Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
He was there once more as she turned into the staff car park as again she recalled that ' blunt ' had n't been the word for it ! Of course , having spent half the night touring round in the pouring rain searching for Travis would n't sweeten anyone 's temper , would it , least of all his ? She was happily thinking , Serves him right , a pity there was n't a cloudburst , when across the car park , in an area where the top managers of Vasey 's normally parked their cars , she noticed that room had been made for another car . And what a car ! The Jaguar was long , sleek , and up to the minute .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
His shops rake in more money per square foot than most other British retailers . Though the flippant Mr Ratner has said similar things in private before , the strident headlines produced by his speech seem to have shaken him . Customers will understand that his comments were made ‘ tongue in cheek’ , he now says . Besides , they will not be put off because they know a bargain when they see one . Some of his staff even suggest the boss 's remarks might boost sales .
Idiom: ten a penny (used idiomatically: yes)
Share out , share out something between erm ten people okay say share out a pound . How much would we get each ? If we shared out , let 's say you share out erm ten pence between ten people how much do we get ? Two one . Yeah so we get one and the you 're going on to the next one .
Idiom: have someone's number (used idiomatically: yes)
And at the end of the evening he said , ‘ Give me your number , I 'd like to have it for the future.’ ‘ Later on I took a vacation to Los Angeles and called George up and he said , ‘ What hotel are you at right now ? I 'd like to have your number ; Jean - Luc Ponty is looking for a guitarist.’ So I waited at the ‘ phone and Jean - Luc Ponty rang me , and two days later I auditioned at his house . He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
Even police culture is not monolithic . The officer who handed us the unofficial communique was risking his neck by taking a public stance against racism amongst his colleagues . ‘ Grassing up your mates’ and cooperating with the ‘ enemy within ' ( antiracists , liberals , etc . ) are both capital crimes in this rank - and - file code , yet he had enough moral courage and support to bring this material out into the open for discussion . This finally leads us into a series of other more practical questions . Should the youth workers have tried to integrate these boys into ‘ the community’ , or to isolate them from it ?
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: no)
Progress on nuclear and conventional disarmament negotiations will mean substantial cuts in European — and especially British — defence spending , with many defence contracts being cancelled . Left to the ' free market ' , defence contractors will either try to sell more arms to the Middle East and the Third World — perpetuating a disastrous misallocation of resources and dangerous instability — or they will close factories and create unemployment . Instead , it is essential to manage disarmament on a regional , national and European level by intervening in the process of defence diversification . Shifting defence industries into civilian production is vital to Europe 's industrial modernisation . The Community must ensure that employees are retrained .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Above this line standard uplifts for selling expenses and budgeted profit are added to arrive at average selling price . This procedure assumes the use of a standard costing system in an established product line . If such a system is not used , or a completely new and different production process is to be used , it may be necessary to estimate and allocate overheads from scratch . This will often be done by estimators , but engineers involved in the project should ensure that the results make sense from their own viewpoint . The average selling price , together with the estimates of sales volume , provides the total estimated income from the project .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's two boxes ? Still come round my house No it 's it 's , she was a bit over the hill for it I 'm afraid . Ooh . nineteen
Idiom: send someone packing (used idiomatically: yes)
She was interrupted by a tapping on the window . It was Amanda who , beaming like a Cheshire cat , wiggled her fingers at Grunte in a familiar greeting and waved what looked like an autograph book in his direction . Miss Smart sprang to her feet , left the room and sent her packing . ‘ That girl!’ she sighed on her return . ‘ She 's a real menace.’
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
Fixed costs have now increased to ( £ 26,400 + £ 3,000 ) £ 29,400 . The break even point , using the break even equation : The break even point before the changes in price and advertising expenditure was : Profit on sales of 5,800 pairs of trousers : Comments regarding the Sales Director 's proposals :
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
He was found guilty of eight of the 10 charges against him . The dictator , captured after the Dec 20 , 1989 , invasion of Panama by 23,000 American troops , was acquitted of counts involving the smuggling of 700 lb of cocaine into America on a yacht . Convictions were obtained on charges of money laundering , cocaine manufacturing and distribution , racketeering and the building in Panama of a state - of - the - art drug laboratory . Noriega showed no emotion at the verdict reached after five days of jury deliberation . One of his daughters , however , burst into tears .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Date : Tue , 11 Jan 1994 16:46:49 GMT Subject : irrrelevant Getting pissed off trying to apply for jobs ( I have n't applied for any yet and I 've missed loads of deadlines ) just thought that somebody out there may have a high flying job for a graduate ( preferably in leeds ) that pays loads of money . A few ( well one ) stat(s ) from the crewe game ( Courtesy of the YEP ) Shots on target Leeds — 17 Crewe — 2 ( And one of them went in ! )
Idiom: easier said than done (used idiomatically: yes)
And we have ways of making sure that the escapade of that silly young man at Southend gets widely reported . Meanwhile , of course , we must keep an eye on Winter Marsh . " " That 's easier said than done . There 's no cover , and — as happened to me — any stranger sticks out like a sore thumb . I 've been thinking about this , too .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Likewise , sending British or Eurocheques can cause problems , delay and heavy charges for the recipient when he or she tries to cash them at a foreign bank . The cheapest way is to buy and send postal orders in various denominations which are acceptable in around 60 countries . Bought over the Post Office counter , postal orders are both traceable and give you a counterfoil to prove they have been sent . A £ 20 order , for example , will cost 62p . International money orders , available in sterling or US dollars from Barclays , or dollars only from Lloyds and the Royal Bank of Scotland , are the next best bet .
