Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
Even if we can identify the relevant society , we also need to be able to identify the content of that political tradition . Secondly , and bearing in mind the ambiguity of the distinction between the two forms of association , we must ask whether the political tradition of twentieth - century Britain is similarly deserving of respect . In modern Britain the State is generally acknowledged to have kept the peace and retained the allegiance of its citizens during a period of great social change . We might therefore ask whether , even within the framework of Oakeshott 's thought , this should be considered an achievement of great importance — not simply prudentially but also morally . Finally , one major gap in Oakeshott 's theory is that it says nothing about the fundamental issue of how societas may be reconstituted in the modern age .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
September 1979 ) , in addition to our own discussions at that time with representatives of the lenders ; repeating the exercise seemed unduly costly for the sake of up - to - the minute figures . The second , more important , reason for giving summer 1979 's figures is that interest rates are ( at the time of writing ) higher than they have ever been . Rather than take the pessimistic view that they will remain at least this high in future , we hope that the ( slightly ) lower figures we have given instead may prove more representative of interest rate levels in the longer run . The rates shown are typical for each type . To have quoted a range of rates ( often varying quite widely around these typical figures ) would of course have been more comprehensive , but less helpful because of the way that the extremes of the ranges would have blurred the comparison between types .
Idiom: up to here (used idiomatically: no)
Rxd1 Rd8 24 . Qc2 + ? ! … White had handled things well up to here but should now have played 24 . Rc1 when he is likely to keep an edge . The rash check just assists Black in getting his act together .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's not human ; he 's an empty space disguised as a human . November 20th I 'm making him wish he never set eyes on me . He brought in some baked beans for lunch . I was reading on the bed .
Idiom: no holds barred (used idiomatically: yes)
His arguments are fast - moving but inexact , and he engages in some wild flourishes of Hegelian grammar : ‘ Writing , in short , does not ‘ reproduce'’ a reality beyond itself , nor does it ‘ ‘ reduce'’that reality . In its new freedom , it can be seen to cause a new reality to come into being ’(Hawkes 's italics ) . Or consider the density of trope and implication in the following : ‘ New’ New Criticism would thus claim to respond to literature 's essential nature in which signifiers are prised utterly free of signifieds , aiming , in its no - holds - barred encounter with the text , for a coherence and validity of response , not objectivity and truth’(Hawkes 's italics ) . Raymond Tallis has described this passage as being ‘ of great interest to the pathologist of modern literary theory.’ In certain respects , what Hawkes calls the ‘ New’ New Criticism’had what looked like connections with the older version .
Idiom: leave someone in the lurch (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well — I do n't like to think about it . Ian says we both ought to leave and either take up work as a married couple in another practice with a view of eventual partnership or set up on our own somewhere , a good long way from here , of course . But I wo n't leave you in the lurch even if that time comes . I would always stay until you had found someone to replace me.’ Sophie nodded slowly , then Helen came up to the table .
Idiom: put words in someone's mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ No , sir , I do not!’ Santerre bellowed . ‘ And pray do not put words in my mouth . My Lord of Buckingham came here . He sat at this very table and , when he was gone , your two creatures came and asked me what he said .
Idiom: keep a low profile (used idiomatically: yes)
' That 's not such a bad idea , Dr Ash . The Press interest in this affair seems likely to reach ludicrous heights with the Grand Prix tomorrow . I think it would be extremely prudent of you to keep a very low profile indeed for the next few days . ' ' I 'm not going to accept that ! I want you and the company to find some way to get me out of this mess I 've been landed in .
Idiom: hit the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Horseplay TWO ponies became so amorous in their horse box that they sent it plunging off a road and down a bank near Islip , Oxon , yesterday . Cops hit the road A NEW national police force may be created to deal solely with traffic problems , it was revealed yesterday . The plan comes from the powerful Association of Metropolitan Authorities with the aim of cutting road accidents .
