Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: all hell broke loose (used idiomatically: yes)
So they send one of their servants down to force it open , but he never comes back . They tiptoe down and see that he 's got it open , all right , but he 's lying there dead . Next thing they know , all hell breaks loose upstairs : they find their best brass candlesticks snapped in half as if they were toothpicks , and the pot where their dinner is cooking on the hearth fills up with ashes . So they call out the local Jesuit priest , he takes a good sniff and says it 's haunted . Three times he tries to exorcise the place , but no luck .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
He knew he had very little time before the performance began . It was very dark , the lights yellow and dim . People milled everywhere , dressed in black , murmuring in anticipation . Lucien walked down endless dark corridors . His search , the place where he was needed , had now become the auditorium , the balcony where his friends were waiting for him .
Idiom: step on it (used idiomatically: no)
Numbered Blocks — Allow you to build a bridge across the void . Fast Timer Countdown — Speeds up the timer . Fader — Looks like a normal block , but crumbles away when you step on it ! Electric Block — Switches on and off . Deadly while it 's on .
Idiom: by the back door (used idiomatically: yes)
Bedworth , of North Parade , Ilkley , West Yorkshire , was said to have hacked into databases at the European Community 's offices in Luxembourg and the Financial Times in London , ‘ for kicks’ . Mr Richardson told the jury that Bedworth , now studying artificial intelligence at Edinburgh University , caused chaos ‘ on a scale that could not be imagined’ . Bedworth allegedly used the password of a Manchester University department and a network used by Leeds Polytechnic to get into international computer systems ‘ by the back door’ . Mr Richardson explained : ‘ His mother bore the cost of the local call from his home to Leeds Polytechnic but the relevant department at Manchester University bore the rest of the cost.’ However , it was alleged that Bedworth was trapped when staff at Leeds Polytechnic became suspicious and used monitoring equipment to record his activities .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
Even Albert Piggott had a good word to say for the dying man , as he drank his half - pint of bitter at The Two Pheasants . ‘ Well , we sha n't see his like again,’ he commented morosely . ‘ He done us proud , the old gentleman . I s'pose now we has to put up with young Doctor Lovell dashing in and out again before you can tell him what ails you.’ ‘ There 's the new chap,’ said the landlord .
Idiom: rank and file (used idiomatically: yes)
Like all other workers in 1922 , Belorussian railwaymen complained about their pay . In May 200 struck on the Orlov - Vitebsk line on this account , declaring that instead of devoting its energy to extracting gold from the churches , the government should find ways of paying them better . The rank and file pointed out that even skilled workshop men earned only 12 million roubles , but administrative heads got 45 million : ‘ it 's like the old monarchical structure.’ On the Moscow Petrograd line workers reported in the middle of February that they had not been paid for all January ; in the Caucasus the backlog in August stretched back to October 1921 . When forty - two railway - workers who defected from Syzran ' station were put on trial , their sentence was alleviated because they had not been paid .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
As Frank Johnson commented in The Times , my appearance on the short walk between the Grand Hotel and the conference centre provoked uproar from the watching demonstrators . ‘ An ordinary hardworking citizen living quietly in the Cabinet’ had become ‘ an object of hatred’ . You can not entirely make light of such demonstrations . One day , I fear that a demonstration of the kind I faced in 1982 will go wrong and someone will get hurt . There are people out there who will use any excuse to cause trouble .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: no)
‘ And I rather suspect Anne prefers a different sort of approach . She 'd agree to marry him as part of a partnership — not as some sort of meek , mild bride agreeing to graciously give her hand.’ Others who remember Anne from her days as Mrs Mark Phillips said she was the one who wore the trousers . ‘ She was the boss in that marriage — and I am sure she will be in this,’ said one . That view was supported last night when it was revealed that Anne would not promise to obey her new husband during the service at the stone and slate - built Crathie Church , close to Balmoral , on Saturday .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: no)
Once , the computer network was viewed as a means of sharing expensive equipment . Today , the power of networks stems from their information - sharing capabilities DIRECT TO YOUR DESKTOP Even IBM is considering mail order , and reliable suppliers are offering rapid delivery of PCs at rock bottom prices Nic Morris Five years ago companies that bought their personal computers sight unseen through the mail were few and far between .
Idiom: doom and gloom (used idiomatically: yes)
They know the true level of unemployment . They know about the misery of people who are unemployed , but are not even counted in the unemployment figures because of the way in which the Government have fiddled those figures . Before the Secretary of State rattles on yet again about European figures , our minimum wage policy and our alleged doom and gloom , and as he has proved himself completely unable to say anything constructive , will he today at least ask the Prime Minister to chuck it in now , call an election and let us get on with the job ? Mr. Howard If the hon . Lady knew what was available to those of her constituents who are unemployed , she would know that we offer a wider range of help to unemployed people than has ever been available in this country before .