Idiom: show a leg (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh I am so bloody hungry . Get it then . If he likes to show off his long slender legs .. Oh have you got a have you got them?pictures of Danny , Alex and erm Mohammed and Peter and Tom and Abdullah . Yeah and Abdullah .
Idiom: let the genie out of the bottle (used idiomatically: yes)
Convex says it is enhancing the Mach 3.0 microkernel with faster input - output capabilities and parallel processing extensions in a scalable architecture . IBM ‘ TO PUT VERSION OF DB2 DATABASE UNDER NT’ IBM Corp 's dismantling of the Armonk politburo to follow Chairman Mao 's ‘ Let 100 Flowers Bloom’ dictum has really let the genie out of the bottle , and Infoworld has been talking to consultants that say the company is planning to enter the tents of the enemy by putting a version of the DB2 database up under Windows NT . It is not clear whether the effort involves simply the client end or the full DB2 — both have just been announced for AIX Unix on the RS/6000 . Consultants told the paper that IBM has been dissecting the two most recent pre - release versions of NT at its Toronto labs to assess the time and money that would be required to do the implementation , and reckon a product could arrive at the turn of the year .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
At the beginning of the Pliocene , the Strait of Gibraltar opened again , according to Hsu , as a fantastic cataract through which a catastrophic deluge refilled the Mediterranean . In the next chapter I shall discuss the effects of present - day violent phenomena such as hurricanes . In the course of work on the Mesozoic rocks of the High Atlas mountains of Morocco , I came across some deposits in the Upper Jurassic near Imouzzer - des - Ida - ou - Tanane which I could only interpret as having resulted from the effect of storms on lagoonal sediments ( plates 4.5 and 4.6 ) . Bed after regular bed shows a dark , laminated lower portion which I identify as an algal mat type deposit that has been ripped up and incorporated , in a graded fashion , in " cleaner " , paler sediment from offshore . Quite independently my former colleague Gilbert Kelling had come to the conclusion that certain sediments in the stratigraphical record can be best interpreted in terms of violent storms .
Idiom: at a loose end (used idiomatically: yes)
At least my condition did n't make me feel sick . Whenever I feel inclined to be sorry for myself , I remember that boy . Not knowing what was going to happen to me or how rapidly the disease would progress , I was at a loose end . The doctors told me to go back to Cambridge and carry on with the research I had just started in general relativity and cosmology . But I was not making much progress because I did n't have much mathematical background — and anyway , I might not live long enough to finish my Ph.D.
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Hundreds of thousands of working hours lost . And the ground defence system had not got one shot off in retaliation . He could remember lying on the floor of his office on a carpet bright with the shards of his shattered windows , and how he had howled in his frustration . Over long years , he had sought to rebuild the nuclear programme , as he had been charged to by the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council . In those long years when the war had taken priority , Dr Tariq had rethought the detail of the programme .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
He was wearing some kind of rock ' n ' roll suit , the sort of thing that Jerry Lee Lewis might have worn — or more likely the duds you 'd see on a young country buck in one of those dreadful fifties US musicals like Carousel or County Fair . It was flecked cloth with zips down the side of the jacket — which looked absolutely horrible — and peg trousers . At that time no one was wearing peg trousers . He was selling teddy boy gear but what he was wearing — drecky as it was — had moved on beyond that into something new . Before I even had a chance to talk to him he was all round the shop talking to everyone .
Idiom: heart of gold (used idiomatically: yes)
BRIAN DIVORCED Gail . And the BBC turned the — one might think — mundane , depressing and unpleasant comings and goings of a city casualty department into a sexy soap - style drama . Staff Nurse Charlie Whitehead ( Derek Thompson ) was the very first New Man sex - symbol — confused , caring , heart of gold , yet often incapable and flawed , and Brenda Fricker 's sturdy performance as earth mother Megan led ultimately to her nabbing an Oscar for My Left Foot in 1990 . Each week , a comedian from the ' 50s or ' 60s would be wheeled in for cameo relief ( eg Jimmy Jewel , Peggy Mount , Arthur English ) as a cantankerous alcoholic old patient , and you were guaranteed one horrifying accident per 60 minutes . 1987 Tutti Frutti
Idiom: bits and bobs (used idiomatically: yes)
they 're getting a bit active I would think ! We do n't feed it . Oh that 's very nice with all your erm bits and bobs in . Yes . Yeah .
