Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: fall from grace (used idiomatically: yes)
The biggest scandal in the show 's 34-year history was when it was revealed presenter Michael Sundin had once taken part in a raunchy gay sex show . Sad Michael , who died of liver cancer at 27 , was lashed with leather thongs in front of a packed audience at a West End Theatre just two days before joining the show . And early presenter Chris Trace , who died at the weekend , fell from grace when , during his last year on the show in 1967 , he had an affair with a pretty Norwegian teenager . Boyish-looking presenter Peter Duncan starred in a soft-porn video earlier in his career . And Janet Ellis caused an outcry by announcing she was pregnant but had no intention of marrying the baby 's father .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
Most tiles now have square edges ; these are sometimes glazed on one or two edges , sometimes not , so if you want an exposed glazed edge , check the actual tiles before you buy . Otherwise , you 'll have to use some form of edge trim . Tiles glazed on all four edges are described as ‘ universal ’ . TILES FOR FLOOR Floor tiles are less widely used than wall tiles , but are a popular choice for heavy traffic areas such as porches and hallways , and also for conservatories .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
He could not tell how many of them there were . But Spike knew that he was surrounded by Hunters . He tried to open his eyes again . Slowly , the left eyelid opened . It was worse than he had imagined .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Without this social research runs the risk of imposing on its subject matter properties derived from mathematics for other purposes . However , it is not unreasonable to argue that trying to meet the measurement standards of natural science is to inflict a crippling over - ambition on social research . If theory and measurement do go hand in hand , there is no alternative but a patient and directed effort to improve both . This is the burden of Blalock 's views , one of the doyens of causal modelling and quantitative social research . For him , the only way to bridge the gap between theory and data is by the development of " auxiliary measurement theories " which can better specify appropriate measures and their levels and , through this , contribute to theory development .
Idiom: weather the storm (used idiomatically: yes)
' Yes . I 'm fine . ' With him by her side , she could weather any storm . He touched her face gently , his thumb brushing her cheek , his fingers lightly smoothing back the straying tendrils of her hair . ' You look tired , ' he said .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Subordinates may have a better knowledge of ' local ' conditions affecting their area of work . With the benefits of such knowledge , they should be capable of more informed , well- judged management . Unfortunately , local managers often think in the short term , whereas senior managers think in the longer term . A subordinate might therefore make a well - informed decision to win a short - term advantage when a different decision would have been preferable in the longer - term view . Delegation should allow greater flexibility , a quicker response to changing conditions , and speedier decision - making .
Idiom: under the gun (used idiomatically: yes)
Faldo ruined his chances with a 76 on Saturday — and even a 67 on the last day could only put him in joint second place . But Price , who has been waiting for his first major title since blowing the British Open ten years ago , said : ‘ I learned from his example , watching his Open triumph at Muirfield.’ ‘ Nick has played good , solid golf under the gun to win five majors while others around him have made their mistakes.’ Meanwhile Faldo has increased his lead at the top of the world rankings and is now well ahead of Fred Couples and Jose Maria Olazabal .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
Both of these arguments are invalidated by the geographical extent of fluviolacustrine deposits in southern Gondwana . To justify the simulated climate extremes , the extreme seasonal temperatures currently experienced in Canada and Siberia have been invoked . The high latitudes , low - lying continental interiors , cratonic tectonic setting , predominant metamorphic terrains , coniferous vegetation stands and extensive lakes may indeed be comparable to the Late Permian palaeoenvironments , but the climate - responsive sedimentary record from the lake deposits demonstrates that the analogy ends there . Summer and winter temperatures in the Canadian interior are generally 0—22 ° C and -10 - 28 ° C , respectively , but summer maxima of 40 ° C and winter minima of -40 ° C have been recorded locally . The northern Great Plains of western Canada ( 50 ° —60 ° N ) contain more than one million fresh , brackish and saline lakes .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
Both speakers believe that active government intervention in the housing market is now urgently needed before things get even worse . John Wriglesworth , housing finance analyst at UBS Phillips & Drew , is currently forecasting a further drop of up to 10 % in house prices next year . This dire short - term market squeeze has at least temporarily put paid to the idea that the building society industry is making a graceful adaptation to the 1980s ' deregulation of the financial services market . Societies are still very strongly capitalised , according to figures from the Building Society Commission , the industry regulator . Most large societies have also made heavy provisions against bad debts .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That your grandmother delivered me , so she must have known Elaine.’ David frowned . ‘ There you go again , jumping to conclusions . Miss Rose admitted she did n't remember much of that day , except for Celia 's long labour — which I did know about , but it slipped my mind — so it 's possible she 's forgotten other deliveries during the day , when there were other midwives on duty . My grandmother may not have delivered you at all.’
