Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: pack a punch (used idiomatically: yes)
This is the thrust that is generated when a magnetic field is applied vertically downwards into the water and an electric current discharged horizontally across its path . The result ( which can be deduced from Fleming 's left - hand rule — the only two - fingered gesture in the school syllabus ) is a force at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field — ie , along the main axis of the boat . The trick is to pack as much magnetic punch into as small an amount of seawater as possible . That means using magnets made of a superconducting material such as niobium - titanium alloy . Operating at temperatures close to absolute zero ( -273C ) , super - magnets deliver the most powerful fields available and consume practically no electricity while operating in their superconducting ( ie , loss - free ) state .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
So did the police . ' Celia could see a pudding trolley approaching . On the top shelf was a silver tureen brimming with strawberries . Strawberries in February : her mouth began to water with unashamed greed . Strawberries and cream ; and damn what it would do to her waistline .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
In many areas , there were even more boundaries in the landscape than are used today , or were even apparent in the nineteenth century on tithe and other estate records . Desmond Bonney has been able to show this for the Enford area of Wiltshire , where the territory of each small settlement can be tentatively defined , even though most of their boundaries never emerge as more than tithing arrangements , if that . A similar case can be seen in Shrewton , where the identification of each separate vill within the estate begs the question as to the likely boundaries of each separate unit . Because so many of our boundaries are economic rather than administrative , it is most important that the patterns of settlement at different periods are identified and the likely land uses within them postulated . Only then will it be possible to suggest that much of the invisible ownership landscape is there in the form of landscape features and is of greater antiquity than has been formerly thought .
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
In reality , the approach seemed more like a polite version of gate crashing . It was n't long before the Support Force and Butler collected an array of nick - names with the hit - squad being the most polite Once SSI and regional health authority monitoring has identified those authorities which were to slow to progress , the pressure was on to bring them up to scratch . The authorities which made the list became hot gossip — Walsall , Avon , Haringey , Greenwich , Barking & Dagenham , North Tyneside , Newcastle , Manchester and Liverpool . DoH attempts to secrecy only added to the mystique and it was n't long before the Support Force and Butler collected an array of nicknames with the £ hit - squad’ being the most polite .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
One evening , as we stood talking by the shore , I saw a strange , beautifully shaped bird flying fast over the sea , rising in a long , slow arch , calling hauntingly as it flew . John told me that it was a red - throated diver ; and those lovely creatures have remained favourites of mine ever since . I also saw my first fulmar , sweeping the cliffs on stiff wings , endlessly gliding with miraculous ease ; hen harrier haunted the moorlands ; golden plover and curlew cried plaintively from banks of peat ; statuesque heron stared balefully into shallow pools ; widow - black cormorant dried their dark wings on seaweed - covered rocks . I became a bird watcher in Orkney . We were allowed to help with the work of the farm , although more often than not I suspect we hindered the wheels of labour .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
If you are no longer on a weight - loss programme , do n't forget to add more volume of food daily . Long - term dieting If you are dieting in the long term , you may need to take multi - vitamin / multi - mineral supplement ( e.g. Diet Balance)— if you need to be on a weight - loss programme for more than 10 weeks , or if you have to rely on prepared reduced - calorie meals , and especially if you have any of the signs of vitamin or mineral deficiency . Should I follow the Stage III diet on a permanent basis ? The answer is simply " yes " !
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
Having asked for directions from a friendly policeman . here she was en route to his heart , via his stomach . With a half - shudder , she left the lower bowel and set off gingerly along the rather treacherous surface of the greater intestine which coiled before her — a tunnel she was n't too sure she saw the light at the end of . She wondered if she would have let herself get involved had she known in advance that it entailed so much messing with entrails . However , it was too late to think of that now .
Idiom: take the bull by the horns (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He 's been here twice since you were carted off to hospital . You still seem to be his prime suspect.’ ‘ So , when you 're in a corner , take the bull by the horns — in this case the bull being Roy Buchanan . Questions I want to ask him . With your assistance- and Mauno Sarin 's .
Idiom: bark up the wrong tree (used idiomatically: yes)
Sagittarius Nov 23–Dec 21 This week 's good for your love life , business pans and any creative ventures . Despite it all , though , you may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you 've been barking up the wrong tree . Be humble enough to learn from this so that you can increase your gains elsewhere . Capricorn Dec 22–Jan 20
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
It leaves me in a bit of a dilemma , do n't you see.’ ‘ Di - what?’ said George . ‘ Quagmire,’ said Zach , and he gave a sigh and threw his hands up in the air . ‘ I mean I 'd really like to , but I 've already been shouldered out of the Nativity play . It 's rotten , rotten luck .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: yes)
Next comes the establishment of the attitude of the aircraft on initial impact with the ground . Normally you walk back through the wreckage trail to find the mark in the ground or on trees or buildings beyond which there is no other mark , and then you have to match the marks with the appropriate damage to the aircraft . Things like coloured navigation lights on wing tips or on the pitot head , which is used for the measurement of airspeed and altitude and is usually mounted near the nose of the aircraft , can be good tell - tales . If the left red wing tip light is on the right of the flight path and the right green light is on the left , then the aircraft struck the ground inverted . Of course , in a large transport aircraft , all this information will be on the flight data recorder , but it must still be checked on site .