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: yes)
Ambitious barrage plans ‘ suspended but not dead’ By Malcolm Handley Regional Affairs Correspondent PLANS for one of the most ambitious civil engineering projects envisaged for the North West are to be left gathering dust . Studies for the £ 1bn Mersey Barrage scheme have Ironically , the project has reached the end of the road as its counterpart in Cardiff Bay begins its final stages through the House of Commons . When first launched , the Mersey Barrage scheme was projected to create 5,000 construction jobs and numerous leisure spin - offs .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
My husband died 11 years ago and I built my world around Louis . I can not see what will happen in the future at the moment . ' The case made Scottish legal history as it was the first prosecution brought under the new Section 3A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 . The section , introduced last July — less than two weeks before the accident — made it a specific offence for a driver to cause death by careless driving and while over the drink - drive limit . ORKNEY Call for helicopter to survey shipping
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
The recession is not yet over . And we must remember that our income in 1994 will be determined , at least in part , by the current level of our members ' earnings . In light of this , we must also bear in mind that until our income reflects any upturn in the economy , the Institute 's budget will have to remain in low gear .
Idiom: make short work of (used idiomatically: yes)
It has a good lock in case my lust for your luscious body gets the better of me.’ He sounded so disgusted that she seized her case and bolted through the door he indicated . After what he 'd said she did n't dare turn the key in the lock , but she made short work of undressing . She opened the case and looked with dismay at the flimsy green silk nightdress lying on top of the matching gown . She could n't remember packing that .
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
and we would need to have national curriculum , name , date and so on which Mhm . I mean , just a few odds and ends that you could do from your nice Mhm . printing on the computer
Idiom: play to the gallery (used idiomatically: yes)
Ignoring may be appropriate : when the child has committed a minor infringement ( out of forgetfulness , by mistake or in the excitement of the moment ) ; when he or she is showing off , throwing tantrums ( i.e. playing to the gallery , being self - indulgent ) ; when you are feeling compelled to reinforce ( reward ) inappropriate behaviour by debating / arguing / nagging over it . General rules are difficult to give because each disciplinary encounter is unique , given the specific circumstances and the individual personalities involved .
Idiom: yes and no (used idiomatically: yes)
Why is this monetary authority acting like a fiscal agency ? Is n’t the ECB supposed to be a politically independent and operationally autonomous institution committed to fighting inflation and safeguarding the currency ? Well , yes and no . And that answer speaks to the disturbing realities of modern - day central banking ( or , to be more exact , central banking in the post - bubble world of debt overhangs and sovereign - debt concerns ) . It also sheds light on the endgame now taking shape in a confused and unsettled eurozone .
Idiom: in Dutch (used idiomatically: yes)
The first is the series of cut - backs dating from 1980 which lopped a total of 25 % from the museum 's budget , bringing it down to DFl.12 million . This amount has to pay the salaries of 160 employees , leaving little for the purchase of works of art . Fuchs wanted to solve his finance problems by selling off two Picassos in order to set up an endowment fund : the attempt was foiled although it resulted in a healthy debate about de - accessioning in Dutch museums . Second , Fuchs blamed the deficit on the museum 's poor administrative structure , ‘ I did not have a system which enabled me to accept responsibility for the financial affairs of the museums’ . It does seem to be the case that Fuchs was very poorly served by his finance director Cees List .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
THERE was a time , I suppose , when you could expect to carry the essentials of modern technological developments in your head , and retrieve them pretty quickly and accurately . But , such is the pace of development , that an idiot 's guide to many of the most recent and fast - moving technological marvels , which often bristle with abbreviations , is not to be despised . On the face of it , the most useful of the three latest guides is The timetable of technology ( Michael Joseph , pp 240 , £ 12.95 ) . Here the editors , Kenneth Baker and Michael Marshall , set each of the amazing achievements of this century in its historical context by timecharts . But in practice .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Much less at ease with others or with herself , far less pragmatic ; she had wanted to meet the world on her own terms — and still did , though her capacity for acceptance was growing . Acceptance , that was Anna 's secret . For Anna the world was the world was the world , and she would come to terms with it . ‘ Did your grandfather say anything else?’ She bit into her buttered roll scattering crumbs , and shook her head .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , thank you . I hold Port erm , borrowing , and I think some Tory members are being disingenuous to say the least on this issue . It 's Councillor Box said , the mess that you are in . This is a direct result of the Tory government cutting our late support grant .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
