Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: no)
She wore a faintly sly and greedy look , like a child who has been promised a rather disreputable treat if it 's good . Lydia , who had quite often been subjected to this experience , twigged at once . Dr Wyn had told his friends that Lydia could be relied on to say something awful , or to sink , senseless , under the table . She was the floor show . Dr Wyn introduced her to a tall foolish - looking man who was pouring whisky at a side table , and whose name she did n't catch .
Idiom: weather the storm (used idiomatically: yes)
Three second - half goals overturned United 's barely deserved interval advantage and sent the sun - kissed Queen Street crowd wild . But United , playing their penultimate away fixture of the season , were not discredited by their own performance and were ultimately undone by an excellent Hornet 's display and an extra special goal . In the first half , Petersfield had weathered a varied storm with a mixture of luck and determination . Home striker Paul Crimmen let them off the hook on a number of occasions and Horsham had two goals disallowed . In the 25th minute , Mark Dunk elbowed Mike Taylor before shooting home and in the 30th minute Stepney netted from an offside position .
Idiom: make short work of (used idiomatically: no)
In fact , all kitchen work surfaces respond well to steam cleaning . So do the outside of fridges , freezers and cookers , all of which the Steamatic will return to their gleaming former selves . You can also defrost and clean your fridge and freezer with the Steamatic , making short work of what can often be a long and messy job . Of course , on cold surfaces , steam condenses into water so use a cloth to wipe away dirt and grease . A Goblin or AquaVac wet and dry vacuum cleaner can be used to remove excess water and ice , particularly when defrosting fridges and freezers .
Idiom: break someone's heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Guido 's feelings for Silvia have always been very special . More special , perhaps , than is strictly wise . Sometimes I think that girl will break his heart.’ Ronni stared back at her with a sense of helpless inevitability , suddenly , with a shiver , putting two and two together . She had been right in her deduction that he was in love with someone .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
Wandering from house to house I asked for directions to the ruins of the palace . The villagers shrugged their shoulders : what palace ? Finally , turning a corner , I saw what I was looking for . Lying amid waste land to one side of the village , there rose the jutting silhouette of a cyclopean wall . It was flanked on one side by a great domed hall , supported on a quadrant of megalithic arches , each one at least twelve feet thick ; to its side the palace wall rose upwards with a colossal , almost Romanesque massiveness .
Idiom: hand to mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
The refugees in that camp have been living from hand to mouth for a month .
Idiom: there's no such thing as a free lunch (used idiomatically: no)
' You keep bringing everything back to money . ' ' That 's what you learn from business . There 's no such thing as a free lunch . Who said that ? ' Robyn shrugged .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
Asking whether the broadcasters had provided an ‘ unvarnished account’ , his answer was ‘ Yes , they have’— and he gave his reasons . My own interviews suggested that Members feel that , looking at parliamentary business as a whole , a correct balance has generally been achieved . Specific criticisms included the view that coverage of Business Questions ( coming immediately after the Prime Minister on Thursdays ) was excessive ; that there was too much coverage of points of order ; that too much attention was paid to the confrontation between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition ; that not enough attention was paid to legislation ; and that more should be shown of the nuts and bolts of the House 's work . Eight out of twelve Members , however , welcomed the extensive coverage being given to select committees , and some would like even more . In general , this indicates a desire by Members to show more of how the House works , with less attention to issues of wider public or political interest .
Idiom: bits and bobs (used idiomatically: yes)
A preview will tell you what the software can do at the moment — we do n't go too heavily on any minor bugs or inconsistencies at the preview stage , but we do criticise bad design and form an opinion about whether the software will be up to scratch when it gets released . Word Perfect 's mission statement , in the blurb accompanying the beta - test software , tells us that the idea behind Presentations 2.0 ( 1.0 was DrawPerfect ) was to bring together everything you need in Presentations Software together in one package , including a drawing program , clipart , text handling , charting , graphing and painting . In the New Features box , you 'll see an outline listing of the bits and bobs that go together to make up Presentations 2.0 . This preview will concentrate on some of the more striking aspects of the program . Putting on a Show The Windows aficionado will be well pleased with the look and feel of Presentations 2.0 — it maintains that 3D kind of look that Windows 3.1 is so good at , to the point where you might just be persuaded that you 're actually running a Windows application full screen .
