Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: up to scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
The body is made from a single piece of mahogany with a very authentic , Gibson - like cherry finish . The neck is mahogany with a very fine rosewood fingerboard . Fretwork is well up to scratch and the nut is made from a substance which Hamer refer to as ‘ Lubritrak resin ' . Doubtless a sort of graphite derivative , it should ensure that tuning stays smooth and ping free . The tuners are , once again , Hamer 's own but this time finished in chrome , as is the tune - o - matic style bridge and tailpiece .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Now , the constitution as it " really " is , as it is said to be , and as it is said it should be , only really line up in times of political ( and therefore constitutional ) stability when there is agreement on clear and simple constitutional fundamentals . In times of political crisis and upheaval , political and governmental practice ( what " really " happens ) and established constitutional theory ( what the authorities say should happen ) are likely to be out of step and there are severe limits as to what the constitutional theorists can do to shape behaviour . With political change , the established constitutional authorities find themselves in a situation where they are forced to come to terms with new and emerging patterns of political power and practice that are outside ( but pressing in on ) the established constitution that is supposedly made sense of through their theories . Politics is fluid . It is ill - contained within established structures and processes .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Oh , do n't be so ridiculous ! That was n't why I wanted you to let him go ! How you do love to jump to conclusions —’ ‘ I jump to conclusions,’ he interrupted incredulously . Ignoring that , she continued crossly , ‘ I wanted you to let him go because I did n't in the least fancy the idea of visiting you in jail !
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm really , really bored so I just thought seeing as I 'm on my own I 'd just tell you some slang erm for teenage languages . There 's words like chief , wad , dude they all mean you 're an idiot , a joker or a means , like , you make a fool of yourself a lot . Your arms , you 're dark and you 're out of order erm Alright , Kel ? missed you . Oh Josie did you want me ?
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
HAPPINESS is a conditioned reflex that comes from the right thoughts . Pavlov could train his dogs in a matter of weeks or months to be stimulated by a signal . An apple tree heeds to be sown , weeded , grafted and pruned and then only after a number of years will it bear fruit . Similarly the human being can attain happiness , but it will only be after many years that this fruit of the human mind will be tasted . There are several kinds of thoughts .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
We will put a duty on local councils to work in partnership with the police and the community to prevent crime . ‘ Labour will increase police numbers and put more officers on the beat . At the moment they are tackling record crime rates with one hand tied behind their back . ‘ It 's time for a Government that will take action to prevent crime rather than just talk tough about sentencing while starving the police of the resources they need.’ Conservative candidate Michael Fallon said if the Labour party was serious about tackling crime it would not be opposing proposals to toughen up bail .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
The United States accepted a cosmetic increase in the price of gold following European insistence that it must be seen to devalue . But nobody seriously proposed the convertibility of the dollar into gold . Indeed , it was out of the question given the dollar 's enfeebled position . The events of that year , combining as they did an enormous outflow of dollars ( the overall deficit for 1971 of $ 30 billion exceeded by 70 per cent the cumulative total for the previous ten years ) with considerable ‘ cashing in’ of dollars for gold in the weeks preceding the suspension of convertibility , reduced massively the extent of potential gold backing for the dollar . At the beginning of 1971 US gold reserves had been sufficient to cover 32 per cent of foreign dollar holdings .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Codice of Chimeria killed the last one two hundred years ago . I do n't know what we 're seeing , but they are n't dragons.’ ‘ But they carried us up in the air ! In that hall there must have been hundreds—’ ‘ I expect it was just magic,’ said Hrun , dismissively .
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
RULES 1 . Entries must be on the back of a postcard or envelope no bigger than 5 in × 6 in . 2 . Entries are limited to one per person .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
you take it out their bank accounts , you , that 's the only way you can do it , we do n't give them pocket money , that 's the only way you can do it , That 's the way that mum and dad With all these phone calls , we 're out of pocket See we 've got four phones in our house and it does add up Oh I believe
Idiom: dressed to the nines (used idiomatically: yes)
The weather , too , attracts a different kind of tourist . The region 's intense greenness is the giveaway that it often rains . But generally the climate is comfortably warm — ideal for small children and perfect for the Spanish ritual of the paseo , the evening parade when grandmothers , mothers and their offspring , dressed up to the nines , ride their bikes , push prams , sip coffee , choose ice - creams , and gossip like a noisy flock of birds settling down before bedtime . This phenomenon can best be observed in Santander , that most elegant of ferry ports . It has a leisurely , turn - of - the - century ambience , in which strolling in the many green parks , sitting in one of the string of cafés along the Paseo de Pereda , or shopping in the strikingly smart shops a few streets back , are the best ways to spend the day .