Churchill , as Secretary of State for War , saw no need to veto a tunnel on military grounds and the Home Ports Defence Committee concluded that it could be defended from attack , albeit at high cost . However , the scheme came to grief because of the entrenched opposition of Cabinet Secretary , Sir Maurice Hankey , who believed a tunnel to be a major threat to national security . The defence argument put paid to yet another proposal in 1924 but in 1929 the Labour Government set up a Committee of Inquiry which concluded that a ‘ double barrelled’ rail tunnel could probably be built although it would be necessary to drive a pilot tunnel to demonstrate its feasibility beyond doubt . However , in 1930 a White Paper ruled against the project on the grounds that the technical feasibility and economic benefits were too uncertain to justify the heavy expenditure needed to defend a tunnel in time of war . Nonetheless , a Parliamentary Bill to construct a tunnel was lost by only seven votes .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
The streets were packed with men , helmeted and armed , and great destriers caparisoned in all the colours and awesome regalia of war moved majestically along Fish Street Hill . High in the saddle rode the knights , resplendent in coloured surcoats , their slit - eyed helmets swinging from saddle bows , bannered lances carried before them by squires . Hordes of others followed on foot ; retainers gaudy in the livery of great lords , and the bright French silks of young gallants who swarmed into the city like butterflies under the warm sun and blue skies . They thronged the taverns , their coloured garments a sharp contrast to the dirty leather aprons of the blacksmiths and the short jerkins and caps of the apprentices . As Cranston and Athelstan turned into Cheapside they saw the festive spirit had spread .
Idiom: on the bounce (used idiomatically: yes)
Bloody man , I do n't want to see that it 's got three on it . Oh boys on it . Well here are , one , two , three on the bounce and I thought well you know that 's a fairly good start , jack , queen , king king high was a bit dodgy you never know do you ? Oh I 've got a handful of bloody pairs here , wait a minute got fo I 've only got three feels like a bloody handful of them ! Ca n't do nothing here Ai n't got nothing there .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I think it is a disgusting rule,’ said Buckby , who runs for New Marske Harriers . ‘ There seems to be a small minority in Cleveland who want to stick by the rule and are blinkered in their view . We have had a few meetings about the rule but they have always brought in extra bodies to out - vote us . But we have to push forward as hard as we can and hopefully someone will see sense.’ Buckby , who is also secretary of the Langbaurgh Schools Cross Country Association , said he had been trying for nearly ten years to have the rule changed .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: yes)
The general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress will need all his negotiating skills to bring together a Board ripped apart , following the sacking of three directors by major shareholders George and Hamish Deans last week . Two remaining directors , Jim Johnston and Sandy Moffat , are backing hundreds of Falkirk fans who are demanding that the Deans sell their shares in the club — but all four have agreed that Falkirk - born Christie , a Bairns fan , is the man for the chairman 's job . Johnston said : ‘ We met with the man we want last night and he has agreed to join the club . On his request , the club is delaying an official statement until tomorrow morning.’ Johnston , a repeated critic of the Deans family , added : ‘ Two years ago , I told Hamish Deans that if his son took over Falkirk , he would either be accepted for life by the Falkirk fans or hounded until he left .
Idiom: kicking and screaming (used idiomatically: yes)
The last thing Ardamal heard as he raced down the corridor was the tinkle of metal parts hitting the floor . As he leaped for the null - grav shaft , he caught sight of the prisoner thrashing through the air two storeys above . Her pony - tail was weaving like a snake , and she was still dressed in blood - stained black armour and shiny leggings ; the same kit that she had been wearing when Ardamal and his section had dragged her , kicking and screaming , into the IMC executive transporter . This time she had a gun . Ardamal twisted lithely , presenting the smallest possible surface area to the woman whilst simultaneously lining up his needler on her left breast .
Idiom: joined at the hip (used idiomatically: yes)
Banks in the eurozone came under pressure , and interbank tensions increased . In the second stage , starting in the spring of 2009 , the crisis spread to the sovereigns , as investors grew increasingly worried that propping up banks would strain government finances . In turn , sovereign weakness made the banks appear riskier , and the banks and their home governments became joined at the hip . Throughout the crisis , it has been widely assumed – at ~ least so far – that the eurozone core would remain solid , and would continue to write the checks for the periphery ’s distressed governments and banks . That assumption appeared plausible .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
After two days out from Newfoundland she had had to alter course for southern Greenland and the Arctic circle , the U - boat menace was so bad . Her exhausted captain had had to hand over the wheel to Arthur and for eight days he was scarcely relieved . The icy seas had swept over her decks , and men had had to work night and day with axes to keep her afloat . Fortunately Chief Petty Officer Richard Saunders RN , my husband 's father , had taught him very early how to box the compass and he was able to bring her north of Scotland , round our north eastern seaboard and bring her in to Chatham dockyard for paying - off . No , their Lordships had decided she must make one more voyage , back to America .