Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
I thought that if I did n't get out I might end up being thrown out . I went along to other organizations , joined one or two things , went out a lot . For some reason ( and I really ca n't remember what I was doing there ) one day I found myself rather out of order at the opening of a new leather shop in Hoxton . I 'd been muttering unhappily to a couple of friends about how hopelessly disorganized a particular campaign I 'd got involved with seemed to be when a strange man next to us started a similar but louder tirade about how useless Switchboard was , how everyone knew they were ripping off money from their fund raising and what a lousy job they did in his ( extremely small and third - hand ) experience . A couple of volunteers started to argue with him and I joined in with anger .
Idiom: fill someone's shoes (used idiomatically: no)
These sheep have killer instincts and a sadistic sense of fun they 'll fill your shoes with sheep shit and leave teeth marks in your bum They 've taken revenge on the weavers
Idiom: all over the map (used idiomatically: no)
Even if one had never visited this part of England , the map would suggest that there are fundamental differences in the way in which the landscapes of the two halves of the counties have evolved . This is particularly striking in Norfolk . In the east and centre of the county we find a close network of narrow , winding lanes , wandering from hamlet to hamlet and farm to farm , churches standing alone , isolated houses dotted all over the map , many of them called Hall or Old Hall — significant names . It is a closely - packed map with hardly a straight line or an empty space in it . The west of the county is entirely different , even to the casual glance of a motorist : far fewer lanes and by - ways , more villages , the whole landscape or map more ‘ open’ altogether .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a long I know . it was a it was full pass inside to two fullbacks er , for the Southampton player that was running on this fullback shaded it away you know , guiding him out of it , he 's running to the e sa Smeichel came out to the edge of the area but he was like right on the edge as the player was coming to him , so he just let it roll a little bit further , he stopped it with his foot , the guy came and tackled him off got it instead of just picking it up with his hand , I mean he was actually in the area but like he was right on the edge and he took a step back Why the fuck did n't he and stopped it with his foot .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Glaxo moving in on OTC drugs By Richard Shackleton SHARES in Glaxo , the UK 's second - largest company , closed 22p higher at 684p yesterday after the drugs group clarified recent statements about its possible involvement in the over - the - counter ( OTC ) drugs market . At one stage , their price nudged 700p . Analysts say the company 's recent stock market underperformance has been caused partly by fears that its near-£1.5 billion cash pile would be used to make a big acquisition in this market .
Idiom: go to your head (used idiomatically: yes)
as if to turn attention away from the continual coldness of his hands , he pulled on the gloves comically and pretended to grope about the room with them like a blind man . ‘ The gloves are only for when you go out . I 'm afraid all this excitement is going to your head , Daddy.’ Rose , laughing , took the gloves away as he pretended to need them to wear about the house . ‘ I have n't discovered yet what brought out all the troops,’ he said when the laughing stopped .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
This was a rather isolated place , tucked behind a hill and she used to run a little shop , probably for the company as much as anything . I know she became somewhat lonely because her husband , although he was a very hard worker , would go off on a spree for some days at a time . They were n't badly off because I do believe they ran a car and she would wear a lovely fox fur when she was out and about in the dale . She would wear it for Chapel Anniversary , I would think , because that was a very special occasion in Baldersdale . I can still bring it to mind , with lines of people coming off the hillsides and on to the road .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
Four times as many will want to get in , making it a ticket tout 's dream . For once , however , the long - suffering regular fan will be able to buy his ticket at face value — and even sit in his usual seat . I 'm all for the IFA decision to guarantee Republic match tickets only to those fans who buy seats for the Latvia game on Wednesday . The rest will have to take their chances in the biggest stampede to see a Northern Ireland game in eight years . The IFA need the money and the team need your support .