Idiom: talk shop (used idiomatically: yes)
The objectives of these committees are to facilitate an exchange of views between the police and the wider community on issues of local concern ; to help resolve conflict between the police and dissenting sections of the community ; to encourage self - help and crime prevention activities ; and to educate or inform the public regarding everyday police matters ( Morgan , 1989 ) . The evidence suggests that community policing has not been the panacea that Lord Scarman envisaged . Critics of consultative committees dismiss them as ineffectual talking shops , dominated by the ‘ concerned and worthy’ middle classes and excluding those members of dispossessed minorities on the receiving end of police policies ( Brogden et al . , 1988:176 ) . There are clear signs that many sections of the general public welcome the presence of home - beat officers ( Shapland and Vagg , 1988 ; Waddington et al . , 1990 ) . In a study carried out by Morris and Heal ( 1981 ) , residents felt ‘ more secure and confident’ following the introduction of beat officers .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
The answer here is a plastic Diamond . With variations , this very simple shape is widely used in kite workshops as a project that produces results , both in the flight performance and in the degree of satisfaction it gives to the constructor . Pat has drawn the basic square , set on edge to make the diamond . We 've also seen Butterfly , Delta and Indian Fighter profiles , each cut from shopping bag plastic with the aid of a hardboard template . Construction is the same for all — a straight spine , a curved cross - spar and a two - leg bridle .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Then she laughed , as if to cover her outburst . ‘ Anyway , you 're quite right . Silvio is a very complex and tormented personality , someone who has great difficulty in coming to terms with the demands of life . I help to ease that burden for him . Ruggiero does n't accept that , perhaps because it would mean accepting responsibility for the way his son 's turned out.’
Idiom: old hat (used idiomatically: yes)
A Sony spokesman said : ‘ Our contract with George is valid and legally binding . We will vigorously defend it.’ Let 's face it , make - up is old hat IF you want to look the part in the nineties , do n't wear make - up . Bleached hair , false eyelashes and fake nails are old - hat , according to the latest health and beauty survey .
Idiom: break the ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Neil Graham has always held a high position of Gold Blade , who will be backed to get back on the winning trail in the Conquest Cup . His gallops have always impressed me but after a couple of disappointing runs on the flat his attentions were turned to the all - weather surfaces . After breaking the ice last month he was desperately unlucky in an amateur riders ' race having to be switched in the final furlong after getting off on the rails . Granted better luck he should get his head back in front and is likely to start at a reasonable price in this company . Tom Jones held his young hurdler Jackson Flint in enough esteem to enter him in a race at the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival meeting even though he does not yet have a win to his credit .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
OR DRAWING ? Drawing packages are commonly used for graphic design , creative and technical illustration , editing clip - art and so on , and are n't intended to give a photo - realistic finish . The basic technique is a little harder to get to grips with than painting and has a flatter , more geometric look , but it 's ideal for complex illustration because it is easy to edit precisely . And for the majority of users , vector format clip - art has proved a quick and easy way to produce simple , bright graphics to enhance a form or letterhead . You can run clip - art through a drawing package and edit it for a more personal touch very quickly , and the printing quality is consistent , which is n't always the case with bitmaps .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
I have a tip to pass on to other readers . I buy those packets of small reels of thread which are often only 50p or £ 1 a pack . The colour range is amazing and there is generally enough for the hems and sewing on the buttons of one garment on each reel . I feel you are all friends , so thank you for a lovely magazine . Thank you Joyce for a lovely letter .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
This kind of fundamentalism is easily identifiable in the world today . We see it in the fundamentalism of Shiite Islam , where blind faith sends thousands of people to a pointless war . We may see it even in political fundamentalism — where the teachings of a reformer are still seen as the crystal clear teachings which are the pure source of revelation , and from which deviation is heresy . There is , of course , the fundamentalism of tradition . When certain assumptions are challenged , such as the ordination of women to the priesthood , suddenly tradition is seen as an inviolable and fixed form of living truth which compels the Church for ever to say ‘ no’ to the ordination of women .