Idiom: stand the test of time (used idiomatically: yes)
Is an unbiased reappraisal of the concept of treatment by similars long overdue ? This approach to treatment , strong in the nineteenth century and all but eclipsed in the twentieth , is still waiting in the wings . Its therapies have stood the test of time and are as effective today as they were two hundred years ago . The remedies of the homoeopathic materia medica have not , as has happened to their orthodox counterparts , had to be abandoned , as one after another they have lost their efficacy or have been shown to be too toxic to be used safely . The tide is beginning to turn back to a gentler , safer and more effective approach to the treatment of ill - health and disease .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
He had left as soon as he could , leaving Joe to consume half a bottle of whisky whole he raced through the backstreets , slowing to a walk only when he spotted someone approaching . He was propositioned twice by ragged and wretched young women in the alleyways and a drunk rising up from a pile of papers frightened him into shouting aloud . He was delighted to find the house still a blaze of light ; that meant the part was still in full swing , which meant Gerard would be busy … and that meant that he should be able to creep in through the kitchen door . He moved around to the back of the house , and then ducked in to the laneway that ran behind it . Taking a deep breath , he than walked slowly and sedately down one side of the lane , keeping to the shadows , praying that none of the neighbours would report a suspicious man creeping along the back of the houses .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
They have become a prime target for teenage joyriders who often set fire to stolen cars when they have finished with them . Insurers want car manufacturers to fit improved security measures to reduce the incidence of theft . Matters have come to a head with the publication of a new and more detailed insurance group rating system which insurers say will enable them to pinpoint the higher risk models more accurately . But the manufacturers claim that the insurers are still using a blanket approach which does not take full account of differences between models , and improvements they have introduced . Vauxhall and Peugeot are offering £ 500 ‘ cash back’ vouchers to buyers of their top hot hatches as a contribution towards the cost of insurance , on top of discounts customers can negotiate with the dealer .
Idiom: every last (used idiomatically: yes)
A long time ago , Frankie had tried to give one of the worm - cakes to Rosie while Smallfry 's back was turned . The big dog had snapped it from his fingers eagerly enough , but after rolling it around in her mouth a few times she spat it to the floor and pawed at it , growling and sniffing her distaste . Infuriated by what she called the actions of a wicked little sneak , Smallfry had forced him to eat every last crumb of the cake without allowing him to clean the dirt and animal saliva from its surface . He had feared he might choke when she stuffed chunks of it into his mouth and held him down , her hand sealing his lips , until he swallowed . Only her own determination had prevented him from vomiting it back .
Idiom: toe the line (used idiomatically: yes)
We have much to bless and indeed warmly remember him for . John Heddle . MP toed the line : . THE record of John Heddle showed the Conservative MP for Mid - Staffordshire as accident - prone , impulsive and self - promotional rather than self - destructive . If the archetypal Tory of the 1979 intake was a rent - a - quote property dealer who backed Mrs Thatcher to the death and the death penalty to the hilt , Mr Heddle can be called a sad loss to the Two Nations Tendency .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah sure , I Is that okay ? Yeah no problem I 'll see Peter at work , I 'll , I 'll , I 'll pr er I will mention to him about it cos I was very impressed with , yes certainly I 'll mention it to him and er Alan , if he 's , if there 's a game on Saturday yes I 'll , I 'll I could mention it to him . Oh that 's great . And if you 're er with you intending to ring them you know it 's er
Idiom: get wind of (used idiomatically: yes)
you 're just paying out that amount of money and suddenly in one goes ' a big , bi , like quite a shock . And you might like , on paper , have the money like , by the end of the like , year or whatever but paying it out in one go or Well the thing is they 're not gon na get any wind of erm what so he 's gon na get sacked . Gone into erm money . And that way , any interest on erm it becomes tax free .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: yes)
The best way of learning certain ‘ lessons’ is to be asked to teach them to someone else . This is why the responsibility of ( say ) looking after a small brother or sister is so valuable in enhancing the social awareness and maturity of the older boy or girl who is doing the substitute parenting . A teenager who feels she has a share in making family policies is far more likely to accept the need to give and take , balancing her wants and needs with those of her parents . She is far more likely to obey the rules if you discuss them with her , so that she knows why you make them . Guideline 23 : Include your teenager in family discussions .