Idiom: stand someone in good stead (used idiomatically: yes)
This is an old magic trick which entails some preparation . Unlike the other tricks it can not be picked up quickly . However , it is one that , if you take the trouble to learn properly , will stand you in good stead . Here is what you must memorise : These words are Latin and they form the basis of the secret to this trick . They consist of twenty letters , two M 's , two U 's , two T 's , two S 's , two N 's , two O 's , two E 's , two C 's , two I 's , two D 's .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Novelist Graham Roos , 26 , who has known Antonia for eight years , said : ‘ She comes from a cosmopolitan background and she is quite sophisticated . ‘ She did n't find it unusual to sleep with a minister because there is a whole tradition of courtesans which this country does n't understand . ‘ Very grand women who were prized for their minds as much as their bodies were taken on board by powerful individuals . Amanda Tooth said that hard times made Antonia set her sights on someone who could help her make a name . ‘ After her parents died about a year apart she suddenly got a survival instinct which knew no boundaries at all because she had no longer had a family , ’ said Amanda .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
The steeper the slope the more the toes must face downhill , and the steepest slopes climbed using this technique would be ascended backwards . It may be necessary to stamp the boot more firmly when using French technique on harder slopes , but it is important that the edge of the boot is n't kicked in as it would be when not wearing crampons , as this only uses half the available points . Using the edges in this manner on ice might cause the points to skate off or shear out ( Fig 4 ) . When using French technique the axe is held normally in the uphill hand for support and extra security , but it is important not to lean on it and into the hill ; your weight must be kept over the crampons . When changing direction , one method is to put your feet into a V position facing uphill , using the axe as a safeguard while doing this ( Fig 5 ) .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
The official programme , filled with traditional symbols , religious imagery and even a gushing poem from the Poet Laureate , contained an article explaining ‘ The Queen 's Majesty’(Bryant , 1953 ) . The author declared that the Crown was the symbol of national unity . As such , it was able to produce ‘ a more wonderful miracle than the greatest achievement of science’ , for ‘ it enables millions who have never set eyes on one another to act together in peaceful and mutual co - operation and makes them glad and proud to do so’(p . 8) . Even at this moment of patriotic and quasi - mystical emotion , rationalized functionalism is expressed . The miracle is not the monarchy itself , but what it achieves .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
The battle for the hearts and minds of Scotland 's Catholics is the subject of tonight 's feature on Christianity in Scotland . Pope John Paul the second has won wide acclaim from outside his own Church for his firm leadership style . But , as Ronnie Convery found out , within the Church itself he 's under fire from some liberal Catholics who say he 's turning the clock back . RONNIE CONVERY / Scotland Today ; 26 secs Glasgow 1982 ; 54 secs ( for three seconds )
Idiom: crocodile tears (used idiomatically: yes)
The party was in a mutinous condition in November 1911 and there was no apparent successor who would have even half of Balfour 's political gifts . Nor was it clear that Balfour 's departure was universally desired : at the National Union Conference a few days later , Leo Maxse was booed off the platform , and constituency parties everywhere passed resolutions regretting Balfour 's decision . A great many crocodile tears were shed , for , since Unionists had such an elevated view of the principle of leadership , they were unable to accept that they had just driven their own leader from office . The shock caused by Balfour 's going thus did something to steady the party and it certainly produced a real determination to settle the affairs of the party with less friction than had been fashionable of late . The main contenders for the leadership were Austen Chamberlain and Walter Long , representing the two different establishments of the Edwardian Unionist party — the opposite worlds of Birmingham and Wiltshire — but the situation was complicated by the intervention of two outsiders , Edward Carson and Andrew Bonar Law .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Well what they 're doing actually it 's quite right because they 're they tended to play the long ball to Steve Walsh so that he could head it down and what they 're doing actually they 've got two four foot eight forwards in Jochim and Speedy and a nine foot seven winger Ormanroyd but because exactly but because of that they 're playing the ball through the Forest er midfield and they are looking a lot better side . This is the best I 've seen them play for a long time Leicester They 're playing Forest type football
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
another aspect of hangliding is survival … Pete Harvey has just broken the European endurance record … a flight of 300 kilometres … Pete says that on one flight recently he was up in the air for nine hours so you have to take food and drink with you to keep going … in this country survival is not a problem but it can be hard when you 're flying across deserts and things like that there are over 4000 hangliders in Britain … what started out as a daredevil sport has been accepted as a safe form of flying … and the thrill the sensation … Pete says there 's great freedom in the air … you can float to wherever you want to … the sensation is great especially when you are flying on the last wind of the day
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
The ratings competition being what it is , Blitz put Morrissey in the cover of the magazine when , of course , it should have been graced by the familiar features of Elsie Tanner . Although the piece was a well balanced probe into the Phoenix career ( and an immensely interesting career it is too ) , one was left with the feeling that she would n't have been there had it not been for the status of her interviewer . Just how Morrissey will come to terms with this problem is a matter for some speculation . Maybe he is content just to pay tribute to his personal media icons . Maybe he is merely realising the ambitions of a fan .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
We were brought up to think of the wonderland between Loch Broom and the roads to Skye as Wester Ross , and always will . There are two ways from Ullapool for southbound travellers . Walkers in a hurry can sneak across on a passenger ferry and over the facing hill on a cart track to Dundonnell , saving nearly twenty miles and the best part of a day . But motorists , explorers and connoisseurs of beauty will follow the usual route departing along the A.83s . They will be amply rewarded …
Idiom: not on your life (used idiomatically: yes)
' The wall is lost . I will hold them . ' ' Not on your life , ' Riven spat , and he took his place at Isay 's shoulder . They saw Gwion fall with a smashed skull , a Ralarth ' Ware hurled down to the street below ; and then the enemy Myrcans confronted Isay and Riven . ' Will you fight your own people ?
