Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
A parallel disjuncture can be claimed with regard to anti - Semitism . Certainly , dislike or suspicion of the Jews was widespread even before Hitler took power . Jews had to experience forms of discrimination in many walks of life . And among a minority of the non - Jewish population , though a growing one which after 1933 came to occupy positions of power , dislike of Jews became vicious and violent hatred . In the climate of the Third Reich itself , it goes without saying that the barrage of Nazi propaganda could not be without effect in extending and deepening already prevalent anti - Semitic attitudes .
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
Besieged boss puts staff first By George Campbell THE 600 workers at adhesives giant Evostick nearly came unstuck yesterday following a surprise takeover bid . Manufacturer Wassall — where Hanson has an 8 % stake — has launched a bid worth £ 98 m for Evode and last night the main concern of the employees in Leicester , Birmingham and Stafford was their jobs . But boss Andrew Simon galloped to the rescue .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
It even seems to me that my article constitutes a commentary which despite its broad irony nevertheless contains arguments Joseph Kosuth avoids . He defends himself saying that ' for nearly thirty years ' he has been using black and white and that , what is more , the Documenta logo was also black and white . I suppose that his reply is also written in black on white . I wonder how many millions of logos are black and white and how many thousands of artists limit their use of colour purely to black and white , which is not in fact true of Joseph Kosuth . I am entirely convinced that Joseph Kosuth has never seen work by Claudio Parmiggiani either actually or in reproduction .
Idiom: take it from me (used idiomatically: yes)
yes if it 's not already been disclosed , probably not take it from me that I have n't seen one and if there is one I 'd be grateful if somebody on your site would point it out , but to my knowledge no such document has been disclosed . Would it be done by a document ? it would normally , if I recall correctly at the time , there would normally been a memorandum listing new charges for each development
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Thanks to Edina , Donovan and Lifes a Beach . Interview by Andrew McDermott All photos by Donovan Pennant Doing a wheelie on one 's nose sounds painful — but not when it 's done like this . Pete , nose - wheelie , urban lifestyle . SEQUENCE : Gap , no , make that a chasm ollie .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I know.’ He thrust a hand through his hair . ‘ Sorry I blew my top , but I had visions of finding you down there on the rocks like the first time.’ ‘ I was n't anywhere near the edge!’ ‘ How was I to know that ?
Idiom: see the light of day (used idiomatically: yes)
The agreement by which NEC , the second investor , will take around 5 % of CDS ( UX No 387 ) , is expected to be finalised by the third quarter . NEC is also expected to OEM CDS and SGI / MIPS products for the Japanese market . Ousley says CDS is very interested in some massively parallel project that NEC is currently working on , though that wo n't see the light of day until the mid-1990s . CDS is also evaluating its software options and Ousley says it is looking to acquire — or do joint ventures with — two companies , one in the CAD arena , the other in data management . CDS starts life with 3,500 employees , and around $ 125 m cash once all the sums are complete .
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
Is it sensible to focus on a technological solution to warming ? Or should we just adapt to a warmer world ? Much of the current policy debate remains focused on cutting carbon , but there are many ways to go about repairing the global climate . Our choices will result in different outcomes and different costs . The optimal combination of solutions will create the biggest impact for the least money .
Idiom: brownie point (used idiomatically: yes)
But this time they were wrong . I was really curious to know what it was like to have your collar felt . I guess I was trying to earn a couple of lowlife brownie points , so I could catch up with Steve and Paul 's criminal pedigree . As it was right across the road from college everyone was hanging out the window to see what was happening . All my mates , my tutor , everyone saw me bundled into the back of the squad car .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: no)
I 've got a feeling cos they do , but when rings a bell The top trainers at home and abroad , Claire Hurst , the National and International Championships , I 've seen her on ice on the Oh I thought oh I , I , I seemed to remember the Whitney Bay bit and I mean I do n't know what I 've done with the blinking programme last year , I mean they 're all in the magazine rack , but I do n't think that one 's there that was terrific that were n't it ?
Idiom: take someone to task (used idiomatically: yes)
Throughout 1979 I was busy preparing my book on the case which I decided to call ( pace Mr Justice Cusack)Wicked Beyond Belief . The object of the book being to bring about the release of Cooper and McMahon as soon as possible , I also decided to forgo a hardback publisher , whom I knew could not publish in under ten months , and contracted instead for an original paperback . I was fortunate to be able to include in addition to my own account a lecture by the former Lord Justice Devlin in which he took the fourth Appeal Court severely to task for the illogicality of its reasoning and for usurping the functions of the jury , and a chapter by Bryan Magee about his efforts over the years to try to persuade the Home Office to reopen Cooper 's case . He had some harsh things to say about Roskill , Lawton and Wien , the judges of the fourth Appeal Court : Their general demeanour was like that of elderly clubmen determined that it should be clearly understood that they were men of the world , fully alive to all the tricks of your Tom , Dick and Harry ; yet their actual questions and comments revealed that they had not the remotest notion what sort of a world it was that these East End people they were listening to actually lived in , or how to evaluate their characters and the plausibility of what they said .
