Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: turn heads (used idiomatically: no)
Jezrael let go and dodged weakly beneath the first one . Frost was beginning to whiten the ground beyond the rustling greenhouses outside Placerco , but the underground thermal grids laid a net of darker squares across the fields . She stole a glance from her future and turned her head . Behind them torches were bobbing through the night . Ember pivoted , gun well out from his side .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Solid modelling thus allows the domain handling approach to be extended from the initial gross object definition level right down to the elemental description of local geometry by use of primitives . The same basic processes can be applied throughout , with the final level of operation chosen automatically by the bounding requirements of the specified investigation . Using this procedure , the problem of establishing whether the pin fits in a hole in a block can be resolved . First the intersecting domain between the two objects is calculated . This domain then yields the primitives of both models that can relate .
Idiom: make a go of (used idiomatically: yes)
What comes out of those films is his willingness to do films . The British film industry was in a melting - pot — thrashing about , often vigorously . But curious growths appeared : Green Grow The Rushes ( 1951 ) was the film technicians ' union 's attempt to make a go of it . Burton joined in what was a disaster . Waterfront ( 1950 ) had a certain social realist clout and his reviews were not bad .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: yes)
And then once the war was over people wanted to forget . But I ca n't . Rose whipped the sleeves of the shirt behind its back , folded them like double - jointed elbows , bent the shirt in two , and gave it a final press on top . I was expecting a baby at the time . I went into labour early .
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: no)
It was good to be alive . He unlocked his car door , opened it , slid with difficulty behind the wheel , closed the door . A dozen yards away a burly young man , wearing a pale blue shirt , denim trousers and with his goggles adjusted , perched on his moped leant against the kerb . A canvas satchel looped round his neck sagged against his chest . Sacher turned the ignition key , began to drive slowly away .
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
But they do reveal a great deal of information about how the torture sessions unfolded and how the agents involved perceived them . What is most striking is the discovery of niggling little rules , outlined in CIA manuals and co - opted by the government ’s legal executives . One would have thought that torture was the result of blunders or unintentional excesses committed on the spur of the moment . On the contrary , these memos make clear that torture was a tactic formulated in minute detail . In the Bush administration ’s “ guidelines , ” torture can be divided into three categories , of varying levels of intensity : “ baseline ” ( nudity , dietary manipulation , sleep deprivation ) ; “ corrective ” ( hitting ) ; and “ coercive ” ( water - dousing , box confinement , water - boarding ) .
Idiom: on the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm not necessarily advocating playing Sterland , but saying all he could do was tackle and shoot is being unfair . 1 . He always looks comfortable on the ball . In attack or defence and his distributuion is very good . Reads the game well , makes many timely interventions on the far post in defence .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: yes)
' I ran away , ' said Rachaela . ' To buy this jumper . ' ' You should have told us you were so eager to go to the town . ' ' I was eager to go to London . ' ' Such a long way .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
Clough named in soccer ‘ pay - off’ FORMER Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough was accused yesterday of liking a personal pay - off to help transfer deals go through . The claim was made by Tottenham Hotspur chief Alan Sugar who told the High Court about soccer 's behind the scenes transfer market wheeling and dealing and alleged that former Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough liked a ‘ bung’ a personal payment . The allegations came as Spurs chairman Sugar met the club 's chief executive Terry Venables in court in the latest round of their battle for control of the club . It was in an affidavit from Sugar booed and hissed at by fans as he entered court that Martin Mann QC , for Venables , named Clough .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
It was witnessed by a number of people , so I know it 's true . Celia saved Mary , and Celia could n't swim . Celia , bless her , made light of it , said it was n't deep . Can you imagine how I felt ? My only child — I 'd been advised to have no more — and Celia saved her life .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
And as the retail trade knows all too well , there is a surplus of goods that we have n't the purchasing power to acquire . The paradox is that ‘ poor communities are full of people with skills and energy to sell , and no one is buying’ . If you go back far enough , of course , all our ancestors lived in basic subsistence economies where cash never changed hands . The price of prosperity is that , even to be poor , you must have access to cash for essential serv - ices and taxes . The British introd - uced the poll tax to colonial Kenya precisely to drive self - sufficient villagers into the plantation economy to earn the real money to pay it .
