Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
I listened carefully to what he said , and I have some answers . First , on the ' liability for others ' acts'point , the Bill contains safeguards — as my hon . and learned Friend knows from his study of it — when the accused can show that the aggravating event occurred before he committed his basic offence or that he was not near the vehicle at the time . However , the general principle of liability for the acts of others to which my hon . and learned Friend referred is not at all out of line with the Theft Act 1968 . The basic taking without consent offence is that the taker and any passenger may be punished equally . That was the point I made when responding to the intervention of the hon . Member for Swansea , East , when I mentioned section 12(1 ) of the Theft Act 1968 .
Idiom: look the other way (used idiomatically: yes)
First , I suggest to you that it may be morally permissible to allow a baby to die by non - intervention . It may also be legally permissible to do so . It may even be morally permissible to kill the child ; but the criminal law neither now nor in the future will countenance this , though it may look the other way from time to time . Second , the basis of the moral argument is that there must be a very good reason not to intervene . The good reason proposed here is the child 's future handicap .
Idiom: hold court (used idiomatically: no)
Other counties present a similar picture . In Staffordshire the forest of Cannock had virtually ceased to exist by the end of Elizabeth 's reign , and in Kinver Forest only Iverley Hay remained in the hands of the Crown , and even there the deer had disappeared , and the woods for the most part had been cut down . In the Forest of Dean the verderers sat with the deputy Constable of St Briavels to hold attachment courts at Kensley every six weeks ; fines were imposed for hunting with long bows , and for offences against the vert such as cutting great branches , rooting up hollies , hawthorns and hazels , and collecting ' Oke - cornes ' . But there was widespread despoliation of the woods by local landowners and by the charcoal - burners who produced the fuel necessary for the manufacture of iron — this despite Acts of 1559 and 1570 prohibiting them from using timber - trees needed to build ships . Elizabeth followed precedents set by her ancestors in selling Crown rights in some forests for ready money .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Belfast is a remarkably intact example of a city which underwent an industrial revolution,’ explained Helen . ‘ I think there is a growing appreciation of our old buildings , many of which have great worth as individuals and as parts of a larger piece . ‘ We 're trying to point out the buildings which have stood the test of time ; buildings built by craftsmen who knew what they were doing , who used quality materials,’ she added . The society will periodically produce a bulletin highlighting the most pertinent and interesting examples of ‘ old Belfast’ . These bulletins will be available free to anyone who is interested and the first one will be published next month .
Idiom: with open arms (used idiomatically: yes)
Several of the tutors here are disabled people with the sort of skills that we are desperate to use . One computer teacher has severe MS , the sports psychology instructor is a centre user , and several sub - groups , including the women and disability forum , are run entirely by disabled people . If Mr. Edwards ' client lived in this area , we would welcome his talents with open arms . Is this the start of a campaign for the rights of ‘ intelligent’ clients ? CONTRADICTIONS OF THE ACTS
Idiom: hit the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
Simon Hodgkinson — metronomic form . Grant Fox — selected for The Earth as the kicker in the Inter - Galactic Cup . Michael Lynagh — below his best , but hits the mark on crisis point . YOUTH Mike Stevenson reports
Idiom: not a pretty sight (used idiomatically: yes)
He passes on the recipe , modified to suit himself , and carrying with it the characteristically deflating note : " When you open the oven door you will have a shock . It is not a pretty sight . The edges of the tart are slightly burnt and the top layer of cherries blackened in places … It will be received without much enthusiasm for , frankly , it is not too prepossessing .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
This is particularly remarkable when it is considered that Roddick has made no acquisitions and has no major plans for diversification . She was awarded the OBE in the 1988 New Year 's Honours List . Anita Roddick has made a virtue of flying in the face of business convention . She seems to thrive on heretical statements and swimming against the tide : ‘ I look at what the cosmetic trade is doing and walk in the opposite direction,’ she declares with the kind of outspoken defiance that has made her a retailing legend in the decade it took her to turn The Body Shop into a worldwide phenomenon . She once summed up to a gathering of marketing specialists the extent of her success , which earned The Body Shop the award of business of the year in 1987 :
Idiom: sleight of hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Truth is similarly found to have no real status in the literary text . Far from ordering and creating literature from without , Barthes shows truth to be a mirage produced by one of his five codes . By posing an enigma and deferring its solution , the hermeneutic code pulls off a sleight of hand which makes delayed information synonymous with truth . Truth is not something fixed and solid beyond and behind the literary text , and to which the text can be reduced : it is simply what comes last in the text . Human subjects are also dissolved into codes or into the illusory products of those codes .