Idiom: sign on the dotted line (used idiomatically: yes)
The essential me was about to get smothered . Above all I was threatened . I was back to that school chapel with the chaplain doing his Goddest to get me to sign on the dotted line and hand over my soul . From that bad start , many little rotten apples grew . No one was at fault ; it was simply the result of putting together two people of totally different conditioning .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
Pardon ? Right . Let 's go one rou round again , we 've had enough words , we 'll go the other way good police word , go Police dog . Police dog .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
In itself , the reform suffered from a number of insuperable flaws : designed from above , it had a tiny support base in the heavily decimated Christian Democrat Party and was drawn up without consultation or reference to El Salvador 's land tenure patterns . Most important , its implementation relied on the military , who , in the overwhelming majority , were adamantly anti - reform . The reform operated as a green light for a rural pacification campaign which was increasingly to encompass civilians not associated with any campesino organization or the armed struggle . This government " scorched earth policy " is reminiscent of the worst atrocities of the Vietnam War . Designed to destroy local support for the FMLN forces , whole communities have been erased from the map .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: no)
The precision of measurement is ultimately restricted by fluctuations in the fringe pattern due to fluctuations in the number of photons detected , because these simulate the effect of optical path changes . However , the time that the light remains inside the interferometer arms is then , which means that the measurement time must be equally long or longer . There is therefore a good prospect in the long term of detecting supernovae in our Galaxy or in nearby galaxies . There are plans to improve this limit by ‘ recycling’ the laser light so as to enhance the beam intensities . The other type of detector , the resonant bar detector , was invented by Weber ( 1960 ) and has been refined by him and others .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
ACTOR Roger Moore may get a second chance to sing his way to musical stardom in a movie version of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber 's Aspects Of Love . The former James Bond star got stagefright only weeks before the curtain was due to go up on the original West End show and made a shock exit . But composer Sir Andrew says Moore is now in the running to play ageing lothario George in the £15 million film , although he is also considering Michael Caine for the part . ‘ Roger had everything the role needed . Charm , personality and wit .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
Pupils would continue with up to six subjects in the sixth form , in varying proportion of I- and A - level . The Department of Education and Science has welcomed the report and has already promulgated a similar view in its own Green Paper Science Education in Schools , issued in June 1982 . But the steps it is now taking will fall far short of producing the necessary number of teachers for England and Wales . We already have a shortage of science teachers : the Royal Society estimates at least 400 unfilled vacancies in 1981 . An increase of up to 20 per cent in the number of science teachers would be required to provide the extra lessons recommended for 11–18 year olds .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Just getting the mine back into working order could cost £ 1 m or even £ 2 m . One obvious candidate to take over and operate these mines is RJB Mining , which came on the stock market this month and is valued at £ 100 m . In the float it raised £ 50 m cash , so is in a strong position to make its move . RJB is run by Richard Budge and its main asset is not coal but its Big Cats huge Caterpillar machines with shovels that can pick up tonnes of coal at a time . It has used these in its work on open cast sites for British Coal , but it also operates under licence some small , deep mines of its own .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
A clause inserted by Lord Muncaster reserved for himself the right " at any time during the said 21 yrs " , if he so wished , to become a " partner of ¼ in the concern " by paying a " full part of the expenses from the commencement thereof of working the same … " After studying the option , or take - note , Roe replied on the 19th July , from Liverpool , pointing out that only the moderate Royalty and the advanced price of copper ( this was around £ 80 per ton for metal ) could have reconciled him to such an " unprecedented manner of attaining a Mineral lease . " The " sett " referred to as being held by Wilson might have been what we now know as the Tilberthwaite Mine ; which had been an attractive prospect from the days of the Elizabethan miners and continued to be investigated on and off right up to the 1930 's . Wherever it was , Roe apparently considered it an obstacle to his plans , and he indicated his intention of writing to Wilson offering that man a share , in consideration of relinquishing his rights and transferring these to the Macclesfield company . Although there appears no evidence that Roe did do any work under this option , they were certainly deepening their workings in the Coniston Mine , on the Bonsor Vein .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
It was a night of further frustration for Villa boss Atkinson , whose team saw a 13-match unbeaten run brought to a halt by Norwich , and who now a testing replay at Portman Road on December 15 . Williams rap STEVE WILLIAMS , the 34-year-old former England midfield player , has been suspended for two weeks without pay and stripped of his title as assistant manager following a bust-up with manager Alan Ball at Second Division Exeter City . Bristol loss BRISTOL CITY announced a loss of £742,000 for the last financial year at their annual general meeting at Ashton Gate last night .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: no)