Idiom: take the mickey (used idiomatically: yes)
I felt threatened by him because I used to play up front , so I decided to show him who was boss . But that all changed after an incident in training . ‘ All the older pros used to take the mickey out of us , but then one day in a practice match Ian went past Jim Cannon , who had been at the club for ages , and he did n't like it . ‘ Cannon abused him and pushed his face in the mud . I stood up for him and said it was rubbish , and told all the black players to quit training .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
If the project is to develop and install a new process , the parts of the loop dealing with series production will not be included . If it is for the modification of an in - house process only those parts up to the pilot plant stage are relevant . In all cases the customer or user is a critical element in the loop . Each function embraces three vertical columns , the centre one on its own and the other two shared with the other functions . Thus in stage 1 the task of analysing the market and answering the question ‘ what business are we in?’ is seen to be mainly the province of the marketing function .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Adoption is defined as to : ' take ( a person ) into a relationship he did not previously occupy especially as one 's child'(OED ) . It is often seen only in the legal sense : severing birth parents ' responsibilities to the child and transferring them to adopters . On paper , it can seem like a neat solution for : a child needing a home ( adoptions fall into two categories : babies aged less than 9–12 months , and older children with special needs ) ; birth parents unable / unwilling to care for their child ;
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
Take Action You think twice before using your car and have it fitted with a catalytic converter conserve energy in the home The Government
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I think we should retaliate,’ she said , a few minutes later , after skimming through public prayer and the letters page of The Times . ‘ I think we should have a New Year 's Eve party of our own . That would serve them right.’ ‘ It certainly would,’ Charles agreed . ‘ Yes , it certainly would.’
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Artists have been hurrying to display their work , which should be deposited at the hall on Friday , May 8th from 7 to 9.30 p.m. or the next day from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Also on Monday , the Alton College Forum will provide the venue for a performance by the newly formed Alton Area Orchestra , conducted by martin Read . The programme which begins at 8 p.m. , will include modern perspectives on Rossini 's music , in the Soireé Musicales , and on English folk songs , in a work by Vaughan - Williams . The orchestra will be joined by the Alton Chamber Choir for a concert performance of Haydn 's Little Organ mass . Tuesday , May 12th , will see the first of a series of two - part performances of the Charles Dickens ' classic , Nicholas Nickleby , dramatised by David Edgar and directed by Mollie Guilfoyle .
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Here … What 's wrong?’ He watched her dab her cheeks , then wipe her eyes , his heart torn from him by the tiny shudder she gave . He wanted to reach out and wrap her in his arms , to hold her tight and comfort her , but he had been wrong before . ‘ I ca n't bear to see you crying … ’
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
The doorkeeper said nobody in costume had left the theatre . As soon as Stella had finished on stage Bunny told her to go home . For the time being she was excused from her prop - room duties and she need n't wait for the curtain call . She must take it easy for the next few days . ' I 'm perfectly all right , ' she grumbled .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Thomas asked . ' We 're in the lion 's den . We 've got to make our move , ' Bernice tried to explain to him . Thomas moved to the door and slammed his arms into it . The door was n't even dented .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Paul Gascoigne , philosopher , author of ' Gazza , daft as a brush ' Marxism Today ALWAYS ON THE BALL LONDON 'S GUIDE CITY LIMITS MAGAZINE wo n't shield you from the truth
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
Farewell to Eleanor from The Haunting and the Countess Bathory from Daughters of Darkness . Say a big hello to the positive role model . Placard - wise , however , the gays have some way to go . I should like to suggest a few alternatives to the MICHAEL DOUGLAS , FUCK YOU , RACIST , SEXIST , ANTI - GAY school of sign - writing . For example : THIS FILM IS UNFAIR TO WOMEN .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
The children were introduced to a toy Pink Panther who , they were told , had caught the culprits but did not know who had committed which crime . The children were then to be given clues to help them solve the mysteries and they were to tell the Pink Panther ( who was not privy to this information ) who had committed which crime . The clues consisted of four pictures : Snoopy with cream on his face , Charlie Brown with red paint on his hands , Donald Duck with muddy feet , and Mickey Mouse with a necklace sticking out of his pocket . For each item , the children either had to complete a sentence , such as Snoopy has cream on his face so … or they were given a description of the clue , such as The clue is that Snoopy has cream on his face , and were asked to tell the Pink Panther about the clue and what they had worked out . These were referred to as the sentence completion condition and the open - ended condition respectively .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
Larsen did likewise , and they waited . The approaching footsteps ran lightly to the top of the stairs and came towards them . As the figure turned the corner from the stairhead passage into the corridor , Grant drove the shotgun butt hard into his midriff . The grey tracksuited Apostle , who had come up to make a routine check of the sleeping quarters , doubled over with a grunt of agony . An instant later , the butt of Larsen 's gun slammed down on the back of the man 's head , and he crumpled to the floor in a senseless heap .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
This crazy auxie is acting cooler than me . Take it easy . ' Take it easy , Belle , ' Ace said , and smiled . ' Daak did n't kill Johannsen . The creeps in the black nighties did .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
They want to find some way in which having a brain like that improves gene survival . I have a lot of sympathy with this attitude , and I do not doubt that there are genetic advantages in our having brains of the kind that we have . But nevertheless I think that these colleagues , if they look carefully at the fundamentals of their own assumptions , will find that they are begging just as many questions as I am . Fundamentally , the reason why it is good policy for us to try to explain biological phenomena in terms of gene advantage is that genes are replicators . As soon as the primeval soup provided conditions in which molecules could make copies of themselves , the replicators themselves took over .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Fairgrounds attracted strange people . Unsavoury characters lurked at fairs and with the crowds jostling , and the dark , there was cover for more than pickpocketing . So she could not let her go alone but must stand in the crowds being shoved , the smell of greasy food and litter breathed over her in this hot air , and the constant blare of noise grinding at her . Well , but the child had been good and she would not deprive her of saying to her friends on Monday ‘ I went to the fair’ . One or two turns would probably suffice and anyway the money would not go far at this year 's prices .