Idiom: give someone the creeps (used idiomatically: yes)
And I looked behind , and he was just sitting there staring like that . Oh my god . He gives me the creeps , so I looked round , hmm hmm . I mean , what is she doing ? What does she want ?
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
But she has this threatening jacket , a dark linen one which she can pop on over the Lycra , and it has big shoulders and big assertive buttons and nips in at the waist , and this means , ' Fun I may be , but business is business and I will rip your arms and legs off in the boardroom if you let me . ' All she has to do is slip the Mickey Mouse earrings in the pocket , smooth down her short hair so that it looks less like Just William and more like Tony Slattery , and the personality change is complete . A similar dazzling double - take is achieved by Moira , who works as a secretary in a big office and wears bog - standard floral Laura Ashley trousers and cotton jumpers like the rest of us , but when she leaves work pulls on a very old duffle coat — white at the seams , so old that it ca n't be accidental — which screams out , ' I am an intellectual , actually . I sha n't be down at Europa Foods tonight like you lot , buying frozen lasagne and chips for some motorbike messenger to eat in front of The Darling Buds of May . I shall be going with Oleg to see a new Russian opera at the Round House , so there . '
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
Fog , the one element which no drainer can ever quite banish from the marshes , still rolls out over Otmoor . A farmer 's wife giving evidence at the Otmoor M40 inquiry in 1983 described how she had once become completely lost in one of her own fields while counting sheep . Daniel Defoe describes the Fens shrouded in fog , through which nothing could be seen ' but now and then the lanthorn or cupola of Ely Minster ' . To further terrify lost , wandering travellers , igniting marsh gas created the alarming phenomena , still not fully understood by scientists , known as will - o ' -the - wisps , jack - o ' -lanterns , or corpse - candles . ' Infect her beauty , /You fen - sucked fogs , ' inveighed Shakespeare 's King Lear against his daughter .
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: yes)
Get out of your fucking wheelchair you and fucking run And there 's this de the rest of the fucking crowd are dead silent and this , there 's just this bloke 's voice . Everybody fucking cracked up . Sounds about par for the course . Fucking brilliant . Dead fucking silent .
Idiom: feel the pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
Cynics will automatically suggest that with the market at a low point , the art celebrities of the 1980s will naturally gravitate to the obvious locus of celebrity : Tinseltown . Artists and art businessmen bored with the ease of success in the previous decade might be coming West in search of a greater ‘ challenge’ , filmmaking . Also , cash - bloated film and television tycoons formed one important group of new collectors of contemporary art in the Eighties , and since the entertainment business is often the last industry to feel the pinch of a national economic recession , artists may also be retreating to the comfort of their remaining sure sources of income . Needless to say , Hollywood does n't give away presents without asking for something in return . If an artist or dealer gets a ‘ development deal’ to prepare projects , the studio executive / collector paying his bills is likely to have special access to the artist 's future works .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
and these two men would employ half a dozen other men , you see , and whether w whether it was for to to to to get a foothold in the future for to be one of these contractors or not , I j I just do n't know . You see . Now what about your own family , how did you manage , how did you make ends meet with the er four children ? Well we were fortunate , we were fortunate . Er , in so far that my father had been dismissed from the er from the coal mining industry , er before just before nineteen twenty six , and he was officially unemployed .
Idiom: for good measure (used idiomatically: yes)
A ribbon - lace Verity Lewis creation once stopped the show and made the front page of the Mirror on its debut in a B.B.C. dance routine for the 1980 ‘ Marti’ series . Jeff Richer had choreographed the salacious routine , which began with me oozing down a cat - walk in a long black velvet evening coat and sliding it off my shoulders as I turn to camera revealing the lace gown . I looked naked under the lace ( the desired effect ) , but in fact ‘ M’ always makes built - in underwear out of fine flesh - coloured fabric with several linings of asbestos and a Liberty bodice under the lot for good measure . Another ‘ front page’ dress was an expensive mistake for the Royal Command Performance in 1979 . It was a solid hand - beaded backless polo / halter - neck sheath , split to the hip on both sides .
