Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Christian Gysin A YOUNG handbag snatcher was jailed for five years yesterday as a judge signalled the fight back against street crime . First - time mugger Michael Watson slumped in the dock in disbelief as Judge Brian Pryor told him thugs were making Britain 's streets ‘ places of fear’ . There was a stunned silence as fair - haired Watson 's three elderly victims watched him being led away to start his surprise sentence . Pressure groups last night backed the judge 's crackdown .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
She had hoped for a new freedom , but had found a trap . She went to her doctor for sleeping pills and a tonic , though he himself was a better tonic than anything in a bottle . The doctor , universally known as ' Hubert ' , was rotund , but it was a jolly bouncing roundness , not like the disgusting pot - bellied men who do n't know whether to wear their trousers above or below their pots . The perfectly symmetrical large football was crowned by a smaller one : his head . And that in turn was crowned , incongruously , by a mop of unruly brown curls , giving him the appearance of an inflated schoolboy — Billy Bunter , in fact .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
The General and Municipal union concentrated on casuals , seasonals and fixed - term contract workers , on part - timers and even on the self - employed ; the Transport and General union on the same categories of temporary worker , on part - timers , and even on agency workers . Special recruitment drives have been organised , " model agreements " governing when and under what conditions temporary workers might be used , and " casual workers " charters ' have been drawn up Some unions , notably the electricians , have gone further , establishing local registers of ( otherwise ) unemployed members from which employers have to draw when filling the temporary positions enterprise level agreements have permitted them to create . Whilst the unions ' attempts to regulate the use of the " new " temporary workers might prove successful , their attempts to organise " traditional " temporary workers seem much less likely to bear fruit . It is not only that in the past unions have not tried or wanted to recruit such workers ; temporary workers themselves have often had no real interest in being recruited . The attachment to work of many of them is rather marginal — itself intimately related to the fact that frequently their temporary jobs are also part - time jobs [ see Chapter 2 ] .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: no)
FAX BOX About DOS 5 The latest version of DOS , MS - DOS 5 , can be purchased off - the - shelf as a full system or as an upgrade kit . DOS 5 tends to be bundled with the majority of new computers and is likely to become the standard . There are many improvements over earlier DOS versions .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I remember , once every year , the town would explode with music when this plainchant thing would come to Wexford . It was all a big mystery to me , we were made to wear blue ties , white shirts and blue trousers . But I remember these choirs all over the place in the town hall in Wexford singing these stunningly beautiful chants in Irish . That 's the basis of my influence in terms of melody , that along with other beautiful airs like ‘ The Foggy Dew’ and things like that . ‘ Then , as you get older you start to search out the things that you 're not familiar with .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
Do I fancy them ? No no . What d'ya think of them like do they get on your nerves at all ? What ? What ?
Idiom: lose face (used idiomatically: yes)
By creating and maintaining institutions that deny feelings of warmth and tenderness , by encouraging male competitive and aggressive styles of human encounter , prisons are killing off in prisoners those qualities most likely to help re - establish them in the community . ( They also damage staff . ) Simple social skills like apologizing are given no place because the most important thing is not to lose face . Yet I have seen innumerable jobs lost by ex - prisoners because one morning they came in late and when challenged could n't give a simple explanation and express regret . Instead they bridled , told employers to stuff their jobs and walked out , cursing themselves .
Idiom: for my money (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've met him three or four times when he 's been the compere of things that I 've had some three - minute act on , and we 've seemed to get on together , but he 's not really what I go for . I 've never been into party political material as such and he just does n't make me laugh . ' ' For my money , Paul is one of the greatest comedians of all time , ' says Julian Clary . ' I would put him in the same bracket as Beryl Reid ' In the last couple of years , Paul Merton has emerged from a tidal wave of British comic talent , that swelled at the beginning of the Eighties and continues to rain all around us , and has done so on a laugh raft all of his own .
Idiom: spin a yarn (used idiomatically: yes)
She does all his dirty work for him . I 'd say she 's in love with him also . She spun a few yarns on that count , as well . ' ' So Perry must know she 's lying . About Crilly , I mean . '
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr President , it is incumbent upon me to remind my colleague , Mr Evans , of why Wales actually achieved Objective 1 status . It was because of the discredited policies of his own Conservative ~ Party . Let me also remind him that when his party leader , Mr Hague , was Secretary of ~ State for Wales , he broke every rule in the book on additionality which led to a stern letter from Commissioner Wulf - Mathies regarding regulatory requirements . I can tell you that the British Government is aware of its regulatory requirements on Objective 1 additionality . I suggest Mr Evans goes back and reads the regulation .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
Her pudgy face was very pale and her eyes looked as bad as Jinny 's felt . She knew it , too . As she ran a hand over her short hair , she pulled a face . ‘ I must look like death . But I 've been up all night .