Idiom: chapter and verse (used idiomatically: no)
This is the spirit of truth whom the world can not receive because it does not know him , does not behold him or know him , but you know him because he abides with you and will be in you . And there , i Peter when he 's preaching on the day pentecost , he says this is was has happened , God has done just that , just as Jesus promised . In acts chapter two and verse thirty two , this Jesus , God raised up again to which we are all witnesses , therefore , having been exulted to the right hand of God , and having receiving from the father the promise of the Holy Spirit , he has poured forth this which you both see and hear . And so , le let 's just conclude our our thinking and some of the things we 've been looking at , a and remind ourselves that this gift of God in th the Holy Spirit , the baptism of the spirit , it is not an optional extra , it 's not something for super saint , it 's not something for special people , or for certain types of people , it is a , not an optional extra , it is God 's purpose for every one of his children !
Idiom: bow and scrape (used idiomatically: yes)
He had promised , Mr Sands said , to bring some friends with him , but by four o'clock there had been no sign of them , until , suddenly , there was an immense bustle outside , and Mr Sands , rushing out , came back to announce triumphantly that Cousin James had arrived —‘Better late than never’ being his unoriginal version of the truth , and the Hon . James Sands and his friends processed in to salve their consciences by buying bookmarks , needlecases , embroidered handkerchiefs and even some of the exquisitely embroidered baby clothes on offer . McAllister , happily unaware of who made up the party , watched these inhabitants of the world in which she had lived since she was eight years old stare and chatter as they made their way through the doorway , Mr Sands bowing and scraping at them as befitted a poor relation to whom they were doing a favour , the rest of the bazaar 's patrons staring at these strange beings , male and female , as though they were visitors from another planet , perhaps one described by Mr H. G. Wells . Dr Neil muttered in her ear , ‘ I never thought poor Sands such a flunkey ; even to persuade them to buy our knick - knacks this is surely excessive.’ McAllister could not but agree with him , and had to stifle a grin as he led them around , the women staring , and the men , manifestly bored , dragged along to accompany wives and girlfriends who would , that night , describe their visit to the East End in terms that would do justice to a journey up the Amazon .
Idiom: into thin air (used idiomatically: yes)
Tweed asked , returning to his swivel chair behind his own desk . ‘ You were right,’ Paula continued . ‘ It does look as though some top Communist agents in the security services in various East European countries - have vanished into thin air . We ca n't be sure , of course . It 's pure chaos out there , but one man has , I 'm sure , got away.’
Idiom: public enemy number one (used idiomatically: yes)
Meth users often develop rotten teeth and horrible scabs caused by scratching themselves due to a sensation of insects crawling under their skin . The message about the dangers of ATS seems to be getting through to young people in the developed world , thanks in part to graphic public awareness campaigns . After substantial increases in the 1990s – when meth was considered public enemy number ~ one in the United ~ States and Japan – the use of synthetic drugs has stabilized in North ~ America , Europe , Australia , and New ~ Zealand , albeit at high levels . In Australia , for example , 2.3 % of the population use meth , and 3.5 % use ecstasy at ~ least once a year – one of the highest rates in the world . Evidence suggests that the problem is shifting to new markets in East and Southeast Asia and the Near and Middle ~ East .