Idiom: scream blue murder (used idiomatically: yes)
A POKE in the eye when referees or fans are not looking , or when the ball 's at the other end of the field the centre - half lays out the centre - forward with a right - hander . STUDDING the Achilles of your opponent when the ball passes everybody — that 's always a nice one . TACKLING your opponent very hard and then lifting him up with your hands under his armpits and pulling his hairs until he is screaming blue murder — and you say to the referee ‘ Well , I 'm only trying to help him!’ THE oldest one in the book is waiting for a corner and treading on everyone 's toes on a freezing January day . OR there 's Gazza ( Paul Gascoigne ) when you grab him by the testicles and say ‘ Can you speak in a bit lower voice?’
Idiom: wide of the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm happy , she thought in surprise , at this precise moment I am happy . 9 Hemp agrimony —Eupatorium cannabinum — flourished in the Britches , as it happened ; Jean Powers was not so wide of the mark . Edward of course was unaware of its connotations and encouraged it as a handsome and relatively uncommon plant . It grew in a boggy area where there was a spring and a small stream which flowed in a desultory way after the autumn rains but almost dried up in summer .
Idiom: work to rule (used idiomatically: yes)
I wish she 'd wear trainers . Those shoes are so bad for her feet.’ Now that Bernard left industrial action to others , the heart had quite gone out of the staff 's work - to - rule and normal relations were resumed . Neither side won . A draw was declared .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's all I 'm only doing it to wind them up you see there . I wonder if they get an extra allowance for red pens ? Although they 're not meant to do it in red any more are they ? No it 's black and blu black and blue . Black and blue I see and and anything exciting going off Sue to report ?
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes , Daniel it 's true ! Do n't gasp in surprise ! You do actually have to look through to see the light coming out ! You look through and you rotate that eyepiece until you 've either got maximum brightness cos you got a second polaroid system in there as well you see you either get maximum brightness or complete darkness . What you then do make a note of that all that , as I read it to you what you then do is to put your solution into that container you have to otherwise it comes out the ends !
Idiom: off the cuff (used idiomatically: yes)
SUSAN NICKALLS looks at pottery which has become a smash hit Using different colours can change the scale and shape of things and tartan is a natural progression from this SOMETIMES it can be the off - the - cuff ideas that spark innovative business ventures , rather than a painstaking attempt to find that elusive gap in the market . For Scottish couple Annie and Lachlan Stewart , what started off as a fun Christmas exhibition in their London home has led to a flourishing tartan ceramics business and the relocation of their company , ANTA , to the north of Scotland . Far removed from the usual tartan kitsch , the Stewarts have combined creativity with a flair for design to produce top - of - the - range products that now sell worldwide .
Idiom: on the wagon (used idiomatically: yes)
Curzon reported that as early as 1887 , with the line barely completed , 6,000 Central Asian pilgrims used the Trans - Caspian westwards on the first leg of their journey to Mecca . Railways throughout the East were to contribute to that greatest religious migration of all . It was not just in Russia that lower - class passengers were transported on freight wagons . It happened in many parts of Africa and Asia , particularly in the early days of railways . The third - class passengers on the Beira and Mashonaland railway travelled in this way in 1900 and for many years afterwards .
Idiom: odds and ends (used idiomatically: yes)
But maybe he never wants or needs to … He copes okay . With all his ladies and their different bodies , their different odds and ends . Meanwhile , I suffer . I find I am very vulnerable to confusion and regret .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
To look is one thing — that 's everyone 's right . But to touch … ’ As he turned his head away she saw a muscle jumping at the point of his jaw . The air between them was suddenly charged . Polly stood up .
Idiom: heart and soul (used idiomatically: yes)
It was intended , quite flamboyantly , to fulfil Old Testament prophecy . Indeed , in Matthew 21:4 , it is made explicit that the procession was intended to fulfil the prophecy in Zechariah 9:9 , which foretells the coming of the Messiah : Rejoice heart and soul , daughter of Zion ! Shout with gladness , daughter of Jerusalem ! See now , your king comes to you ; he is victorious , he is triumphant , humble and riding on a donkey , …
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus postmodernist cultural de - differentiation of representations and commodities seems unambiguously to have reactionary political - cultural consequences . The main argument of postmodernists who have sympathies with the political left seems to have been that postmodernism can be supportive of a left politics rooted in principles of pluralism and ‘ difference’ . This seems a contradiction on the face of it . How can a cultural paradigm whose main principle is de - differentiation contribute to a political culture grounded in the apparently opposite principle of difference ? Perhaps the example of ‘ gender bending’ in contemporary adverts and popular culture in general can provide a clue here .