Idiom: do someone's head in (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm gon na try a bit of your bread . they 're really funny and finicky about a lot of things , you know ? It does my head in . And basically they ha and the other thing , right , I found out what they had for dinner the other night right ? We had jacket potatoes right , which is literally mouldy and baked hard so you 'd get about out of a jacket potato you 'd probably get about that much potato and the rest is just skin and mould and hardness quiche which is just like processed cheese and processed eggs and everything you can imagine just total packet mix
Idiom: sleight of hand (used idiomatically: yes)
One result was the triumphant expansion of some charitable organizations , which rejoiced both at their new - found importance and at the Government 's munificence . Another was the transformation of many such bodies , already heavily subsidized from public funds , into de facto agencies of the state , which financed them and indirectly determined their policy . Nowhere was the impact of this clumsy sleight of hand more evident than in the inner cities , where voluntary organizations had been most active , and where the Government was most anxious for them to mop up unemployment . However , the later withdrawal of government support , with the scrapping of the Community Programme as unemployment receded , left many of these voluntary organizations high and dry . The National Council for Voluntary Organizations ( NCVO ) has suggested from a recent survey that around 3,000 projects had been affected and had lost £ 285 million in funding ( MacGregor , 1990 ) .
Idiom: let sleeping dogs lie (used idiomatically: yes)
Not altogether to his surprise , Edna seemed to have feelings very similar to his own about the matter . ‘ I do n't think Mrs Markham would like it , Doctor . Would n't it be better to let sleeping dogs lie?’ So Edna acknowledged that there were sleeping dogs , did she ? Perhaps Adams was more astute than he gave him credit for .
Idiom: cut a rug (used idiomatically: yes)
But we did n't want to cause embarrassment — after all , they had just been awarded a ' Proddy ' award for services to dogs ! Hearing Les Crawley 's Trio perform was a highlight . Never mind the name was shared with Sussex 's biggest , baddest inland town ; the jazz was hotter than the scorching asparagus soup , and many cut the rug until closing . Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point - blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . Shell - shocked , we stood in silence .
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
The subsequent economic ruin forced Mao to rein in the ‘ Great Leap’ radical experiments in social engineering . And , as Mao 's reputation slipped , so too did Chen 's . In 1966 , however , when Mao began his dramatic bid for absolute power , using young Red Guards to discredit and persecute his old rivals within the party , Chen again rose to the occasion , acting as a mouthpiece for Mao 's increasingly scrambled thoughts and policies . Chen is even said to have written , or at least supervised at Mao 's behest , the Cultural Revolution 's best - known tract — an hysterical call to arms against ‘ counter - revolutionaries’ printed in the People 's Daily in April 1966 under the title ‘ Sweep away all ghosts and monsters.’ To carry out a wholesale purge of the party apparatus , Mao appointed Chen as head of the Cultural Revolution Group , a kitchen cabinet of loyal disciples , including Mao 's wife Jiang Qing , that was to lead the assault on the party hierarchy .
Idiom: man of god (used idiomatically: yes)
His resignation arose not so much because an audience was to be debarred from geology , as because women were to be debarred from the audience . Women were in the audience when T. H. Huxley and Bishop Wilberforce had their encounter at Oxford in 1860 . One fainted , according to some reports , and had to be carried out — so tremendous had been the spectacle of a man of God slain by a man of science . The bishop had asked whether Huxley would prefer to think of himself descended from an ape on his grandfather 's or his grandmother 's side , thereby touching the sensitive nerve of female ancestry . Huxley 's retort that he would rather have an ape for an ancestor than a bishop — or words to that effect — has come to symbolize not merely the conflict between Darwinism and the Bible but the victory of science over religion .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: no)
Considering the descriptions condition first , analysis of variance with two within - subjects factors , junction risk and exemplar risk , shows that there is a significant main effect of junction risk , F(1,9)=195.21 , p<0.01 . There is also a main effect of exemplar risk , F(2,18)=16.66 , p<0.01 and an interaction between junction and exemplar , F(2,18)=18.98 , p<0.01 . Post hoc multiple comparisons using the Newman - Keuls procedure ( from Winer 1971 , p.442 ) show that the difference between high and low risk junctions is significant , p<0.01 , at all three levels of exemplar risk . The fact that risky junctions contain generally more information than less risky ones is consistent with earlier findings . Study 1 demonstrated that risk ratings were positively correlated with the time spent at a junction and the number of vehicles visible at a junction .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
DeVore smiled , pleased that Lehmann had seen it . ‘ I could have beaten him . Not at first , maybe , but from the third game on . There 's a pattern to his game . So with these Americans .
Idiom: bugger all (used idiomatically: no)
Yanto smiled bid Knocker good night , and walked out into the cool night air . As he walked through the yard he heard Renee 's shrill voice . ‘ Them buggers all gone yet?’ JULIE Julie Murchison stood on the platform of Berkeley railway station and gazed around .
