Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: out of the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
' That 's the way I want him because we have a quiet bunch of lads who need bossing about . ' Birmingham 's first - choice goalkeeper Andy Gosney is currently out of action with a shoulder injury . Sealey has been kept out of the first team picture at Villa by Nigel Spink . SEALEY : Extrovert CLOSE SHAVE !
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Many licensed dealers have specialised in pushing shares in small companies . These are high - risk investments , a fact often not made clear on the telephone , not always on the contract note . The market in question is the over - the - counter ( OTC ) market . In the United Kingdom , as opposed to the United States , this remains a comparatively unregulated line of business , conducted through hectic but meticulously planned sales campaigns . Commission - paid salesmen sit or stand at their telephones calling punters and reading aloud their sales pitch : a sheet of paper on which is scrawled details of their investment proposition .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
However , longer Morse sequences yielded an advantage for the left ear , but only for the experienced operators . It was suggested that they were able to switch to using a more " holistic " processing mode which is the preferred mode of operation of the right hemisphere . As with other authors who have had recourse to the analytic versus holistic distinction ( Bever and Chiarello , 1974 ; Bever , Hurtig and Handel , 1976 ; Ross and Turkewitz , 1976 ; Gates and Bradshaw , 1977a ) this is a post - hoc explanation , not an experimental test of the notion that different cognitive strategies are characteristic of left and right hemispheres . Musical stimuli have been employed in a number of dichotic listening experiments . Kimura ( 1964 ) first reported an ear difference in the perception of dichotically presented melodies .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: no)
Rather hoary for a start - up , Mentalix has been through a couple of iterations beginning as a consultant and going on to develop scanner interfaces for the old Apollo workstation . A bootstrap operation , it attracted its first venture capital in August of 1990 , a $ 1.2 m investment from Sunwestern Investment Group . Looking to go public in the next year , it is now out for a $ 1 m second round to be used primarily for sales and marketing , efforts it 's yet to put its back into and needs a vice president of marketing and marketing and two sales people . However , its current product , a multiple still image windowing and manipulation tool called Pixel ! FX has been out for a while first on Sun Sparc 's and Hewett - Packard Co 9000/400s last December , then on DECstation 5000s and HP 700s in January and finally on IBM 6000s in July .
Idiom: larger than life (used idiomatically: yes)
She was a small , emaciated mouse who wore a perpetually martyred expression . She was often ill , and Hubert spared no effort to make her well again . He was an ebullient , larger than life denial of all that was Right : he chain - smoked and drank too much . He had discovered that you were allowed to be drunk in charge of a boat , so he pub - crawled on the river . ‘ It 's great,’ he said , ‘ to have an obsession — keeps me going!’
Idiom: hit a nerve (used idiomatically: yes)
In later , calmer moments , those conclusions which are not based on published research material need to be contested . There is a world of difference between research findings based on safe academic principles and methodology , and those produced with graphic literary phrases , but based upon anecdotal heresay , recorded by listeners blessed with total recall . This attack was repeated again in 1987 in the Federation magazine , for the report had obviously hit a very raw nerve . Its frenzied rejection was very different to that of the many projects listed in the Police Foundation or Home Office Registers of Research mentioned above , most of which are simply ignored and never ever receive any review . I believe the denial of the PSI report and the furore it caused occurred precisely because it managed to get beneath the surface of police culture to explore the deep structures of belief and to comment adversely about their influence on police activities .
Idiom: on the blink (used idiomatically: yes)
That enticing possibility is why they are bound to have a go . High - definition television On the blink PARIS QUEL chagrin .
Idiom: on the trot (used idiomatically: yes)
I m sure the lower divisions are better as the people doing the rating wo nt know much to have a ‘ feeling’ , and look at results — and get a more mathmatical figure . I ve seen the premier figures change by 2 points after one game . Do nt be suprised to see marks of 7 or 8 for Leeds this week — as all of a sudden its becoming well known that we ve won 5 on the trot — and pretty hard to ignore us . I agree … I m happy in some ways for us to be ignored .
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
About half - past eleven maybe.’ I suppose he 's right . Though it 's not the kind of thing should be second nature to a kid . I pay the cab , and the three of us squeeze into The Colleen Bawn . The noise is louder than at a dog track .
Idiom: cut corners (used idiomatically: yes)
He would now dry it in natron , before packing the cavities he had made with linen treated with myrrh and cassia ; the nostrils and eyes plugged with linen soaked in resin , and the hair dressed with as much care as for attendance at a royal wedding . The master embalmer had seven bodies laid out in various stages of the seventy - day preparation for eternity , and the open - ended hall where he worked was crowded . He had employed two extra assistants to keep the flies at bay , and he found he had to force himself not to hurry his craft , not to cut corners . His clients were rich and demanding , and all the more likely to notice a botched job . His hall was built on a north - to - south axis , so that the wind blew through it constantly , keeping the air fresh ; but the odours of the spices and scented oils he used were the only ones a visitor might smell .
