Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: hand to mouth (used idiomatically: no)
I mean , I do n't know the deaf and dumb alphabet . ' ' Do n't be smart , ' Carrie said , but Miss Evans laughed . Hand to her mouth , bright squirrel eyes watching the door as if she were scared he 'd come back and catch her . She said softly , ' Oh , his bark 's worse than his bite . Though he wo n't stand to be crossed , so do n't be too cheeky and mind what he says !
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
Eb permitted himself a half - smile . ‘ I dare say I might manage to forget that,’ he said . It amused him to think that , although Marcus Judge was no longer taking an active part in the running of the Brotherhood , leaving most of the day - to - day organisation to his son , Josh was still afraid of the old man . But perhaps it was not so surprising . For twenty years Marcus Judge had been the most powerful figure on Jubilee Wharf , second only to the Wharfmaster himself .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: no)
And , and I drew some boobs on it and put Cassie next to it . But it was quite funny really . And also you said , you were going , you were taking the piss out of me about that thing I told you about something to do with Aaron erm When ? when we were round at oh do you remember I told you about me , when I thought erm I saw Aaron try and touch my face , yeah ?
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
And he fears Rangers could be virtually mugged into submission in the white - hot atmosphere of tonight 's match . He said : ' I have never known a team who force you into a corner so much . When you have the ball , three of them come at you — two to tackle you and the third to go away with the ball . ' Then they burst into little groups of three or four to attack . The only guy who goes his own way is Abede Pele , the Ghanaian who they just let roam free .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
The incident obviously jogged memories of the infamous time when the England captain Bobby Moore was wrongly accused of stealing a bracelet . Throughout Rough 's grey day at Ayr they chanted an age old football insult to the tune of My Darling Clementine —‘Where 's the mince - beef , where 's the mince - beef Alan Rough ? It 's in your pocket , it 's in your pocket , it 's in your pocket Alan Rough.’ For a group of supporters who show such an unnatural interest in sheep , St Johnstone fans would be well advised to keep meat talk to a minimum . first past the post
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
Rozanov , it was decided , would head for the Soviet Embassy . Masha and I would visit a friend of mine in Holborn who knew one or two influential people . I went back to my room and took a long bath . Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens . My friend in Holborn rang a friend who rang the Chelsea police and found they were taking the accusation very seriously .
Idiom: bits and bobs (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah and get it up there yeah . So I thought well that 's alright then . See you 'll be able to get your Christmas cheese and all the bits and bobs . All that yeah , yeah . He said there was so much stuff up there I could n't reel off what they 've got because he said they got everything .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
After that , it was a question of how many . Town swept forward . They played the ball the game the easy way and the opposition could n't cope with it . They all joined in . That 's the beauty of the Swindon system .
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: no)
The life of a subsistence farmer simple does not accord with our notion of labour . For example , we can not answer such questions as at what time does a rural Malagasy begin work and at what time does he or she end it ? There is no break between getting up , washing , husking rice for breakfast , eating the breakfast , making basket work , stopping to chat , going out to cultivate the kitchen garden , mending household objects and tools , going to the field , fishing for crayfish in a nearby stream , swimming there , herding the cattle , playing a musical instrument , etc . All these are part of living , all these activities are totally intertwined , and there is no possibility of separating them into work and leisure . This point has been shown again and again ; it is clear from the excellent descriptions of production activities which we have of peoples such as the Tikopia of Polynesia described by Firth [ 1939 ] or of the Bemba of Africa by Audrey Richards [ 1939 ] .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Within school the Compact development has involved the introduction of target setting and action planning by and for individual students . This has been used as an agenda item by the partnership , through which student participation has been encouraged as indeed the pupil setting and review of progress within the RAE provides further stimulus to effective student involvement . Other scenarios come to mind when exploring further areas of development for the partnership . The use of effective co - operation between industry and education is not limited to the secondary sector , and many primary schools are introducing existing curriculum activity for their pupils by working closely with industry . Within our own catchment area considerable progress has been made towards developing the concept of a pyramid of schools working together to create coherence and continuity in curriculum and effective transition from school to school throughout the 3–16 age range .
Idiom: settle a score (used idiomatically: yes)
The suggestions were that Bernie Ecclestone , as vice - president of Promotional Affairs for FISA , was keen Mansell should stay in F1 , particularly if Senna should take a year off . Mansell and Senna were to provide photographic proof of what F1 is likely to miss next year as they engaged in a thrilling battle during the race . With the championship having been decided , this was likely to be their last chance to settle old scores . But if Mansell was unhappy with life in general before the race had started , he was furious after it had ended . Senna had crashed into the back of Mansell 's car as they approached a second - gear hairpin .
