Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Yet I would rather a resolution less wasteful . So , Iago , keep the ring . And if you ever have word for me that may bear fruit , come and ask entry to me wherever I am . And should I need you , can I find you or get in touch with you at Rhodri Parry 's house?’ ‘ They may not always know where to find me .
Idiom: give someone the creeps (used idiomatically: yes)
She was n't normal either . Not with all those hands everywhere . It gave you the creeps . He reckoned Mrs Wright was more normal than her . Out of the window he saw not Barry but Barry 's dog .
Idiom: follow in someone's footsteps (used idiomatically: yes)
Watching his mother ride down the valley towards Cherry Tree Farm , George felt a tide of resentment rising against his father . ‘ He never gives an inch,’ he thought bitterly , not knowing that Jonadab was just as anxious over Elizabeth 's labour as he was . The unending toil , which ground on at the pace of the changing seasons and the constant struggle against relentless Nature would be in vain , as far as Jonadab Oaks was concerned , unless there were others of his name to follow in his footsteps and work this land to which he had devoted his life . What concerned him more than it did George was that the child would be a boy . Several times during the morning he found himself consulting his watch , wondering how his daughter - in - law was progressing .
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
Joe Satriani is a player who seems to have been influenced by almost every imaginable musical style . In his own music he applies these influences along with his vast understanding and strong technique to produce a very distinctive approach . In this article I would like to have a look at the nuts and bolts of his style , with the emphasis being shifted to the devices that he uses as opposed to the specific parts that he plays . Harmony Joe has a very thorough method for approaching harmonisation and scale - based harmony .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
DIRECT INJECTION Of course , you do n't have to set up the JMP-1 through a regular stage rack . Among the output sockets on the back of the unit ( MIDI in , thru and out , one for the MPM 4E footswitch , a set of effects loop sockets with + 4dB or -20dB level switch , plus similarly attenuable left / right master outputs ) are a pair of outs for the built - in speaker emulator . This feature allows you to play direct to tape , or direct to a house P.A. The output from the emulator is not affected by the level control on the JMP-1 's front panel , so any changes you make for your stage level will not affect what goes out front , or to tape , should you be recording the ‘ Live Album’ . The quality of sound via these outputs is nothing short of amazing .
Idiom: on the house (used idiomatically: yes)
The largest agora in the Roman world Recent discoveries at the site of the Graeco - Roman city of Hierapolis in ancient Phrygia , made during this summer 's season of work by an Italian team , include a marble basilica situated to the north of the city , forming one corner of an extensive agora ( 280 x 180 m ) , the largest of its type in the Roman world yet uncovered , and bounded on the other three sides by stoas . Work on private houses in the city is revealing a number of elaborate structures : a sixth - century house with peristyle has been located between the theatre and the Temple of Apollo whose decorations include opus sectile paving , wall painting and a second order of Ionic columns . Finally , pneumatic drills have been sparingly employed to uncover the surface of the main road into the town built during the expansion of the city in the time of Domitian . Herod 's luxury seaside palace at Caeserea
Idiom: lay a finger on (used idiomatically: yes)
And to eat there — how she longed to , to drop the few years that made her different from Cad , to lose the ripeness and rotundities that would always make her different from Cati , who was , really , almost boy - like with her stringbean limbs , yet not quite boyish either , angelic rather ; she was not afflicted with the need Rosa felt , the gap opening inside her , where a longing for something other than what lay within her sights sat in occupation , banging her drum and marking out a new rhythm and new steps for Rosa 's spinning wants , calling down the corridors of Rosa 's body to her innermost inguinal life , till her blood rang to the beat . ‘ I do n't care which one Tommaso likes,’ Davide 's mother told him . ‘ He 'll never lay a finger on her . No matter he might stop being a soldier if something changes in that family to bring him back ( though I ca n't see that happening , the Talvi are the kind who never have a change of heart ) . No , he 's the sort who 'll run around all his married life , you can see it .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You deserved it . That temper of yours needs keeping in check . You 're just mad now because I turned the tables on you.’ ‘ I 'm mad because you play juvenile pranks , telling me all those lies , letting me believe all that rubbish!’ ‘ It was a little bit of harmless fun , that 's all,’ he remarked mildly .
