £ 120,000 , is said to be changing hands at over £ 200,000 . Even the best Stags — and the best are very good indeed -are cheap by comparison . Here is stylish , tousled - hair motoring without the discomfort .
Idiom: in broad daylight (used idiomatically: yes)
Ruth Wishart reports on his very particular philosophy Chemistry lesson IT is probably unwise to record in print that a man who is not your lawfully wedded husband has taken you to the heights of unbridled rapture . Especially if you add that the incident in question took place in public , and in broad daylight . And furthermore , 15 other energetic male participants were accessories before the fact . But rapture it was that Saturday afternoon in the spring of 1990 when Ian McGeechan 's tartan lads won the Grand Slam , the Triple Crown , the Calcutta Cup and the hearts of all of us numb with tear - stained joy in the stands and terracings of Murrayfield .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's also worth noting that Control ( Command on the Macintosh ) plus various keys on the numeric keypad will move you around the text by word , sentence or paragraph . And did you know that Page Up and Down shifted the whole document up and down on the screen ? Incidentally , all these shortcuts are given on the Quick reference Card but how many people have ever bothered to read it … Fractions on the PC If you are using a PostScript printer with ROMs containing version 47 or later then you can get halfs , quarters and threequarters fractions by typing the ANSI codes ; 188 , 189 , 190 .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
Market Report : Goldsmith talk puts life into beer shares By DEREK PAIN THE Goldsmith factor had beer shares on the hop yesterday . Grand Metropolitan , which is believed to be keen to sell its extensive brewing interests , came to life in late trading , jumping 21p to 599p as the story flowed that Sir James Goldsmith and friends were stake - building . Grand Met was also the busiest option stock , claiming nearly 2,800 contracts .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
Inevitably it was even more chaotic than the first , with no sort of line possible to be kept by the attackers , and what was left of the encampment now a shambles . As far as beating down and killing went , nothing very much was achieved , for the enemy were now everywhere in flight , such as could run , none staying to fight , not in Ramsay 's sector at any rate . Through on the town side of the common again , he pulled up , to take stock . Only a small proportion of his men were actually with him now , others coming in singly and in groups as they could disentangle themselves from the embroilment . It seemed pointless to repeat the process .
Idiom: buy time (used idiomatically: yes)
The 1976 and 1989 Acts do not address fully sectarian harassment and discrimination . While there had been some improvements in terms of flags and emblems , young people still do not apply for work in unsafe areas because of the serious risks involved . It was felt that the state does not want to protect people and the legislation was nothing more than an exercise in buying time ( something that the people of West Belfast have n't got ) . It is not an attempt to get to grips with the fundamental problems of this society . Finally the issue of employment rights was raised again .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
Ridding yourself of clutter does not just mean organising things into tidy piles , it means either being properly rid of them or putting them in or on something — like shelves . Shelves are cheap to buy and easy to erect . Once all your books and ornaments are on shelves there will be much more floor space . If you do not have an airing cupboard or somewhere useful to hide all the ironing while you are steeling yourself to do it , then buy an ottoman . I have several such boxes .
Idiom: drop a hint (used idiomatically: yes)
I wonder if the girls here out the same punishment for sneaks , I must ask them . Gwendoline went flaming red , as sneaks , fancy Miss Potts daring to call her that . Gwendoline Mary Lacy a sneak , all because she just wanted to drop a kindly hint , Gwendoline did n't no what to say she felt as if she 'd like to burst into tears , but Miss Potts always got very impatient with girls who did that . She went out of the room longing to slam the door as she often did at home , but she did n't dare to here . She felt very sorry for herself , if her mother new what an awful school she 'd come to she would take her away at once , Miss Winter too would be horrified .