Idiom: take the floor (used idiomatically: yes)
A TOUCH OF CLASS STEVE DAVIS won the world title for the first time in 1981 and the following year we went back to Sheffield to show the world what a class act we were . We took over the entire eighth floor of the Grosvenor House Hotel , had a suite each , turned one bedroom into a VIP lounge , another into a Space Invaders arcade for Davis and yet another into a private cinema for Tony Meo to watch Rocky films . We got incredible press over that , the BBC sent round the cameras , the Press went mad over it — we were the absolute business . And we got plenty more attention , too , when Davis went out into the Crucible Theatre arena as world champion for the first time and promptly got slaughtered 10 - 1 by a complete unknown by the name of Tony Knowles .
Idiom: pigs might fly (used idiomatically: yes)
This was initiated by the practitioners of the so - called New Economic History . These scholars , with their narrow reliance on sometimes incomplete statistics and a hypothetical input for ‘ social saving’ , argue that the railways were much less important than is usually assumed , because if they had not existed , something else would have emerged to take their place . But this is like suggesting that pigs might fly . They might , but they do n't . Far too much scholarly energy has been wasted in trying to assess what would have happened to industrialization without the railways .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: yes)
Fred apparently thinks we initiated this policy , and resents the fact that he will no longer be able to produce a certain number of high - quality meals . The paucity of the records makes further investigation difficult . The catering staff are non - committal , and it seems very unlikely that they will be prepared to ‘ tell tales’ against either Chrissie or Fred . 2 . Assumptions
Idiom: go the distance (used idiomatically: yes)
Connors aims for smash hit By Tim Satchell ‘ GOING the distance ’ rather than ‘ going for the burn ’ is the message of the forthcoming keep-fit book by tennis champion Jimmy Connors . In Do n't Count Yourself Out , to be published as an original paperback by Pan in June , Mr Connors emphasises that stress need not be part of keeping fit . ‘ Keeping in shape is not just a youth thing , ’ a Pan spokeswoman tells me .
Idiom: bright and early (used idiomatically: yes)
Goodnight , then . I 'll see you in the morning . ' ' Bright and early . ' He continued to stand there , watching as she made her way across the conservatory , then through the high arched doorway that led into the sitting - room . And she just knew that , if she had not brought up the subject of Tony , he would have invited her to join him in his walk along the shore .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
What inspires Rich to write ? Is it everyday things , or does he have to wait until he feel really strongly about something ? ‘ No , I do n't get pissed off and run to my guitar and write a song . They come whenever they come for whatever reason , and I never ask myself what it was about — I just wrote it . And I think if you start analysing it and trying to think back to how or why , or questioning why it happened , you start worrying about whether it 's going to happen again , and then it wo n't happen .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
Duties are changing and accumulating at a faster rate than they can be successfully discharged . The extra time and support that are necessary ( a ) to perform jobs that are pressing at the limits of personal and material resources , and ( b ) to invest in learning how to do them better , or to assemble additional resources , so that the time taken to perform them is reduced , are not available . Opportunities to take seriously such issues as girls and science or the merits of negotiated assessment , or to acquire skills in the areas of active tutorial work or special educational needs are few and far between , and often have to be carved out of evenings and weekends . In addition to rate and resource limitations there are contradictions and conflicts within the set of jobs and goals that form a teacher 's working agenda . Teachers who listen to all the conflicting noises that are made about education by the pundits will inevitably feel ( quite apart from their own ideals ) that there is no pleasing all of the people all of the time .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ But I have just got to forget it , go forth and carry on . The only poor shot I hit was at the 14th , when a little wedge went right over the green . ’ Faldo , who took five at the next short hole , added : ‘ I was only 10ft from the flag and I was in a hole . All I could do was dig it out . ‘ I have n't looked at the high scoring yet but there are no surprises at what you are going to get out there . ’
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: no)
' You remember old Shack , Dudley ? Came down in a tree and broke both his legs . You remember , he used to do those tricks with matches . ' Rogers thought . ' No , ' he decided .
Idiom: run riot (used idiomatically: yes)
Other examples come to mind : the accusations of collaboration with the secret police raised against Lech Walesa , Romania ’s public controversies surrounding Mircea Eliade ’s fascist past , and the attacks on the alleged “ Jewish monopoly of suffering ” which equate the Holocaust with the Soviet Gulag . Friedrich ~ Nietzsche said that if you look in the eye of the Devil for too long , you risk becoming a devil yourself . A Bolshevik anticommunism , similar in its dogmatism to communism itself , has from time ~ to ~ time run riot in parts of Eastern ~ Europe . In country after country , that Manichean mindset , with its oversimplifications and manipulations , was merely re - fashioned to serve the new people in power . Opportunism has had its share in this , of course .