Idiom: stick out like a sore thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
He shouldered his way towards Charles . ‘ How extraordinary and incongruous ! You stick out like a sore thumb in that ghastly uniform , Charles . What d you think you 're doing among officers of proper regiments?’ Several companions followed Peregrine through the congestion of officers and baggage .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Huge amounts of money are being pumped into research and development . In Japan , over US$ 800 million has already been spent with every major electronics firm having an involvement in some aspect of HDTV development . In the United States , three major research laboratories are working on HDTV around the clock . These include the David Sarnoff Research Laboratories in Princeton , Philips ' Laboratories in Briarcliff , New York and Zenith Laboratories in Glenview , Illinois . Even Korea has announced a US$ 200 million HDTV research programme .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
The two surviving second division clubs have been drawn together so either Meadowbank or Montrose will make the last four . Airdrie face St Mirren , Falkirk play Dunfermline and Ayr United drawn against Clydebank . A group of concerned Hearts supporters have tonight launched a campaign called Hands Off Tynecastle . Next Thursday 's club E.G.M will debate a plan for chairman Wallace Mercer to buy the ground and lease it back to the club . The presure group wants the e.g.m .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: yes)
The work of black and Third World feminists provides particularly clear examples of associative feminist challenges to psychology 's disciplinary boundaries . Although it is often not specifically psychological , such work deals with issues which psychologists , especially feminist psychologists , are interested in . Ladner 's ( 1979 ) account of young black girls growing up in US cities in the 1960s , for example , was written against conventional sociological accounts of pathological socialization in the black family , and within a black studies perspective . But its opposition to traditional psychological accounts of socialization , and its articulation , against white feminism , of a specific and positive role for the Afro - American family , leads it to be cited by many feminist psychologists , and the first edition of Williams 's ( 1979)Psychology of Women reader took it as the sole representative of psychological work about black women in the overdeveloped world . Ladner relates young black women 's subjectivities to the multiple , often conflicting forms of poverty and discrimination in the world they grow up in .
Idiom: pull the plug (used idiomatically: yes)
SINGAPORE – A year into the global financial crisis , several key central banks remain extraordinarily exposed to their countries ’ shaky private financial sectors . So far , the strategy of maintaining banking systems on feeding tubes of taxpayer - guaranteed short - term credit has made sense . But eventually central banks must pull the plug . Otherwise they will end up in intensive care themselves as credit losses overwhelm their balance sheets . The idea that the world ’s largest economies are merely facing a short - term panic looks increasingly strained .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
You 're listening to B B C Radio Oxford and Talking Sport , seventeen minutes past five is the score , and hopefully we 'll be going back to White Hart Lane shortly and catching up with some of the players . But now some reports on a couple of the other games this afternoon ; in the South Midland League Trophy ; Shenley and Lowton five , Oxford City two ; so the end of a long unbeaten run for Oxford City ; our reporter , John Shepherd . City 's unbeaten run went crashing down today when Shenley and Leyton put paid to their chances of further progress in the South Midland League 's Challenge Trophy . It looked from the start that they would preserve their record when they scored after five minutes from the kick off . From a free kick on the right , Chris Williams sent over the accurate ball for Steve Hodges to meet unchallenged and score at the far corner with his head .
Idiom: walk of life (used idiomatically: yes)
Eugene McGillicuddy . The aim of the group is to enable single Catholics in the 18–30 age range ( though we are not strict about these limits ) to come together from around the diocese and meet each other in a social context . Members come for all walks of life . We hope to provide support for those with the common ground of being single , young and Catholic in today 's Church and society . We are still developing as a group and learning as we go along .
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
Pre - inquiry meetings will be held on February 26 and 27 with the full inquiry starting on May 19 . Matters to be debated include the visual impact of the pylons , the implications for health and safety , local amenities and landscape value . THE man accused of trying to batter Coast to Coast walker Josephine Chandler to death walked free yesterday . Speaking after his acquittal , Darren Nichol described his time under suspicion as a ‘ dreadful ordeal’ . The packed public gallery at Teesside Crown Court erupted in a roar of approval as the jury foreman announced that Mr Nichol was not guilty of attempted murder .
Idiom: long in the tooth (used idiomatically: yes)
( Pause . ) She can not have changed . PEG : I 'm long in the tooth and short in the breath . How about a drink before dawn breaks ? ( Serious ) Nice to be together , is n't it ?