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
A lot of creative people 's time will have been wasted if the programme does n't go out . We could all equally well have been doing something else with those months of our lives , such as making a programme for Thames or decorating our front rooms . The desire not to make waves is a particularly depressing and insipid form of self - censorship . I have come across it on the American networks , where all script conferences are attended by a legal - looking chap whose only contribution is to say’ We do not want to offend any groups’from time to time . By’ groups’he means not only ethnic persons but anyone who might cause trouble .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
It is ironical that one of the most beneficial developments of the war years , the Representation of the People Act of 1918 , should have occasioned so much party opposition . Consideration of the franchise bad followed Unionist demands for votes for servicemen , and a Speaker 's Conference was set up in 1916 , with the Unionist members led by Sir William Bull and Sir Harry Samuel . It seems that a deal was hatched behind the closed doors of the Conference , by which Unionists accepted a widening of the franchise to include all men and some women , in return for a Liberal agreement to accept some plural votes and a complete redistribution of seats . Liberals had argued for a wider franchise for years and Unionists had demanded a redistribution , so both sides got something of what they wanted and proportional representation was thrown in with the present mood of Labour in mind , so that the anti - socialist parties would be able to consolidate their position if necessary . Unionist reactions to these proposals , published and embodied in the Representation of the People Bill early in 1917 , were very hostile indeed ; it seemed a reckless step to give the biggest ever increase in the franchise in the midst of a major war , to throw away some of the plural votes on which the party had relied , and to receive in return a redistribution that could bring almost anything .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
you know , at the time . Yeah . And you can see like like there can you see straight in front of you there 's a worn patch on the carpet , but there 's er been a li a bit of a leak at some stage . Oh right , I see . There 's one there .
Idiom: tilt at windmills (used idiomatically: yes)
The others reorganized their lives . They became part of the development game . Commitment and dedication remained , but tilting at windmills had to stop . So radicalism had to be watered down . Lifestyles remained simple but identification with the masses was impossible if kids had to get a decent education .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
But the man the players were all looking over their shoulders at was British Open champion Nick Faldo . He rattled up three birdies on the final holes , to move into Palmer 's shadow with a four under - par 67 . Even so , the day belonged to Way , who , after two Ryder Cup appearances , got lost on his way to the top . Way , watching Faldo 's charge , told about his horror story which began on the eve of the Swiss Open . He tried to use the top of a door frame to stretch his aching back .
Idiom: no rest for the wicked (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Unlikely , is n't it?’ he said . ‘ He must have read his name in the German papers , unless he 's crackers . Well , I must go , no rest for the wicked . And remember - not too much talking.’ ‘ Walls have ears,’ piped up a white - haired old lady .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
It is important that we accept our errors . However , we do n't have to beat ourselves up about it when we are criticized . If you get stuck in submissiveness you will often seek forgiveness and try endlessly to make up for what you have done ! Aggressive people , on the other hand , may deny the error and argue or criticize back in order to take the attention away from themselves . In both cases you will not feel good about the conversation .
Idiom: face the music (used idiomatically: yes)
It is not going to be anyone high up from Grand Met.’ Darlington MP Michael Fallon said he welcomed the roadshow . ‘ It is time they showed up and faced the music,’ he said . THE COST of redeveloping a dilapidated shopping arcade into flats could spiral out of control , a councillor has warned . Two Castles Housing Association is working on plans to build a block of flats on the Court Arcade site in Darlington 's town centre .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: no)
Its only scourge — heavy lorries — rumbling through its streets , polluting the environment and damaging historic buildings . The county council 's already provided an advisory route directing lorries away from the town centre — now it 's going one step further , banning all vehicles weighing more than seven and a half tonnes . The council grew so tired of lorries cutting this corner short and hitting the casement of the listed building next to it that it had to build a specially high kerb . For councillor Gerald Furtado , a veteran campaigner for the lorry ban , it 's just one of the trouble - spots . Now Mr Furtado wants similar bans along the B - Four - Six - Three - Two , relieving the neighbouring villages of Willersey , Weston - sub - Edge and Mickleton .
Idiom: run a mile (used idiomatically: no)
Availability was targeted at 85 per cent , a quantum leap from the 70–75 per cent being achieved at most BR DMU depots up until then , and typical of the radical thinking which accompanied Provincial 's second director , John Edmonds . High-density seating with many rows fixed in face-to-back mode , together with much more standing room , enabled trains which had previously been formed of three old DMU vehicles to be scheduled for two Sprinter vehicles . Large tanks permitted the Sprinters to run longer ( up to 1,000 miles ) between the need to refuel , and maintenance visits to home depots were reduced from the two or three times weekly of older DMUs to fortnightly . Thus was it possible for one new Sprinter vehicle to replace at least two old DMU coaches . In service the targets were beaten from day one .