Idiom: wheels within wheels (used idiomatically: yes)
Came the day when a robed elder Inquisitor activated a palm - tattoo that Jaq had never seen before , and spoke to him the words : ' Inner Order ' A wheel within a wheel … Meh'Lindi commenced some isometric combat exercises as if to repel the oppression of being in the warp , which at times could generate a spiritual migraine , an ache of the soul . She flexed .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Every extra day brings terrible consequences . We have started to lose control of things . New methods have not taken root , the old ones work no longer.’ Lev Voronin , the Deputy Prime Minister , said it was essential to guarantee the functioning of the economy , especially with the harsh Soviet winter and its heavy demands on fuel and energy supplies approaching . The measures will run to the end of 1990 , the same period as wage controls imposed at the weekend .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Yeah . But erm the idea is have this up and running and look at the problems . Right . So th this caravan aside
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
They were handed to her at Blackpool , where a royal aide gave the go - ahead for marriage guidance workers to present the fish . Di was also given potted shrimps , packs of Fishermen 's Friend lozenges , and a stick of rock each for William and Harry . Mrs Kathleen Hayward , local chairman of Relate , said : ' For good measure we filled a goodie bag with a history of the town and some brochures about the Grand Theatre . ' We could n't afford anything like a silver plated model of Blackpool Tower . ' The princess really laughed when I told her she was getting kippers .
Idiom: in the sticks (used idiomatically: no)
Less than 2 per cent of all overseas aid is going to improve communications . If developing countries tap existing sources for money to improve communications , then there may be less cash for other projects . So the developing countries are caught in a cleft stick . Mohamed Mili , ITU secretary general until the end of 1982 , thinks there are two reasons why the West should help . Western manufacturers will need to find new markets in the Third World , he says .
Idiom: have a cow (used idiomatically: yes)
But nothing happened when I had her served so she had to go . Then there was The Bumpkin , and Septimus — I was particularly sorry to lose them . Nowadays I have three breeding cows , including Rosa , who is the senior beast . There 's Patch , because she has a patch , and she has a daughter , Bunty . Then I have Puddles , sometimes called Bumble , because she is daft and somewhat nervous .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Whatever the reason , the name stuck and Anastasia she remained . The journey was conceived and prepared through a Scottish winter with the idea of setting out in the spring . I once knew by heart a poem by the Russian , Fyodor Tyuchev entitled Vyesna ( Spring ) . It began : ‘ Already in the fields the snow is melting and the swollen rivers herald Spring .’ After the terrible decades of Cold War and such near approaches to Hot War as the Cuba crisis , after decades in which the whole of Eastern Europe was a remote and hostile armed camp , the sudden thaw in which all of Europe seemed caught up was more than a political event .
Idiom: ten a penny (used idiomatically: yes)
Keep gates shut and treat roadside gate with care — it is FRAIL . Payphone along the village — so take supply of coins . Electricity : read meter on arrival and departure — cost is ten pence per unit to cover standing charge as well as unit cost . Do NOT switch on immersion heater until you are positive the tanks are full — and see ' Water ' below . TAKE OUT ALL PLUGS ON DEPARTURE AND TURN OFF ELEC MAINS
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
Elegant cover A lightweight chiffon shirt ( right ) is the perfect cover over swimsuits or bodies when you 're gliding from beach to bar . Night and day ( left ) Dressing up or down this versatile outfit can be as simple as changing your shoes — comfy espadrilles for daytime , sophisticated heels for evenings . Good investment
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Where , well where er disruptive selection i i i is very huge differences between men , male and female and this was then accentuated over a period of time Oh I see what you mean yes , fine , okay . Okay , so are , so , so it 's just tha tha tha that along with this a psychological context , so you got a biological and psychological going hand - in - hand simultaneously . Yes , I mean this is the point I 'll be developing later , later in , in , in the lectures , I 'm currently spending a lot of time kind of researching and thinking about this , but i i it 's ultimately the question of genes affect behaviour and more and more I come to the to the view that they probably do so erm through what we call our emotions , that our genes kind of erm guide us to do so and things through various subjective feelings like when we 're hungry , we , we know we 're hungry and it 's a subjective feeling of hunger . What is actually happening of course we know in that case what is actually happening , because nerves erm er neurones in , in the base of the brain are actually sampling the blood flow as it goes through with sugar level and when the sugar level drops to a critical point , some of those neurones start to fire and as they fire gradually the message is passed on up to the higher brain centres and eventually you get the feeling you 're hungry .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
But I personally felt that that was a good tackle on Speedy , Ron how did you see it ? Yeah I think Colin Cooper stepped in to play very very very quickly and that 's something I think Frank Clarke w will be looking for from him . He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? Well he 's probably just caught him on the back of on the back of the calf but er I thought it was as you say I thought it was a nice sharp incisive tackle . Another second Forest player seemed to go in then I do n't know whether it was him that caught Speedy rather than Cooper with the initial challenge .