Idiom: six of the best (used idiomatically: no)
Michael Whitaker survived one drastic moment with Next Tees Hanauer to snatch the Everest Championship from the sponsor 's stable . Whitaker 's partner slipped while turning tight into the penultimate fence , but the horse managed to jump clear and win from Emma - Jane Mac on Everest Oyster . Tennis : Becker names his six of the best From JOHN ROBERTS in Stuttgart TOWARDS the end of a week of stocktaking at the Stuttgart Classic , in which some of the world 's leading male players have expressed mixed feelings about the way professional tennis is moving into the next decade , Boris Becker was asked to name his player of the 1980s .
Idiom: smell blood (used idiomatically: yes)
As for those defeats at the hands of Botham and Sidcombe I would rate both , in footballing terms , as nightmares . To allow Botham Wanderers , who at the time were without a win , to take a four - goal lead was asking for trouble . I had expected them at that stage to do the decent thing and wait for us to catch up but , smelling their first blood of the season , they continued in much the same fashion and eventually ran out 7–0 victors . I can offer little in the way of explanation for our disappointing display , although the failure of goalkeeper John Slack to turn up severely crippled the team . I was forced to put Micky Deere between the posts and the referee 's insistence that he remove his bi - focals meant he was two fathoms below useless .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
We start not with the sins of the father within us , nor with the sins of anyone else , but as crystal clear water , into which dirty sump oil is poured . By the time we are grown we are a badly mixed solution , but if the water can resurface , where it rightly belongs , then we will be as we once were , before all those hurts arrived . The Centre does nothing magical , nothing unscientific , nothing really extraordinary , it merely helps you to start filtering off the oil and getting back to that crystal clear water . And the water is always there if we take the trouble to find it . Grove House had once been a convent with a chapel .
Idiom: bring home the bacon (used idiomatically: no)
What makes a nice meaty rasher ? The BBC Good Food team tasted the best bacon on the market Bring home THE BACON TRIED AND TASTED Just 20 years ago , half of us were eating bacon for breakfast before starting work in the morning .
Idiom: stick to your guns (used idiomatically: yes)
Unable to face his wife in the bungalow in High Park Avenue and fearful of meeting her in one of the shops if he hung about the town , he set off for another walk along the beach , striking out this time in the opposite direction from the one he 'd taken that morning . With the passing of time , he began to think that he 'd taken far too glum a view of the situation . His foremost maxim — of never admitting defeat , of sticking to your guns through thick and thin— came to his aid and offered the first shreds of comfort since the unpleasantness of the night before . At half past five he returned to the Disraeli Lounge and at ten to eight , his spirits further lightened by his intake of whisky , he entered the bungalow , whistling . " Where on earth have you been , Gordon ? " she demanded as soon as he appeared in the sitting - room .
Idiom: curry favour (used idiomatically: yes)
Sadly it was a legacy scorned by its putative beneficiaries . With the exception of some work by disciples of Sutherland ( Clinard 1952 ; Cressey 1953 ; Hartung 1950 ) , the study of corporate crime remained a deserted and neglected area for nearly two decades . And then , following Ralph Nader 's ( 1965 ) exposure of the car industry 's products as being ' Unsafe At Any Speed ' , the President 's Task Force Report on crime ( 1967 ) , and Watergate 's revelation of massive corporate funds being paid illegally to curry political favours and de - stabilize South American democratic governments , there was a renew - ed interest in crimes committed in the good name of major corporations . In his presidential address to the Society for the Study of Social Problems , Wheeler ( 1976 ) claimed that ' the patterns of illegal activity that lie at the core of large - scale corporate , industrial society … have been almost totally neglected ' . He partly supported this belief by the fact that of the 3,700 books or articles listed in the two - volume Criminology Index ( Wolfgang , Figlio , and Thornberry 1975 ) which reviews theoretical and empirical work in criminology from 1945 to 1972 , there were only ninety - two , or about 2.5 per cent , dealing with white - collar or corporate crime .