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
Tony 's mother sounds English to me and promised me tickets for next years FA Cup final . James . Report on the Premiership game — Leeds United V Southampton 11/9/1993 Leeds , before the game , had gone a full season , plus three games without registering an away win — a total of 24 games . They had become the first team ever to escape relegation from the top division not having won an away game .
Idiom: every which way (used idiomatically: yes)
The rooms beyond were filled with more forgotten furniture . This must be where Amelia shifted everything when she was having building done . A few of the pieces were properly stored , with dustsheets and numbered tags , but most of the stuff was just crammed in every which way . Progress was slower than it had been upstairs . Welsh dressers and tallboys kept getting in her way .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
Slam gybe Sometimes referred to as a ' scissors gybe ' . It is a very tight version of the carve gybe performed on shorter boards , where the board is turned in a short distance . Slot flusher A device which aims to make the flow of water over the daggerboard slot as smoothly as possible .
Idiom: hard cheese (used idiomatically: no)
Very often such cheeses are made with a vegetarian rennet and natural sea salt . Any herbs that are added are also organically produced on the farm . The number of organic cheeses available is constantly increasing and the varieties include hard , Cheddar - types , semi - hard and soft , creamy cheeses . It is very interesting to note that many people who have been unable to eat cheese because of headaches , migraines or digestive problems following its consumption are able to eat organically produced cheeses with no side effects . The Soil Association exists as a standards body for much of the organically produced food in the UK .
Idiom: with knobs on (used idiomatically: yes)
In the immediate post - war period the problems created by the Russian Revolution , the emergence of a socialist Labour party as the major opposition party in Britain , and the extension of the franchise in 1918 to reward the working class and women for their role in the war , frightened some elements among the middle classes . In the longer term the failure of the National Coalition , and the Conservative and Labour governments in the 1920s , to create the ‘ home fit for heroes’ , turned some towards more radical solutions for Britain 's problems than the return to normalcy and safety - first politics of what Mosley was to call the old gangs of British politics . In consequence , fascism was to emerge in Britain in the 1920s as a supposed imitation of Mussolini 's example in Italy , although in reality it was little more than ‘ Conservatism with knobs on’ , in Arnold Leese 's graphic definition of the British fascists . Its immediate origins have to be seen mainly as an ultra - conservative response to the social consequences of the first World War . In general it was almost exclusively extreme right - wing elements who were first involved , but they tended to be of two distinct types .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: yes)
The WEA received unstinted praise for upholding ‘ two precious ingredients of education in a free society : objective discussion , free from propaganda or indoctrination , of social and economic problems ; and the full participation of the student in organising and conducting classes’ . The Report echoed some of the criticism advanced by witnesses that the WEA could not decide on its future and , at least in some Districts , had lost the pioneering spirit , but concluded nonetheless that ‘ voluntaryism as exemplified by the Workers’ Educational Association is essential if the spirit of adult education is to be preserved ' . It therefore recommended that the WEA should continue as a teaching as well as an organising body , while suggesting that some increase in financial contributions from voluntary sources ‘ would materially help to preserve its independence and its status as a voluntary body’— a hint that the WEA could not expect to rely too heavily on government or local authority aid and that its members and friends must continue to dig deep into their pockets . As with the WEA , so in its treatment of adult education as a whole , the Report was cautious , considered , fairly conservative in tone . It recognised that , with educational provision as a whole in a transitional phase , still recovering from the war and still adjusting to the requirements of the 1944 Act , it was inappropriate to ‘ set a course for adult education over the rest of this century’ : ‘ our recommendations apply to the present transitional period’ .