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: no)
The passage is concerned not only with objects of perception , but with the process of perceiving them ; the occurrence of first person pronouns ( over half of the personal pronouns are of this type ) is a symptom of this(37 ) On the other hand , Conrad avoids using verbs with a human agent . The " eye " , as if with a will of its own , becomes the subject - agent in " as far as the eye could reach " ( 1 ) , " My eye followed the light cloud " ( 6),"the only thing on which the eye could rest ( 4 ) . The only example of an agentive verb with a human subject is " I turned my head " ( 3 ) . Other verbs which could involve agency are deprived of their active meaning by being used in the passive participle form : abandoned , anchored ( 55 ) ; whereas stative verbs are quite frequent : resembling , looked , lie , shone , marked , etc ( 22 ) .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
' Are you sure it was murder ? ' Milton stayed calm . ' Well sir , I think we can rule out natural causes and I ca n't see how dynamite could accidentally get under a table , so unless he committed suicide in a way that endangered the lives of other people , I think we must assume it was murder . Do n't you agree ? ' ' Oh dear !
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: yes)
' I used to walk in Egypt , ' I said . Egypt . I could sense Lili turning her head to look at me , but the urge to talk , to confess , had left me as suddenly as it had come . ' How did Syl propose ? ' asked Lili . ' Did he go down on one knee , hand on heart ? '
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: yes)
But how quickly would the emperor 's old clothes fall from fashion when stripped of their conceptual trimmings ? ‘ We 're not very fashionable,’ he protests . ‘ If you put yourself in the position to be fashionable , then six months later everyone 's going to take the piss out of you . We 're not putting ourselves in that position — all we 're doing is selling music.’ There are no subliminal messages behind The Orb .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
She is helping him out cos he ai n't got a job . Well yeah . So you know she she said he gets it back in the long run . What a useless fairy he was . Who ?
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Details of the interviews and observations completed are given in Appendix 1 . ( b ) Data analysis It was part of the research design that data collection and data analysis should go hand in hand through a process of what has been called " retroduction " ( Ford , 1975 ; Best et al 1979 ) in which data analysis progressively focuses subsequent fieldwork . The evaluators selected particular areas of interest for analysis and these became the subjects of a number of working papers in which tentative models were constructed and explanations offered . These were then discussed at regular meetings in which subsequent data collection would be planned .
Idiom: in the bag (used idiomatically: yes)
Crossing for the last time that stretch of dusty plain which lay between Krishnapur and the railhead , the Collector experienced more strongly than ever before the vastness of India ; he realized then , because of the widening perspective , what a small affair the siege of Krishnapur had been , how unimportant , how devoid of significance . As they crept slowly forward over the plain his eyes searched for those tiny villages made of mud with their bamboo groves and their ponds ; and though the plain was perfectly flat the villages were somehow hidden in its folds , blending with it . When they paused near one of these villages to rest the horses the Collector remained in the carriage and watched the men drawing water from the well , drawing it up in a huge leather bag with the help of their bullocks , and he knew that the same two men and two bullocks would do this every day until the end of their lives . And this was the last impression the Collector had of India . When he thought of India in later years he would always see these two men and two bullocks and the leather bag flooding out its water as it settled on the ground .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Joint ownership of the future prosperity of the community and joint ownership of the future skills of the community . Ladies and gentlemen , it was a privilege to speak to you today . I hope I 've demonstrated that corporate support , individual support , government support , must go hand in hand . It 's not a question of what a company can do for a day centre , or what an environmental group can do for a business , it 's a question what we can all do together , for the community . Thank you very much .
Idiom: all over the shop (used idiomatically: yes)
It was , for all that , quite a struggle for Ballesteros before he at last got his game together over the closing holes for a halfway total of 143 , two ahead of Olazabal , who was one over par for the 36 holes . Ballesteros had birdies at each of the two opening holes and three in his last four for his 68 . In between he was , for much of the time , all over the shop , scrambling pars more than hunting birdies . A dreadful second shot from the perfect position in the middle of the 10th fairway had to be retrieved with a deft bunker shot ; he was deep in the trees at the 11th , where he took five , and bunkered at the 12th , though again at no cost to him . A possible chance of an eagle , or certainly a birdie , went begging at the 13th , where he took three to get down from nowhere but from then on he became a different player .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
You plot along at a steady crawl wondering if you 'll ever reach that far - off doorway , let go of the joystick as soon as you get there , then promptly take another pace ! Is the floor slippery , or what ? As a technical achievement Castle Master is a work of art , but at the end of the day you either like Freescape games or you do n't If you 're into this sort of thing , check it out — it 's the best yet ! If you 're not , it wo n't win you over . Ian ! 79 %
Idiom: put your best foot forward (used idiomatically: yes)
' And I 'm going to sue Parson Marr for that hole what he left open . ' Deaconess Tilley laughed heartily . ' Put your best foot forward did you ? ' ' You 've a right to expect better of the Church than that , ' said Mrs Yaxlee self - righteously . She liked a good blame and saw great possibilities in this one .