Idiom: do me a favour (used idiomatically: yes)
The fact that I had people to speak for me at the trial and that I was doing community work did n't appear to mean much to them . I think the judge 's mind had been made up before I even stepped into the dock . It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . There was no ‘ intent to supply’ or anything like that . I had two previous charges of possession in ‘ 78 , which technically should have been spent .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
The trouble with playing from this distance , however , is that you do not require a full swing . Many amateurs scared of overhitting the shot , therefore decelerate their swing and mishit . One way to cure this is to play the ball further back in the stance to the centre or just right of centre ( photo 1 ) . This ha , es you feel like you are coming down into the ball , which is a more positive feeling . Far too many amateurs place the ball forward in their stance when pitching , therefore increasing their chance of digging into the ground before the back of the ball .
Idiom: from stem to stern (used idiomatically: yes)
" I 've never seen him speak to anyone . He does n't come often , does he ? " At that moment Lord Jim was disturbed , from stem to stern , by an unmistakeable lurch . Nothing fell , because on Lord Jim everything was properly secured , but she heaved , seemed to shake herself gently , and rose . The tide had lifted her .
Idiom: yesterday's news (used idiomatically: yes)
Instead Ford has decided not to pass the Government 's tax cut on to the motorist but to pour it into its own pockets and profits . Ford has blamed the price increases on the devaluation of the pound which has increased the cost of imported parts . Ironically that is also the reason behind yesterday 's good news for motorists that petrol prices are to drop . But 3p off a litre of petrol will do little for the men at Ford who need their jobs . The Government should take action to force all car manufacturers to pass on its tax cut .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
Assuming that the Bush administration is serious in its current efforts , the US must have a Plan B in case the talks fail . For Palestinians , the main concern is to avoid negative repercussions if they do . Unlike former President Bill ~ Clinton , who blamed Yassir Arafat for the failure of the Camp ~ David talks in 2000 , the Bush administration must honor its commitment not to point fingers or allow either side to use failure to advance its strategic goals . Palestinian negotiators have always had to balance three issues : historic rights , current realities , and the price of using their negative power . For Palestinians , the code words for historic rights – liberating Palestinian land , securing the right of return for refugees , and insisting on a truly independent state – are " international legitimacy . "
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
Just when would any orders come ? The main aim of cruise missiles is to deter an attack . Military and political commanders would normally decide to use them only when a war in Europe was in full swing . if the war was going badly for NATO , and the USSR was already using nuclear weapons , the West would turn to the cruise missiles to strike back at the Warsaw Pact . By this time , parts of Britain would probably be radioactive deserts .
Idiom: Bob's your uncle (used idiomatically: yes)
The landlady repeated that she was being very lenient with him but generosity on her part was not without limits , my girl . She pretended to agree , suspecting that her time for trying the landlady 's leniency would be next . On even days he whispered about the five different meanings of how 's your father and the etymology of knackered , Bob 's your uncles , and taking the piss out of X or Y . On odd days , a young woman who had gone to work as a governess at a remote Scottish house wrote to an employer she never saw about portraits which moved in the middle of the night and which , the governess wrote , appeared to speak monosyllabic expressions of agony . None of her letters were answered .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
My camera 's screen is broken . How do I delete pictures on the sd card ? You should be able to connect your SD card using a card reader or a data cable to your computer .
Idiom: odd one out (used idiomatically: yes)
Techniques , he said , need repeated practice . The racing motorist , the concert pianist , the wood - carver , the learner preparing for a driving test — all need to learn techniques and to accomplish them fast . Why should a student be the odd one out ? Studying , writing an exam , playing for the University , speaking in a debate , writing notes , achieving spare time for leisure — all need techniques so that time is not wasted . Basic Techniques
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
The discs are ‘ The Charlie Parker Story’ , ‘ Charlie Parker Memorial’ , ‘ The Genius of Charlie Parker’ and ‘ The Immortal Charlie Parker’ . All are mono . These titles are retrospectives , released by Savoy shortly after Parker 's premature death ( aged 35 ) ; with this handful of LPs , Savoy sought to encompass the late great alto saxophonist 's complete Savoy discography , which to all intents and purposes they do . They are catalogues ( albeit with some eccentricities ) of Parker 's Savoy sessions . Billie 's Bounce for example(‘The Charlie Parker Story’ ) is heard in five separate though shamefully not chronologically ordered takes , including a suddenly interrupted ‘ short take’ of 1:40 duration !
