Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
Those fitted to the guitars you see here are Oriental pickups of the Strat - style variety , similarly sourced stop tailpieces and tune - o - matic bridges . But as these guitars are to all intents and purposes custom made , the buyer can specify virtually anything . Anachronisms such as Floyds and EMGs can even be catered for , so long as the purchaser is willing to foot the bill . The ash bodies and maple necks are sprayed in Italy , and while most examples I 've seen have been black or white , there 's no telling what other colours might come forth at some point ( Fender - type metallics would look awesome ) . The necks are tinted to look aged , and with the pearloid and glitter scratchplates the impression is one of instant ' 60s kitch , which of course is very ‘ now’ .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They stayed on for the game.’ He said nothing more to her . He just stood there looking out , his large leathery hands clasped tight behind his back , while Ellie wondered what on earth it could have been that Madame Gautier had said to him . ‘ Patsy?’ Ellie called up the stairs , still wondering at her good fortune .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
We may also note that it is possible for the word instantiating the subordinate element to be otiose from the point of view of the speaker or hearer or both ( see Chapter 7 ) . We are calling the level of entities and properties , together with qualification and the other fundamental relations , the intensional level . There are good reasons for distinguishing it both from the level of the meanings of expressions , as will become apparent later in the text ( see in particular Chapter 6 ) , and from whatever more general non - linguistic level of mental activity has to take responsibility for human perception of external phenomena ; a sufficient reason is that speakers of the language are well aware that they can seek to identify one and the same entity or property by using the meanings of various different expressions : Examples like ( 22 ) are familiarly put forward as showing the distinction between meaning and reference ; they may serve that purpose but that is quite a different matter . It may possibly be , as it surely is in ( 22 ) , that , where a single entity is present to the mind of the speaker , the same speaker can not simultaneously entertain the idea of more than one referent corresponding to that entity ( though there may be certain problems for this view in the case of collective nouns such as government or congregation or quartet , for which see Chapter 8) ; however , it is much less obvious that , where there is assumed to be only a single referent , there should be only a single intensional entity present to the mind ; rather , it seems to us that the separation of the referential and the intensional elements is precisely what lies behind such examples as ( 23)(from Searle , 1969 ) , or ( 24):(23 ) Everest is Chomolungma ( 24 ) the sheriff did not know that he was Arthur 's brother In the latter sentence , of course , we are interested in the interpretation which has he co - referring with Arthur 's brother , and the reason that we do not find a reflexive in the final position is precisely that these two elements are distinct intensionally even though they share the same referent . What is clear beyond doubt is that the level of intensional entities can not be identified with any level or world of objectively existing referents;(25 ) is a perfectly coherent remark despite the fact that the speaker explicitly denies the existence of one of the principal participants in it:(25 ) If Jack had married , his wife would now be the dowager duchess of Luntshire
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , I mean that would be very good . I think . I 'll have words with Sharon on Monday and er , oh I ca n't , yes I can on Monday I 'm having my hair cut later , but I can come up about nine o'clock and see if she 's here . I bet she wo n't be . No , I bet .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
I LIKE The Cult , I admire them for the sheer daftness of their post- ‘ Electric’ output — all gung - ho riffing and ludicrous lyrical conceits — and even found much to savour in the absurdly ambitious ‘ Sonic Temple’ , where they attempted to sound like all their favourite bands all the way through each song , but ‘ Ceremony’is an extremely dull affair . It 's loud , certainly , but by the time the third track , ‘ Earth Mofo’ , kicks into gear the pattern of stodgy , leaden and downright lazy arrangements has already been well - established . The Cult only ever had one truly great riff of their own —‘She Sells Sanctuary’— but on ‘ Electric’ and ‘ Sonic Temple’they at least had the intelligence to plunder the repertoires of The Stones and Zeppelin , here , they sound like they 've been dipping into a library of unreleased Uriah Heep doodlings … uninspired , to say the least . With the musical fare so poor — only the opening salvo of the title track and ‘ Wild Hearted Son’ come within a coyote 's howl of the last brace of albums — the focus drifts inevitably towards what Astbury is singing about … with comic results . The whole Wolfchild Red Indian routine can only work as a fantasy role if the music transcends the mundane and enables the listener to bliss out on that alone , and if the singer thinks he 's Geronimo , fine , after all we 're quite prepared to accept Black Francis as having some handle on space travel , David Bowie as an alien , Rock Messiah human being and Bono as a cowboy bluesman .
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: yes)
Whichever way I answer this erm it 's gon na be . I think certainly we had to have a figurehead to relate to and in my opinion , Tom was the best one to have there . You know when his boss came in then things went downhill but yeah certainly Tom helped me and just the fact that there was someone there who knew exactly what was going on , be it not a lot but , he was trying to help us , and give us advice and what have you . You know I think he was fairly crucial to keep us all together . Are you more say on a more personal level , was it at all obvious during the lodge meetings that people who were out people were out , were under pressure to go back ?
