Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
No but it 's all tied up with this role of national accounts It 's dragging on too long Yes a tricky issue but I think we 've got to get to grips with it Well we can get to grips with it at this meeting when you talk amongst yourselves er as to how you divide up the base accounts yeah ? But we ca n't get that meeting any earlier for you
Idiom: to all intents and purposes (used idiomatically: yes)
Japan continued to favour the guidelines laid down in the 1988 Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resources ( Cramra ) . The vast majority of delegations recognized , however , that this no longer commanded significant support , and its effective abandonment was seen by environmentalists as one of the achievements of the meeting . Britain 's initial position of support for Cramra had been to all intents and purposes relinquished by the end of the meeting . A joint Greenpeace / WWF petition in favour of the " world park " had raised over one million signatures . Among those actively campaigning for it were scientist Joe Farman , who had " discovered " the hole in the ozone layer over the continent , French mariner Jacques Cousteau and polar explorer Robert Swan .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
No . No idea . I suppose a lot of business might be done through word of mouth as well . Mm mm . If anything .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
They had the advantage of providing adequate studio space and being equipped with showers , but other facilities were primitive and the surroundings were not ideal . Below the studio and adjoining the changing rooms and showers ( because the building stood on a slope ) was a ‘ bottle store’ selling alcoholic drinks , and its customers sometimes cluttered the doorstep . Another hazard was that bottles sometimes fell off the shelves because of vibration from above . Adjoining the studio was a funeral parlour with a window opening into the studio , so it was necessary to stop classes and rehearsals whenever a funeral took place . As well as working on his own his ballet , John had his shaky technique to battle with in daily classes , and there were performances to prepare for .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
A fair catch can be made by a player who is running when making the catch inside his 22 metre area . Law 18 Tackle , Lying with , on or near the ball Perhaps the most important law change to emphasise that rugby is played by players standing on their feet ; this season after a tackle any other player must be on his feet when he plays the ball immaterial of what distance he is away from the tackle . The message is simple ; if you are on the ground after a tackle you are out of the game ! ! Law 20 Scrummage
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
Bedpans , not sleeping — these units are very uncomfortable . KENNEDY Was he under the influence of medication ? GOODE At times I would give him more sedation than other times because of the course of the illness .
Idiom: small print (used idiomatically: yes)
The success of the sales gimmick has surprised everyone and led to seven - day working at the firm 's Scottish factory . Many stores have run out of vacuum cleaners — and hundreds are being offered in newspaper small ads at a bargain £ 60 as shoppers try to sell cleaners they never wanted in the first place . But trading standards officers and the Consumers ' Association are warning customers to scrutinise the small print . Labour 's consumer spokesman Nigel Griffiths has written to President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine following complaints over a previous Hoover offer of flights to Europe . Consumers who were asked to nominate three dates for flying claimed the travel firm handling the offer has now told them the dates must be 30 days apart and to three different destinations .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
This one was scored by Rossi . Lynagh believe it or not , missed the conversion . In the second half , the Cherry and Whites rolled their sleeves up and got stuck in . They gradually pulled themselves back into the game . The turning point was this try from Bobby Fowke .
Idiom: first up (used idiomatically: yes)
The A.87 now crosses the loch on a long causeway with a warning of high winds , but even in calm weather the former road continuing up the valley to round the head of the loch , at the cost of two extra miles , is to be preferred . From this , a lane goes forward to the last habitation , Dorusduain , with a parking space midway . This is the start of the walkers ' way to the Falls of Glomach , first up a forest road to cross a ridge and then gradually declining to the top of the waterfall . This is also the only way for motorists who have been refused permission at Killilan to use the private road , or who did n't like to ask , and are fit enough to do eight miles there and back on foot . The former road turns beyond the lane junction and crosses the valley to Morvich , a farming settlement in lovely surroundings with accommodation and camping for the many walkers who find this a convenient base for their mountain expeditions .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
Mrs Robson had contacted the Echo a few weeks ago to say that her brother 's cast - iron bath was 40 years old and had not been used for 12 years . Something 's brewing Store has got it in the can IT 'S long since been the woman 's domain . Ask any female about Marks and Spencer and she 'll reply : ‘ Knickers.’
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
Listeria Hysteria There has been much adverse publicity concerning food poisoning caused by soft cheeses . Such cases are few and far between and few have been proven . Pregnant ladies and elderly people should be careful when eating soft cheese , as they should be when exercising . Soft Cheese
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Ah ! Ah ! and it come over the top ! These things are about so high . Smales
Idiom: get the show on the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Now , that was a sum of money to be reckoned with . Eighty billion dollars was a little more than the mind of Colt could cope with . Never mind the debt , the slogan seemed to be , get the show on the road . The show was all around , as far as the eye could see , any direction . New hotels , new fly - overs , new housing , new monuments to the Fallen Martyrs .