Idiom: forty winks (used idiomatically: yes)
Soon you 'll discover the tennis courts and children 's fun - park and , most impressive of all , the enormous sea pool for scuba - diving and windsurfing . For HCI guests the daytime fun and games are centred around Drago with its lively family atmosphere . But no - one will mind if you choose to opt for another forty winks on your sunlounger . If you want to get away from it all completely there are five other pools to choose from ! Most parents though tend to avoid a secret pirates cave where only members of the Pirates Club are allowed .
Idiom: up against it (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , you would n't actually use the that kind of vocabulary in every day life . Erm , and it means to , standing up against , erm , rejecting , oh no , I do n't think rejecting is is But , but I mean I suppose if we take sense of standing up against , it 's saying , and it stands up against , and it withstands against many sicknesses and evils and inserted into the middle of that , and succoureth it by virtue , so it helps by its goodness to withstand sicknesses and evils . So the process that you have to carry out , then is to find a way of transferring your literal translation once you 've worked out word for word what is being said , into terms which mean something to a modern reader or , listener . But the other important element is that you have to reflect the style of the original , look at the notes I 've made at the bottom of the page , please .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
Alternative action in the High Court under s.100 of the 1936 Act requires no such permission but uncertainty as to whether the defence of best practicable means is available to such an action is a further deterrent to local authorities contemplating taking action under this section . Cable burning The activity of cable burning , that is the burning of insulation from cable with a view to recovering the metal is a source of obnoxious odours . Section 78(1 ) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 , makes it an offence to carry out this activity , unless it is done in a place registered under the 1906 Act , where controls can be exerted to minimise any pollution . Breach of this section renders the offender liable to a fine not exceeding £ 2000 .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: no)
Perms from £ 21.95 ( £ 17.95 ) to £ 30 ( £ 24 ) . Talking Heads , Peterlee . Women 's cut and blow dry £ 7.25 . Men £ 5.75 Perms from £ 19.95 to £ 25.95 . Peter Gotthard , Ripon Women 's cut and blow dry £ 18 .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
Bryan Magee , Cooper 's MP , was also in court : ‘ The judges did not watch Mathews closely while he was giving evidence . I watched both them and Mathews closely throughout both days while he was giving evidence , and for most of the time all three of the judges had their heads and eyes down on the notes they were keeping.’ Cooper was not in court to hear the judgement , but the effect on McMahon was explosive : ‘ One moment I was sitting bent over in the dock in utter despair , the next I was on my feet with arms outstretched , screaming at the judges . ‘ I am fucking innocent —innocent . Ca n't you understand that?'’ …
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
I 've not seen him No , I was gon na say mm wo n't do him any harm getting a bit of a taste of his own medicine . Hmm I personally think he 's seen the light about it . About time . We went and took Josh out did n't we ?
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
As Carlo Fontana , the manager of Bologna 's Teatro Comunale , puts it , animosamente : ‘ We shall simply be obliged to shut down.’ With the exception of Verona 's open - air summer season in its Roman arena , opera in Italy routinely loses money . Even La Scala , where an opening - night stall seat goes for £ 500 , rarely comes close to breaking even . Each ticket - holder at any Italian opera costs the state an additional £ 100 ; £ 250 in the case of smaller opera houses , such as La Fenice in Venice . And still they boo if the mood takes them .
Idiom: bedroom eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
Sisters do n't have that Things - Were - Just - Getting - Interesting look.’ ‘ What look 's that?’ ‘ You know — sort of bedroom eyes.’ ‘ Bee - stung lips?’ ‘ Lots of those .
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: no)
It follows the controversial case of the ‘ Beverley 11,’ when 11 jockeys were fined for allegedly refusing to obey the starter , which led to considerable debate on the courses of appeal open to the riders . The subject was discussed at a meeting of members of the Jockey Club last week and spokesman David Pipe said today : ‘ The Stewards have asked the Disciplinary Committee to review the well rehearsed arguments and produce a report in due course.’ Cycling Grey Guard goes west . OLYMPIC and world champions from East Germany are poised to join leading Dutch professional teams in 1990 , writes William Fotheringham . Potential employers are lining up leading members of the ‘ Grey Guard’ , who have dominated amateur cycling in the 1980s .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: no)
SONIC BOOM Peavey 's redoubtable TNT bass combo has been redesigned with major changes to the enclosure and loudspeaker that provide an entire additional octave of low - end response . Putting 150 watts into a 15″ Scorpion speaker or an optional Black Widow , the TNT 115 also features improved interstage coupling capacitors , a new nine - band graphic EQ , high and low ‘ shelving’ type EQ controls , a variable crossover , a built - in footswitchable chorus unit , push - bright and push - punch functions , and Peavey 's patented DDT compression circuit . HEAVY DUTIES METALLIC KO ONE ON ONE Kirk Hammett ‘ My wife had a baby six months ago . When I left home that baby was n't even thought about and by the time I get home it will be a year old!’