Idiom: pull a fast one (used idiomatically: yes)
Listening is a difficult and complex skill at the best of times . The Profitboss listens to Joe Cooper , the union representative , and his mind is open to the possibility that Joe could be right about certain aspects of the payment system being inequitable , The Profitboss 's mind is open to the possibility that there might be too much bureaucracy in company secretariat when Paul the property services manager mentions it in passing . His mind is open to the possibility that Alan the Aston office manager might be pulling a fast one over him . His mind is open to the possibility that he might have made a mistake in hiring Stephanie to head Advertising and Promotions . Overall the Profitboss is openminded to the possibility he could make even more profit .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
The boy 's contemptuous : ' No ! ' was always accepted without comment , and with no attempt at persuasion ; but each night a soft , sidelong , tormenting smile recognised the growing reluctance and diminishing arrogance with which he spat the refusal at his questioner . ' Very well ! ' sighed Isambard , and reached a hand to take up the candle in its iron holder from the rocky ledge of the wall . The boy sat hunched on the edge of his bed , his slight shoulders rigid ; the green eyes followed with an uneasy glitter the deliberate progress of his captor 's elegant , muscular hand through a meagre yard of air , and lived through a wilderness of reluctance and temptation during its passage . His folded forearms hugged his cramped belly . Three days without food is a starvation - while to a boy of fifteen .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: no)
So I told him to take these tablets and says if he felt no better he 'd better get to doctors , well he did n't even move out of bed , apart from summat to eat Yeah . and I got up on Thursday morning and the little get had pissed off , went to Cadets and everything . So on Friday he tried to pull same stunt again so I says oh no you 're not , I says we 're not playing at that , I says chuff that for a lark , I says what do you think you 're playing at ? So he did n't like it cos I made him go .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
Cotterell said , ‘ Do you have a limit , or do you want us to give you an estimate?’ ‘ An estimate will be fine . I want something deeper than the stuff you usually do for me , so do n't look for ways to cut corners . There are some specifics , as well.’ ‘ Fire away.’
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Lines were drawn . This is my justification . Once both sides had revealed their hands there was no point carrying on playing the game . We could settle down to real life ; they were out to get us , and we were out to stop them . And I know only one way you do that .
Idiom: look on the bright side (used idiomatically: no)
Poor The Merseysiders have made their poorest start for 11 years with only five points from five games . But skipper Mark Wright believes they should look on the bright side of the draws at Ipswich and Leeds — despite throwing away a win in each game . Wright said : ‘ After the disappointment of the Arsenal defeat , we 've bounced back with two creditable performances and have n't been beaten at places where it 's hard to get results . ‘ We were in winning positions in both games so we ca n't be playing that badly .
Idiom: fight fire with fire (used idiomatically: no)
BURT REYNOLDS threw a tantrum on the set of his TV show Evening Shade in a row with a woman producer . He hurled a chair across the set , smashing lamps and vases , then stormed off to his dressing room . Star Katharine helps to fight water with fire By Tim Satchell ACTRESS Katharine Hepburn has been helping efforts to deal with the flooding in Connecticut .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
Of course it could be objected that the responses highlight this facet of the housewife role because much of the rest of the interview was taken up with questions about housework . Yet this generalization is consistent with the line taken by the women in many other comments made spontaneously — unprompted by questions from the interviewer . In addition , groups of questions were devoted to marriage and to child - care , so that there was no pressure on the women to feel that responses on these subjects would be out of order . Autonomy is the most valued quality of the housewife role : housework is the worst . Joanna Giles , an ex - computer programmer married to a radio producer , described her feeling of autonomy thus :
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
With functions , as with senders and receivers , there is no simple one - to - one connection to discourse type . Though the function of a menu is usually to inform , it may also — left on a mantelpiece — serve to impress , to decorate , or to amuse . To say an advertisement has an advertising function begs many questions . Some advertisements may inform , others persuade , cajole , frighten , shock , worry , arouse . A will apparently has the function of bequeathing but it might also be intended to please or to repudiate — and to a historian , though that was not the intention , it may function as information .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
On Saturday their parents would be back . On all these days Timothy Gedge appeared at the gate in the garden wall . On the Monday and the Tuesday he came to the front of the house and rang the hall door bell . " There 's that Gedge boy wants you , " Mrs Blakey said in a puzzled way on each occasion , and on each occasion they replied that they did n't wish to see him . When he came again Mrs Blakey said he must not return .
Idiom: look the other way (used idiomatically: no)
Mary wanted me to look the other way while she was getting dressed .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Palace go in search of their fifth consecutive win on Boxing Day in the Selhurst Park clash against tenants Wimbledon , with McGoldrick unconvinced about his role on the wing . McGoldrick , a revelation as emergency sweeper for Palace in impressive wins over Liverpool and Leeds , would readily swap his wide duties for a permanent place at the back . It is of little consolation to out - of - pocket Palace chairman Ron Noades , who recently paid McGoldrick a £10,000 bonus for reaching seven League goals this season . McGoldrick said : ‘ I play where I 'm told , but I do not class myself as a natural winger . I am happier playing at the back .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
The Middle ~ East ’s Democratic ~ F - Words LONDON – The Middle ~ East continues to have the highest concentration of dictatorships in the world . But 2009 was the year that democracy appeared to take root in the region – and yet the future looks as bleak as ever . In the Palestinian territories , Gaza ’s democratically elected Hamas government and the democratically elected president of the Palestinian ~ Authority are locked in a seeming death grip , which has seen Gaza fall into an economic black hole and paralyzed as it also allowed space for Israeli intransigence . All the while the supposed political savior , Marwan Barghouti , sits in an Israeli prison with a life sentence .