Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
He did n't come back . ( A few weeks prior to this we had some special wrought iron gates made . She - who - Pulls - the - Strings said the bars were to far apart and the dogs would get stuck in them . With usual confidence , I told her not to be ridiculous , the possibility was infinitesimal — and not very big either ! ) I had been frantically searching the garden for Toby , and found him , his head stuck through the bars unable to move .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
To say that this was creative statutory interpretation would be a gross understatement . Yet this was not the only source of Home Office power to supply the hardware which the local police authority did not want to have . The Court of Appeal also declared that the Crown had ‘ a prerogative power to keep the peace’ . This power devolved to the Home Secretary who was entitled to ‘ do all that [ was]reasonably necessary to preserve the peace of the realm’ . This prerogative was exercisable in times of quiet as well as of emergency and it was in no way fettered or reduced by the enactment of legislation like the Police Act .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
Unlike most modern packs , the Big Top has an adjustable hip belt instead of an adjustable shoulder harness . Unfortunately there are only three positions , so adjustability is limited , especially if you are tall or short . The adjustment system is not particularly good , something of a nut - and - bolt operation , and looks as though it could well be vulnerable to failure as the bolt wears through the covering fabric . On the plus side the harness and especially the hip belt is extremely comfortable , its extra wide shape wrapping round the hips with more than a hint of luxury . All in all this is a very good pack for the price ; made from 1000D Cordura , with two main compartments and four pockets , three in the lid and one in the front .
Idiom: ten a penny (used idiomatically: no)
This lady must have been psychic or something , because in no time at all she was asking if I could enlarge necks on jumpers that other people had made too small to go over the head . I do n't think she knew the crochet lady and I 'm sure neither knew that I had perfected the art of correcting typescript undetectably ! I remember I got two shillings ( ten pence ) for every neck I put right . About this time machine knitting was becoming more popular and articles about how to make money from it were appearing . I do n't think I know anyone who has made a fortune from their knitting machine , but then they are not likely to tell me if they have a yacht in the Mediterranean and a villa in the south of France , are they ?
Idiom: go the whole hog (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Oh , I love the countryside,’ leers the singer , ‘ and I 'd miss the sheep.’ NO DISRESPECT to the alternative inhabitants of Bury St Edmunds , but if Jacob 's Mouse are a cluster of front bottoms then I am Inspector Poirot 's moustache . Squeezed into an Islington drinking hole prior to an onstage engagement , Sam sips tentatively at a half of lager while the siblings go the whole hog and guzzle pints of water . And if you think that 's strange behaviour for a bunch of follicle - flowing grind merchants who make a noise roughly akin to King Kong farting in a bathful of badgers , you have n't heard the full story . ‘ We met at a swimming gala 'cos we used to be competitive swimmers,’ recalls Sam .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
Thus many performances of ‘ Down Mexico Way’ used approximations of ‘ Latin ' rhythms in the accompaniment , just as the basic structure is extended at the end by a ‘ sub - flamenco’coda . Since the 1950s , many of these functions have been taken over by the record producer . Because of popular music 's ubiquitousness and vast scale of production , it has been possible to establish in the collective mind a set of conventional musical ‘ colours’—‘Spanish’ , ‘ pastoral’ , ‘ cowboy’ , ‘ blue’ , ‘ hip pie’ , ‘ punk’ , and so on— and arrangers and producers can simply lift the technical devices needed for these ready - made veneers off the shelf when needed . Similarly , the ‘ mechanized spontaneity’ typical of some late 1930s dance - bands can easily be matched by the artificial excitement and synthetic ecstasy of some rock performances — just as rehearsed ‘ improvised’solos are still common . In a sense anything — even ‘ modernist’ dissonance or punk ‘ anti - vocal’singing — can become clichéd and pseudo - individual , as many TV commercials testify .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