Idiom: steal the show (used idiomatically: yes)
A distinguished panel of speakers considered the role os of Government , industry and academia before an audience of leading industrialists , Patrons and the Directors of the major national charitable trusts . The Chancellor had shortened his stay in Bangkok , where he was attending a meeting of the International Monetary Fund , to open the conference , and speakers included Patrick Coldstream , the Director of the Council for Industry and Higher Education , Tim Eggar , one of the Department of Education and Science Ministers , Sir Michael Angus , the Vice - Chancellor and Dr Celia Russo from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausées . Dr Russo stole the show with her opening remark : ‘ In France the Department of Education has the largest budget and is considered to be the most prestigious Ministry of Government.’ Unfortunately , by the time she spoke , Tim Eggar had departed , but the point was well taken by another Government Minister , William Waldegrave , who was in the audience . On the following Monday , around 80 members of the Wills family , including Sir John Wills , Lord Dulverton and Sir David Wills , gathered over lunch at Wills Hall to launch the publication of Sidney Watson 's comprehensive history of the Wills family .
Idiom: go the whole hog (used idiomatically: yes)
Poor Graham and myself were really starving and not paying the rent , and David really started looking after himself . I think he thought he was going to get somewhere with Ralph . Mind you , Ralph did go the whole hog with it : he got Gaby Sturmer as PR doing photographs and write - ups and turned out some lovely leaflets . I remember one particular night , the ambulance was parked in Warwick Square where Ralph lived — it was only about 50 yards from his flat and I was really cold . It was horrible .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
If you go to buy a secondhand car these days they invariably try to sell you a guarantee or a warranty on it . You might pay anything from twenty or thirty pounds to two hundred pounds for this guarantee . When you look at the small print , most of the items that are going to go wrong are excluded , and people get very upset and complain to our department when they ca n't get it book right . Well , like for instance what about these exclusions clauses . What do they cover ?
Idiom: take the liberty (used idiomatically: yes)
Closing her eyes , she melted into his embrace , willingly parted her mouth for him — and she truly had n't known , until now , how many ways there were to kiss — or what a gloriously long time it would take to discover them all . His arms stayed warmly round her , held her loosely . His hands did n't roam , did n't take liberties that she might not have wanted him to take ; only his head moved , his mouth , as he kissed her first one way , then another ; drew her lower lip , infinitely gently , between his ; sampled the top lip , her tongue ; moved languidly to approach from another direction . It was slow , dreamlike , and unbelievably beautiful — erotic and exciting . Feeling drugged , and wanton , she touched her fingers to his nape , his ears , tangled them in his thick hair , felt his soft sigh as his breath mingled with hers — and still he continued to kiss her .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: no)
Oh what am I doing ? the dish ran away with the spoon hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle , the cow jumped over the moon , the little dog laughed to see such fun and the plate ran away Dish ran away with the spoon and the plate ran away with the spoon
Idiom: take a dim view of (used idiomatically: yes)
Nevertheless , the Australian is still likely to preside over the punishment of the opponent who beat him in the World Open final . He has already been told the prize money will be forwarded to his association . Moreover , Dittmar takes a very dim view of Jansher 's behaviour , because it has occurred before . ' Jansher was warned by the players ' chairman , Phil Whitlock , for not turning up to the official function at the Singapore Open last month . That 's what makes this so serious , ' he said .
Idiom: sleep like a log (used idiomatically: yes)
She laughed . ‘ What is all this ? I sleep like a log — a clear conscience.’ He lifted the cat off his lap and stood up . ‘ Going already?’
Idiom: small beer (used idiomatically: yes)
Neither before , nor after , the second world war , has there been in Great Britain an extreme - right movement comparable to those elsewhere in Europe . In the 1930s , there was the British Union of Fascists ( BUF ) , led by Sir Oswald Mosley , and , in the 1960s and 1970s , there was the National Front ( NF ) . Both of these , however , were small beer . In the 1950s and early 1960s , there was , it is true , a slightly revitalised extreme right in Britain , represented by Mosley 's postwar reincarnation of the BUF , the Union Movement , and by the British National Party ( not the same as the group currently bearing this name ) . Then , after its founding in early 1967 , the NF mobilised to become a significant , if localised , force during the early and mid-1970s , especially in 1972 - 73 , after the arrival in Britain of displaced Ugandan Asians , and again in 1976 , when Malawian Asians arrived as refugees and were greeted by a moral panic about immigrants , legal and illegal , that continued into 1977 , and gave some local impetus to the NF 's electoral attempts at that time .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
His servants loved him dearly and fished him out immediately . Having made his eccentric gesture , John returned to his position at the bow of the boat and to the strains of a rousing strathspey he was rowed back to the shore . The Piper debts were paid in full , even although a severe fall in land values at the time caused his properties and other holdings to be sold for rock - bottom sums . John Piper retired with his family to a small country property at Bathurst , New South Wales , which he called Alloway Bank in remembrance of his Ayrshire roots . He reared cattle , made cheese , kept sheep and sold wool .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
A target figure is reached for the total stock within each interest category , and the annual replacement figure is calculated from this and from examining the range of depreciation factors at work on the stock . The last and equally important part of the system concerns the revision of stock , in which all the factors bearing upon the stock which might cause it to depart from the logistic guidelines are carefully monitored and — where necessary — corrected . This provides in particular a double check that the actual shelf stock of any category does not exceed or fall short of the desired shelf stock . The revision phase of the operation differs from the initial phase in that it takes account of weaknesses ( and strengths ) inherent in the stock from previous years ' book buying , and also in that it provides indications of the need for weeding the stock of individual categories , in addition to purchasing . The information collated for stock revision purposes includes a record of the age of the stock , together with indications of the obsolescence level and the reader exhaustion level described above .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: no)
13 + 6 FL Cup 15 + 2 FM Cup At the close of the 1990–91 season 's business , Phil Barber was Palace 's longest - serving current player and had joined the select troupe of men to have played over 250 games for The Eagles some fourteen months previously , so that is fair to say that there has seldom been a more popular fellow to wear the Palace colours . Phil joined the Palace in February 1984 for a modest £ 10,000 fee from Aylesbury Town , but he soon established himself as a valuable member of our League side , playing either on the left of midfield or up front as a striker , and he must probably be reckoned to be the best signing made for our club by manager Alan Mullery . Tough , modest and possessing an ideal temperament , Phil is renowned for always giving of his best for the Palace cause .