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
We made our way slowly . A biting wind tore at our cheeks , turning our fingers to blocks of ice , whilst our horses scrabbled to maintain a secure foothold . Suddenly , just as we rounded the bend and were able to glimpse the gables and turrets of Templecombe above the trees , one of the soldiers came riding back so fast his horse , slithering and clattering on the path , almost crashed into Mandeville 's mount . ' What is it , man ? ' Southgate snarled .
Idiom: spring to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
It seems self - evident that decisions involving the lives of children should be well informed . So in this chapter I hope to show how research can contribute to social work policy and practice and how all who seek high professional standards can benefit from research , whether their own or that of others . If we think of the ways in which the term research is used , a variety of activities spring to mind . People ‘ do research’ into their ancestors , perhaps plotting family trees and collating information from register offices and parish records . We also talk of ‘ doing research’ when we investigate the history of a place we intend to visit , looking up information in travel guides and brochures , finding out how best to get there , what to avoid and how to get value for money .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
There was no sound except breathing and soft , nocturnal sighing from the darkness beyond the verandah . He had watched until the night nurse had left the office and now he was as sure as he could be that she had gone below for a meal . Bulbs in pale globes lit the corridor at intervals , the light reflecting off shiny walls . When he passed the entry that led to the bathrooms and toilets , he became more circumspect . It would be hard to give a satisfactory explanation if he were found in that part of the house so late at night .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: no)
In the divine tribunal he became a sin offering . In the post-Reformation world the doctrine of penal substitution gathered around it a very hard edge , especially north of the border in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Let us now go in our imaginations to Dunbartonshire and visit the town of Rhu in 1829 where the young minister of just twenty-nine was preaching . He had been at this cure for a mere four years but his reputation was growing fast . He was known for his brilliance , for his razor-sharp mind and for being a wonderful preacher .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
Would she not be allowed to make tea at other times ? He was , she saw , partially dressed . He wore his cord trousers but his feet were bare and an unbuttoned pyjama jacket revealed fleeting glimpses of a snow - white breast . He turned on the electric fire and knelt before it , holding out his hands to the reddening bars . Melanie turned her eyes from his nakedness and handed him tea , which he drank thankfully .
Idiom: get stuck into (used idiomatically: yes)
As with the Bala band , we had caught the end of an era . It does n't happen any more . After we returned home it was time to order seeds for the coming year and get stuck into renovations of Melin Cottage . It was a job I loathed . An old building , unoccupied for months , festooned with gungy cobwebs and dust which , when removed , revealed our tenants ' indiscretions of the past season .
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: no)
He was a thin , thin - faced man and a bad back suited his dignity . His one concession to the heat was a grey suit in place of the usual Cabinet Office blue , with a Trinity 1st & 3rd tie . ‘ Chairman — the first off the mark was Guy Husband from Six ‘ — I 'm sorry to be singing the school song so early , but the Meeting Notice was classified merely as ‘ Secret , . Could my service assume that any minutes would only be distributed as ‘ Top Secret’?’ Sladen glanced down the table .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: no)
Gail Vines and Michael Barnes refer in their article ' Hypnosis on trial'(6 January , p 12 ) to an experiment by J. Stalnaker and E. Riddle in the 1930s in which hypnotised subjects could blithely recite the Longfellow poem The Village Smith , confidently inserting their own words for forgotten lines or verses . Sometimes at parties , I am able to recite the Cremation of Sam McGee or the Shooting of Dan McGrew , but only after being adequately ' hypnotised ' with rum or kindred spirits . In the cold light of day , my inhibitions would prevent these performances and without hypnotic effects of refreshing liquids I could not put together the necessary words , my own and those of Robert Service , in an intelligible manner . Is there scope for further research here ? Webster Anderson Toronto Ontario
Idiom: catch the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
The sail cut through dense air that had the quality of invisible silk . The cold had a turbo - charging effect on the little engine . Not a ripple of turbulence disturbed the climb to 5000 ft where a slow orbit brought a stunning panorama of Cumbrian mountains rising like whales from a misty sea , the Galloway , Pennine and Howgill hills all etched in fine outline catching the first sun . What is there to think about on such a day , apart from superlatives ? Carb icing , perhaps , if there is a touch of mist to the atmosphere .
Idiom: in the offing (used idiomatically: yes)
The caller had said the victims would be Anderson and Sutherland . A moment later Safi came down and Anderson simply said , ‘ Morituri te salutant ’— those who are about to die salute you — which under the circumstances struck me as being extraordinarily cool . Safi was obviously excited by something , but his usual bonhomie was so much in evidence that we could n't imagine that he knew of anything ghastly in the offing . Then they came and took Frank away . ‘ Fucking hell , surely they 're not going to kill him.’