Idiom: go halves (used idiomatically: yes)
Holdfast did not bother to reply . Thinking of Jessica , Rory walked back to the bungalow . She had told him how Karen had gone half stupid over Mallachy , when it had been just a one - night stand , a one - night stand that did not , in the event , come off . Well , he 'd had his one - night stand with Jessica , and it had gutted him , he knew how Karen felt . Jesus , maybe it was something in the water !
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
Jessica could hardly have cared less about the money ; she 'd simply stick it in her purse like always , and when it was spent , it was spent . She 'd have done all of this for nothing . She 'd found her way to Charlie through another of the contact magazines , back in the days when his wife had been handling that end of the business ; she 'd had to send along a photograph and that had gone a little against the grain — in all of her moonlighting so far , she 'd never let slip so much as her name — but everything had worked out well . Now most of her contacts were out - of - town businessmen , far more scared of comebacks than she 'd ever have to be . Because when she was with them , she was somebody else .
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: yes)
Well yes . But there 's a few odd houses , a few odd villages , which are only small , but there 's nothing much really . When you re walk , going west it 's countryside all the way . Mhm . Well
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
It testifies both to a new realism in Moscow 's approach to the country 's profound economic crisis , and acknowledgement by the Western financial community that red - blooded free market therapy can not alone provide the answer . Naturally , the emphases were different . Addressing the Supreme Soviet during a debate on emergency price curbs , Mr Ryzhkov was far blunter than a man accustomed to the velvety circumlocutions and understatements , second nature to Western central bankers . Over the third quarter of this year , he told parliament , output by Soviet industry had risen at a rate of one per cent while wages were soaring at an annual pace of 15 per cent . ‘ We are not against pay rises , but people have got to sensible,’ he said , defending the three per cent ceiling on pay rises which has just come into force here .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr. Mellor We regularly discuss such matters , which I recognise are important , but , as my hon . Friend will appreciate , ECGD premiums must reflect the risk for the taxpayer in export credits . He will be aware that losses by ECGD of £ 3 billion , which have already been disclosed , with the possibility of a similar sum in the pipeline , suggest that we can not afford to underestimate the possible losses to the nation if we get the ECGD judgments wrong . One key way of protecting ourselves in future is to ensure that the premiums charged fully reflect the risks that the country has to take on in allowing such cover to go forward . I acknowledge that we must have an eye to the international experience , and our work internationally is to try to ensure that other countries , too , put up their premiums in a way that sensibly recognises the problems of such cover throughout the world .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
Drunken police escort end up behind bars Rob Perkins TWO police officers who set out to pick up a prisoner ended up behind bars themselves , a court heard yesterday . They spent their six - hour train journey drinking — and went into a pub for more while they waited for a connection . Within minutes they had become involved in a brawl , attacking a fellow drinker so fiercely his arm was broken , Stafford Crown Court heard .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
All this community policing stuff is all very well , but has it worked ? I do n't think these guys know what they 're talking about . I 've been involved in community projects and I can say I enjoy going into schools , but at the end of the day there will always need to be the regulated type of policing of crime and violence . You talking about going out on the streets , it does n't get them anywhere half the time . If you go into a youth club , they do n't want you .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
THE FIX hb Climbing Equipment Approx retail : £23.50 to £28.70 While camming devices with flexible stems give the most secure placements in awkward and horizontal placements , even they wo n't take repeated loading over an edge . The Fix is a rigid camming device , with a specially forged alloy stem , designed to give a higher level of strength to the stem . In practical terms this means The Fix can be placed in a horizontal crack with a large proportion of the stem sticking out and fallen on in the knowledge that the device has been specifically designed to give an increased safety margin .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
Three issues were called yesterday for redemption on April 22 — $ 300 m of 8.625 % debentures due April 1 2026 , to be redeemed at 105.79 % of par plus accrued interest ; $ 350 m of 7.125 % debentures due December 1 2003 , redeemable at 101.59 % of par plus interest ; and $ 500 m of 7 % debentures due February 15 2001 , redeemable at 100.75 % of par plus interest . The two remaining issues , to be called today and redeemed on April 23 are $ 300 m of 9 % Eurodollar debentures due March 17 2016 , redeemable at 107.2 % of par plus interest ; and $ 300 m of 8.875 % Pacific Telephone & Telegraph ( now Pacific Bell ) debentures issued due to mature July 1 2015 — AT&T assumed financial responsibility for the payment of principal and interest on these debentures under the break - up pact , and has asked Pacific Telesis Group 's Pacific Bell redeem the debentures ; they will be redeemed at 104.84 % of face value plus accrued interest . Jabil Circuit Inc , St Petersburg , Florida contract board and systems level manufacturer , has filed to go public with an initial offer of 3.375 m shares , 500,000 of them new , at a target price of between $ 10 and $ 12 per share . Net proceeds of $ 5 m or so will be used to repay debt . Bear , Stearns & Co Inc and Unterberg Harris will co - manage the offering .