Idiom: throw caution to the wind (used idiomatically: yes)
This confuses the predator because it has ‘ tuned in’ , so to speak , to the bright colour and is following that . Once the colour disappears it is as if the prey animal has suddenly ceased to exist . If fleeing and hiding have failed and the prey finds itself cornered by its would - be killer , it may make one last desperate attempt to save itself , by throwing caution to the wind and attacking the predator physically . In most cases this will not be of much use , but at this stage there is nothing to lose . And predators are surprisingly nervous about sustaining even minor injuries .
Idiom: take heart (used idiomatically: yes)
Abolition of the business class regulations is a potentially liberating move . The market must hope , however , that its business units do not emulate the mistakes which occurred after the City 's Big Bang and that the risky business of being a Lloyd 's investor becomes no more precarious . Taking heart . INFLATION causes havoc , we all know that . But there is havoc and havoc .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: no)
This debate surrounds the reliance theory of contracts , for example . Here advocates suggest that the principal fact generating legal liability should be an invasion of the reliance interest . This interest comprises the out - of - pocket expenses resulting from misplaced reliance upon another , including wasted expenditure in preparing for the performance of a transaction , or partly performing it , losses arising from damage to property , and missed opportunities . A sharp contrast is drawn between the reliance interest and the expectation interest , for the latter includes profits expected from the undertaking and any quantifiable pleasure anticipated from completed performance . Advocates of the reliance theory insist that the proper scope of legal obligations should be confined to invasions of the reliance interest rather than the expectation interest .
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
For decades the revolutionaries had rejected outright capitalism , the bourgeoisie , and the Western path in general ; they had seen the creation of a propertyless proletariat as a disaster to be avoided at almost any cost and had sought to move directly to socialism based on the commune . Now , suddenly , those who clung to these notions were thrown on to the defensive and soon outnumbered . Marxism was all the rage . Several factors contributed to the appeal of the new ideology . It provided answers to every conceivable question with an assurance and a seemingly impregnable logic which the romantics of the 1940s , the nihilists of the 1860s , and the populists of the 1870s had sought but never found .
Idiom: for the time being (used idiomatically: yes)
He crossed the frontier at Orsova , now in Romania , but , before doing so , buried on the Hungarian shore of the Danube the crown , orb and sceptre of St Stephen . Kossuth 's tragedy was that the very fervour of his nationalism made him so intolerant of other ethnic groups within Hungary , that he damaged the cause he sought to promote . SUNDAY is a working day in Hungary , for the time being at least . Because the communist authorities tried to discourage Christian worship , Monday is a closing day . As I cross the Elizabeth Bridge on my way to the National Museum , three optimistic fishermen are casting lines from a small sandbank .
Idiom: in high dudgeon (used idiomatically: yes)
Nor are they especially intelligent . Although it was once thought only Confucian scholars could outwit a kuei , a deterrent popular amongst all Chinese is to set it to solving a riddle . The kuei will usually give up and leave a house in high dudgeon . The most efficient means of diverting a kuei is to sculpt upward - turning eaves on a roof . This spirit can only travel in a straight line , so when it slides down the roof in the hope of gaining entry to a house , it will be swept up in the air again by the curving gable .
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: no)
is fairly inexpensive to acquire can be analysed/consulted fairly quickly . As a starting place for research , secondary data can pinpoint areas where investigation should be carried out in further depth , and so can help to provide the direction and focus area for further research .
Idiom: muddy the waters (used idiomatically: yes)
I I that has n't been made clear and erm you you then end up with getting down to the nitty gritty is this an application you advertise under the new procedures for ad advertising departures from the development plan ? Bearing in mind that this is I suppose now going to be one of the performance indicators er that local authorities have got to er publish every year . Er so in other words it it muddies the water and it seems to me that it 's quite unnoted because it be suggesting a policy which is to counteract the effect of erm section fifty four A. In other words trying to restore the status quo er the status er that that that existed before section fifty four A er and and restoring flexibility that was perceived to exist then . Now it does occur to me to wonder and I , again a personal view , to wonder whether intended that section fifty four A should be counteracted by the terms of the policies that followed it .