Idiom: call it a day (used idiomatically: yes)
as a senior employee there , you sell tickets to them . Okay , so a whole of things to think about , certainly for the role plays tomorrow but , indeed , for a situation back in the real world . Okay , well maybe we could have called it a day now . However , what we 're gon na do , is usually at nine o'clock in the morning er , ready to start filming . I think , has everybody got their pair , who they 're working with ,
Idiom: no laughing matter (used idiomatically: yes)
Well let him . She did n't care . ‘ It 's no laughing matter,’ Miss Jarman snapped . ‘ You could do better by telling what you know . I presume you know something relevant , else why did you agree to come?’
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
they started doing diet Tizer . Have they ? Yeah , 'cos Tizer 's the only one they have n't been doing diet , and I 've been getting really pissed off . Yeah , I 've got half a in the fridge , actually . Yeah , they do diet now .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
a repeat performance would be just the job … there 's good news for United … keeper Alan Judge is fit again so he 's back and Chris Pike could also return to the attack … they 'll have a tough old game on their hands tomorrow as Colchester are playing well and getting results … the goal of the week … has to be the United winner against Stoke … it lifted them off the bottom of the table … A Penney from heaven
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
DEWHURST BOOST for BELFAST BELLE ALASTAIR McIVER REPORTS As the 1991 Ulster champion at both 16 and 18 and under levels , she has made some small waves in the province . She first represented her country when she was just 15 and only last month , Tennis Ireland selected her for her fourth international match , which was played in Italy at Easter . Yet outside of her home in east Belfast , few people in tennis would have heard of 16 year old Zara Wolsley .
Idiom: when the chips are down (used idiomatically: yes)
Hardly able to hold the putter , he then knocked it three feet past!’ Australian Greg Norman may go down in the record - books as the unluckiest player in the major championships . Lady Luck seems to turn against him when the chips are down — and it is certainly the chips that have gone against him . Bob Tway chipped - in out of a bunker to steal the 1986 US PGA Championship from Norman ; Larry Mize repeated the chipping in feat , this time from off the fairway , a year later in the US Masters . But it is more than just the lucky shot that has defeated the Great White Shark .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: no)
Today 's stretch was from Sonning to Whitchurch , with stops at Caversham and Mapledurham Locks . It 's called swan - upping because ' Swan Up!'is what you shout when you see one . That 's the cue for the Queen 's crew in red , the Vintners in white and Dyers in blue to converge on the swan and its cygnets . The parent is captured and its offspring are given the same marks ; one nick on each side of the upper beak for the Vintners ; one on one side for the Dyers ; none at all for the Royal cygnets . Traditionally , you should row towards the swan , but swan - upping can be hard work and many prefer to be towed .
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: yes)
United are rapidly reaching the stage where you would be lucky to give them away . Give Palace 's manager Steve Coppell the dosh and he will show you what to do with it . Nigel Martyn , the goalkeeper he bought from Bristol Rovers for £ 1 million , has turned out to be a snip , his acrobatics saving the day when United penetrated Palace 's back four , newly shored up by the strapping Andy Thorn . The Palace defence , once as leaky as MI5 ( remember the 9 - 0 defeat by Liverpool ) was under pressure most of the time but withstood it , and the striker Bright , on the three occasions he was given a chance , hit the bar once and scored twice , with characteristic headers , giving Palace their first away win in the League this season . United 's manager , Alex Ferguson , must despair .
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
There were a few exceptions to prove the rule , but by and large the Commons looked as if it were fighting the class war rather than debating the need for the protection of wild mammals . I was nearly run over in New Palace Yard after the vote by the surge of Jaguars roaring out of the carpark and off to the country for the weekend . One of the Tories who broke party and class ranks was Dame Janet Fookes , who has long been associated with the RSPCA . This reminded me of the story of how Dame Janet allegedly tried to relocate the ducks which meet and mate annually on the landscaped patch in front of the Commons and atop its underground carpark . According to legend , Dame Janet decided that these ducks would be much happier in St James 's Park and arranged for them to be escorted thence .