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
The software houses that hung their hats on the VM operating system , unable to believe that IBM would really squander one of the tiny handful of software jewels in its crown , and , 10 years ago , about the only operating system anywhere that offered the complete answer to the threat from Unix . The software houses that have been slow to see the way the wind was blowing and have hardly started recasting their applications for Unix . The software houses that believed all the hot air about AD / Cycle , the Repository and SystemView and eagerly signed on the dotted line . And all the hardware and systems companies that have made a precarious living gathering up the crumbs under IBM 's table . Bull
Idiom: in no uncertain terms (used idiomatically: yes)
There was great disappointment when the Government decided to choose Glasgow as the preferred option , in spite of the deal Chester had put together . After the previous Armed Forces minister , Archie Hamilton , was replaced by Mr Hanley , Mr Brandreth asked for a meeting in the hope that a change of minister might mean a change of heart over the pay office . Mr Brandreth met with Mr Hanley and told him in no uncertain terms that the people of Chester were far from happy with the decision to go to Glasgow . ‘ I told him that the Chester option would deliver a better service for the Army and a better deal for the taxpayer . At the end of the meeting Mr Hanley agreed to meet a Chester delegation , which will go to Westminster to see him next Wednesday .
Idiom: out of this world (used idiomatically: yes)
The couple have been two of the multi - millionaire showman 's biggest supporters in his campaign to help AIDS charities . Liz , Larry and Billie - Jean were among thousands who packed the Shea baseball stadium to see Elton play . The Rocket Man 's performance was out of this world . Stick with it BORED workers at a Cardiff boutique super - glued pound coins to the pavement — and watched people try to pick them up .
Idiom: fit the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
What 's more , the early EG models , which sold for just under £ 600 , did n't seem to have the feel or charisma of the Customs and Classics . But all that could change with the latest EG models . Most guitarists would expect to pay anything between £ 500 and £ 1000 for an all - American , quality - built , pro - standard instrument , and as the EGs here fit that bill , their asking price of around £ 800 would seem reasonable . Of course , saying that , I am assuming these instruments are up to the company 's usual standard and not just the poor man 's alternative . CONSTRUCTION
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
And the player so often on the periphery of affairs with England is now the hub of a revitalised Liverpool . During a second - half stroll , Barnes Mark II hit a total of 21 passes — and not one fell to a Palace player . Suddenly everything was linked together in an effortless stream and the arrogant passing game returned to Anfield with a vengeance . Targets But Liverpool 's inspiring light will not be allowed to rest on his laurels , as manager Graeme Souness has set Barnes fitness targets of Old Testament rigour .
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
yeah , one will always be there if you 've got , if , if you 've got a job , the other one is very iffy and yet they were lending money to people who right , right , rightly in their minds have , and as Maggie T said oh yes go on , go , yeah , independence and all that , erm they were going out , never having done it before , no tradition in , in maybe in their family of doing it before , got this goal this sort of Disney World ideal you know erm , sort of make believe world who are we gon na be and we 're gon na be dreaming the dream , the dream Like the electricity is n't it ? Yeah , like the electricity , but your chickens come home to roost when your overtime goes , when your job goes and you take on a commitment and they never , the last ten , fifteen , twenty , twenty five years and they 've never ever , ever taken on a commitment like that before , when it 's presented with just the roses around it , everything 's sweetness and light and roses and the other side is n't really put , put to you , think of the worse scenario , you 're out of a job , what can you do ? Can you keep it going ? In that case could you keep it going for a while if you 're out of a job ?
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
And , and why are they black ? Well , what he has in mind are those very books which are the core of our course , that is Freud 's writings on social sciences , religion , society , morality , social philosophy , that , that kind of thing . That 's what he means by the black books of Freud . But why are they black ? Why should they be denigrated ?
Idiom: save face (used idiomatically: yes)
Although the area is infrequently visited by walkers and it has a unique cultural heritage and offers those who do visit something special . One look at the mess that is Inversander quarry over Loch Linnhe from Oban will give some impression of the outcome of this much larger project . The Western Isles council are presently considering the proposal , but in their present financial straits following the BCCI collapse , they will no doubt be more interested in saving face with jobs than saving their unique landscape heritage . The second application concerns the hills just north of Aberfeldy , where N.I. Great Britain Ltd want to mine pyrites on a large scale .