Idiom: take someone for a ride (used idiomatically: no)
Yet while they showered their offspring with expensive presents this was n't accompanied by the affectionate cuddles and kisses that the children craved . Diana 's father , who already had a reputation locally for organizing splendid fireworks ' displays on Guy Fawkes Night , laid on a wonderful party for her seventh birthday . He borrowed a dromedary camel called Bert from Dudley zoo for the afternoon and watched with evident delight as the surprised children were taken for rides around the lawn . Christmas was simply an exercise in extravagance . Before the big day Charles and Diana were given the catalogue for Hamley 's , a large toy store in London 's West End , and told to tick what presents they wanted Father Christmas to bring .
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: yes)
' You married ? ' asked Pete . No way . Play the field and score as often as possible . Jesus , all that time ahead without a woman , any woman . He could be out in three years if all went well .
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: yes)
Surely the microcomputer will go the way of all such gimmicks , that is , embraced with enthusiasm by teachers if not by pupils , only to prove more revolutionary in theory than practice ? Its usefulness overstated , its flexibility limited , it may even increase teacher workload , despite claims to the contrary . Excitement fades to disillusionment , and so another piece of technology goes to gather dust on a storeroom shelf . This time , however , the sceptics are wrong . In the next decade , microcomputers will stimulate radical changes in every part of the educational system .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
, it 's the ideal thing ! Oh I 'm glad you 're enjoying it . Anyway , it 's very , very good news , he 's turned the corner I 've hit him over the head with the newspaper ! Yeah . Yeah , yeah .
Idiom: lick someone's boots (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They smell different , that 's all.’ ‘ They smell , Howard . They 're rude and indifferent , and when they 're not being rude and indifferent they 're licking your boots and telling you what they think you want to hear.’ ‘ Michael , I think a lot of this is really our fault … ’ ‘ Oh , bollocks !
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: yes)
Did they ? Yep I was , I was in the loo and erm they were , they went into the office and I could hear this rummaging of paper and I thought they 've got a club book , I did n't think any more of it , and when I came out they got , both of them out of the boxes . Ben had got erm a Mr garage thing and I Does he as well ?
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: no)
Four patients bled during the procedure . In three of them , bleeding was finally controlled during the same session . The fourth patient required local epinephrine injection in addition to repeated heater probe pulses and was considered a failure in the final statistical analysis . In four additional patients bleeding recurred after heater probe treatment and in one of them , with high surgical risk , successful control of haemorrhage was obtained in a second thermocoagulation session . The remaining three patients required operations .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Alert for scraps of anything edible , they congregate around the slaughterhouse or sewer outlets and they probably deserve their local name of ' stinker ' ! Like all the petrels , they are superb exponents of the art of gliding , and awe at their mastery in the air outweighed any doubt about their personal habits . The remains of several old sailing ships adorn the Stanley waterfront and on some of them rock shags nest along the side decks and in the hawse holes . Their behaviour is quite like that of our common shag , but they have a different diving motion , slipping under the water more in the manner of divers or grebes without any of the upward jump of our birds . Another noticeable bird of the shores is the flightless steamer duck .
Idiom: under the microscope (used idiomatically: yes)
Add small groups of the labelled embryos to these drops . Reduce the volume of the drops , remove the slide from the oil , drain it slightly and apply a glass coverslip . Wipe the slide free of oil and view under a fluorescence microscope fitted with an incident source and filters appropriate for the fluorochromes used . ( ii ) Indirect immunofluorescence . For this method use an unlabelled antibody as the first layer and proceed as in ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) above .
Idiom: serve someone right (used idiomatically: no)
‘ We would most certainly have noticed . I had forbidden it,’ he added unhappily . ‘ So , Mr Pegg , you placed these kidneys on the table , and they served themselves , right ? In two tureens . Who dished them out ?
Idiom: shrinking violet (used idiomatically: yes)
The course will cover all aspects related to a serious career in the music business . As you can imagine , they are expecting that the course is going to be a popular one and so would - be students are required to pass an audition . This can be done either in person or , for the shrinking violets among you , by submitting a cassette of your strums and widdles to : . STRING ‘ EM HIGH How often have you been lost for words when engaged in the ‘ what sort of strings do you use’ type of conversation with a newly acquired guitar playing chum you 're eager to impress ?
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
But the Horde have always had other off - duty characters and both Simon 's fascination with Bryan Ferry and their collective alternative identity as the Last Bandits get reintegrated into the fold with the two ballads , ' Over Here ' , and ' Friends In Time ' . Shock ! gasp ! horror ! — the Horde can actually subtly craft songs that are genuine ' classics ' and ' Friends In Time'gets well - nigh transcendent once Maria McKee starts whooping her way to heaven . But Maria 's presence actually begs a question since it 's the sole moment when a startling presence swoops out of the mix . Elsewhere the band choose what can only be called a hardcore bubblegum sound and by the time you get to the final furlong , this regularity means the fizz is starting to fade and you dearly want the guitars to twist and shout and sing . I 've nothing against their Ramones fixation .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
' Is it because she 's from a rich family and my brother 's only a mechanic ? ' Guido did not answer her . Instead , he did another trick with the steering - wheel , making her lurch forward again as they turned off the road , between a pair of high wrought - iron gates , and headed up a tree - lined gravel driveway towards a fabulous , sprawling , red - roofed villa . Ronni 's jaw dropped open . Was this where Guido Falcone lived ?