MOFFAT DISCOVERY by Parkinson Cowan Cookability comes clean MOFFAT DISCOVERY is , quite simply , Britain 's most advanced gas cooker . It is the start of a new generation of gas cookers .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Fibreglass pools are obviously entirely rigid and free - standing , and present no such difficulties during construction , but one must be very careful over the choice of design , for most are made by fibreglass manufacturers with little understanding of plant life and it is often the case that reeds , rushes and irises are expected to become established on a marginal shelf no more than 8 cm ( 3 in ) wide , while the deeper areas of the pool will not have a sufficiently flat floor to place a single waterlily basket . There are many different shapes and sizes to choose from and most can be obtained in a choice of colours , so it is wise to obtain a selection of catalogues from specialists and weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of each type before making what will undoubtedly be a sizeable investment . As in most walks of life , you generally get what you pay for and a higher - priced product will generally be of higher quality . Read the manufacturer 's descriptions carefully , for some of the smaller pools are really rock pools which are intended to sit near the summit of a rock garden so that water tumbles down a cascade unit into a pool below . These are relatively inexpensive , but are not suited to most aquatic plants nor to accommodating ornamental fish .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Would not any of us wish , in the circumstances , that the courageous and humane Dr Nigel Cox was on duty to do the same for us as he did for Mrs Boyes ? Almost certainly . So should not the law be changed immediately to prevent the likes of Dr Cox ending up in the dock ? Almost certainly not . Because it might not be the compassionate , caring Dr Cox who is at our bedside .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
Such is zander fishing at times . Something else you can look for is an unusual feature that may attract fish to it . On most Fenland drains they are few and far between to the untrained eye for most of the best features are hidden beneath the water . In a water that is largely featureless it does n't need to be anything too pronounced to be attractive to fish . On the rare occasions that the drains run very clear you can see that the dredger has left all sorts of lumps and troughs along the bottom and these would never be found normally except by the most meticulous plumbing .
Idiom: fair game (used idiomatically: yes)
" Just remember , " he shouted at us , " let me know what 's happening in Torajaland ; do n't let Abu too close to those Toraja ladies ; and bring back my jeep ! " " Tanah Toraja " , or " Torajaland " , could only be reached via a hazardous fourteen - hour jeep - ride , a journey which was not enhanced by the sensibilities of our zealous Abu . Never before had we experienced a road code which considered any living things trespassing on the tarmac to be absolutely fair game . Even before we had left the outskirts of Makassar , Abu grinned into my face and asked , " In your country , chickens fly ? " " No , they do n't , " I replied , puzzled by the question .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
The nutritional value of grass decreases markedly during the winter months . If you use a powder supplement , damp the feed to prevent the horse from blowing it away ! John Alexander helps you set your eyes on the right HOLIDAY HORIZON ' Riding schools only seem to teach riding on the level , ' complained the owner of a major Welsh centre in a letter .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Some observers are predicting the imminent collapse of the military regime which has ruled Ethiopia for 15 years . The rebels , the Tigrayan People 's Liberation Front ( TPLF ) , are threatening to cut off Dese , a key garrison town protecting part of the road linking Addis Ababa with the port of Assab . They have advanced down the Asmara road in the past four weeks and are now reported to be operating south of Dese . They have surrounded a garrison at Bati , to the east , and on 19 September they attacked Mile on the Assab road , closing it for 36 hours . Helicopter gunships ply constant missions from their base at Kombolcha : yesterday I watched MiG-21 fighter - bombers , loaded with bombs and rockets , take off from Dire Dawa and head west .
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: yes)
He 'll be putting his lungs to good use soon to record the album of the show . A new song , written especially for Jonathon by John Barry ( who won an Oscar for the musical score of Dance With Wolves ) , will be released as a single in June . Jonathon Morris , you will have gathered , is going places — and no one could be happier than the man himself . But he 's determined to get it right . ‘ I want people to come and see me playing Billy , not Adrian Boswell , in the same way as they went to watch Michael Crawford , not Frank Spencer.’