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
Reports from users have been very encouraging and enquiry levels very good . Sergeant Murphy in Winson 's works Lake line comes of age ! THE FUTURE of the diminutive Hunslet quarry locos must have looked bleak when the slate industry at Llanberis finally closed in the 1960 's , writes COLIN JAMES . However at the famous December ' 69 auction to dispose of the remaining assets , three of the Hunslets were given a new lease of life , virtually on home territory .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
Lloyd reached 100 in just 128 balls with a six and 11 boundaries in a thrilling run blitz as England A raced to 300 for five declared , leaving Western Australia to score 402 for victory in just over a day . They were 19 for one at the close . Depleted Rangers ready for make - or - break Euro tie By Hugh Keevins RANGERS look likely to go into tonight 's crucial Champions League match against FC Brugge without six injured players .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
Horner 's fierce forehand had been her best weapon , but Soutter was able to contain it with steady and accurate driving and a calm mind . The crisis came at 5 - 5 in the second game , by which time Horner had begun to dig in . Service changed hands eight times and there were four lets in between until Soutter broke the deadlock with a tight drop that created an opening and a lovely cross - court forehand slice that zipped away for a winner . Those two shots were indicative of the extra variety Soutter has added to her game since she was last at the top of the English heap four years ago . She is no longer simply a steady rallier and scampering retriever but can tie opponents up and utilise the openings created .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
November 's by - election was to a large extent a media circus . A succession of ‘ names’ headed for the constituency , posed for photos and headed South again . This time around , the national spotlight is far less intense , leaving the candidates to peddle their messages to the local electorate without the big boys to lend a hand . The Liberal Democrat vote will also be significant . Peter Allen , a hard - working local candidate , polled 8,400 votes in November and will be looking for an improvement .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You ask me if it 's been tough . Well , I 've had tougher times . And Tony is over the moon about her . Even now she takes such pleasure in the simplest things.’ A picture emerges of a courageous , determined , resilient little individual , not so badly damaged by her early experiences , after all .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
Pity I did n't have time to make bouillabaisse . Still , it was the best week yet . In my book anyway . ' Sara said , ' The riding was something else . And I could n't have done without the bike .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
This clotted traffic artery is lined from one end to another with new office buildings of the type illustrated in the picture above . No one looks at these buildings . They have no remarkable features to catch the eye , nor , in tandem , do they form a satifying or picturesque group as a street of Georgian terraces does . Each is different in mild degrees and minor sensations from its neighbours . But because each refuses to acknowledge its neighbours , the net effect in terms of the streetscape is less than zero .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
The Government , local authorities , police , sponsors , advertisers , pools companies , kit makers , and television all have their say in running the game . And what 's next ? A game on the telly every night of the week ? Pauses in the action for ‘ a word from our sponsors’ ? Players in make - up or lacey blouses ?
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
In the early 1960s , the World Bank report on Spain referred to the ‘ constant interference by the State in the detailed administration of the railway system’(IBRD 1963 : 192 ) . Indeed , as mentioned above , the railways were for some years under the direct control of the sponsor ministry ( at that time the ministry of public works ) . Two decades after the World Bank report , another commission of inquiry was complaining that the state ‘ interferes excessively in the running of the [ railway]companies , without that resulting in the clarification of the objectives that they should pursue or in exercise of effective control over them’(CEFE 1984 : 33 ) . In Britain , too , observers have noted instances of direct government interference in the day - to - day running of the railways stretching back to the early days of nationalization . Indeed , some participants have seen this interference as legitimate and necessary .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
The guidelines are put out at home office , but they really know what they were doing . Right So that 's why we have n't , he wanted twenty , the home secretary wanted twenty up and running before Christmas , he did n't say which Christmas , but we presumed he meant last Christmas , and we said no , we 'll do it properly and get it started up right Can , can I just I thought that my perceptions of this was there were twenty schemes already in existence er split between parish wardens and parish constables and there was gon na be a report put back to the er home secretary for him to decide the way forward and er that er we would wait for the evaluation of that scheme before we went further . No , totally wrong Jim
Idiom: raise hell (used idiomatically: yes)
But , unlike the sixties originals , they tended not to play together . Which is just as well because some of them have played just a little bit too hard , landing themselves in serious trouble . The press may have labelled them all Brats , but not all of them had any great desire to raise hell and make headlines . But there were those in the pack who did . The Brat Pack came into being sometime in the early eighties .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
The famous American film star , W C Fields , has been known to earn as much as £ 1,000 a day and yet he has said that his greatest thrill in life is the luxury of stretching out at night between freshly laundered sheets . At one time in his life , he did n't sleep in a bed for four whole years . He slept on park benches , in packing boxes , and he even slept in holes in the ground with a strip of linoleum for a blanket . Having a comfortable bed to sleep in is a luxury that most of us take for granted . We tend not to appreciate pleasures like that unless we have had to manage without them .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
Some will be jumping solo , others — including Peter — in tandem . The instructor 's used to training younger men , but has every confidence in his latest pupil . Sadly , the low cloud base put paid to any jumping today , but weather permitting , they 'll be packing their chutes again tomorrow . 50 years ago it proved a Bridge Too Far … next September the men from Arnhem are hoping for a happier ending . A fox cub who was reared with a litter of puppies and grew up believing that he was a dog , has been returned to the wild .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: no)
In 1974 , Prince Charles enlarged on this theme in conversation with Kenneth Harris . He thought compatibility and interests which could be shared and understood were of prime importance . He said : ' If I 'm deciding whom I want to live with for 50 years — well , that 's the last decision in which I would want my head to be entirely ruled by my heart ' . Much was made at the time of the Prince 's engagement of the youthfulness and consequent innocence of his bride . In American and Canada journalists asked shamelessly : ' Is she a virgin ? '
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Anfield 's Welsh wizard also took time to pay tribute to Dalglish the player . ‘ We had a good understanding as players , but we were n't that close off it , ’ said Rush . ‘ Kenny had the ability to put the ball into impossible places . Perfect ‘ At first I did n't bother to make a run , because I thought there was no point .