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1967 , a research group from Stanford ~ Medical ~ School ~ and ~ Caltech demonstrated the infectiousness of the genome of a bacterial virus called ΦΧ174 , whose DNA had been synthesized with an enzyme using the intact viral DNA as a template , or blueprint . That feat was hailed as " life in a test tube . In 2002 , a research group at the State ~ University ~ of ~ New ~ York , Stony ~ Brook , created a functional , infectious poliovirus solely from basic , off - the - shelf chemical building blocks.amp#160;Their only blueprint for engineering the genome was the known sequence of RNA ( which comprises the viral genome and is chemically very similar to DNA ) . Similar to the 1967 experiments , the infectious RNA was synthesized enzymatically . It was able to direct the synthesis of viral proteins in the absence of a natural template .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: no)
He did not think that the True People were the result of some genetic accident . More probably they were the original inhabitants of the planet , and had evolved until they were superior to the interlopers . Much of what Suragai had said suggested that all the races had been around for far longer than recorded history , but that was a possibility which had always been accepted . Only a fool assumed that the knowledge which was in his possession was the fullest extent of a man 's ability to know . Suragai was obviously relieved by Burun 's reaction .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
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 No well as well as an issue
Idiom: fall from grace (used idiomatically: yes)
She maintains that , when the president recruited her to support him against Mr Sharif , he promised to dissolve the assemblies . But instead of announcing free and fair elections to these powerful bodies , Mr Ishaq has occupied himself manipulating the most important of them , that in Punjab . No sooner had Mr Sharif fallen from grace than Manzoor Watoo , speaker of the assembly and an ally of the president 's , set about getting himself installed as chief minister . He told the assembly 's members that if they did not vote down the existing chief minister , a supporter of Mr Sharif 's , and put him in the post instead , the president would dissolve the assembly and they would all lose their jobs . Then he packed them off on a plane to Islamabad to meet the president .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Our soldiers had made the Normandy landings almost six months before , but the Axis was still very strong . We began to get worse and worse news from the Continent about Concentration Camps , for Jews and others , that were almost unbelievably brutal . Winston was picking a team of folk from all walks of life to see them as soon as they could . I began to make quite certain I could go to Fulmer Chase Maternity Hospital for the Wives of Service Men started by Mrs Clementine Churchill . Whether the Bedford health authorities did not like this , I shall not know , but they would give me no help at all .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
Just as demilitarized zones may serve the cause of preventive diplomacy and preventive deployment to avoid conflict , so may demilitarization assist in keeping the peace or in post - conflict peace - building , as a measure for heightening the sense of security and encouraging the parties to turn their energies to the work of peaceful restoration of their societies .
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He admitted in the end that he was suggesting the break for my sake , and I told him how I felt about that . We 're going to meet tomorrow after he 's been to the hospital and take a tram somewhere and talk . ’ She wiped her eyes . ‘ I know you think I 'm mad , Joe . If it was anyone else I 'd think so too .
Idiom: hold the line (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet he passes for a moderate within the fierce revolutionary council , the Dergue . His appointment as vice - president in April was intended to buy time . If the rebels were prudent they would hold the line where it is , and take advantage of the peace talks that the American State Department has by steady diplomacy arranged for them in London . But they are divided . The junta is dominated ( as Ethiopia has always been ) by men who speak Amharic .
Idiom: white hat (used idiomatically: no)
The woman wearing the blue and white uniform with a white and blue hat is keeping her mouth open and is near others who are dressed in the same fashion
Idiom: mend fences (used idiomatically: yes)
Then Clay and I rode out on horseback for a tour of the beautiful sage - covered landscape which seemed to stretch to Mexico . Days on a dude ranch — particularly after a night like that one — tend to be restful . You wo n't be asked to mend fences or brand steers , but you will have the chance to watch the ranch hands — the wranglers — at work ; go riding or walking , or take a drive into town for some shopping . One excellent option is an overnight pack ride , with camping equipment carried by mules . This is when you really get to sample sitting round the campfire at night with a bunch of the boys , a cup of coffee or ( more likely ) mug of bourbon in hand .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ She looked quite normal . She just nodded , walked past me and that was it . I did n't think twice about it.’ ‘ And you had no idea where she was going?’ The presenter stopped fingering the amber necklace she wore round her neck and crossed her arms .