Idiom: on the hoof (used idiomatically: yes)
The twelfth abbot , according to the guidebook , was the subject of complaints to the Pope , that he had treated his flock , ‘ not like a gentle shepherd , but like a ravening wolf , harrying it ‘ with the stings of affliction , and the bites of persecution’ , bestowing its property upon his kinsfolk and driving from the monastery those who dared to oppose him ' . How it rained in Arbroath ; trying to see through curtains of falling water makes a nonsense of note - taking . Yet , Boswell must have written on the hoof , and in fat detail — a diligence requiring either unstoppable ambition , and an almost morbid discipline — or both . The Life of Johnson makes plain how Boswell had been staking out the ground since their early acquaintance , making notes immediately after each meeting of what he himself was eventually to ‘ consider the peculiar value’ of the Life , ‘ that is , the quantity it contains of Johnson 's conversation’ . In September 1764 , eighteen months after they first met , Boswell told Johnson in a letter from Saxony , ‘ It shall be my study to do what I can to render your life happy ; and , if you die before me , I shall endeavour to do honour to your memory.’
Idiom: on the face of it (used idiomatically: yes)
This may be one of the reasons why Gandhi has no difficulty in describing himself as an Advaitin or non - Dualist , though to what extent it is accurate to regard Gandhi as an Advaitin is another matter . But his claim to be able to represent the three major philosophical schools of the Vedānta does not prevent him from regarding Truth ( Satya ) as the most correct and most fully significant term that could be used for God . On the face of it the statement ' God is Truth ' seems to imply that Truth is an attribute or description of God , and in the first instance Gandhi was content to allow the phrase to be used in this way although it did not accurately reflect his position . Later , however , he came to realize that it was more accurate for him to say Truth is God than it was to say God is Truth . That is , he considered the term God to be an appellation for Truth rather than the term Truth to be a description or attribute of God .
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: no)
A draw with Hibs on Saturday kept both clubs happy , with Hibs now free to focus on Sunday 's league Cup final against Rangers . KEVIN McALLISTER / Hibernian FC ; 33secs Off the field , Celtic are playing down weekend speculation that they 're about to announce the first instalment of finance for the Cambuslang stadium development . Its understood that announcement is not as imminent as has been suggested . A former Parkhead captain in the news , Arbroath manager Danny McGrain .
Idiom: dead wood (used idiomatically: yes)
But the most significant part of CIPP dealt with institutional change : the perestroika to follow Sir Peter Imbert 's glasnost which , if implemented , would represent exactly the ‘ profound managerial change’ recommended by Wolff Olins . The height and extent of the inbuilt hurdles in the way of reforming a police force are not commonly appreciated . The incoming chairman of a public company can swiftly dispose of dead wood , to arrange a board in sympathy with new policies . But police officers can be dismissed only if severe disciplinary charges are proven against them . It is possible to arrange retirements on spurious ‘ medical’ grounds , but this practice was heavily criticised by the Commons Home Affairs select committee earlier this year .
Idiom: hold the fort (used idiomatically: yes)
He actually wears out suitcases in this job . That day was , for the Colonel , devoted to a succession of telephone calls and a stack of files , most with ‘ urgent’ tags pinned on them . It was Major Herriott 's turn to get out of the office , having held the fort whilst his leader had been away . Accompanied by Warrant Officer Bill Morgan , ACWO for the York area , he spent the day visiting 16 Air Defence Regiment , Royal Artillery , near Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire . Meanwhile , further north at Catterick Garrison near Darlington , Captain Brian Hymers , one of the two ACOs in that garrison , was involved in managing the provision of lunch for His Majesty King Olav of Norway .
Idiom: out cold (used idiomatically: yes)
A sound enough plan in theory , but in practice it turned out to be a devilish job . To be on the safe side I spent two hours in the drain , shivering for most of the second hour . I crawled out cold , cramped , and feeling sick — to a world that seemed to have disappeared altogether . The marsh - mist was far denser than it had been last night , and there was nothing solid to give direction anywhere . I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: no)
They even seemed to smell of wild animals . Then she ruffled the parakeet 's crest and watched it peck a sunflower seed . It walked sideways on its perch and hunched its shoulders , looking slyly up at her as though it could tell a tale or two , if it chose . No one came in to buy . The shop was so dark that they let the light burn all day .
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: yes)
I was given a couple of interviews straight off which , though unsuccessful , were useful practice and I felt confident that something would soon turn up . About three weeks after I started looking , I came upon an advertisement for a receptionist to work at a local authority office building , not too far from my new home . It seemed about par for the course , so I applied , was interviewed and then offered the job , all in reasonably quick time . It all seemed to have gone remarkably smoothly . The job paid quite well and I could perhaps at that stage have afforded somewhere slightly better to live , but I 'd got used to my new home and I was still keen to try and build up some savings again .
Idiom: nothing to it (used idiomatically: yes)
That depends on your pain threshold . It is something like ripping off a plaster . If you do it quickly , there 's nothing to it . Skin electrolysis This is the only permanent method of hair removal , and even electrolysis does not necessarily work in one go .