And it owns shares in them . These groups are simply federations of business relationships . Firms within them see no conflict between the interests of shareholders and those of stakeholders , because they are one and the same . These interlocking shareholders have an interest in each other 's prosperity , partly because they do business with one another , partly because they have invested in each other . Unlike a pension fund in either Britain , America or even Japan , these interlocking shareholders have strong economic reasons to care about the performance of the firms in which they own shares .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
The rich are not normally inhibited in the defence of their own interests by the knowledge that they are only a small minority of the population . Two possible conclusions can be drawn . The pessimistic conclusion is that electoral democracy can only survive by not tackling major social injustices and alienating powerful interest groups in society — in which case the poor will , in the long run , not consider democracy worth supporting . The alternative conclusion is that if democracy is not to be immobilized it must be founded on a substantial degree of social and economic equality — that is , on the existence of a real and concrete common interest in society . This is hardly an optimistic conclusion either , since the problem remains of how such equality is to be created if not by elected government itself .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: no)
Oh it 's Charlotte 's . Oh Yes , I leave one in there for her to keep er pulling on and off hangers . Oh I see these lovely . Oh they 're mine .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
Following the completion of the Gymnasium , the next major step in the building programme was a Hall , with Harrison as architect again . Two sites were considered for this , one on the cloister side of the Quadrangle , the other spanning the Drive . The former was never seriously in the running , for it would have involved the demolition of the caretaker 's house and garage , removed the First Forms ' playground and provided no new classrooms : indeed , if built , it would have rendered the 1937 extension itself too dark for further use . The Appeal Fund had now reached £ 65,000 , of which £ 23,000 had been spent on the Gymnasium ; it was decided to continue the Appeal for a Hall costing in the region of £ 90,000 . The Foundation Stone was duly laid by Alderman W.C. Knight , Mayor of Stockport and Old Stopfordian , after the Founder 's Day service on 20th March 1969 .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
But I must admit I really had a go at one nonce and felt so guilty afterwards , after she explained to me what had happened . And ever since then I 've thought , ‘ Well , you do n't know the situation , circumstances or anything , so who am I to say anything about that person ? They could think what I done was totally out of order . I mean it was only forgery , but they could think it was , you know … They could of looked on it that I was depriving somebody . I mean the chequebooks I was doing , they could have had children could n't they , those people ?
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
So he 's not off his food , that 's a good sign . No . He 's certainly alert , that 's why I did n't want to ring the bell , Yeah , so that he would n't upset himself by barking , that 's why I tapped on the window when I saw you .
Idiom: at the drop of a hat (used idiomatically: yes)
It was also possible to investigate the departure of the planets from Kepler 's laws due to the finite mass of the sun , interplanetary forces , etc . Developments such as these were to occupy some of Newton 's successors for the next couple of centuries . The story I have sketched here should be sufficient to indicate that the Copernican Revolution did not take place at the drop of a hat or two from the Leaning Tower of Pisa . It is also clear that neither the inductivists nor the falsificationists give an account of science that is compatible with it . New concepts of force and inertia did not come about as a result of careful observation and experiment .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: no)
Clarins understands the concerns associated with sun exposure and has created a tanning treatment range that reconciles tanning and beauty , the skin and the sun . Clarins transforms tanning treatment into superior skin care . Only a specialist could respond intelligently to provide the best under the sun ! After - sun , revitalizing multi - treatments . What better reminder of sunny days than lasting , golden colour ?
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
Cos she had n't washed her feet for going back to bed . The soles of her feet and the then they knew she 'd been up on her feet you know . But as she said she she just had to she could n't stay in bed when she had kids running all over the place . No I do n't know how she ever put up with it , poor mum . So at that time , the midwife would only come for a a quite a small proportion of the time then ?
Idiom: warts and all (used idiomatically: yes)
it mostly concerns the small details and seemingly unimportant events which make up my experience as a woman and a mother . I aim to express some truth about intimacy . Not the colour supplement or phot - album idealized view , but the ‘ warts and all’ closeness to others that can bring us so much happiness — and pain . I am more concerned with what bodies fell like than how they look , and I like to draw ‘ from the inside’ rather than from models , mirrors or photographs . I have little in common with the ideal woman that male artists in particular have so often painted .
Idiom: have it both ways (used idiomatically: yes)
Clearly , even if the acts were not a new departure in terms of the basic question of legality , they were hardly more of the same . As for the claim that the older acts and the common law had allowed the imposition of harsher penalties , this was not for the simple fact of combination but for activities linked with industrial disputes that could have attracted prosecution for riot , intimidation , assault or destruction of property as much after 1799 as before . Further , employers could not have it both ways ; if they sought summary conviction before justices of the peace , they could hardly have had penalties of a harshness imposable only by the courts . This leaves the common law of conspiracy under which prosecutions continued to be brought while the acts were in force . Common - law decisions are not made in a vacuum .