Idiom: put someone in mind of (used idiomatically: yes)
For instance a colleague of mine returning from a remote part of Kenya commented on the habit among pregnant women of eating a particular sort of yellowish mud . The practice , which I gather is fairly widespread in Africa , appears to be effective in warding off anaemia , presumably due to a high iron concentration in the mud . It puts me in mind of Marco Polo 's observations on the health promoting qualities of the soil found around the tomb of St Thomas in South India . Christian pilgrims always made sure to take a sample home with them , and then ‘ when anyone falls sick of a quartan or tertian ague or some such fever , they give him a little of this earth to drink . And no sooner has he drunk than he is cured .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
Two weeks ago , he begged the Judge to show his wife mercy . Police in Edinburgh have issued descriptions of two men they 're anxious to trace . The first is a prisoner on the run , after escaping from Edinburgh Sheriff Court this morning . The Police have warned that he should not be approached . The prisoner , who is n't being identified , is thirty years-old .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
The day after her double transplant one of the first things she did was to grab her mother 's hand and say : ‘ I 'll be able to grow up and have kids now , wo n't I ? ’ But as her frail body began rejecting its new organs , Kelly realised her time was near . ‘ I was driving Kelly to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London , ’ Sandra says , ‘ and out of the blue she said to me : ‘ Mum , what happens when you die ? What happens to your spirit and what happens to your body ’ ? ’ Frantically negotiating the traffic , Sandra choked back tears as she tried to answer her daughter 's question .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
Journalists on the whole are fairly lazy people , they 're also fairly pressured people , if you give them something which they can virtually print verbatim , they will be enormously happy people and you will increase your chances of actually hitting the news . Can I just say in , in relation to your comment , I understand clearly what it is you 're saying , but what we 're saying is , how is the best way to present a press release ? If the editor decides to invert the press release , you 've actually done the right thing in putting your good point first . You ca n't stop the editor from inverting it , obviously , but , but what we 're saying to you is , as far as your organization is concerned , you want to try and present the , you know the good news first . Shall we go on to the next thing ?
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Mhm . and that sort of the that 's something else which you might find , a lot of the time in er literature about interaction with children , you might find that er where parents are asking their children to do something , like if they 're playing a game , you might find some You 'll find that mothers and fathers talk differently to sons and daughters er so you start off with a direct ac action like Put that one there , if they 're playing lego or something , straight prom Put that on there down to er Would n't it be a good idea to put that on there down to Could you put that on there or Let 's put it on there . And you find more or more or less forceful ways of of giving directives , and one way of making some things perhaps a bit less forceful is to put a tag question on cos it 's sort of adding a sort of pleading note on to it , to ask somebody to do it , I think . Has anyone read anything about turn - taking in conversation ?
Idiom: once and for all (used idiomatically: yes)
I despise that dauber Antonio Saura , admirer of Picasso and supporter of the transfer of ‘ Guernica’ to the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía . I loathe the transference of ‘ Guernica’ , relic of a world betrayed , because even after the shipwreck it will perhaps continue to throw its passion and fire in the faces of the killers of culture , a constant reminder of the insults hurled in its name . I hate to see ‘ Guernica’ in a museum whose sights are set on the future , having left once and for all its mausoleum in the Valley of the Fallen , to prove to the world what it is : an extraordinary composition suffocated by an excess of sentimentality , distorted by the deranged howls of the media . The only answer to this is silence and the conscious exercise of our capacity to forget , in order fully to appreciate its artistic importance . I detest this litany , intended as a requiem for a mouldering ‘ Guernica’ , but which many will take to be a glowing celebration of its resurrection into heaven .
Idiom: fall from grace (used idiomatically: yes)
But the concern and anxiety over sexual behaviour were often genuine . Even when the double standard of morality existed , the rules of the game were accepted ; and when the morality of sexual restraint broke , the sense of torment was real . ‘ The bourgeois world was haunted by sex’ , Hobsbawm has written , ‘ but not necessarily sexual promiscuity ; the characteristic nemesis of the bourgeois folk myth … followed a single fall from grace’ . Many men battled valiantly with what they conceived of as temptation and strove to live up to a higher ideal of married life , and few women , including leading feminists , would have thought of demanding more . It is in this context that we must read the definitions and practices that constituted Victorian sexuality .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He came along to copy some lettering in the museum , not expecting the place to be closed , of course . When he heard why , naturally he was interested . It was my idea , asking him if he 'd like to lend a hand on doing what recording can be done on a job like this . He knows his stuff , you know . He jumped at the chance .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
LEADS PAY ! Pete Youngman from Pest Control Chester has during the last three years generated over £ 100,000 worth of business purely through submitting D5 leads . TAKING the plunge Theresa ' Yummo ' Lacy of Hygiene London East at long last took the plunge and married James Buckley,(who is now also a Hygiene consultant ) , at the end of August . The church service was unusual to say the least , the bride arrived fifteen minutes late to Elvis Presley 's rendition of the Hawaiian Wedding Song .