Idiom: foam at the mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
The union also voted for a further strike ballot on the new contracts . Last night a management spokeswoman said a skeleton staff was working and would produce a newspaper . One journalist said : ' Staff are foaming at the mouth . They believe there will be an awful lot of weekend working . ' The journalists ' reaction appeared to take management by surprise .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
As the guidance points out , ‘ there are occasions where objectivity may be threatened or appear to be threatened by the provision to an audit client of services other than the audit’ . The change has strong support from the Department of Trade and Industry , the Bank of England , the CBI and the 100 Group . However , following consultations , CAJEC decided to leave valuations relating to pension matters out of the guidance for the time being , until the outcomes of the Goode report and pending EC legislation are known . A working party of actuaries and accountants , under the chairmanship of Sir Robert Smith , will develop appropriate guidance . CAJEC has also finalised its revised guidance on opinion shopping .
Idiom: down the drain (used idiomatically: yes)
Zuckerman Unbound ( 1981 ) reaches its climax at one of Roth 's frequent funerals — in this case , that of Zuckerman 's father — after which Henry charges Nathan with killing their parent by writing ‘ that book’ , the liberated Carnovsky , and with believing like the bastard he is that fiction does n't have consequences . Nathan is a swinger , who is blamed for whoring after and mistreating gentile women . ‘ Even your shiksas go down the drain when they do n't tickle your fancy anymore.’ Meanwhile The Counterlife attributes to Henry the verdict that ‘ exploiting and distorting family secrets was my brother 's livelihood’ . Philip Roth 's contribution to The Facts is ( as distinct from Nathan Zuckerman 's ) significantly milder , in relation to family matters , than what we get in these abrasive comic fictions : but then the fictions can be nice too .
Idiom: cry wolf (used idiomatically: yes)
The parent will tend to recalibrate their response , as , as , as you have said , parents will come to expect children to make a lot of fuss about nothing , and consequently wo n't pay so much attention to a child 's distress as they would to an adult 's , because we regard it as natural , children to cry or make a fuss about the treatment we contribute , but the reason for that could be that we , we have as it were , readjusted our sensitivity to distress and we , we really have a double standard . We have a standard for children which assumes they can either send very strongly amplifies the distress , and therefore , we are not going to taken them terribly seriously , or at least they can actual reach much higher intensities before we do take them seriously , whereas for adults we have a different standard which , which assumes that even slight expressions of distress in adult could be serious . Parents have been selected to become erm , relatively insensitive to signs of distress in the offspring , because erm , as where they cry wolf all the time , and as a result , erm , parents do n't take crying as seriously in children as they do in adults . There are other examples of this , and one interesting experiment that we 've just done with birds , was with the gape response in birds . You know that when birds are chicks in nest , they gape , their little mouths open wide , like this , and they , whenever the parents come back to the nest , wi with a worm or something , you see the little chicks , their little mouths wide open , they kind of reach out of the nest and , and , and try to to their feeding .
Idiom: on the side of the angels (used idiomatically: yes)
The earth ? ‘ We are not in the business of polluting the environment,’ Mr Wheeler insisted . ‘ We are on the side of the angels.’ Environmental organisations , however , put the emphasis elsewhere . ‘ There is no incinerator which completely destroys toxic wastes,’ Madeleine Cobbing , Greenpeace 's toxics campaigner , told me .
Idiom: dead wood (used idiomatically: yes)
If , of course , he had ever been nearer to Longner , that night , than this disastrous place . Cadfael stepped back to measure again the angle at which the body lay , and the few paces back along the path where the assailant must have been hidden . Thick cover , bristling with dryish branches and twigs , dead wood among them ; he looked for broken ends , and found them . ‘ Here!’ He thrust through the screen of growth sidelong , into cramped space between trees , where a thin grass grew , mottled with dead leafage and glistening from the night 's rain .
Idiom: weather the storm (used idiomatically: yes)
The Road to Post - Crisis Growth MILAN – It is about 18 months since the financial crisis hit , and 12 months since the panic started to recede , with asset prices stabilizing and beginning to turn up . Although recovery in advanced countries remains fragile , developing countries appear to have weathered the storm . Growth in China and India is bouncing back toward pre - crisis levels , Brazil ’s growth is rising after a sharp dip , and developing - country trade is rebounding from depressed levels . Reasons for this remarkable resilience abound , and they offer guidance for advanced and developing countries alike .
Idiom: look the part (used idiomatically: yes)
Nick cave DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH Nick Cave looks the part . Deep gashes of black under the eyes , skin the colour of ashes , a slight wobbliness to his movements , His speech is fastidious , precise in a way that would seem pompous if he were at all ebullient ; but with his small , gave voice — sometimes withering , always withered — the impression is of a wary distrust of words and the ways they can be misconstrued . But he 's much more forthcoming than in an earlier , abortive encounter .