Idiom: on the money (used idiomatically: yes)
Derby manager Harry Storer swanked in those days : ' I have a team of bastards — and I 'm the biggest bastard of them all . ' The high jump record of the Sixties was broken every time Cliff Huxford went into merciless action for Southampton . When Eddie Clamp played for Wolves and England , stretcher - bearers were on appearance money . Tommy Banks and Roy Hartle reigned through eight years of terror at Bolton under the slogan : ' We gives 'em gravel - rash ! ' They once warned the great Tom Finney : ' Any hankypanky , Tommy , and tha ' goes on the track . '
Idiom: chuck it down (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's just by where your friend lives . lived in that house there and it was three shillings a week , I think it was , two up and two down . One biggish living room and a little back kitchen with no water and no sanitation and if you wanted to dispose of your water you 'd have to take it out on the roadside and chuck it down the main drain . And you used to have to fetch your water from the pump 's head , just round the corner , outside toilets , we used to have to go about fifty yards to use the toilet . And then you 'd share it with somebody else on the same row .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
Then a decent dinner . The food is fabulous . ' It was only a short distance and Paula spotted the Colombi as they turned a corner . Quite suddenly Tweed pulled in at the kerb before they reached the hotel . Leaving the engine running he drummed his fingers on the wheel .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
Bill O'Farrell , the party 's agent , had achieved over the years something of the status of a retainer . He had certainly been paid one by Grunte over and above his salary , which was met by the local Tory Association . He was unmarried , wore cavalry twill trousers and a ' RAFF ' tie , and was a Warwickshire drinking companion of Grunte 's . Grunte put him down as 16/20 . Carole Swan was a very different matter , the mother of the bruised Grace and wife of the outraged David , once Mayor of the Borough .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: no)
More immediately , it meant that , as a matter of self - respect , nearly all the remaining territories of the former empire , as they successively became independent , were bound to become independent as republics . In order that the element of farce might not be missing , it was recognised that the old trick with the Irish Free State and the King Emperor was now obsolete . Rather however than acknowledge that the Irish state , which refused any longer to play the Commonwealth game and declared itself a republic , was therefore a foreign country , Britain proceeded to divide the world not as hitherto into two portions — British subjects and aliens — but into three — British subjects , aliens and Irish . By a crowning touch of irony , the last - mentioned were still to be treated in the United Kingdom as equivalent to British subjects . The unitary monarchy , though itself ( as I have argued ) fictitious , on which the Statute of Westminster had insisted in 1931 , had now vanished .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
Not a savage nor a shopkeeper to be seen on this windy , sunny afternoon , great clouds pillowing across the sky . Across the scrubby ground past the Nissen huts runs a main road , with a bus service to Stonehaven on the A94 , where it would again pick up the A92 . Warm scents rose from a honeysuckle hedge at Monboddo , the much - changed home of a man who , according to Sir Walter Scott , went out at night with a candle to inspect his turnips growing in the fields ; who , hating to sit behind a horse 's backside , would not travel in a carriage and therefore — he was in his eighties — rode to London on horseback ; who took a cold bath every day and damaged his children 's health by insisting they did the same ; and who , when in residence at Edinburgh , gave dinner parties at which his wine - flagons were wreathed in garlands of roses . ' We came somewhat late to Aberdeen , ' wrote Johnson , ' and found the inn so full , that we had some difficulty in obtaining admission , till Mr Boswell made himself known . His name overpowered all objection , and we found a very good house and civil treatment . '
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
This is , they say , a bit inconvenient as they have to meet their girlfriends in the Charles Hawtrey Patio at the Duck and Forceps at midday . It seems they are then off to Birmingham for a Dire Straits concert . Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . It 's skiffle or football.’ We are now two players short and I am going to struggle to find eleven men .
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
With its seemingly endless capacity for dealing surprises , the penis might be one of nature 's cruellest jokes I often find myself wondering how something that looks so simple and straightforward manages to cause its owner so many headaches . On the face of it , the penis could not be more uncomplicated and our demands on it could not be more reasonable . It consists of three parallel cylinders of spongy tissue enclosed in an outer sheath of elastic skin and all we ask is that it stiffens on demand and performs its time - honoured functions without complaint . The problem lies in the fact that the penis has a life and a mind all of its own .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
He pulled a lot of weight at Fox , so they went along with his demand for changes . He had a number of scenes reshot because he did n't like the way he looked in the original scenes , and by the time he had finished hacking up the picture , it was a complete mess . Actors from either side of the Atlantic have often found themselves at loggerheads . Kenneth More told me of the unfortunate happenings on the set of The Mercenaries which he made in 1966 in Jamaica with Hollywood star ( though Australian born ) Rod Taylor and American football star Jim Brown . Rod Taylor proudly told me , ‘ I had Johnny Mills in my last film.’