Idiom: food for thought (used idiomatically: yes)
Top of the class came Andrew MacDonald and Stuart Richardson , who were able to remember 20 objects in under three minutes using word association . Shades of Leslie Welch the Memory Man ( this gives the writer 's age away ! ) Certainly a different style of presentation , which provoked food for thought . Perhaps later feedback will show whether members are able to operate the ‘ less stress desk system’ advocated , where the waste bin plays a major role . Again , an excellent turnout on a dreadful evening .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
Mavis has told me about it . Doris was always coming weeping and shrieking to Mavis in those days , saying he 'd be the death of her , and meanwhile Fred would reel down the cellar steps and visit the tarts for consolation . Then the next morning when he was still sleeping it off , Doris'd go off to the pub herself and have a few , and bring back a quart of mild , and they 'd get drunk again together . Then they 'd usually sing . Yes , things have n't been the same since Fred fell down the cellar steps and broke his neck "
Idiom: neither here nor there (used idiomatically: yes)
Cos it er the tax er there 's twelve month 's tax on it . Oh well . That 's neither here nor there . Oh no and it 's gone now . I mean you , the other one 's gon na be taxed for
Idiom: on the side of the angels (used idiomatically: yes)
Have A Nice Day . Love , Kokos.’ ‘ Well , I 'm glad to see you 're on the side of the angels,’ breezes Rainbow , getting back behind the wheel . Then catches herself . ‘ Oops , sorry .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
He drove slowly towards his area of London , running through in his mind all the things he needed to buy and do during this tree afternoon . But all the time he found his eyes fixed to the rear mirror , looking for a sign of pursuit . He tried everything , turning corners and stopping abruptly , but there was no tangible sign of a pursuer anywhere . When he parked outside a row of shops , he stood for a moment examining the passing traffic . Except for a white , Ford van , similar to the van that had been parked near to the Coroner 's Court , nothing caught his suspicions ; he watched the van drive past .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
It received a new boost in 1990 when John Gribbin and Martin Rees published their The Stuff of the Universe , where it was asserted that the universe came into existence solely in order to create a carbon - based intelligent life - form on just one planet — Earth . This is because the conditions needed for the Big Bang had to be so finely tuned — to an amazing one part in 10&sup60;(a big number even on a cosmic scale ) — that the most minute variations would not have permitted any life at all to develop . And according to physicist Tony Roth the Principle could well be true because many earlier broad cosmological theories have paved the way for later testable discoveries , as has the Copernican Principle , and even the Principle of Beauty which bore great fruit in the theory of electroweak interaction , which recently united the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces . In any event , the theory of environmental selection by variant genotypes within an evolving species is quite common in biology . There are , incidentally , several opposing theories to the Anthropic Principle .
Idiom: curry favour (used idiomatically: yes)
In theory , accountability is exercised when constituents take the mayor 's policing record into account in local elections . But this system is inevitably prejudicial against minority sections of the community . The close relationship between police chiefs and elected mayors in American cities makes it difficult for the former not to curry favour with what is perceived as the ‘ majority view’ within his ( sic ) jurisdiction … . The police chief fears that his appointment could be terminated if he carries out policies that impinge directly on the interests of the mayor 's political supporters : electoral considerations and impartial policing thus make awkward bedfellows . ( Brewer et al . , 1988:116 )
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
And it was so appalling that it had a genuine effect on public opinion . The saga still continues but there has been a severe clampdown on the activities of babyfood companies , and undoubtedly millions of Third World babies ' lives have been saved . But examples like this are few and far between . In the meantime , the 1980s has become Thatcher 's decade . Her success both nationally and internationally , has reflected a what 's - in - it - for - me ? attitude .
Idiom: get up someone's nose (used idiomatically: yes)
In my youth there was a man who lived in our block of buildings who was a champion boxer while in the Army in India and he was always known as being doolally tap . He used to go out in the air raids and watch the anti aircraft shells bursting in the sky because he said they looked like beautiful flowers . Further , to use another colloquial slang term , I wish that he would stop ‘ getting up my nose’ with his denigration of his fellow human beings who live below the Watford Gap . Each time he attempts to show they are ignorant he displays his own ignorance . Les Parsons , 11 Kelso Walk , Darlington .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
In a flurry of announcements that the company plans to make this year , Advanced Pick Version 6.0 will be the first release to become really intimate with the Unix operating system . In later releases this year , the company will address other shortcomings by providing SQL access to the database and a graphical user interface . Versions for Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and IBM Corp 's OS/2 2.0 are also in the pipeline , as are new releases of native Pick and Pick for MD - DOS . Pick Systems Inc has recognised for some time that it will have to concentrate on the database side of Pick 's personality in order to survive , but currently only around 40 % of sales comes from Pick for Unix , with a few percent going to the MD - DOS implementation and the native Intel Corp iAPX-86 implementation accounting for the biggest part of the business . Frenzy