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
Grand Slam or no Grand Slam , John Monie will leave Wigan with a legacy that could last for ever . In four unbelievable seasons , the brilliant coach has guided the all - conquering Cherry and Whites to a record - breaking era which has brought 15 trophies . Today , in his last game in charge , he attempts to put the icing on the cake by leading the champions to premiership glory which would complete the sport 's first five - trophy clean sweep . But even if his men fail to topple deadly rivals St Helens in the final at Old Trafford and fall just short of the Grand Slam , Monie 's achievements are still unlikely to ever be equalled . Wigan had already scaled great heights when he took over from Kiwi Graham Lowe in September 1989 but , under the Australian master , they have climbed new peaks .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
Hincmar of Rheims played a crucial role ; but alongside him were colleagues with similar training , shared traditions and experience . It makes sense , therefore , to think of the ninth - century West Frankish church , deeply implicated though it was in secular politics , its personnel largely recruited from the indigenous nobility , and often riven by factional rivalries , yet with its own corporate self - consciousness and distinctive goals . Charles the Bald did not simply exploit the church within his kingdom : he had to work with not against the ecclesiastical grain . And , a point of critical importance , he himself had been educated by churchmen and shared , if not their institutional loyalty , then many of their aims and ideals . Embracing local and provincial churches was the Church , headed by the papacy .
Idiom: along about (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , it 's not as bad as it might have been.’ The adjutant settled down and looked through his notes . ‘ They attacked along about sixty miles , from Lens down to La Fère , more or less . They just about levelled our Front Line with that bombardment.’ ‘ I know .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
Those seeds came to full flower when we attempted to analyse the consequences of the act of measurement . It will be clear that these two dynamical elements , the smooth propagation a la Schrödinger and the discontinuous collapse on making a measurement , sit uneasily side by side . As prescriptions they are crystal clear . In performing calculations we know exactly what to do and the answers fit nature like a glove . However when we attempt to unpack what is involved in measurement and to see how its discontinuity is consistent with the Schrödinger equation , then the puzzles and disputes to which quantum mechanics is heir become apparent .
Idiom: play with fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Curiosity ? Self - testing ? Playing with fire to show that he could ? Or was there some other fascination ? Why had he returned to a milieu which he must have known was a dangerous one for him ?
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: no)
The dandelion is equally dependable , opening its flowers in the morning and closing them in late afternoon . Its seedheads are actually called " clocks " in some rural areas . Many plants are so reliable that floral clocks have been designed with flowers arranged round the clock face in the order of their opening and closing times . Plants open their flowers to lure insect pollinators with their nectar . Even plants which keep their flowers open all the time save energy by only producing nectar at certain periods of the day .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: no)
' You do n't have to worry about anything . ' She smiled . ' I have one of those beastly Dutch cap things . I put it on before I left London . They tell me you 'd never know it was there … . '
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
There 's this siren going behind me , getting louder and louder , and I turn round to have a look . It 's a big white ambulance with a blue light on top , flashing on and off . It 's making a hell of a racket , but it stops the noise after a bit , cos it gets stuck in the traffic . I do n't like noise that loud . It upsets me .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: no)
Altogether , 1267 ( 18.8 % ) women were seropositive , of whom 731 ( 57.7 % ) had been born outside Britain ( table ) . Seroprevalence differed significantly between women in the same ethnic group born in different countries — for example , between black women born in Britain ( 12.2 % ) and those born in Africa ( 45.9%)(χ&sup2 ; = 44.9 , p<0.001 ) and the Caribbean ( 33.1%)(χ&sup2 ; = 27.2 , p<0.001 ) ; between white women born in Ireland ( 31.1 % ) and those born in Britain ( 13.3%)(χ&sup2 ; = 86.6 , p<0.001 ) ; and between Asian women born in India and Sri Lanka ( 7.6 % ) and those born in Pakistan and Bangladesh ( 21.8%)(χ&sup2 ; = 18.0 , p<0.001 ) . Seroprevalence was similar in black and white British born women ( 12.2 % and 13.3 % respectively ; χ&sup2 ; = 1.1 , p>0.25 ) . In these women it increased with age from 9.0 % ( 32/357 ) in women aged < 20 to 26.3 % ( 81/308 ) in women aged > -35 . Comment
