Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
For some professionals price would be a secondary consideration . Personally , I would be prepared to pay much m ore for a tool that would do the job required . There seems to be a dearth of good small tools across the board . The old Herring and Addis tools were made with a finesse and temper that modern tools do not approach , let alone equal . With modern technology , I can not accept that this standard is out of reach .
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
What do I do , shall I take those bits off there ? Take the bottom roots off I should say . Take the few bottom roots off right , bottom leaves . down by the erm , down by the shed . pot it in once I 've got me boots .
Idiom: word of mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't know how much they really enjoyed it , but judging by the expressions on their faces and the way they all went out talking about Dawn , I think it went down well . I visited a few primary schools next . Again it was word of mouth : teachers told other teachers about us and I was getting offers to give talks left , right and centre . I went to Tintagel primary school a few months later . By then Dawn was flying free , although she would n't always come straight back to me .
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
Harris shook his head dubiously . ‘ They 'd need all three , and then some . I 'll go along with some radical improvement to the turbo - ram - jet engine concept ; perhaps a boost in top speed up to Mach 3.5 , even 4 at a stretch of the imagination . But this sub - orbital capacity … no , I ca n't see it at all . Any winged craft has got to do better than Mach 5 to get into space .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's just , that 's the Ghia . What ? I 'm really pissed off . They 're , I reckon they 're taking piss , forty minutes late last night ! Out of work , did n't get out of work until twenty to seven on a Saturday night .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
Far away , far away , Oh , she wore it for her lover who was far , far away . Because this song was simply handed down from one generation of drill sergeants to another , the symbolism may have origins much earlier than a superficial analysis may indicate . Was there evidence of yellow - ribbon use during the Crusades ? At the home bases of Viking raiding parties ?
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
I SYMPATHIZE with the Duke of Wellington who , towards the end of his life it is said , grieved continually over all the brave men killed at the Battle of Waterloo . I sympathize because in my little way I grieve too , but over the people in my life I have allowed to die without ever having shown them any particular affection . Yet , I always conclude , it might have seemed strange and unnatural to have shown too much feeling ; strange , and perhaps embarrassing and out of order , I being somewhat far down in the family hierarchy . At least , as a child , I was helpful , and perhaps that was something . In those days I think I must have regarded many of the people dotted about my landscape more as bushes than as the human beings I now see them to have been : some dull and uninteresting like laurel bushes ; some like lavender sweetly scented ; some thorny , to be avoided ; and then rose bushes , gooseberry bushes , fuchsia bushes — but all just part of the scenery , and I withdrawn from them into my dreams .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1986 the National Consumer Council produced a discussion paper entitled ' Good Advice for All ' . It was an attempt to set basic standards for advice services . Many aspects of current advice and information provision nationally fall far short of the recommended standards . However , the NACAB information system was singled out as a basic bench - mark for what should constitute an adequate information resource in a generalist advice agency . What Council was trying to recognise in shifting resources from information to training was that , having achieved a good product , additional fine tuning of the information system no longer need be a priority .
Idiom: rough edges (used idiomatically: yes)
It seemed to him that he at last had a friend . They laughed at the same things . His transactions with his fellows began to lose their artificiality and it was generally admitted that the Prince was losing his rough edges . Murray was flattered to the depths of his heart by the affection of this special creature ; he was an uncomplicated youth of shallow emotions who did not appreciate that Richard was investing their relationship with far more significance than he was . The season mellowed .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: no)
These wishes go straight back to childhood , and so religion represents a transference from childhood and a kind of emotional infantilism in which people try and make out that they 're still children , as it were , even though they , even though they really are n't . And then of course , the other characteristics that go with religion , and that he had emphasized in other books on Totem and Taboo , like guilt , the feeling that you ought to obey the moral commands of the parents , because after all the parents were n't just benevolent entities who looked after you and rewarded you and praised you , but they were your judges and censors as well . They punished you when you did the wrong thing , and they rewarded you when , when , when they did , when you did the right thing . So the believing in religion with , with moral codes , particularly in those religions which have rather strict moral codes , and demand quite a lot from the believer , in terms of adherence to the er , to the moral law even those religions can be explained in terms of Freud 's transference theory , because that too , comes from childhood . The thing that you have to obey , if you do n't obey you will be punished .