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
MIKE McDONOUGH A BOY of 12 who begged a judge to set him free of his mother was granted his wish last night . Brave Gregory Kingsley made legal history after calmly telling a hushed court : ' I do n't love her and I do n't want to live with her . ' After hearing the boy 's story of how he had been ' neglected and abused ' by his mother Rachel , judge Thomas Kirk told him he could be adopted by his foster parents George and Lizabeth Russ . Onlookers burst into applause as the judge said : ' Gregory , you 're the son of Mr and Mrs Russ at this moment . '
Idiom: fill someone's shoes (used idiomatically: yes)
The company says it is now fully funded . And Next , which claims to have captured 20 % of the commercial workstation market , about half its estimate of Sun 's share , has named Bernard Woebker its vice president of Europe , stationed in Munich . Woebker , most recently Pyramid 's senior vice president for Europe , the Middle East and Africa : Pyramid UK 's Martin Lambert is to fill Woebker 's shoes . X / Open Co Ltd has commissioned market research firm Dataquest to undertake an Open Systems survey on its behalf , as part of its Xtra user requirements programme . The study will focus on the supply side of the industry to identify the progress being made towards delivering products that meet users ' needs and will investigate how vendors intend to respond to users aspirations in interoperability , data management , on - line transaction processing and network and system management .
Idiom: turn something on its head (used idiomatically: yes)
A NEED TO CARE WITHIN LIMITS Parkinson 's Law states that ' work expands to fill the time available ' . So effectively Robert Harris and Noel Timms ( ' Backs against the wall ' , 15 April ) turn Parkinson 's Law on its head when they say that in residential care ' time expands in accordance with the potentially limitless tasks which exist ' . What I feel is being expressed in Harris ' and Timms ' paraphrase is frustration at the awesome time - wasting and prevarication which presently occurs in cases where secure accommodation is at issue . Secure accommodation is appropriate for some young people and should be used , with the firm application of DSS guidelines .
Idiom: on the same wavelength (used idiomatically: yes)
A , tell her she 's as , as a pa , pal too ? B , try to make amends for upsetting her ? Or C , take it as a real compliment and you are on the same wavelength ? Question two . Your partner suggests you should go to a Phil Collins concert .
Idiom: take a dive (used idiomatically: no)
It is as though we had to talk in order to reassure ourselves that we were living . Maybe it is radar , coming back to confirm the solidity of objects around us . But then our conversations took a dive into the murky waters of sexuality and jealousy . I am glad to be free again . The clouds have dropped down over the mountain so that the evangelicals and charismatics on the first contour above the town have vanished into the mist .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
There are also standard shapes for tensile test specimens , laid down by the standards bodies ( BSI , ASTM , DIN ) in various countries , which have been developed as a result of stress analysis . These apply to isotropic materials which are homogeneous and of regular shape . Objections to the tacit assumption of Saint - Venant 's principle or the above rule of thumb arise however . 1 . If the cross - section is irregular ( for example , of dog - bone shape ) then the principle does not apply ( Toupin 1965 ) .
Idiom: close shave (used idiomatically: yes)
If FIFA ever had the foresight to forego football and organise the World Cup for Misbehaviour , Scotland would undoubtedly be the bookie 's favourite and Thomas Henderson Docherty would be an inevitable choice as manager . In the mid ' 70s , while he was still manager of Manchester United , The Doc frequently appeared on ITV in a commercial for Gillette 2 razor - blades . His catch line was , ' I can honestly say it 's the closest shave I 've ever had . ' Of course it was a complete lie . Nobody has brushed with the law quite like The Doc .
