Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
They were friends . In another age and another society it might have been said that they loved each other . They were as David and Jonathan , but if anyone had hinted such Jack would have poked him on the nose , and as for Charlie … The drinkers in the Dragon all privately and rather proudly believed that Charlie was capable of anything . Marilyn Thompson was Charlie 's wife 's best friend ; Charlie was to be Jack 's best man and one day he thought he would be godfather to Jack 's first child .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
We just do n't seem to be able to track them down or attract them in quite the same way , so there is a massive practical problem if you want them to have a voice in how things are done , there 's no doubt about that . We have that same problem , but er it can be solved quite easily , the employer knows the addresses of pensioners , there 's nothing to stop pensioner association being formed . We are unable to get addresses of our so it 's word of mouth how we , how we er include , but why should not the employer send to all pensioners and deferred pensioners notices about the associations . Could I ask you very quickly on that note , do you think the answer is to try and set up a voting mechanism amongst the deferred pensioners , or is the answer that one should actually appoint a professional independent trustee , specifically with the duties of looking after the deferred pensioners in the debates that you have identified often take place ? We were told that that is impossible to take a vote because with big organisations like B T and the Post Office one example was to sell off a Girobank there are eight thousand people , but they were just told you can either defer your pension , leave it with the Post Office Pension Fund , transfer it to the Leicester and Alliance who bought Girobank , or take your money out and take up a personal pension scheme .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Who is it?’ said Finch , without opening the door and still knocking . ‘ Whoever it is , I 've been looking in your books and you have n't got your name in your books . Every other time I 've been in somebody 's flat like this I 've known where I am by the books.’ ‘ Come in,’ Betty said again . He opened the door .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
You ca n't . He said all about four days left to get this tested then up and running . Yeah , Frank knows it 's gon na slip . It might , I 've got ta
Idiom: flash in the pan (used idiomatically: yes)
No . That 's right . Yeah but it 's a flash in the pan . It 'll suddenly die down . They 'll say well it ai n't worth opening we .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: no)
' It is so sad what happened and it made me cry when I read her story but she is a remarkable woman . ' Mrs Harrison , who never remarried , is still in touch with her husband 's family in Wiltshire . She added : ' I have still got my pictures and my memories . ' Together again Margaret Harrison and Gwendoline Jones Picture : CLIFF BRETT Queen Mother misses Ascot
Idiom: in the pink (used idiomatically: no)
Whatever happens I 'll be relying on you for support and concern . ' Thank God , I thought , as just then Dad turned up at the party . He 'd come straight from work , and he wore his best bespoke Burton 's suit , a yellow waistcoat with a watch on a chain ( a present from Mum ) , and a striped tie in pink and blue with a knot as fat as a bar of soap . He looked like a budgerigar . Dad 's hair was shining too , as he liked to put olive oil on it , convinced that this lubrication of the scalp banished baldness .
Idiom: child's play (used idiomatically: yes)
If you wanted to know the answer , and if you also wanted to listen to Messrs Major , Kinnock and Ashdown , you had to keep zapping from channel to channel . After a while , the two programmes became strangely blurred into one . Dealing with Latin , Hittite and Basque is child 's play compared with understanding Majorese , Kinnockic and High Ashdonian . And yet these three languages , spoken almost exclusively in television studios ( despite claims by some scholars that proto - Majorese was once spoken in the streets of Brixton ) , are all somehow distantly related to English . High Ashdonian is the simplest of the three .
Idiom: man of god (used idiomatically: yes)
And why ? Not because we made a fool of him at the Reel on Monday , no no , not at all . He says that the church is dangerous —'not fit for a man of God to officiate at a most solemn sacrament ' . ' The Duke intoned the words in a hollow boom like a ghost in a graveyard . James Menzies burst out laughing .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Two of the strangers stayed near me ; one of them was dancing on the spot to keep warm . The others clattered over the loose uneven rock following Paddy 's understandable impatience . I was propping myself up , still in my sleeping bag with only my head outside . One of the two remaining asked me , ' Are you American ? '
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
These proposals clearly raise a number of very fundamental issues . The first , and probably most important , point on which to judge their value is their likely impact on poverty — to what extent will these changes reduce poverty among lone mothers ? On the face of it , if such increased levels of maintenance can be collected from many more absent parents , then it looks as if lone mothers stand to gain quite substantially . However , the reality is that for very many lone mothers there will be no financial gain at all . This is because , for those on income support , any maintenance received will continue to be deducted from their benefit .