Idiom: nip and tuck (used idiomatically: no)
He had begun to wish he had never come here , to Rab 's house . This guy , he was hardly — it would be hard to say he was — a pal . Rab won the first game ; nip and tuck , not much in it ; to lose the next . And the next . Anton thought to have his measure .
Idiom: play the field (used idiomatically: no)
Heads it 's Spring … a lovely display of Easter bonnets from just a few of the 25 children who took part in a magnificent parade at the Sally Ann Playgroup , Amery Street , Alton on Friday morning . Target — helping sports clubs THE Hampshire Playing Fields Association have just launched a £250,000 public appeal to enable them to respond to the ever-increasing demands for support of sport and recreational projects throughout the county . The appeal follows the announcement of loans and grants totalling nearly £21,000 to parish councils , sports clubs and voluntary bodies . Local projects to benefit include the Alton Sports and Social Club who will receive £1,000 towards extensions to the Harry Baker pavilion ; Medstead Parish Council , who have been awarded £1,500 towards extensions to the village sports pavilion ; and Old Alresford Cricket Club , who have been given £100 to upgrade windows in their pavilion .
Idiom: get a life (used idiomatically: yes)
Dad , his father 's got selective hearing . Breakfast , comics and T V , ca n't be bad can it ? Got a terrible life you know ! Mm . Awful life !
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
FRIENDLY BANKER ! CHARLES FAWCUS USER FRIENDLY should make today another classic payday for local hero George Duffield so long as she gets the green light to tackle the Coalite St Leger at Doncaster . Yorkshire - born George waited 25 years for his first classic win on User Friendly at Epsom in June . But the follow up came in Ireland a month later and number three beckons this afternoon .
Idiom: from the word go (used idiomatically: yes)
Indeed , the Kennel Club describes the Rottweiler as : ‘ Goodnatured , not nervous or vicious.’ The Kennel Club 's Bill Edmond added : ‘ 225 Rottweilers were shown at Crufts last year without a snarl or a growl from any of them.’ ‘ The key is train them properly from the word go,’ Steve emphasised . ‘ They must be socialised , meet people and children , and get used to busy streets , fairgrounds and traffic . Dogs missing these early experiences could end up frightened of anything — and , yes , a potential menace .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The path led nowhere.’ Merrill kept her face averted as they walked back towards the Abbey . She did n't want Anna to see her confusion and jump to conclusions which , in this case , would be the right ones . Still trying to pull herself together , Merrill chewed her inner lip crossly . Damn Luke .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
With reference to those suffering in Sarajevo , a raw version of the classic Beatles song ‘ Help’ followed . On the music front , the ‘ Achtung Baby’ material sounded brash and gutsy in the live arena . ‘ Ultra Violet ( Light My Way)’ was one of the highlights , ‘ Even Better Than The Real Thing’kicked hard , ‘ One’was scintillating and ‘ Love Is Blindness’hypnotic and powerful against a backdrop of city lights in black and white on the video screens . Old faves were aplenty . The classic ‘ Bad’ sounded fresh as a daisy , ‘ Running To Stand Still’was stripped to the bone , a speech from Martin Luther punctuated a storming version of ‘ Pride’ , and huge burning crosses filled the screens during the anti - war tirade ‘ Bullet The Blue Sky’ .