Idiom: take it on the chin (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He could have blamed this and that but he said we deserved it . The manager 's attitude shows why they are champions . He took it on the chin . ‘ One or two people will be ready to put this down to plastic but our goals were nothing to do with plastic . This was a great performanc .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
But while the Christian sees doubt as useful only in the preliminary stages of exposing what he should not believe , some humanists go much further . They almost suggest that , if applied correctly , critical doubt would rule out all answers other than their own and establish humanism as the only rational belief . Bertrand Russell , for example , claimed in his book Sceptical Essays that rationalism , doubt and the millennium go hand in hand : ‘ If only men could be brought into a tentatively agnostic frame of mind about these matters [ religion and politics ] , nine - tenths of the evils of the modern world would be cured … . Thus rational doubt alone , if it could be generated , would suffice to introduce the millennium.’ why stop there ?
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
When he had not returned by lam , it was assumed that he was the wanted man . Bills were posted , and added to the description was a description of the fugitive 's attire : ‘ Breeches , short frock [ coat]and yellow waistcoat.’ White haired and florid , dumpy John Hutt was on the run . The murder was on the 12th , the 13th found him in Farnham , the 15th in Petersfield , and on the 17th the fugitive was in Portsmouth , trying desperately to join the Marines . The 18th found him in the custody of two Maidenhead cavalry officers who took him back to Reading .
Idiom: make heavy weather of (used idiomatically: yes)
Biotechnology is becoming more and more important in this context , even if many of the more chemical - industryoriented German companies have made heavy weather of this change of paradigms in medical research .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
As political life became dominated by people who were in it as a career , the shires felt betrayed . The Field complained : We are represented by men hungry for high political office who will therefore not rock the party boat ; men whose loyalty is to their political careers , not necessarily their constituents ; men who know nothing of rural life , for why should they , nurtured as they were in towns or suburbs ? What do such men or women know ( or care ) about agriculture , forestry , field sports , immigration ( for they are immigrants themselves ) ? Many of the new breed were people for whom , in Andrew Roth 's words ' capitalism does n't have an unacceptable face ' .
Idiom: sign of the times (used idiomatically: yes)
Weenie and Co. might be at school then and he wanted a word with Sarah on her own . One of the Flemings ' neighbours was outside , polishing his car , a nice - looking Audi . Sign of the times , he thought , as he turned the corner into Church Row . He could remember when a barrow , or a donkey and cart , would have been the mark of riches in the Alley and not an imported German car . He had known this district all his life , had come back to it as a young police detective for his first major case , and its vitality and capacity for change amazed him .
Idiom: keep your chin up (used idiomatically: yes)
She lit a cigarette and closed her eyes . Calm down . Keep your chin up . Know the beast and tame it . She remembered a diagram in the biology text book : Transverse Section Through Human Skin .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
Ladies and gentlemen , Señorita Ana de Santis ! ' Maggie gripped Felipe 's hand as Ana rode into the arena on her white horse . Dressed in black with a white shirt , her blue - black hair severely braided under a black Córdoba hat , she was the very image of the brother whom Maggie had seen and dreamed of so long ago . The haughty looks were there , no sign of the mischievous girl she had become , and as she performed Maggie 's eyes slid to her husband 's face , seeing the pride and pleasure there . ' She is good , querida ? ' he whispered , feeling her eyes on him .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
After a slot - it - out 18 months , which has seen them circuiting Europe and America like Nigel Mansell switched to turbo - boost , they turn up here — excuse the expression — absolutely knackered . Yet , in heavy rock terms , they still retain an erudite edge and play with an urgency onstage that outstrips the uncharacteristically sluggish Babes In Toyland , when they played on the other side of town , two nights earlier . They start like ‘ Too Tough To Die’ -era Ramones , with ‘ Deadhead’and the tell - tale ‘ Ein , zwei , drei , vier’countdown to ‘ Slide’— and then pummel through three or four numbers with a brightness and lethal - pop - edge that brings new life to their bludgeoned ‘ Bricks Are Heavy’album ( particularly the lurching ‘ Everglade’ , which as a 45 was as devoid of pizzazz as Catchphrase is of wit and wisdom ) . ‘ Bricks’ , their first LP for Slash with its surprise hit ‘ Pretend We 're Dead’ , acts as a foundation stone for tonight 's set , with older , dirtier material fitting nicely around it . The Marquee crowd — a muddle of college indie kids and rock fans in assorted Gunners chic — react with an equal mix of abandon and pose , the kids at the front looking like they 've got heads on springs as they crowd round the monitors .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
She knew what this man was , knew he was capable of raiding hearts just as easily as nightclubs , yet here she was all but melting away because he 'd touched her ! She had to get a grip on her ridiculous emotions , had to keep reminding herself that it was only the club he wanted . Rory would be nothing more to him than a pleasant extra thrown in for good measure . Steeling herself , she tilted her chin to give him an aloof , autocratic stare . ‘ I was just thinking about your foolish and utterly misguided belief that there 's a drugs ring in this club,’ she said coldly .