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
The mare 's breathing was heavy and distressed and she kept turning her head round to him as if asking him for help . ‘ Christ , what 's wrong with you?’ he muttered , feeling quite helpless , and terribly frightened . It was pitch dark and felt like the small hours ; there was no sound of traffic from the road at all , and he was on his own with a vengeance . The other horses were asleep . ‘ Firelight !
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
In yeast , tRNA Asp lacks m 2 G at all these sites , but when yeast tRNA Asp is injected into X.laevis oocytes , G6 and G26 became modified to m 2 G. Although G10 was not modified in microinjected wt - like tRNA Asp ( mutant a ) , an m 2 G10-site seems to have been created in some of the other tRNA variants ( 20 ) . From our results , it is clear that none of the mutations introduced in the different tRNA Asp variants considerably affected the synthesis of m 2 G at positions in the aminoacyl - stem and D - stem ( Table 1 ) . On the other hand , modifications of G26 ( Table 1 and ( 20 ) ) were drastically reduced when an extra base was inserted in the variable loop ( a209 , a210 , a214 , a215 ) or when G10 was exchanged for A10 ( a204 ) . Thus , the tRNA ( m 2 G6 ) -and the tRNA ( m 2 G26 ) methyltransferases clearly have different structural requirements as shown by the difference in sensitivity to the mutations in tRNA Asp . The rate of m 5 C - formation is stimulated in some tRNA Asp variants
Idiom: sit tight (used idiomatically: yes)
And have you seen the papers?’ asked the younger of the two men who ran the boarding house . ‘ You 're all over them.’ She was told to sit tight while he went round the corner to the newsagent , returning with an armful of print . The ‘ heavies’ all carried more or less the same picture of a statuesque blonde , at first sight naked , standing on the rostrum , her arm outstretched in the direction of Sir Charles Webb - Bowen , whose incredulous , even leery expression , was later to be the cause of much hilarity . The Mail had indeed captioned the picture ‘ Take as long as you like , my dear , the floor is yours’ .
Idiom: above board (used idiomatically: yes)
I think he may have planted the idea that I was after her , for badness’ sake . You know Mallachy , he never knows when to stop . It 's all above board , Rosie . You can check it out . A cock - up .
Idiom: hold someone's hand (used idiomatically: no)
Departmental heads were adept at concealing from their puppets even the gentlest jerk of strings and wire . But Dalgliesh had n't needed his private source of department gossip to know that there was nothing of this limp subservience about Paul Berowne . He came forward from behind his desk and held out his hand as if this were a first meeting . His was a face , stern , even a little melancholy in repose , which was transfigured when he smiled . He smiled now .
Idiom: pay the piper (used idiomatically: yes)
We artists can contribute to the renewal by each of us attacking the root of the problem in himself and by making art which is incompatible with the dominating agenda of today 's discourse . Government policy Who pays the piper … Ex Arts Council chairman Luke Rittner calls for direct government arts funding . New Heritage Minister
Idiom: Jekyll and Hyde (used idiomatically: yes)
When , ultimately , they fail in their efforts to give up drink or drug use , they become exceedingly fearful and ashamed and may even believe themselves to be insane . Many commit suicide because they see no possible hope for the future . Lonely : The spiritual isolation of the disease is lonely enough but add to this the " Jekyll and Hyde " behaviour ( depending upon whether or not a drink or drug has been taken that day ) causing untold damage to family and other relationships and the loneliness becomes intense . This loneliness then tends to be misdiagnosed as depression and medications may be prescribed which may make the disease even worse . The external arrogance or bonhomie of the primary sufferer may be no more than a fearful mask .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
Is she all right ? ' He nodded . ' She 's sedated quite heavily , and the doctor will see her again in the morning to get a more thorough picture of things . In the meantime , I 've arranged for her daughter to stay with an aunt . I should think Sophie will be OK with her — there 's been quite a lot of contact . '
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
After some 20 months I was able to take a trade test and become a Leading Aircraftsman getting nearly £ 2 a week , One of the notorious figures at Cranwell at this time was Aircraftsman Shaw ( the legendary Col T.E. Lawrence — Lawrence of Arabia ) whose mind - bending task daily was to sit outside " C " hangar and record the cadets ' flying times . He was , of course , revered by all and sundry in the hutted West Camp , Cranwell . He was a form of Guru to the airmen who frequently took their problems to him , rather like the simple Arab in the desert who treated him as some form of God . Many tales are told of his judgements that hovered between those of Solomon and Sanders of the River .