Idiom: on your toes (used idiomatically: yes)
Ceri : I can . ( Standing on her toes . ) Paul : Not really , only on your toes . It 's too high for you . Victoria:(Measuring her height against Ceri . )
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
The limits of that practice of obedience must therefore be constituted by the boundaries of that political morality . An enactment which threatened the essential elements of any plausible conception of democratic government would lie beyond those boundaries . It would forfeit , by the same token , any claim to be recognised as law . Although , therefore , Dicey 's sharp distinction between the application and interpretation of statute suffices for most practical purposes , it ultimately breaks down in the face of changing views of the contours of the political community or of serious threats to the central tenets of liberal democracy . Presumptions of legislative intent , which draw their strength from judicial perceptions of widely held notions of justice and fairness , can not in normal circumstances override the explicit terms of an Act of Parliament .
Idiom: at the crossroads (used idiomatically: no)
Decision Sounds idyllic — he was young and having fun earning a living at what he liked best . ‘ But by 1989 I was at the crossroads,’ he says . ‘ Touring on my own was good crack , but I wanted security and it was time to make a serious decision about the future — whether to become a lawyer ( and I had already started applying for jobs ) or to take a more businesslike approach to the music.’ He opted for the latter and at the end of 1989 he launched his debut album ‘ Brand New Star’ which sold very well , got a lot of radio play , and , most important of all , it introduced the songs he had been composing and singing at concerts to a wider public .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
Some systems have been developed along such lines that enable non - zero probabilities to be ascribed to individual predictions . Two criticisms of them will be mentioned here . Firstly , the notion that science is concerned with the production of a set of individual predictions rather than with the production of knowledge in the form of a complex of general statements is , to say the least , counter - intuitive . Secondly , even when attention is restricted to individual predictions , it can be argued that scientific theories , and hence universal statements , are inevitably involved in the estimation of the likelihood of a prediction being successful . For instance , in some intuitive , non - technical sense of ‘ probable’ , we may be prepared to assert that it is to some degree probable that a very heavy smoker will die of lung cancer .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I knew you 'd do it , lad . I told me mates it was a sure thing and they emptied their pockets and put every last halfpenny on you and that horse of your'n . Here , the best I could get for you is evens , but with another fiver collected for you from me mates , and the prize for winning , you 'll go home with fifty pounds in your pocket . That 's not a bad day 's work for a lad , I 'd say.’ Seb grinned happily .
Idiom: off and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Levi has just won the Canadian Open at the Glen Abbey Golf Club near Toronto last September , the final win of his magnificent season . He was amused by it all , and to be sure , amazed . And he had a good time with the assembled newshounds , especially when one got him off and running with a question about how he felt about winning a national championship . Was it special ? ‘ Yeah , that 's right , it 's a great feeling to win a national championship,’ Levi answered .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
He too will have to try again . Failure has driven some in the past to tears , but for the moment the 22-year - old Andrew Hare , from Sleaford , Lincolnshire , is quietly showing the bright - eyed optimism of the first - timer . He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . That is already progress . He only turned professional 12 weeks ago after helping to beat the United States in the Walker Cup this summer .
Idiom: take stock (used idiomatically: yes)
The volatility of the sterling series is much greater with particularly rapid growth being experienced in the mid - eighties at the time of sterling 's decline against the dollar . The corollary of this was that the cost of acquiring a British asset fell sharply in dollar terms . The stock of inward portfolio investment and the cumulated inflow ( taking the end-1975 stock as a benchmark ) are shown in Fig . 3 . This shows that the investment stock remained relatively constant from around 1977 to 1981 , with revaluations summing to zero over the period . Subsequent to 1981 there is a marked upward rise in the stock , with particularly sharp growth after 1984 .
Idiom: have it both ways (used idiomatically: yes)
It has been noticed by others that the type of arguments which count against the Freudian type of verstehende psychology would also count against much sociology . Sociologists have either to accept a thoroughly verificationist approach to both Freud and to many of the founders of sociology , or to be inconsistent and accept a judgement made by psychologists about Freud which is based on logical and philosophical assumptions which , if applied to Max Weber or Èmile Durkheim or Marx , would lead to these thinkers being likewise dismissed as unscientific . Sociologists can not have it both ways : either Freud has to be examined alongside the founders of sociology , or they all have to be dismissed as unscientific thinkers . This latter conclusion would be held by many psychologists and by a few sociologists , and it is a consistent one , given positivist premises . Most sociologists would wish to maintain that , while their social science does not meet the rigorous criteria of a natural science , in terms of the procedures used for verification of theoretical hypotheses there is some disciplined thinking and testing of ideas going on in sociology which does distinguish it from religious or mystical thinking .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
The Tri - Pacer tossed on its back and badly damaged by Typhoon Marion at Bangkok . ‘ Only the intervention of the King of Jordan could resolve some of the problems … ‘ We had telephoned and faxed King Hussein all along , informing him of our progress . Now we talked with his chief pilot and told him Tim thought the Tri - Pacer could be fixed . We asked if Royal Jordanian could help fly parts from New York to Bangkok , a route it operates .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
The density of the glass , he wrote . The intractability of the glass . Have to get to grips with what this does to the image . Its refusal to respond , as canvas and paper respond . Tried projecting negative of Bride from holograph enlarger , he wrote , but image thin and weak where I want it strong ( though indeterminate ) .