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
The Heathertons lived in a tall grey house in Bath Street , in the best quarter of town ; it had coachman 's premises at the back , giving on to a narrow cobbled lane . Paul traversed the lane , preferring the smells of horse - dung from the various stables to the constant traffic of the main thoroughfare . He turned the corner , and found himself at the front of the house , which had a mountingblock , well chalked . Feeling some shyness — he was not used to social life , and this looked to be above his station — he used the brass knocker , polished as it was to show one 's face , distorted , as though in a mirror at a fair . A maid answered , trim in cap and apron .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: yes)
Chris and Patrick made no objection when he took their glasses to replenish them at his cocktail cabinet . By the time they had reached his flat the sun was under the yard - arm . It had taken three - quarters of an hour to sort out the situation at the crossroads in Ramsgate , make statements to the police , get the names of witnesses , watch the crippled Jaguar being winched on to the back of the Relay tender . They had all squeezed in behind the driver for the run to Canterbury , where there was a Jaguar agent . Jim had decided to stay at a hotel there till his car was mended .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
You have a dialogue box to go through in order to amend the entry , and you can only get to it by double clicking on the item 's stock code . It 's far from intuitive , and galling to waste as much time as it takes . Little departures from established norms keep cropping up all over the program , forcing you to refer either to on - line help or the manual , neither of which , frankly , is up to scratch . Sage is currently re - vamping the online help system to make it context sensitive , and I 'm hoping that they 'll also look at idiot proofing and the application of the Windows interface . Curate 's Egg .
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
38 . As regards the requirements referred to in part(b ) of the national court 's question ( 2 ) as I reformulated it above , it may be noted in limine that the mere fact that fishing activity is carried out , on a self - employed basis , using a fishing vessel registered in a member state does not mean that there is establishment in that state . This is borne out by the court 's judgment in Lopes da Veiga v. Staatssecretaris van Justitie ( Case 9/88)[1989]E.C.R. 2989 , from which it appears that in order for a national of a member state who is permanently employed on board a ship flying the flag of another member state to have the status of a worker / national of a member state who is employed in the territory of another member state , the relationship of employment must exhibit a sufficiently close link with that territory . In order to decide whether this is so , account must be taken , not only of the fact that the worker is employed on board a vessel registered in the member state in question , but also of other circumstances , such as the fact that he is in the employ of a company incorporated under the law of that state and established there , or the fact that he was hired in that state and that the employment relationship between him and his employer is subject to the law of the flag state , or the fact that he is insured under the social security system of that state and pays income tax there : see pp . 3009–3010 , paras . 12–17 .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Pardon ? I would have thought it became a way of life ? Well I think it was I mean that erm we when you dredge from the Causeway I 'd say near the Harbourmaster 's office and we dredged all the way to Botterman 's Bay just below Pinmill and that Botterman 's Bay was that 's a place where they had and that 's where the big ships used to moor then and they used to get .. be lightened , like all grain goods and that used to be loaded into barges by hand and then when it goes so light they used to the fish with about three thousand grain in 'em and then they used to fill them up in the dock , on the same method . How long did it take you to dredge that length ? Well we dredged them from nineteen twenty five to nineteen thirty two .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
She , therefore , recognised me when our paths crossed once more . By then I had been released to the Toko - ru on my own recognisance , that is an abject willingness to betray my comrades and help the malais in every way . I was lending a hand in the store of one of my compatriots ; for which I received a miserly stipend and a corner of a room in the warehouse already occupied by two young Chinese . I was accorded a degree of respect appropriate to a man who had been under arms , which was as well as , after rumours of my predilections spread through the warehouse , there were not many willing to share with me . They need n't have flattered themselves .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
And your cat ? There 's two and a do it on my button now I would n't darling because that might be a bit grubby Mum I want it