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
Referee : A Burke ( Failsworth ) .. Skiing . John Samuel at Park City , Utah , on the opening races of the new season Cannons put smile on Willi 's Face ‘ T HIS is the place,’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains . Today , Thanksgiving Day , it is certainly the place to be . Never before has a main World Cup season opened so early .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: no)
Now ; will you swap these two bottles of warm urine for that one bottle of our product?’ She shook her head , not looking at me . ‘ You and I are going to get filthily drunk , Prentice , and if by the time we get to the bottom of this bottle I have n't got some sort of sense out of you I 'm going to break it over your thick fucking skull.’ She turned , beamed a toothy non - smile at me for about a micro - second , then strode determinedly on . I tried to keep up .
Idiom: behind closed doors (used idiomatically: yes)
The Press would never have been able to do its destructive job without the help of Labour figures who could n't pass a TV camera or journalist 's notebook without making a disloyal remark . Inevitably there will be differences between Shadow Cabinet members over important issues of policy . But in the real Cabinet , fierce debate is held behind closed doors with a united front presented when the doors open . If Shadows and would - be Shadows started behaving like members of a government , there 'd be a greater chance of them becoming the real thing .
Idiom: keep someone in the dark (used idiomatically: yes)
Remarkably , the first sighting of Dr Johnson 's ‘ Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel’ was in The New Republic in March 1989 ; by which time such a bedrock of well - meaning patriotism had been wedged under the case that it proved difficult , if not impossible , to shift . ‘ Operations in the national interest’ was a favourite phrase ; good and sharp , and carrying the implication that if you needed to know what the national interest was , you did not deserve to be told . ‘ The national interest’ was also a rebuff to congressmen , who could not afford to be critical of it , even when they already knew it as grounds to keep them in the dark . Few ever defined this amorphous thing , or scrutinized it . Although all kinds of questions were asked about the means of these operations , the ends were usually accepted as ‘ worthy’ .
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
Bargain debasement YEKATERINBURG Russian industry is going for a song . That may be all it is worth ANYONE with $ 130 m to spare could do something sensible , like buy Cray Research , an American supercomputer maker , or Vickers , a venerable British engineering company .
Idiom: find your feet (used idiomatically: yes)
The pool is on five levels with swishing waterfalls , rockeries and even a Chinese - style bridge ! Stir yourself if you can for a swim or join in the water polo , gymnastics , water basketball and volleyball and meet foreign friends . In just a couple of days you 'll find your feet and get that special feeling that you belong in your Club . Children have just as much fun too — there 's a Club 13 and Club 18 as well as an active miniclub for the youngest holidaymaker ! A playground and playhouse keep the tots happy while the teenagers have a ball with a whole host of absorbing activities .
Idiom: par for the course (used idiomatically: yes)
Until then , he was seen in every glossy place around the coasts of Europe , gambling , sailing his expensive yacht , entertaining the rich and famous and surrounded by beautiful women.’ ‘ That sounds reasonable,’ Maggie murmured sarcastically . ‘ About par for the course.’ ‘ There 's more,’ Richie said hurriedly , determined to hold his audience . ‘ He dropped right out of sight then .
Idiom: spot on (used idiomatically: yes)
Martins tend to be stiff , precise and demanding ; in comparison , Lowdens seem loose and relaxed . The LSE is one of those rare guitars which you hardly notice after a couple of minutes , because you 're too busy playing the thing . The neck fits into the hand , the slim body eases the usual arm - aches , the action is low and easy , the intonation is spot - on , and you 're away . Just as I have no idea how Lowden keep their guitars as light as this , I 've no idea how they get such a warm , full response out of a medium - sized , thin - bodied instrument . C'mon , guys , this is an electro - acoustic and it 's supposed to sound toppy and cheap , not all soft and natural and expressive .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
Few of these activities , for keen participants , required particularly good weather . I started attending auction sales both locally and in London and gradually got the melin into shape for letting . We realized that we needed a letting agent who would not only take the bookings but generally oversee the properties , plus a cleaner for the days on which they changed hands . Our builder suggested a lady whom he referred to as ‘ Barney’ , who lived in a nearby village and had holiday cottages of her own . We telephoned her and made an appointment for her to come and see what we had to offer .