Idiom: seize the day (used idiomatically: yes)
So to the middle - aged man who came up to me in the car park and confessed that in the fifth form he had been silently in love with me — why did n't he say so at the time ? Carpe diem as Robin Williams told his boys in Dead Poets Society . Seize the day . The Arts : A hero strikes a chord Thomas Pride watches as ex - Beatle George Harrison goes ' live ' again after 23 years By THOMAS PRIDE
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
He received little except somewhat vague offers of support but early in 1707 went back to Scotland , this time returning to St Germain with a formal invitation to ‘ James III and VIII’ to reclaim his kingdom . 30,000 men would , James was assured , rise to support him , provided he came with at least 5000 French troops and arms for the whole Scottish force . The government in London was kept well informed of what was happening and the rebellion might never have got off the ground but for the effects of the Act of Union of the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland , which came into effect on 1 May 1707 . Although the two countries retained their distinctive systems of law and church government , they had henceforward ‘ one and the same Parliament , to be styled the Parliament of Great Britain ' , common citizenship , a common currency and the same taxes . Article II laid down that if Queen Anne failed to leave an heir the succession should pass to a relatively distant claimant , ‘ the most excellent Princess Sophia , electress and duchess dowager of Hanover , and the heirs of her body being protestants’ .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
This century alone , Berlin has had an extraordinary history — a natural , social , cultural and political centre , because of its location at the crossroads of east and west Europe . The wall which divided the city limited its development . Now Berliners aim to realise the potential that 's eluded them since the war , and the development of no man 's land is crucial ; the practical realisation of unification , and it 's fraught with problems . Just as the wall belongs to every Berliner on both sides , East and West , so does the entire site which , which now is left fallow so to speak . At the time of division , the two halves of the city were very different ; the Soviet east hung on to the imperial Prussian centre , the West acquired the western shopping and residential areas .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Nanny Mum look Oh actually come to think of it mum look , mum look Good girl , there you go
Idiom: in the doghouse (used idiomatically: no)
ROBERTA Russell , 39 , and her daughter Lisa , 19 , each gave birth to a baby on the same day at Wolverhampton 's New Cross Hospital . So hose a naughty dog then HEIDI the rottweiler was in the doghouse yesterday after she stopped firemen reaching a kitchen blaze . Heidi 's owner John Small had gone out , forgetting her lunch , cooking on the stove . A neighbour smelled burning and dialled 999 — but Heidi stopped the fire - crew in their tracks .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
The one time I ever cried in school was when he blamed me with a severity that seemed to hurt him … . My father probably went over the [ Shakespeare]plays with me when I was doing my home - work , but his taste was for directly elevating philanthropic and progressive literature . Or was it only with a view to inspiring a love of virtue that he read ‘ Abou Ben Adhem’ and how he ‘ loved his fellow men.’ There follows an account of Edward 's slight involvement in his father 's political activities , especially his schoolboy advocacy during the Home Rule election when his ‘ enthusiasm pleased my father’ . But from the same Grammar School period Edward recalls in detail ‘ the Sunday dinner anger , which became almost a regular thing , , with the boys tittering and refusing to discuss the topic of the morning 's sermon until they received a lecture or abuse from their father , at this ‘ almost the only meal as a rule which the whole family had together’ .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't know Cos he said oh I should 've just hit him there and then and I said yeah instead of fucking hanging about and pissing your mates off , you know what I mean ? It 's out of order . Well you anyway . What was he still like that afterwards ?
Idiom: presence of mind (used idiomatically: yes)
And on the second count , now that she 'd virtually made up her mind to visit the warehouse tonight , did she really want to discover the truth , after all … ? The shadows were lengthening as Caroline parked her mother 's car on the small industrial estate and was shown inside the warehouse by a storeman . Primed by Stephanie 's reaction , she had the presence of mind to put on an impressive pretence of knowing all about the recent ‘ mystery’ consignment . She even managed to convince the man that she 'd been sent by Roman to inspect the goods . So , instead of having to wander round and use her own powers of observation , she was escorted , heart thudding guiltily , straight to the back of the warehouse .