Idiom: eat someone out of house and home (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm twelve stone I used to be ten stone , er all my life I was ten stone seven , eleven stone But since he 's been up here , he 's been eating me out of house and home and he does n't pay for it That 's because you cook for him I 'm not going to cook any more , I 'm going to dry rye biscuit now and lettuce
Idiom: take someone to task (used idiomatically: yes)
In one of the book 's earliest essays , titled Feminism a Transformational Politic , Hooks argues that some white feminists incorrectly locate the roots of wide - ranging global crises such as third world famine , ecological devastation , industrial contamination and the possibility of nuclear destruction solely in the fact of patriarchal domination . Too many white women , she contends , deny the importance of racism , class exploitation and the parent - child relationship ( structured as it is along the lines of weak versus strong ) and their own roles of domination within that construct — all major factors in creating classes of powerless people . Meanwhile , the book 's last essay , titled Black Women and Feminism , takes to task those African - American feminists who are reluctant to acknowledge that by ignoring sexism in the Black community they have left unaddressed the abuse and subjugation of Black women by Black men . All too often , says Hooks , Black feminists fail to critically challenge the flawed assumption that the survival of Black people ' depends on creating a cultural climate in which Black men can achieve manhood within paradigms constructed by white patriarchy'Those are just two examples of the powerfully pungent analyses contained in Talking Back . Other essays examine subjects such as white supremacy , Black homophobia feminist politicization and male violence .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
TO GIVE YOU MATERIAL TO USE IN DRILLS Before you make out the lists of words to check with your language helper , some preparatory work needs to be done . What is suggested here may seem tedious and unnecessary , but it saves time and frustration in the long run , and makes the checking itself more effective and fruitful . 6.2.1 . HOW TO MAKE CHECK LISTS
Idiom: take the floor (used idiomatically: yes)
She saw the young man hesitate , then veer away . ‘ And how are you settling in at Templeton 's?’ Fairley asked politely as they took the floor . ‘ Very well , thank you.’ An hour later it was steaming hot inside the hall and sweat was running down Maggie 's back and front .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
We lived in the tenement block that ran its whole length in a top - storey room and kitchen with no bathroom and an outside toilet shared with several other families and reached by an open staircase . At night I slept in the big kitchen on the brown leatherette bed settee , and my parents slept in the box room . This is a time of austerity , of playing with ration books , of knowing we are " overcrowded " , of squabbles between the women over doing the stairs and cleaning the toilet that are handed down to us children in the form of sectarian rivalries . " I 'd rather see you dead than turn your coat like her next door . " " A mother 's place is at home with her child " damns the mothers who are n't and answers my question about why I ca n't go to the nursery .
Idiom: by the back door (used idiomatically: no)
After three journeys up the hill , the coal was added to the heap by the back door of the house . The children told nobody . A week later , Mrs Viney looked at the heap by the back door and said , ‘ There 's more coal here than I thought there was.’ The children laughed silently and said nothing . But then came the awful night when the Station Master was waiting for Peter in the station yard .
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
Drying out such tax oases and establishing a global framework law on a minimum level of taxation are therefore a central component of reforms needed to stabilize the world economy .
Idiom: come full circle (used idiomatically: yes)
He parried with a familiar answer . ‘ From herself , of course.’ The conversation had come full circle . Rain wanted to persist but she had an appointment to keep . Maurin would be at the gallery any other time she wanted him .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
Utd fans in 1970 ! Although Law , Charlton , Best etc . were on show , I was so scared of the mob around me I kept my head down most of the time , although I seem to remember we drew 2–2 . Eventually my father lost inspiration with the Clough / Armfield / Stein / Adamson era , but not before I had a chance to see Leeds beat Anderlect ( 3–0 in the fog ) followed by Barcelona ( Cruyft , Neeskens , etc . 2–1 for the aging ex - Revie team to make their way to Paris in 1975 . I remember quite vividly , the EC final . We all piled into a coach filled with hope and anticipation , was sickened by the display of the match officials , and came home sad and drunk !
Idiom: not miss a trick (used idiomatically: yes)
WELL , we 've just about come full circle . From planning to cutting the tape . Earlier I said we must n't miss a trick , and I would like to offer for consideration a possible strategy for the future . I feel we should look at all towns and villages that have a gas supply , and create a detailed register of estates and streets that do not have gas pipes running through them . These areas must be assessed to determine the potential load and analysed to develop a priority
Idiom: with a vengeance (used idiomatically: yes)
Nonsense!’ Fran tried to inject a dash of disdain into the denial , but it was hard when he kept looking at her mouth that way . For three whole days she 'd blanked out the memory of that kiss they 'd shared , but now it came flooding back with a vengeance , hot and strong and so seductively real that she could have wept for shame . Luke Calder was nothing but a ruthless manipulator who made people do what he wanted when he wanted it , yet all she could think of was that she wanted to feel again the hot urgency of his mouth ! ‘ Probably.’
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: no)
And as they climbed , Cardiff replayed the nightmare down below . The thing had him . It was dragging him towards it through the stair - rails , its claws fastened in his flesh . And Cardiff knew , truly , that he did n't want to die after all . He had twisted in that grip , tried to bring the gun round to bear on that monstrous maw .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Select two teams and line them up . Give each team an empty matchbox . The first person in each team places it on their nose and then passes it to other members of the team without using their hands . The first team to get the matchbox to the last person is the winner . Any team dropping the matchbox has to start at the beginning .