Idiom: beat about the bush (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed , the exact opposite was in his mind , but he was afraid of the further rejection she would face in any hamlet or village for miles around . " Will that be possible ? " Topaz did n't beat about the bush . " You mean because I 'm a gypsy ? " " Yes . "
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: no)
It is difficult to decide when you are an outsider what the business is like . We would eventually like to do it along with the management , within the philosophy we will impose . ' The Franklin philosophy was learnt in the US leveraged buyout business at the side of Sir James Goldsmith . Mr Franklin went there at the end of the 1970s , after the collapse of Keyser Ullman , the merchant bank where he was a director that was rescued by the Bank of England . He feels that Keyser 's problems were hastened by an unwise acquisition .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Ten to two seemed to be a perfectly adequate majority with the proper safeguards Jenkins offered … Deserted by Hogg 's senior legal colleagues on the Conservative benches , and with a strong challenge mounted by the libertarian left on the Government side , the clause looked in danger . But at the end of the day , due to skilful management by Jenkins combined with the staunchness of the shadow Home Secretary , the clause survived at Report Stage by 180 votes to 102 . Supporters of the change were fortified by the knowledge , revealed by the Home Secretary in his speech , that of the thirty five judges in the Queen 's Bench Division ( including the Lord Chief Justice who conducted the poll ) , twenty - five were in favour of majority verdicts , provided that the majority did not fall below ten to two . Eight were against , with two undecided and prepared to follow the majority .
Idiom: at a loss for words (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well you ought to,’ Frau Nordern flashed , then , realising the oddity of the remark , retracted . ‘ Of course I do n't mean that you should … .’ She paused , at a loss for words , but Marx was n't . ‘ I hope that you don't,’ he said in a tough , menacing voice . ‘ Yes.’
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
BOSS GUITAR Dear Guitarist I 'm writing with regard to a letter from Andy Mitchell from Ashington ( Aug ' 92 ) , who was looking for help in the preamp / processor direction , and was looking for the Eddie Van Halen , Brian May and the Nuno Bettencourt sounds for his processor . I 've also recently purchased an effects processor ( BOSS SE50 ) and as most of the patches for the guitar were boring , I started experimenting with some of my own . I 'm also a big fan of the three guitarists mentioned above , and have given you what I think is a good Nuno Bettencourt sound on my processor …
Idiom: carry the day (used idiomatically: no)
Five thousand quid , I 'd say . That 's to take care of my having to hand a few bribes out as well as supporting myself . If you find one of those canvas military holdalls officers carry these days , the money could go in a false bottom of some sort . ' ' I 'm sure there 'll be no problem . ' ' Fivers , Walter , and the real thing .
Idiom: feeding frenzy (used idiomatically: yes)
The next paragraph states ‘ The scissor - like cutting action of their teeth enables them to reduce a full - sized human being to a mere skeleton in about four minutes!’ Well , yes , I suppose , in a ‘ how long is a piece of string’ sense that enough piranhas — and I do n't suppose anyone 's ever been around long enough to count — could together commit such acts of savagery . The 60 minute video shows such delights as the ‘ ghostly boneyard of the piranhas’and their ‘ incredible feeding frenzy’ . All very exciting and below I 'll tell you how to get hold of this cinematic delight . But that evening I settled down at home to watch a superb and delightful documentary on the giant otters of South America .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: no)
Everywhere , outings are in . Just consider the public interest in taking the kids to visit an aquarium . A total of 70 oceanic recreations , complete with state - of - the - art fish tanks , coral reefs and rainforests , have just opened or will soon open around the world . One , in Chicago , was designed by Dirk Lohan , grandson of Modernism 's founder Mies Van Der Rohe . While past generations of architects built cathedrals of faith , later succeeded by cathedrals of commerce , today 's and tomorrow 's master builders are more likely to provide cathedrals of entertainment .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: no)
She found no change in James 's IQ . But his memory and creativity scores increased after playing the game , even though he was tired . Dr Einon says : ‘ What is absolutely certain is that playing the game for this length of time did not make his scores worse . ’ Dr Einon started by asking James to repeat telephone numbers , then to remember a sequence of words , then to repeat word lists after counting backwards from ten to one as a distraction ( see graph ) . Then James had to look at a tray containing 20 objects and , when the tray was removed , see how many he could remember .
Idiom: on the stump (used idiomatically: yes)
Since the ubiquitous Robert Goodwill ( Tory , Redcar ) keeps asking us his Labour opponent 's whereabouts , we can tell him that Marjorie Mowlam will be having one in the Punch Bowl too . Man power BILL Wade , the Lib Dem in Bishop Auckland , has been joined on the stump by an out and out Tory his brother Harry . Harry stood for the Isle of Man parliament in November officially Independent , ideologically Conservative . ‘ They wear blue rosettes and everything,’ says Bill , who yesterday gained his first granddaughter ( Sarah Jane ) after five lads .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes I have . The card that we 're issued with . Yes sure , the card itself er is authorisation that is signed by er an officer of at least the rank of Assistant Chief Constable and er it 's a firearms authorisation that enables us or as an individual , to be issued with a firearm that is named on this card , er for that particular type of weapon er if if we go to a firearms operation . And is there anything else on the er the rear of the card ? Yes sure , on the rear er if I could read it out .