Idiom: Indian summer (used idiomatically: yes)
But she was sensitive enough to let those at the Mill believe that they were making a competitive offer . They were startled when , several years later , they learnt about the subsidy . ‘ Thanks to Mrs Ashley we employed more people , the weavers were paid overtime and we enjoyed an Indian summer for a good few years . She was a wonderful friend.’ In the early Eighties , she organized a venture which above all else satisfied her craving for rescuing the past with no obvious monetary benefit .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
They both agreed that if you could n't enjoy yourself on the way , what was the point in running a business that afforded them so much freedom to travel ? Somehow that philosophy had soured since Seville , but neither spoke of it . ‘ I suppose we really ought to get down to some serious work,’ Ruth suggested lazily , stretching her legs under the table and gazing out across the blue bay of Palma with its crowd of boats and yachts bobbing and , beyond , the profusion of high - rise apartments and hotels . Palm trees and the Bellver castle were silhouetted against a bright blue sky on its plateau overlooking the bay , and Ruth was impressed . It was a hot and lively capital of this popular Balearic isle of Majorca and pre - Fernando days would have found Ruth down there , twelve floors down there , getting among the hustle and bustle , soaking up the atmosphere and tasting the very essence of the island with enthusiasm .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed , understanding how structures develop is one of the major problem areas in biology . One reason why we find it so hard to understand the development of form may be that we do not make machines that develop : often , we understand biological phenomena only when we have invented machines with similar properties . The shapes of the things we make are , as a general rule , imposed upon them from the outside : we do not make ' embryo ' machines which acquire complex shapes by intrinsic processes . How does a geometrically simple egg turn into a complex adult ? Historically , there have been two rival views .
Idiom: my bad (used idiomatically: yes)
Rugby was even worse , as it involved a large amount of physical contact , and there was nowhere on the field you could hide and no playing position which kept you out of harm 's way . I had nightmares about scrums and tackles from a very early age and refused to play as a linesman , in case I got involved in violence . Rugby nightmares replaced nightmares about witches , which had been the basis of my bad dreams for several years . I loathed sport well into my teens ; a distinct disadvantage , as I had decided I wanted to be an Officer in the Parachute Regiment or the Royal Marines , a vocation which demanded exceptional physical fitness and courage , qualities I did n't possess . My first real contact with the military was when I went on a familiarisation course to the Parachute Regiment depot at Aldershot when I was fourteen , and spent two days living in the mess , where I looked around the regiment , met serving officers and had some basic interviews with retired Colonels , who were in charge of selecting the future leaders of the toughest regiment in the Army outside of the Special Air Service .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
Probyn 's pointer Roy Collins ENGLAND prop Jeff Probyn has intriguingly revealed one of the tell - tale signs of the impending axe . When he got too much praise in training , Probyn said : ‘ I knew they were going to try someone else.’ In rugger , it would seem , praise is like football 's vote of confidence , not entirely what it seems .
Idiom: true blue (used idiomatically: yes)
ANGRY : MP Dennis OCH AYE , THE BLUE KILTED Prince Charles got the wind up yesterday — and showed that underneath he 's a true blue . A sudden gust lifted his resplendent tartan for all to see … a pair of blue briefs . Charles , spurning an old Scottish tradition , opted for a royal cover - up .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: no)
She came over to me and rested her hands on my shoulders . She was very close . ‘ Get me off the hook , Preston . Get me out of this , and there 's nothing I wo n't do for you . And I could do plenty.’
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
I always felt that there was room for improvement in top management . Although the standard of management has been variable , it is much better than it was 10 or 15 years ago as a result of fiercer competition and a great deal of fall - out . The approach to management is not quite so lackadaisical as it once was , but there is still a long way to go , particularly in employment policies within the companies . The most progressive companies have an excellent record , but others could improve their labour and personnel management . Yesterday , John Major celebrated his first year as Prime Minister but we know that he was Chancellor in Mrs. Thatcher 's Government in the latter part of it —
Idiom: all things being equal (used idiomatically: yes)
Foreign currency sensitivity can of course be unaffected by geographical exposure ; it can be down to commodity prices . To that extent , the oil sector , that makes up around 8 % of the stockmarket 's capitalisation , could be said to be 100 % dollar sensitive . All things being equal , the fall in sterling we have seen ought to add 6 % -7 % to quoted company earnings in a year . Given the comments above , we would have our doubts over the likely benefits for sectors that are heavily exposed to Europe . Motors , packaging and some areas of engineering fall into this category .