Idiom: spit it out (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh mum ! Have a good cough , see if you can spit it up , whatever 's . If it comes out of your mouth spit it out , rather than let it go back down to your tummy . I 'm not going to . I , I 'm gon na do these out .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: no)
‘ That should n't have happened,’ he informed her curtly . ‘ I 'm sorry.’ Robyn closed her eyes for a second , agonised by the simple , harsh hurt of his words , balling her fists so that her nails dug deep into her palms . Sorry — again . He was sorry ?
Idiom: put your foot down (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Sure , buddy , what can I do for you?’ ‘ Take the next turn right,’ Manville told him . ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks . When I yell , take the first available right again , drop me off quick and then keep right on going as fast as you like . Do n't stop or pick up another fare for at least another five blocks after you drop me .
Idiom: bear in mind (used idiomatically: yes)
In comparison the other points on the line gave the following results ( Table B ) A line taken between the theoretical centres of the West Overton centre and the one at Ogbourne St Andrew produces a straight line link ( perhaps a ley line ) that unites the centres with the north west corner stone of the West Kennet long barrow . Bearing in mind that we can possibly never be sure of the exact positions of the original markers , calculations using the evidence we do have shows a remarkable accuracy within the error parameters imposed by the geometry . It surely can not be thought coincidental that these precise geometric patterns have been set out in the Wiltshire countryside . But before we leave Wiltshire , the geometry has one last surprise in store .
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
He might be able to force his mind to forget the way she had felt in his arms . His body was another matter . Swinging himself into the saddle , Guy turned Chalon 's head towards Winchester and began to consider the various means whereby he could ensure that Isabel belonged to him while he was giving her the time she needed . CHAPTER EIGHT Winchester .
Idiom: do the honours (used idiomatically: no)
You and your house shall take no risk by me . Oh , I know , ' he said , ' the pains of being Welsh , and too close neighbour to the English , when the standards are out . ' He took her hand , not to kiss , but as he might have taken a man 's hand who had met him fair and done him honour . ' I am ashamed that I have kept you from your rest , after so troublous a day . Go now and sleep , and have no fear for tomorrow .
Idiom: no sweat (used idiomatically: yes)
I can so easily fall apart … In frame one I went into the colours , feeling completely hysterical , with a lead of about 30 — and won on the brown ! 61–32 . No sweat . Rack 'em . Frame two , I say with tears of pride in my eyes , was a near duplicate , 51–14 , my opponent disgustedly resigning with blue , pink and black still on the table .
Idiom: dish the dirt (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ This could be a day of destiny for Helmut Kohl,’ wrote the popular Bild newspaper before the results were known . ‘ If the Christian Democrats suffer a dramatic collapse , it would be the beginning of the end for him as chancellor.’ International : Rivals dish the dirt in a weekend of malice By Patricia Wilson in Washington RIVAL Democratic presidential candidates Mr Bill Clinton and Mr Jerry Brown taunted each other at the weekend as mudslinging in the battle for votes in tomorrow 's crucial New York primary reached a new low .