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
Whilst we realise that if we belong to a national organisation , there will be some additional cost to individual Institutes . Our organisation does seem to be top - heavy and in need of radical overhaul . The vast majority of members are recruited at local level by word of mouth and very , very few by the image - making publicity generated at national level . Please let us keep more of this subscription at local level so that we can provide the service that is required . We apologise for the outspokenness of this letter , but it is felt that if we are to continue as a national organisation of good standing , we must put our house in order before it is too late .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
He was standing on this big silver pyramid where the stage was . People had been very cold and were sloshing about in the mud from the day before . They were in their plastic bags on the outdoor grounds , and as the sun came up , it came up over the top of the hill and hit the silver pyramid and there was David on stage singing . I think he was singing ' The Sun Machine Is Coming Down ' or one of those . It was a great number and they took notice of him even though he was just on his own .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
But of course , as you and er , er er , rightly said , in an analysis you would always be able to confirm these interpretations from the patient , because in the end , of course , psychoanalysis is done by the patient , the analyst does n't do it . The analyst normally just helps . In the end , the analysis is gon na occur , it 's the patient who , who really does n't analyze their ego comes to grips with the unconscious . Of course , in a book you ca n't handle them , and you ca n't handle them when the subject is dead . So that will , corroborating dimension of psychoanalysis , what the patient does for himself and can not possibly count , and as you rightly say , this leaves analytic biography erm , in a , in a kind of limbo .
Idiom: force someone's hand (used idiomatically: yes)
A few days after the première , Constanze 's mother decided that matters had gone on long enough between Mozart and Constanze , who had abandoned the fraught atmosphere of home to take temporary refuge with Mozart 's friend and patroness , the Baroness von Waldstädten . Frau Weber announced that she would have her daughter returned by the police . Mozart 's hand was forced . He decided to wait no longer for his father 's permission ( which technically he did not need , being over 21 ) . On 27 and 31 July he made two final appeals to Leopold , who had responded curtly to his son 's enthusiastic descriptions of his recent musical success ; and on 4 August the lovers were married at St Stephen 's Cathedral , with only Constanze 's mother , her younger sister , her guardian , and two other witnesses present .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
I do not call you servants any longer because a servant does not know what his master is doing . Instead I call you friends because I have told you everything I heard from my Father . You did not choose me , I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit , the kind of fruit that endures and the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name . This then is what I command you , love one another . The two hour speech that I was going to make I , I cut down because of the weather so I think even though the sun is out , I 'll continue with the abbreviated version of it .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Calculate fabric requirements , cut out and join widths as for curtains with shallow curved top , and lay curtains out flat in the same manner . Take one side as the centre leading edge . Mark the hemline with chalk , then measure up and mark off length BE on the leading edge and across the fabric width , to form line CB . It is now necessary to spread your half pattern to fit the width of the curtain fabric as shown in fig . 50b . Cut the pattern from the curved edge to bottom edge at regular intervals ( fig . 50a ) and place the bottom edge of each strip on the marked line ( CB ) .
Idiom: black and blue (used idiomatically: no)
And she wanted to borrow a couple of videos . So I lent her them . Cos she says you would n't lend me none when I lived at Arthur 's , I says no because every time I lent one at our Arthur 's he swore black and blue it were his . He was a swine for that . complained how he says I 've got one of his and I had n't got it , it 's Linda that had got it .
Idiom: by the back door (used idiomatically: yes)
My room was over the back door and it squeaked like a murdered rat . I had heard my mother and Robert come in and had gone to sleep much later . If Lili had come in by the back door it had been very late indeed . Robert yawned and said nothing . ‘ We could n't think where you were,’ said my mother , ‘ we hunted for you for hours.’
Idiom: unknown quantity (used idiomatically: yes)
Each generation of angry youth demands its very own chronicler . Generation upon unnamed generations of writers have revelled in this fact : they put pen to paper , do the literary equivalent of the ' Wham Rap ' , and get endlessly celebrated by the media . By the time this younger generation has been correctly defined , it has grown older and replaced by some new unknown demographic quantity . So it goes on . The young writer ages and , if he 's lucky , gets some serious book advances under his belt and a monthly column in Rolling Stone .
Idiom: draw a blank (used idiomatically: no)
He drew in another breath of air , and it shuddered in his chest . He closed the window . The second phone call , like the first , drew him a blank . Jessica had been observed on many occasions , he was told , and with many young men . Of whatever religion , whatever political persuasion , she did not appear to differentiate .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Curtains obscured his view , but the shape of the covers told him that the bed was occupied . As he entered the room , exhaustion threatened to swamp him , but still he moved forward . Now , in the light of a bedside lamp , he could see Marius Steen Lying back on the pillows asleep . The great beak of a nose , familiar from countless press photographs , rose out of the sheets like the dorsal fin of a shark . One large hand lay , palm upward , on the cover .