Idiom: put two and two together (used idiomatically: yes)
Meanwhile , he would do what he could to help her , and would frankly face the fact that her presence gave him enormous pleasure . But for her sake , he must guard his feelings , he reminded himself . Thrush Green was adept at putting two and two together and making five , and she had enough to contend with already , without being annoyed by foolish gossip . ‘ Avuncular kindness!’ said Harold aloud , and was immediately revolted by the phrase . He hit the flaring log such a hefty thwack that it broke in two .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
At first her dialogue was more brittle , her personality harder , there was less humour . Madonna added the irony . She comes across now like a modern day Mae West , with tongue - in - cheek and wise - ass lines . But she 's also a little sad . You feel sorry for her , for what might have been . '
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Would there be any objection to me shifting it?’ I asked on a hunch . ‘ It would be easier to get this back to London than to get an insurance assessor out here,’ I added on the spur of the moment . ‘ Do n't see why not . I 've finished with it , but you 'll have to check with the boys in blue .
Idiom: up to par (used idiomatically: yes)
Orc Boar Boyz are the most expensive choice for a core unit . Savage Orc Boar Boyz are marginally cheaper with a lower WS and no armour but have the advantage of their protective tattoos . The Orc Boar Boyz option really does commit you to the attack , and things can go wrong if animosity strikes or if the supporting troops do n't perform up to par . In other words it 's a relatively high risk gamble , but if your army holds together you will probably win . This is even more true of Savage Orc Boar Boyz because they are subject to frenzy , which means they have to charge enemy within reach whether you want them to or not .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
A booklet and set of cards form a training exercise which aims to stimulate discussion about the needs of informal carers , and to confront some assumptions on which services are based . The package is designed to be used with staff from health , social services , housing , voluntary and private agencies . The three stages of the exercise are : examination of personal values of the participants ; evaluation of existing services in the light of values expressed ; and a focus on ways of changing services so that carers can have access to ‘ valued lifestyles for themselves , as well as for the people they care for ’ . New lifestyles for carers : a training exercise for staff and carers based on the principle of normalisation by Hilary Brown and Thurstine Bassett . 26pp plus two overhead projector transparencies and one set of New Lifestyles cards ( sufficient material for two groups of up to twenty-four people in total ) .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: no)
By the end of the period , the professional values of English studies had been rendered synonymous not only with the central moral force of the " national character " but also with the moral worthiness of the scholar - critic ( living or dead ) . A threat to any one of these is therefore perceived as threatening the others . By the same token , any discourse which seems to offer a synthesis between professional values and a sense of national character and moral worthiness , while also overlooking inhumane specialist tendencies and threats of moral ambiguity , is treated favourably in the Review . Louis B. Wright 's Middle - Class Culture in Elizabethan England is welcomed by C. Bowie Millican on the grounds that it confirms a healthy trend in literary research whereby antiquarian , statistical , and editorial work are made to contribute to a broader and more comprehensive " cultural synthesis " : " it is the proper evaluation of such information … that leads to perspective and reveals literature to be both a continuum and a truthful mirror of life . "
Idiom: true to form (used idiomatically: yes)
and some bits for his camera . Outside the shop I left the engine running but true to form he was undecided so I slung my hook and went for a coffee . When I returned at twenty past three
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
And Hume 's point is that it is impossible to have any reason for that last belief . For that belief is not analytically or necessarily true ; no contradiction is implied by supposing it false . And I can not suppose that experience itself has given me reason to believe that the unobserved will resemble the observed , since the appeal to experience begs the question asked ; it argues not to but from the crucial belief that our experience is a reliable guide , or that the unobserved will resemble the observed . Therefore I can have no reason to believe that my experience is a reliable guide , and hence have no reason for any belief about events beyond my experience and so can not have knowledge of them . It is worth stressing that Hume 's argument does not attempt to derive a sceptical conclusion from the fact that I might be wrong ( as in a way the first argument does ) nor from the fact that I have been wrong ( as the second argument does ) .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
unless I go up that shop , top shop and have a look at those gramme balls , yellow , oranges Yeah red and got those to put in the black Yeah but there again my er
Idiom: feel the pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
Australia may as well have been on another planet to post war Britain . And for thousands it represented a real land of opportunity where the sun shone and the good life was there for the taking . Britain was still recovering from the long hard years of the second World War and the population had long felt the pinch of rationing and having to make do . But even so , for the Jones and the Riddifords it was a terrible wrench to leave the rest of the close knit Welsh family behind and there were floods of tears when the time came to say goodbye . For young Carol Jones , just eleven years old , it was a terrifying and wonderful time .