Idiom: send someone packing (used idiomatically: yes)
Her hair , which is down to her bum , and a colour of gold one only gets with a little help from Miss Clairol , was an absolute mess from the wind . ‘ Anyway , Donna was going crazy with the generator out and the phone down , and this princess says loudly she 's Matthew Blake 's fiancée and she wants a room , right now . ‘ Every room here has been booked since a year ago , and I was dearly hoping Donna would screw up the nerve to send her packing , but Mrs Foster happened by , and Matthew 's fiancée recognised her . She did this amazing transformation from a dragon to a buttercup , and within seconds Mrs Foster offered to have her in her suite . I heard Mrs Foster ask her if Matthew knew she was coming , and she said it was a surprise.’
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
In fairness there is a fourth category of bureau , those who do n't have a typesetter at all . In the main these are service houses who will contract out the typesetting ( and generally printing ) work to one of the established bureau . There is absolutely nothing wrong with this at all , for many of the smaller companies it 's the only sensible way to go . However , there are a number of these bureau who insist on advertising the fact that they have a typesetter when they do n't . Sub - contracting works fine most of the time but if you want something done urgently and the typesetter is broken or tied up on a job for its owner then guess who 's work is going to have to wait .
Idiom: clean as a whistle (used idiomatically: no)
They have no delicacy , no class . I pull my little piece of four - by - two - inch rag out of the barrel of the Smith & Wesson , hold the pistol up to the overhead fluorescent , and squint inside . It 's as clean as a virgin 's whistle . It shines quietly from the lubricating oil . It seems alive in my hands .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
The local authority needs to hold its own electronic information resources in a much tighter harness if that is to be made possible . With careful management such change is achievable . With more efficient use of the existing electronic information resources in our Town Halls this is an approach that could bear much fruit . The choice of which way to go is ours . 5 .
Idiom: hard cheese (used idiomatically: yes)
Try instead moist fillings like prawn and cottage cheese , mashed tuna ( which will probably have some salad cream in it already ) or mashed sardine with lettuce , or tomato and scrambled egg . Or order thin - sliced boiled ham with mustard , or a sandwich of cooked , skinned chicken , of plain tuna , or of sliced tomato , cucumber and lettuce , and buy a small pot of plain low - fat yoghurt — you can use that as a spread when you are back at your desk . Steer clear of cream cheese and hard cheeses ; beef , pastrami and most other meats ; coleslaw egg salad and other mayonnaise - bound fillings . Avoid quiches , pasties and meat pies , but do n't be shy of the ubiquitous baked potato . In both pubs and take - aways , the baked potato has become a fixture .
Idiom: in no uncertain terms (used idiomatically: yes)
Officers stood guard at the gates of the cemetery , making sure that only members of the official funeral cortege entered to attend the burial service . The media were also out in force , although not with the blessing of the Thompson family or their friends and associates . One or two journalists were told , in no uncertain terms , that they were not welcome outside the extravagantly converted family home —‘The Ponderosa’ as it is known locally — or at the windswept graveside where Arthur Thompson was buried . He was laid to rest alongside his son , Arthur , jun , who was shot to death ; his daughter Margaret , who died in mysterious circumstances ; and his mother - in - law Maggie Harrison , who was blown up in a car - bomb attack almost certainly intended to kill Thompson himself . Only 100 or so family and close friends were at the graveside , visible from the garden of the family home , to hear the Rev Russell McLarty of St Paul 's Church , Provanmill , say that Arthur Thompson 's children wanted their father to be remembered as a kind and generous man who loved life and took great pleasure from his family and grandchildren .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
Again , the staithes or private quays in the estuaries of many East Anglian villages were used to send hay or grain direct from the farm to London or the North in barges which brought back town - manure from London or coal from the North . James Chaplin 's memories James Chaplin was born in 1886 , and during his early years at sea most of the craft were still under sail . Like many East Anglians who took to the sea he first served on the farm : ‘ When I first left school I stopped near Ipswich and worked there .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Stevens and his 21-year - old wife Andrea are planning a second honeymoon in the Austrian mountains this spring . Their wedding was marred by the death of Andrea 's mother Margaret from cancer a fortnight earlier . And while Mr Stevens 's bride was keeping a round - the - clock at his hospital bedside , burglars ransacked their home . COUNCIL tax bills in Darlington are set to be at least £ 75 more per property than Government projections , councillors heard yesterday . The Government has estimated if the replacement for the poll tax were in force this year the bill for a Darlington house worth up to £ 40,000 would be £ 301 .