Idiom: squeaky clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Second thoughts FROM OUR COPENHAGEN CORRESPONDENT THE spokesman for the convicts in a squeaky - clean Danish jail says he will vote No : he fears he may be sent to do his sentence in less salubrious surroundings elsewhere in the European Community if the Maastricht treaty is ratified . Thousands of pensioners will probably vote No , after being bombarded with groundless warnings of cuts in their high pensions if the treaty survives . The fierce campaign by several anti - Maastricht movements has been gaining ground .
Idiom: moment of truth (used idiomatically: yes)
Drum Taps ( Frankie Dettori ) finished second to Sought Out in the Prix Kergorlay with Michelozzo third . A MOMENT OF MAGIC MOMENT OF TRUTH looks set for yet another successful season after registering the 16th victory of his career in the Scottish Racing Club Handicap Hurdle at Perth on Saturday . Peter Monteith 's gallant campaigner ran unplaced on the Flat at Ayr just 48 hours previously but , though still to score on the level , he has now amassed four hurdle wins in addition to 12 over the bigger obstacles . He may have another outing on the Flat before bidding to add to his National Hunt tally here next month .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
Maybe he 's trying to change — for my sake.’ ‘ And maybe pigs can fly . Look , I know something 's going on here — and I want to get to the bottom of it.’ Rory flinched . This was exactly what she had been afraid of — flibbertigibbet though she was in most things , Candy could be positively terrier - like if she got her teeth into a mystery , refusing to let go until she 'd solved everything to her satisfaction .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ A lot of people will be seeing Hamlet and even Shakespeare for the first time . ‘ I do n't think about the age of the role , if a play is well written it tells an actor what to do,’ said Mr Rickman , who is 45 . A thirty - strong team has worked around the clock since midnight last Saturday to build the stage and tiered seating for the production . It is the first - ever full scale play to be presented in the 140 year history of St George 's Hall . Tickets for the show , which is being backed by the Arts Council , the City Council , and the Merseyside Development Corporation , sold out in only a few hours .
Idiom: in the soup (used idiomatically: yes)
I still see our long pine table groaning with food , a large oil painting of Nigel 's only respectable ancestor ( ’ All the rest were cattle - rustlers,’he said ) , one John Spottiswoode Archbishop of St Andrews , gazing benignly down upon us . I would dispute this claim , saying that no one could be archbishop of a golf course , but Nigel showed me family records to prove his point . Anyway , to return to the harvest supper table : I would admonish the company to eat up or , ‘ It 'll all go in the soup.’ It all did . Our lunchtime potage was usually a treat .
Idiom: no strings attached (used idiomatically: yes)
For me , this was a second shufti , for I had visited Jordan almost forty years before . I was working then in Palestine , a territory torn apart by Arab and Jew , held together by the British Mandate . A boyfriend offered me a weekend in Amman , with no strings attached . A chance to buy presents in Amman 's bazaar to take home to ‘ utility’ Britain . We left Jerusalem and breakfasted in Jericho !
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
We 're stuck with it . That 's the long and short of the matter . We 're stuck in this car on this motorway , the three of us , and someone ( the driver!— me ! ) has leant an elbow on the button of the central locking system . So the three of us are in here till it 's resolved . You 're in here too .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
The recent rapid expansion of Asian drift-net fleets into the South Pacific and Tasman Sea has raised fears of similar problems of entanglement of marine mammals in plastic netting lost or discarded in these areas . The attitude to the disposal of plastics varies greatly among countries . Korean skippers , for example , must pass an examination in plastics disposal before they are commissioned , and must keep a daily log to ensure that all plastic rubbish has been kept on board . Observers frequently report that Japanese , Taiwanese , and Korean fishermen make every effort to retrieve net fragments for recycling . Even with this care , however , so great are the quantities of drift-net in use that the loss of some of the millions of kilometres of netting deployed each year is inevitable .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
This form of analysis of performance is based on a chart , showing monetary values on the vertical axis and sales volume or production on the horizontal axis . By charting in fixed and variable costs , and then showing revenue , it is possible to see the point at which total revenue equates with total costs ie the break - even point . Break - even charts are relatively simple to produce , but this simplicity itself may lead to an over - simplified statement of a situation , and needs to be treated with some caution . 7 . Ratio analysis .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
The owner , a bachelor in his fifties , slept on a camp - bed in the vestibule of the hostel and cooked on a two ring stove in the courtyard , mostly a kind of vegetable stew as far as I could make out . Every morning I heard the tinny radio play as he washed , hung up and ironed sheets . One afternoon I had seen him painfully sewing on a shirt - button . The outside door was always chained and , when I had rung from outside or inside the hostel , I would hear his shuffling , forward - leaning run , his muted ' Buenas . ' His help on the other hand had been a short , rude young man with a baseball cap glued to his head , whose greetings always verged on the cheaply insulting : ' Hey - hey - hey !