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
I know that plans are well advanced throughout the country for a massive collecting effort next year and I want to wish all of you involved all the very best in your efforts as we approach these days , that 's to say donation days , in the coming year . I 'm sure your spirits will rise to the occasion like the balloons in our logos and the banners at the side here . Rise to the occasion . But I can not finish er without also thanking most warmly , our supreme supporter in the task of fund raising , her Royal Highness . I know you will agree with me , that her example is inspiring to us all .
Idiom: feeding frenzy (used idiomatically: yes)
No reply ! Newswatch Several papers report a new invention from the USA aimed at the angling market which is supposed to cause fish to go into a feeding frenzy . Rejoicing in the subtle name of Got ta Bite , the substance joins a long list of similar ‘ Snake Oil’ fishing aids from the USA . ( One of its predecessors , Doctor Juice , claimed to match a Brazilian jungle formula that drove fish crazy .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
The receipts and payments method is commonly employed for shorter time periods , say up to one month . Hindsight is a great teacher and it can be very useful to plot successive forecasts against the actual outturn ; there is often a stable underlying pattern . A picture is worth a thousand words and a single graph can often lead to a rule of thumb . General points Resist the temptation to deposit money in currencies with a high interest rate , or borrow in currencies with a low interest rate , if there is no matching underlying cash flow in that currency .
Idiom: pump iron (used idiomatically: no)
How has she done it ? At what point did that slight , pretty girl turn into this glamorous and voluptuous creature ? According to the publicity men at Playtex she did it without the aid of pumping iron or silicone injections . Her dramatic new figure , they say , is all down to the magical properties of the Secrets body she 's seen wearing here . What a shame there is n't yet a product that can give her personality a similarly dramatic boost and uplift .
Idiom: cut and run (used idiomatically: no)
The wheels of the cart rumbled and crashed over the obstacle , and Alexei jumped smartly to one side to avoid the form which sprawled in his path . Somewhere ahead a man 's voice shouted a question . A figure popped out of a doorway to Alexei 's left , and he cut at it with his sword and ran on . Someone grasped at the side of the cart as it went past , and Arkhina smashed his fingers with a hammer . There was a cry , and then the wheels thumped again as they passed across either feet or ankles .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
As it said it would eventually , Compagnie des Machines Bull SA has begun manufacturing the IBM Corp RS/6000 systems it resells as its DPX/20 line at its plant in Angers . TALIGENT HAS VERSION OF OPERATING SYSTEM WORKING ON MACINTOSH QUADRA InformationWeek quotes Taligent Inc chief executive Joe Guglielmi as saying his folks have a version of its object - oriented operating system up and running on an Apple Computer Inc Macintosh Quadra : Taligent , which intends publishing specifications this year followed by a developer 's kit , has also written some low - level applications for the system along the lines of Apple 's MacDraw — but the final system is not due until 1995 . SENSE8 SIGN GERMAN AND SPANISH DISTRIBUTORS Sense8 Corp , Sausalito , California , signed German firm Media Systemes GmbH and Technologia Virtual SA in Spain to distribute its real - time graphics simulation development environment , WorldToolkit , in Europe .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Be prepared to centre yourself in revery , to give yourself up to your memories just as your sleeping self gives itself up to a dream . Try to protect yourself from interruptions — but if an interruption is unavoidable , do n't worry . Do what you have to do , but keep the memories with you , let them take root in your conscious mind while you 're away from your desk . Interruptions are not always a curse ; I sometimes find that a lost association breaks the surface for air precisely when I 've stopped actively thinking about the writing . When you 've made a physical space — a table and a chair — for your writer - self , you will find that an inner space begins to open up in the imagination .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
1992 is Good Housekeeping 's 70th Birthday Year , so make merry with us . Sally O'Sullivan , EDITOR - IN - CHIEF PS As I know you love to peep behind the scenes at GH , I thought you 'd like to see a rather different shot of the cosmetic bosses featured in Feels Good!last month . This time , as you can see , there 's Joan Barrell , our Publishing Director ( centre back ) , Beauty Editor Penny Rich ( foreground ) , and myself ( left ) , all sticking our noses in ! It 's always such fun to see the faces behind the brand names — I bet you never thought the faces behind your face looked like this !