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
Arrived with plenty of time to stock up with sweets , drinks and popcorn ( and no - one was sick ) and to climb umpteen stairs to our seats in the heavens . Pantomime — what a good excuse to forget your age and join in with the booing , hissing , singing and hilarity . Glad to say the AEA crowd did themselves proud joining in with lots of gusto . Although it was Aladdin we were watching , Wishy Washy ( Michael Barrymore ) took over the show with his never - ending wisecracks . The Dooby Doo show also proved to be very popular .
Idiom: swim against the tide (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That makes it all the more precious.’ He held her close , beside the grey Scottish sea . ‘ No swimming against the tide any more for either of us.’ They slept together that night , and as the spiritual chemistry was right , so was the physical . They had ‘ had sex’ before , but each had been guarded .
Idiom: out of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
There is a badly eroded sculpted tympanum and Chrisme above the doorway , here supported by angels , and some splendid capitals in the interior , one of them showing an elephant ( at a guess ) with a tongue that reaches to the ground ; as well as candy - striped , cruciform piers . At the back of the church is a deep , roughly worked wooden gallery , as a last reminder of the Basque style . In the graveyard outside is a crucifix of the kind known as a ' Cross of the Outrages ' : it is roughly hewn out of wood , with the instruments of the Passion fixed to it , a ladder , nails , pliers , hammer , a crown of thorns , all in iron . Having walked the Gorges of Kakouetta and then rested up in the benign landscape of Sainte - Engrâce , you may feel you have the legs back to inspect another of the spectacular limestone phenomena of the Upper Soule . These are the Crevasses of Holçarté .
Idiom: step on it (used idiomatically: no)
One student , responding to allegations of the Mayor of Washington 's homosexuality , exhibited a portrait of Chicago 's first ever black mayor in women 's lingerie and day - glo colours at the School 's degree show , which was promptly raided by council officials with police support . The offending picture was confiscated and Professor Jones was mauled for permitting its exhibition . A year later , a different student spread an American flag on the School 's floor and invited visitors to step on it and record their comments in a book . Inevitable protest from the War Veterans ' Association followed and funding was withdrawn . On both occasions , Professor Jones stood firm against complaint and censorship .
Idiom: man of god (used idiomatically: yes)
In the century from 1862 to 1961 six of the eight archbishops were former headmasters of public schools . That famous churchman Arnold of Rugby put a stamp upon independent education which helped to produce this consequence . Reformed universities produced able clergy whom the school could attract to their staffs ; and the Victorian parent still wanted to feel that the principal educator of his child was in some way a man of God . William Temple and Fisher at Repton were among the late manifestations of this feeling . The pattern , that this was the way archbishops happened , was broken by the steady increase in lay headmasters during the earlier twentieth century .
Idiom: see red (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We 've got the motive , the opportunity — everything ! Wetherby threatens to end the affair and make her a laughing - stock , especially if he intends to flaunt a new liaison with Armitage under her nose . She sees red and kills him with a very convenient weapon . She 's already described how she was able to think about wiping off fingerprints shortly after his death ; that denotes a cool customer who does n't often lose control . ‘ After arranging Wetherby 's room , she washes the top part of her dressing gown in cold water , knowing it will be dry by morning .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
A little hellraising is good for publicity . However , there are some on the receiving end of a star fist who become members of a sad sisterly fraternity — beaten wives and girlfriends . Anthony Quinn 's Mexican / Irish temper got the better of him on the day he married Katherine De Mille , daughter of the director Cecil B De Mille . He flew into a rage on their wedding night when he discovered that his bride was no virgin . He hit her round the face .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
Reptiles live largely in tropical environments , and the techniques they use for cooling themselves are probably even more important than warming techniques , as we have seen . Most reptiles utilize the buffering aquatic environment to lower body heat . They have a largely impermeable skin which prevents them from drying out too quickly under a hot sun , although evaporation does take place . Crocodiles can lose water at a rate of up to half of that of amphibians ( which have a much more permeable skin , and would greatly suffer from desiccation on land were it not for the safety valve of a reduced urine flow , which passes much of its water content back into the body ) . But the desert lizard , Sauromaulus , loses only 5 per cent of that of crocodilians through the skin .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: no)
He rode to take their tribute like a Roman general in triumph , and the cry ‘ Vive l'Empereur!’ rose again and again , first from the nearest troops , then from afar . And as he passed along the line , the men near him cried , ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ afresh , and their comrades in the distance did the same . And so it was all along the line , from Telnitz in the south , right the way to the Olmütz road , where the plain rose into the foothills of the mountains to the north ; and after he had disappeared into the tumult and light , neither Thiercelin nor Epitot spoke for a long time . ‘ Tonight,’ said Thiercelin at length , ‘ has been the real coronation.’ Epitot nodded , came to himself , and tossed his flare to the ground .