Idiom: in the offing (used idiomatically: yes)
time . Mm ? Any more holidays in the offing ? Me ? Well I 'm off on Tuesday and .
Idiom: third time lucky (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr President , I second . Motion three eight three , reduced T V licences er Lancashire region to move . President , congress well , third time lucky , eh ? All my motions on the first day . Wherever you go nowadays , be it swimming , the pictures , fitness centres , or pop concerts they all appreciate that the unemployed can not afford to pay the full charge .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Interest"in this context must , in our judgment , include the bundle of rights and obligations representing that interest . The difficulty , from the defendant 's point of view , is that the two agreements , instead of imposing a joint liability on him and Miss Guile to pay a deposit of £ 80 and monthly payments of £ 73.32 , on their face imposed on each of them individual and separate obligations to pay only a deposit of £ 40 and monthly payments of only £ 86.66 . On the face of it , the absence of joint obligations of payment was inconsistent with the existence of a joint tenancy . Counsel for the defendant … contended that the two agreements were , as he put it , " interdependent " and must be read together … However , it seems to us quite impossible to rewrite the two agreements in this matter as a matter of construction …
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
These have been explored in more depth , namely loss and bereavement , elders from ethnic minority groups , ageing in a strange country , issues around sexuality , mental infirmity , alcoholism and elder abuse . Direct Social Work with Individuals In this chapter the focus is on developing communication skills , in order to undertake face - to - face social work with clients and members of their family network , either as individuals or with two or three people together . The emphasis here is first on developing a relationship , and then on using other core skills to implement a social care plan . This involves planning the intervention and evaluating the outcome .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
The conventions , or unwritten rules , of the constitution were seen as of crucial significance since they secured " in a roundabout way what is called abroad the " sovereignty of the people " " thus making for a governmental system in which " the will of the electors shall by regular and constitutional means always in the end assert itself as the predominant influence in the country " . Simply expressed , the conventions of the constitution , in ensuring the supremacy of the House of Commons , have"one ultimate objective . Their end is to secure that Parliament , or the cabinet which is indirectly appointed by Parliament , shall in the long run give effect to the will of that power which in England is the true political sovereign of the state — the majority of the electors . " Dicey felt able to boil the British constitution down to " one essential principle " : " obedience by all persons to the deliberately expressed will of the House of Commons in the first instance and ultimately to the will of the nation as expressed through Parliament . " In his book on Law and Public Opinion in England , Dicey made the point that " the English constitution had been transformed into something like democracy going on to argue that " in a democratic country the laws which will be passed , or at any rate will be put into effect , must be the laws which the people like " .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
Landscape is not an old word in our language . The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary lists it originating about 1602 . The Russians had no word for landscape till the French arrived with ' paysage ' . In our day it seems incredible that the landscape was at one time of no consideration to artists — and maybe the people in it . Slowly the exterior background settings for religious paintings , the major activity of artists in the seventeenth century , took on more detailed contours and established geographic as well as topographic influences that we still see in some forms of landscape painting today .