Idiom: neck and neck (used idiomatically: yes)
Who are these pollsters , how do they work — and how could they get it quite so wrong ? On the morning of the election , the nearest of all the major opinion polls to a correct result was Gallup in The Daily Telegraph , which put the Tories half a point ahead of Labour ( 38½ per cent to 38 per cent , a change - round of one percentage point over the course of the preceding week ) . Other polls ranged from ICM in the Guardian , which put Tories and Labour neck and neck on 38 per cent , to NOP for Newsnight and the Sunday Times , giving Labour a three - point lead . The actual result was Tories 42.8 per cent , Labour 35.2 per cent . There has not been such a bad outcome for the professionals since the American election of 1948 when the pollsters confidently predicted a clear victory for Dewey .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . the basic developers . It really gets on my nerves . But none of them tied with their hair back . No , that 's true .
Idiom: have an eye for (used idiomatically: no)
Nelson , apparently unperturbed by the incident , and obviously disinclined to follow Mandy 's advice , was speeding away with his head twisted over his shoulder — watching them , instead of watching the path ! Two seconds before he slammed into a tree he braked to a halt , got off the cart and ambled back towards them , grinning with calculated boyish charm . Charity was quite accustomed to her cousin 's eliciting rather dramatic responses from the male population , but was a little discomfited when Nelson , a tall , rangy boy with sandy hair and nice looks , seemed to have eyes only for her . ' Hi , Mandy , ' he said without looking at Mandy . ' Who 's your friend ? '
Idiom: go spare (used idiomatically: yes)
McLeish acknowledged the point promptly . ‘ Both of us need protecting . Old Stevenson would go spare if he knew , and I 'm not certain whether he 'd try and get me moved as a danger to junior staff , or you moved as a wicked woman . But he 'd shift one of us . His staff do not have private lives and certainly not with each other.’
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
As I walked past my contemporary ‘ transgressors’ , cloaked in the anonymity of the backpack , I felt strangely more at one with the old lags ' displaced condition than with the multi - hued raincoated and umbrella - ed Glaswegian families queuing to go aboard the Waverley paddle steamer for their day ‘ doon the watter’ to Rothesay . This was as far as I could get by water . JTR went all the way in the Iona to Arran . The Waverley is the last paddle steamer to be built on the Clyde . 1947 saw her launched from the Kelvin yard and she is now the last sea going paddle steamer in the world , faithfully paddling the old route down the Clyde and out to the islands of the west when there are enough tourists to cram her nostalgic upper decks and saloons .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
In his will a testator had released his debtors from their debt . Later having cut the ties and had a look at the will , he made another in which he repeated the legacy as follows : ' All the legacies I have left to people in the will which I have opened I want to be valid , and whatever is written in it . ' It was asked , when the estate had been entered in accordance with the second will , whether the debtors who had been released in the first will could secure that they should be released even from debt which they had begun to owe after the first will , and if , should the heirs try to sue for it , they could be debarred by a defence of bad faith . He replied that they were not released . ( 2 ) Titius left this legacy to his debtor , Seius : ' I give and bequeath to Seius ten denarii , and I also give him whatever he owed me by way of capital and interest . '
Idiom: off the record (used idiomatically: no)
The concert was sponsored by Lindsey Clark Brothers of Churt . Contributed Off the Record THE day of the indie guitar band dominating local music appears to be on the wane , if recent developments are anything to go by . Not that there 's anything wrong with indie bands — we 've got several very good acts locally — but the traditional pop group is definitely coming back in a big way .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But he 's unusually shy and when he first arrived from Millwall he felt his price tag was a burden . ‘ Now his confidence is growing visibly . He and the club may have turned the corner . ’ Palace midfielder Gareth Southgate also had a big say in the result , his screamer ensuring victory . MoM : Armstrong ( Outstanding pace ) .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
Another pointer to their continued and increasing use is the recent interest in holistic medicine , the philosophy of which can have such far - reaching effects that the entire way of life of modem civilization may be completely altered by the time the twenty - first century is well under way . Cultivating herbs Since no self - respecting modern cookbook leaves herbs out of its recipes , since courses in herbal medicine are springing up all over the place , and since cosmetics which rely on plants are taking the place of the synthetic beauty treatments what , one might ask , is a herb ? What is a herb ? Until recently , the word has always conjured up pictures of food , which imposed an artificial limit on the range of plants .