Idiom: perish the thought (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Yes . Things from er data whenever can take ages and ages and ages to And you know doctors get sued every now and again , perish the thought , Oh Perish the thought but when
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Father Cyril , 62 , hopes to reach Lands End and John O'Groats in his marathon effort in July in aid of the One Voice ecumenical mission . New depths : Television presenter Lyn Spencer took the plunge off the edge of a building yesterday as part of International Women 's Week . Dozens of women abseiled off the top of the Louisa Centre in Stanley . Full steam ahead :
Idiom: plain sailing (used idiomatically: yes)
But he said:’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . You did it because of your love for another lady . Had you succeeded in your plan , all would have been plain sailing.’ Jones made a hole in the wall of his home at Brockhampton , so he could pipe fumes from a car exhaust into his wife 's bedroom . She awoke as he was about to place a wooden hood over her head .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
BR believes the new service will benefit Teesside , Yorkshire and North - West travellers particularly business travellers who have complained about poor road and rail links between Teesside and the Leeds and Manchester areas . A £ 3.5 m batch of new trains will join the fleet operating a direct two - hourly service to and from Middlesbrough and Thornaby when it comes into full operation on May 11 . The Teesside TransPennine link is part of a series of changes now under way or in the pipeline for local services:— Northallerton and Thirsk will get hourly trains to York , Leeds , Manchester and Liverpool instead of two hourly . One train a day in each direction will take in Stockton , Hartlepool and Sunderland , terminating at Newcastle . The Monday to Saturday Darlington to Hartlepool service , barely used and regularly cancelled , will be axed next month .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
Michael 's 280 sports car pulled out of Lancaster Road and into Bramley Street . It was already dark . As he turned the corner a police car pulled out in front of them . Slamming on the brakes , the car skidded to a halt . It was obvious to Michael and Geoffrey that the car had been waiting for them .
Idiom: break the ice (used idiomatically: no)
In fact Waugh had just written to him as a stranger to thank him for his ' ingenious and delightful allegory ' — his gratitude all the warmer because , as he flatteringly remarks , he had tried to buy a copy and found it sold out . Authors like to be told such things . A second letter is similarly formal ; and only the third —'dear Orwell - Blair ? — which do you prefer ? ' breaks any ice , hesitating between a famous pseudonym and Orwell 's real name of Eric Blair . Once again he has to thank him for a new book , this time Nineteen Eighty - Four ( 1949 ) ; but now he sounds cool . It had ' failed to make my flesh creep ' , he reports guardedly , in a phrase he was to repeat years later about it in his life of Ronald Knox ( 1959 ) , and failed because it had denied the existence of the soul and omitted all mention of the Church .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: yes)
if I can find my way there I 'll probably have to do me tour of the quayside to start at the beginning where we went and go all the way round yes and then I 'd know where I am , huh , I just ca n't go to it from this end , right I 'm out tonight , I 'm at the joiners with friends so
Idiom: bark up the wrong tree (used idiomatically: yes)
USL says it should n't — and did n't — have one because it was a limited publication , subject to a different set of rules than stuff that 's generally circulated . USL will take it to a higher court if the judge does n't overturn himself . The BSDI contingents hopeful that Novell Inc will quash the suit once it takes USL over may be barking up the wrong tree . USL says Novell has been kept abreast of its strategy and efforts and has indicated its support . CRAY RESEARCH REPLACES ENTRY - LEVEL Y - MP EL WITH TWO- TWO - PROCESSOR EL98
Idiom: grind to a halt (used idiomatically: yes)
At present it is relatively unspoilt with only small scale commercial exploitation ( a youth hostel , a mountaineering hut and a campsite ) , giving it a unique character that attracts those who prefer to visit less developed locations on holiday . More day trippers would be encouraged to visit the glen , ruining its present appeal and placing far too great a pressure on the single track road leading to it — the only way in or out . Compare the problems in Glen Nevis where in summer traffic all but grinds to a halt , to see the possible outcome . The siting of the development in such a high profile position in the centre of the bay means it would be an unsightly visual intrusion into an otherwise unspoilt area . The design of the building ( capped with a corrugated aluminium roof ! ) is not in keeping with other properties in the area .
Idiom: on the mend (used idiomatically: no)
The Euro on the Mend PARIS – A year ago the eurozone was in serious trouble . A series of policy actions – the creation of a rescue fund , a fiscal treaty , and the provision of cheap liquidity to the banking system – had failed to impress financial markets for long .
Idiom: on the double (used idiomatically: yes)
Melanie emerged on the professional scene as Joanna Carlin and had two solo LPs to her credit before joining the Hank Wangford band in 1980 . Four years and a name change later she once again took to the road as a solo performer . Olly 's background , first on the electric instrument and subsequently on the double bass , took him around the jazz and blues clubs of the London circuit for over ten years before he teamed up with Melanie . Their first cassette , ‘ Live in the City’ , was released on CD a few months ago . Another excellent bass player will be on stage tonight as Niamh Parsons teams up with husband Dee Moore and a five - piece band —‘Loose Connections’ .