Idiom: go to your head (used idiomatically: yes)
LEO ( Jul 23 — Aug 22 ) : Your star quality will show through today and most people will be hanging on your every word . Do n't let this go to your head . Other people will quickly disillusion you this evening . VIRGO ( Aug 23 — Sep 23 ) :
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: no)
She remembers Guildford with affection — since she trained there as a young actress in the 1950s . ‘ I used to play with a company in Guildford in the old theatre in North Street . The director of that theatre , Eric Langworth , came to see me in Talking Heads . No doubt she will be hoping that The Corn is Green will draw more of her friends to the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre , when it opens for two weeks on Monday , April 27th . Sarah Spencer of the Rue Conti Jazz Band is one of many musicians who 'll be appearing at the Farnham Maltings All-Day Jazz Festival on Sunday , May 10th .
Idiom: by and large (used idiomatically: yes)
What about you know , if , if someone is relatively well educated , and they come from an urban , urban rural area , why do n't they get a job in the rural area using those qualifications ? Cos there is n't any . Right okay , that 's the er , that 's the er long and short of it , by and large , there , there is n't erm , employment , er , there are very few erm , administrative type , type jobs . Also to add to that is that erm , we know that a great of , basically agriculture 's sort of under - employed , there 's a lot of under - employment in agriculture . And erm , so , the , there 's more opportunity to actually improve your situation by being in an urban area , erm , by migrating even internationally to improve your situation .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
You may well find yourself Hon . Secretary or even Chairman before you expect these distinctions . Always accept posts of that kind ; the benefit to your education in the running of affairs is enormous . If you are elected to college committees , do not disdain what appears to be a minor representation . More experience of the day - today work of committees is obtained by deciding the cost of a plate of soup on the Catering Committee than by listening to the high arguments of policy on the Governing Board of the college .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Quality control is conducted in a modern QC laboratory with the state - of - the - art equipment .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
but I , I 'd never get them done , and I mean I 'd fed Matthew and I shouted down and I said look you 'll have to come and get him dressed cos I 've got dinners to put up yet yeah and it took me as long to put the dinners up and clean the shoes and I thought well he 's swimming , so I got his togs and put 'em in his bag and mm it was n't until we got to school , he says , guess what I 've forgotten ? ,
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
She also wants him to stop phoning her at home and for him to be banned from entering or trespassing on her property or on the actual road . Bonham Carter said she had resorted to legal action as a last resort . Her admirer had already been bound over to keep the peace after being arrested on her doorstep , and his unwelcome attentions had been going on for over six years . I have every sympathy for her . You do n't have to be rich and famous to be pestered by lunatics .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
Examples of the ‘ spare capacity’ approach are provided by post buses and school buses ( National Consumer Council , 1978 ) . Furthermore , they appeared to work best in areas of good conventional provision , where they could plug the gaps , but worked least well in areas of poor conventional provision . A weakness of both the conventional and innovative approaches , however , is that they have been dominated by not only the need to break even financially , but also by the ‘ behavioural approach’ to and the financial view of the problem , which collectively ( Stanley and Farrington , 1981 , 65 ) have : engendered studies that try to enumerate the demands for transport in rural areas and then attempt to change network and service configuration to minimize the subsidy needed and meet the demand so enumerated . Demand is normally measured by collecting information about the behaviour pattern of individuals , and finding out how and why people are travelling .