Idiom: at full tilt (used idiomatically: yes)
At wool blending , two new breakers are being fitted prior to the installation of an entirely new automatic blending system . It is an exciting time for Douglas Reyburn which is undergoing a period of change that is the most significant in its sixty year history . Meanwhile , production amidst all the changes continues at full tilt . Another recent development , is the first phase of a £ 30,000 Beacon Control system in the dye house . The dye vats themselves are now controlled by a computer which automatically operates valves , flow direction and controls temperatures .
Idiom: out of the box (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's new , and it 's here , and it 's all news . PRODUCT LUST . Yep , new product , right out of the box . STREET WIZARD . Just who the heck is Pete Hellicar anyways ?
Idiom: take a bath (used idiomatically: yes)
She banged the receiver down with a force that made Claudia wince . Claudia put the phone down gently and decided against going back to bed . She would take a bath and go in to work early — there was plenty to do . The day had seemed longer than usual , Claudia thought as she let herself into her flat with a sigh of relief . She made a cup of tea , and sat down at the table in her tiny kitchen to drink it .
Idiom: on edge (used idiomatically: yes)
' It 's called diplomacy , ' he said . Bernice and Sendei rounded the outcrop of rock indicated by Molassi . They saw Rodo balanced precariously on the edge of a sheer cliff face about a hundred feet above them . ' What are you up to , you idiot ? ' shouted Sendei . ' I rather think one is supposed to talk suicides down gently , ' Bernice reminded him .
Idiom: slip of the tongue (used idiomatically: yes)
LITTLE of the sweaty - palmed tension and frantic chaos of the BBC television commentary box is relayed to the viewers , but Jack Bannister provides a revealing insight into the mechanics of the box , using as his vehicle last summer 's keenly contested Test series . This is a book which , like the BBC itself , informs , educates and entertains . Much of the humour derives from slips of the tongue , an occupational hazard . Ray Illingworth refers to ‘ Hall and Griffith coming out of the trees’ in an ambiguous reference to the inadequate sightscreens at Headingley in the ' 60s , although the ultimate faux pas was Tony Lewis’ill - timed use of the fourletter word when , unbeknown to him , he was still on air . Topics of debate from the series are thoroughly discussed — slow over - rates and appropriated penalties , the Lord 's ridge , and Ian Wooldridge 's scurrilous criticism in the Daily Mail of Geoffrey Boycott 's commentary .
Idiom: donkey work (used idiomatically: yes)
The images are pulled in and then converted to PIX format . This is all handled by a bolted on simple image editor and capture program called Inset . But before you get the graphic into your document you need to do a bit of donkey work to place it properly , setting up your own margins and tabs to make room for the image . A better way would be to follow the WordPerfect route which makes room for the image and runs text around it automatically . There 's an equally wide selection of spreadsheet , database and word processing formats supported : 25 word processors ( including Word and WordPerfect ) , 13 spreadsheets ( including 1 - 2 - 3 and Excel ) and 13 databases ( dBase , Paradox and FoxBase are all there ) .