Idiom: pull out all the stops (used idiomatically: yes)
He looks the week 's banker bet . Beneficial , not entered in the Derby because trainer Geoff Wragg felt he was n't good enough , is worth a wager in the King Edward VII Stakes . Strictly on the form book , Beneficial , who slammed Derby third Blues Traveller by four lengths in Chester 's Dee Stakes , would have made Commander In Chief pull out all the stops in the Epsom blue riband . A short head defeat by Geisway in the Predominate Stakes at Goodwood can be attributed to a farcically slowly - run race , and Beneficial should prove more effective over this extra quarter - mile . ZAFONIC … dynamite over a mile
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
I thought of Eric , and wondered what the Factory 's warning was about . I saw myself , Frank L. Cauldhame , and I saw myself as I might have been : a tall slim man , strong and determined and making his way in the world , assured and purposeful . I opened my eyes and gulped , breathing deeply . A fetid light blazed from Old Saul 's sockets . The candles on either side of the altar flickered with the skull - flame in a draught .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
In the first half alone McLean 's men created enough chances to win a handful of games , yet such was their lack of confidence in and around the box that Chris Reid , the young Hibs goalkeeper , did not have to do anything out of the ordinary to keep his side in the game . Indeed , it was the man at the opposite end of the park , Sieb Dykstra , who had the busier afternoon as he produced three crucial saves , the middle one — he was backpedalling as he acrobatically tipped over a superb Pat McGinlay shot — being the pick of the bunch . Dykstra started the season behind Billy Thomson in the pecking order at Fir Park , but even though the former Dundee United man was recalled for a game after Dykstra let in ten goals in three matches , the roles have now been reversed . Bought from Roda JC at the beginning of last season , the 6 ft 5 in Dykstra not surprisingly likes charging off his line to gather cross balls . He has kept five clean sheets in his last seven outings , a feat which is down to his own ability and the fact he ‘ now has a good understanding with the defenders in front of me’ .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
If the Burton Group , having already cut a substantial number of jobs in 1991 , can find a further 2,000 ( albeit balanced by the creation of 3,000 part - time jobs ) surplus to requirements , when profits are already recovering , others across British industry are sure to follow . Our expectation is that unemployment will continue to rise through 1993 , probably peaking in the third quarter . With this background , it is hardly surprising that consumer confidence remains close to rock bottom ( see graph below ) and the consensus forecast for consumer spending growth is at + 1 % for 1993 , compared with -0.2 % for 1992 and -2.1 % for 1991 . Christmas bonus ? First , Christmas was two days later than in the previous year ( because 1992 was a leap year ) and fell on a Friday .
Idiom: on the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
He opposed the new clause because it would cover only half of the Scottish bus industry — that half which the Bill will privatise . My Hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen , North said that when an attempt was made in Committee to create a consumer body with a wider remit , the Chairman ruled it out of order on the ground that it went beyond the scope of the Bill . There is nothing in new clause 5 which would prevent the Government from expanding the proposed consultative committee 's remit to include the entire Scottish bus industry . The Minister wasted everybody 's time by using that 50 per cent .
Idiom: keep a straight face (used idiomatically: yes)
They met in a soup kitchen in Hull , decided that cutting a record together would be fun , and before long had Paul Weller offering to play guitar for them . Or at least that 's their story . Jules Brookes , the multi - instrumentalist and driving force behind Raw Stylus , ca n't keep a straight face as he attempts to recount his version of the group 's history . The truth is anyone 's guess , but Weller certainly offered to play on Raw Stylus ' single ‘ Pushin ' Against The Flow’ , and their name cropped up in one of the few recent interviews given by the former Cappuccino Kid . ‘ He 's been a great help,’ reflects Jules .
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: yes)
Without prevention , they have no options if they get sick . Alarmingly , in some of the wealthy countries , where both screening and treatment should be readily available , vaccine coverage now appears to be declining , raising a real danger that socioeconomically disadvantaged girls there will face a similar fate . If it turns out that girls at risk of not receiving all three doses of the HPV vaccine are also those with an elevated risk of being infected and missing cervical screenings as adults , they may be slipping through not one but two nets . It is still not clear why this is happening . What we do know is that HPV is a highly infectious sexually transmitted virus , which is responsible for almost all forms of cervical cancer .
Idiom: hard as nails (used idiomatically: yes)
Peter Winterbottom was winning his fiftieth cap and everyone , wanted him to lead the team out on to the field . Everyone , that is , except Winterbottom . Hard as nails : After a decade of demolition work in the top tier , Peter Winterbottom 's durability is the stuff of which legends are made . First cap : fiftieth cap ; second team game on a Sunday morning — they 're all the same to him . Of course the pace of the game will be different , the level of skills much lower , but you can bet your granny 's pension that if the second team game need a thumping tackle to be made , then Peter Winterbottom would make it .
Idiom: fun and games (used idiomatically: yes)
The eight self - contained villages which comprise this modern Club each have their own character but there are no boundaries , you 're free to wander and use all the facilities . Soon you 'll discover the tennis courts and children 's fun - park and , most impressive of all , the enormous sea pool for scuba - diving and windsurfing . For HCI guests the daytime fun and games are centred around Drago with its lively family atmosphere . But no - one will mind if you choose to opt for another forty winks on your sunlounger . If you want to get away from it all completely there are five other pools to choose from !