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
In addition there was always one band playing and marching to the playing fields and another playing and marching away from there , while huge coaches carrying yet more bandsmen and women manoeuvred in the narrow streets into and out of parking spaces . One of the organisers said that each of the surrounding villages has a committee who organise their own band competition and offer prizes . Each band was identified only by a number , and they were marked by adjudicators sitting behind closed doors . No - one knew how many bands would take part in each contest until it was all over . About forty - seven bands had competed in Uppermill in 1984 , but there were ninety - four bands touring the area .
Idiom: speak your mind (used idiomatically: yes)
That is why the former chairman of Citicorp Bank , Walter Wriston said : ‘ Our strategy is not one of making loans ; our strategy is one of making money8.’ His victory was short - lived . A curt letter of dismissal greeted Stevens next day , reminding him that there is a time and place to speak your mind . So he worked out his notice , packed his bags and left . Full of youthful optimism and his consuming interest in debt , he continued reading and applying for jobs .
Idiom: on the nod (used idiomatically: yes)
Madam Deputy Speaker I re read in the newspapers today that there has been s some criticism er that the matters such as this have been taken on the floor of the house . I think it 's important these matters are taken on the floor of the house because they are very , very serious . Perhaps this debate wo n't be as lively and er as controversial as the one that er we arranged to have on the question of insider dealing but it is an important matter because auditing as I said , is not just as assistance to companies but it is a reassurance to the general public and the public at the moment are in need of grave reassurance that the insur that the er the financial services industry as well as industry generally , is being properly looked after and for these reasons er although we support er the orders before er the house tonight , we have no hesitation at all in ensuring that they are debated properly than not something that should simply go through on the nod . Hear , hear . Mr Anthony
Idiom: make a killing (used idiomatically: yes)
It was used aggressively as a selling aid for Gleem toothpaste —‘For Those Who Can not Brush After Every Meal’(who can ? ) . It could be assuaged to lower sales resistance —‘To make that job easier , you deserve M and M candy’(after which , naturally , you need Gleem all the more ) . One of the psychologists , who moved into the salesman 's world like witch doctors and made a killing , was Dr Ernest Dichter from Freud 's own city of Vienna , the ‘ father’ of Motivational Research , whose institute could be hired to help sell anything for $ 500 a day . He was prone to Delphic ( and cloudy ) utterances such as : ‘ To women , do n't sell shoes , sell lovely feet.’ Psychologically illiterate sales directors were putty in the hands of such experts in the unconscious mind , with their battery of mumbo - jumbo such as word - association lists , ink - blot tests , lie detectors and eye - blink counters , hypnosis and ‘ depth’ interviewing of housewives .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
The Climbers : A History of Mountaineering by Chris Bonington ( BBC Books , Hodder and Stoughton , £16.95 ) : Men against the mountain , pushing back the frontiers of the possible . That , in a nutshell , is climbing , whether in a seige-style expedition or by abandoning oxygen and the safety of a fixed rope to test still further the fine balance between risk and survival . Here , Chris Bonington looks at the way climbers develop their skills in order to test the above criteria , and sketches in the larger - than - life personalities and rivalries within the sport . It 's a beauty — and definitely not just for the avid climber . Caught in the Frame ( Collins Willow , £19.99 ) : Pictures of a naked man , with nothing left to the imagination , playing the cover drive would , under most circumstances , send traditional cricket followers into a state of apoplexy over their pink gins .
Idiom: claim to fame (used idiomatically: no)
Mr. Winnick On reflection , does the Home Secretary consider that if someone is due to come to Britain with the sole purpose of inciting race hatred there is no reason why he should be allowed in , and that Le Pen should have been excluded ? I welcome the view of the hon . Member for Harrow , West ( Mr. Hughes ) that Le Pen — a person whose only claim to fame is the manner in which in France he has agitated to poison race relations and incite hatred — is completely unwelcome in Britain and should not have been allowed in . Is it true that Le Pen is to meet a number of Tory Members and , if so , will the Home Secretary make it clear that that would be wrong ? Mr. Baker