Idiom: out of the blue (used idiomatically: yes)
There was no real communication , although surprisingly few people were aware of the fact Perhaps one of the worst moments in a group is described by H.K.B. , an excellent speechreader . When you are with a group of people and someone decides to be kind and ‘ bring you in’ , out of the blue you will be told ‘ We are talking about … ’ which could be anything ranging from the Prime Minister 's latest speech or last night 's TV programme to the odd behaviour of the woman next door . At this point you have got to say something interesting or else the conversation will pass on and leave you isolated once more . Grab your chance : explain what it is like to be confronted with a subject without any preparation .
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
This is why so many women who have battled to ‘ be their own person’ live in fear of falling in love and losing their individuality . I have battled with the feeling myself . What happens when ‘ he’ moves in and I ca n't work at all hours , ca n't eat when I like , ca n't take a bath any time I like , when he insists that I visit his relatives ? What would happen if I loved him more than he loved me , and if he were to cheat on me one day ? Have you forgotten ( the little voice keeps nagging me ) those awful days of waiting by a phone for the call that never comes , the ignoble feelings of intense jealousy which accompany sexual passion , the hurt , the rows , the roller - coaster ride of emotions ?
Idiom: come of age (used idiomatically: yes)
With the onset of responsible adulthood , hero - worship curdles to sour disappointment . Ronan 's portrayal of a faintly mad Irish family is just barbed enough to stay on the tougher side of sentimental , his narrative of a friendship 's slow demise uncomfortably convincing . THE SECOND novel from the physicist - poet Jonathan Treitel is another coming - of - age work . The eponymous narrator of Emma Smart is a child - prodigy mathematician , now an awkwardly virginal 21 , who learns maturing things about the unpredictable world beyond the cloisters of pure maths during a sabbatical in Manhattan . Through the agency of a handsome admirer from her Cambridge days , she is increasingly drawn into the sphere of a dying emigre genius , gobbets of whose tersely enigmatic fiction are interspersed with her narrative .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
The first display will be on the work of the Catalan designer Javier Mariscal , who conceived the corporate identity of the Barcelona Olympics . Six new publications focusing on various aspects of the new gallery will appear next year , written by members of the museum staff . U.S. museums off the hook NEW YORK . After a four - year battle , American museums have forced the US Financial Accounting Standards Board ( FASB ) to abandon its request that museums record their collections on their balance sheets as monetary assets ( known as capitalising ) .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
She was shaking all over . He must be able to feel it . The mortifying thought occurred to her that he was playing games , that he somehow had telepathic powers and could read every angry , frightened , confused , cowardly thought scurrying through her brain … ‘ In that case , it must be possible to be violently attracted to someone on sight . Do you think?’
Idiom: fly the flag (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . And she was saying how well my granddaughter was getting along in the University . She has just this last year to go and er we hope for her sake everything goes well for her because she 's brilliant , and as you see I have to fly the flag for her because she 's Yeah . she 's so Americanized you see ?
Idiom: cheek by jowl (used idiomatically: yes)
While other Welsh industries , particularly coal mining and steel production , have declined , devastating the villages that grew up to service them . The soaring market for roof slates , helped by a return to traditional architecture and materials , has come just in time . The village of Bethesda , four miles from Bangor , has grown cheek - by - jowl with its slate quarry over two centuries . Penrhyn is now the largest quarry in the world , and 30,000 tonnes of rock a week are gouged out of the Carneddi mountains — 6 per cent of the world 's slate output . Yet five years ago , the quarry faced closure .
Idiom: out of sorts (used idiomatically: no)
When I was talking to him I asked him what changes he saw taking place in the computing world . Well , I think we all know the answer to that — it 's called micros — chips with everything . And we 're seeing a situation in which computers are now moving out of the sort of Delphic Oracle there where they were behind glass doors and you could go and look at them and there were huge whirring wheels and whatnot . They are moving out onto people 's desks and almost into Woolworths . I think Currys are now into the micro marketing game and that , I think , says a lot about availability .
Idiom: out of sorts (used idiomatically: yes)
She was finding him unimpressive . A stocky , stubby man . His hair , cut short , was flattened here and there , like an animal 's fur when it is out of sorts . A stale breath came from him , sour , disordered , which was not only because he might have drunk too much . He should be watching his weight .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
' Although he has been bad - mouthed and rubbished by lots of the women he has slept with , he never says anything about them , which I suppose is quite admirable . ' There were red faces when halfway through an interview it was noticed that veteran Hal Roach , who produced the Laurel and Hardy movies , had not buttoned up his trousers properly . ' I got a women member of the production team to have a discreet word with his wife . She immediately sprang to her feet and shouted at the top of her voice : ' HEY HAL . YOUR GODDAMN FLIES ARE UNDONE ! ''