Idiom: never say die (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Fans used to tell me Tony Mowbray was a better player and a bigger influence behind our promotion success . ‘ But they were totally different players . Mowbray was an inspiring leader with a never - say - die attitude . He attacked the ball and encouraged players around him . ‘ Pally was more laid back .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: no)
Perhaps a stake in a popular club would give profitable returns indirectly through the sale of drink . The degree to which publicans ' invested ' for this reason in football is unknown but the pecuniary advantage at first sight seems doubtful . There was all the difference in the world between meeting a retired sporting hero behind the bar and meeting a shareholder or even a director . Probably publicans were just carrying on an old tradition of involvement in popular sports . Being a major shareholder or a director was rather like holding some honorific office within the community ; it brought its own private and social satisfactions which could not be measured financially .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Peter Kirstein JAMES MARTIN 'S latest offering keeps up his earlier standards ; it is one of the most balanced books on viewdata that has appeared . Like many others it considers the technology , the organisation and the applications in various walks of life . Unlike most , however , it presents both the European and North American view . Martin describes the principles of the viewdata sets and the different components of the viewdata service .
Idiom: cut a dash (used idiomatically: yes)
Rollerskate Skinny claim they 're not songwriters , they 're ‘ almost experimentalists’ , and they have the good grace to piss themselves laughing . Verily , these people are set upon pushing the noise boat out over the horizon until it arrives … somewhere . Noise R Scuzz : The Scissormen cut a dash Thin is in : Rollerskate Skinny ( clockwise from top left ) THRILLS EDITED BY STUART MACONIE
Idiom: pull out all the stops (used idiomatically: yes)
And hopes are high that the river could soon be the venue for a powerboat world championship event . Rob Yate , spokesman for New Brighton Power Boat and Ski Club 's organising committee , said : ‘ Britain has been awarded the four litre world championship next year but no venue has yet been decided . ‘ We will be putting in our bid and we will pull out all the stops to get it here.’ New Brighton has been the setting for seven British championship events but next week 's spectacle will be the first to feature European boats . Powerboats bigger than anything seen on the Mersey will form part of the multi - national fleet which features drivers from Europe , America and all parts of Britain .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm afraid he 's a well - known Nazi - sympathiser , but it 's nothing to do with the war.’ Sylvia thought differently . Lisbon was crawling with spies , and information changed hands for vast amounts of money . It was more than possible that this businessman was in the business of spying . A Hollywood blue movie would be just the kind of bonus to keep his agents sweet .
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
But the girls really want it and we 're making it an all - girl event . R.B. Yes , so I 've heard . J.B. You know it 's positive discrimination in that and boys will not be allowed in so they can have , you know , an enjoyable night , being girls but not with boys there to say , ‘ oh , yea , you 've got nice legs’ and all this , so that salves my conscience a bit and I was n't very worried about it , but I wo n't have beauty demonstrations and things in the club 'cause I 'm not going to reinforce the image that boys already have of the girls . If … it 's very difficult though but it would be very good when boys behave themselves , and the girls are getting very good on actually thinking . They 're very , very aware of it now .
Idiom: fall from grace (used idiomatically: yes)
Look at the huge sales of every book by the Big Three ( Drucker , at 84 , is still turning out a book a year ) . Tom Peters ' latest hardback , Liberation Management , has sold more than 300,000 copies in the US alone since publication last November , while his reputation - making opus , In Search of Excellence , co - written with Robert Waterman , has sold more than five million and reprinted countless times since 1982 . And this in spite of the fact that two - thirds of the ‘ excellent’ companies analysed had fallen from grace by 1987 , when Peters himself brazenly opened his third book , Thriving on Chaos , with the statement : ‘ There are no excellent companies’ . Peters , probably the highest paid and certainly the highest profile management guru in the world , is indeed more of an evangelist than a business adviser . His performances on video and in the flesh at seminars are electrifying as he paces around , shirtsleeved and sweating , exhorting his audience to liberate themselves from old ways of thinking .
Idiom: by heart (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Well , I do teach a first - year course that includes some —’ ‘ We did Julius Caesar for O - Level,’ Wilcox interjected . ‘ Had to learn great chunks of it by heart . Hated it , I did . The master was a toffee - nosed southerner , used to take the pi — used to make fun of our accents.’