Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
Although the new Prime Minister , the sickly Galician Republican Casares Quiroga , preferred to discount the existence of a serious conspiracy , and although the conspirators ' preparations had not been easy , by the early summer all but the final pieces were in place for a military rising with strong right - wing civilian support . A blow against the Republic from the right was now merely a matter of time . When , on 13 July , Calvo Sotelo was assassinated by Republican police in retaliation for the killing of one of their number by a Falangist , the rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move . The Civil War 1936–9 From rebellion to Civil War : July - November 1936
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
In in Oh well worked in shifts . Three shifts right round the clock . Mhm . Mhm .
Idiom: born and bred (used idiomatically: no)
Married with three sons , Prof Plant lives in Bassett , Southampton , where he is professor of politics . On a day when Mr Kinnock was storming Southampton with helicopter and balloons , Prof Plant was quietly having lunch at home after a visit to his department . ‘ I was born and bred up in Grimsby,’ he said . ‘ I found Anthony Crosland , the MP there , personally very energising . So was his kind of social democracy .
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Come home to his love . Come home to an understanding of the world which puts God back at the centre of it . Christmas is not the reality of the Christian faith : it is a sign of God 's gracious invitation to celebrate his love personally by welcoming him into our hearts and lives , not just once a year but every day we live . In the words of the poem by Angelus Silesius : Tho' Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem is born
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
It is desperately looking for advice , help or just moral support from museums and institutions in the west . A major part in setting up the Czartoryski Foundation , and in most of the other similar attempts , has been played by an eminence grise familiar to Western art circles , namely the London art dealer Andrew Ciechanowiecki . He himself made history when , in 1984 , he donated over 1,200 pictures and objects to a foundation he established in Warsaw the first such institution since the war . Mr Brown 's garden capably revived WEST SUSSEX .
Idiom: fly in the face of (used idiomatically: yes)
Noades plan may set up fresh battle PREMIER League clubs will be asked to back a breakaway second division next week — a move certain to spark another major bout of in-fighting . Crystal Palace chairman Ron Noades is behind the TV-oriented scheme — which flies in the face of FA policy — to be considered by chairmen of the 22 clubs at a meeting in London . And Football League president Gordon McKeag said : ‘ When the Premier League was formed the FA said they would not sanction a second division . ‘ That assurance has been reiterated by both the chairman ( Sir Bert Millichip ) and chief executive ( Graham Kelly ) . ’
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: no)
This contract may be strengthened by the fact that deregulation now permits the use of futures and options by pension funds and unit trusts , and also by recent changes in the tax regime as regards profits from derivative trading . e ) Innovation competition The dynamic process generating endogenous economies of scale leads exchanges to compete by being first off the mark in a particular contract so as to achieve a sufficiently high level of trading , and consequently liquidity , and thereby low transactions costs for the traders in that contract . Once that has been achieved it is very difficult for a competitor to come from behind . We have compared this process to a gold rush — it is an example of the more general phenomenon of " first mover advantage " that can be found in the economics literature on innovation competition .
Idiom: sign of the times (used idiomatically: yes)
Octogesima Adveniens ( 1971 ) on the 80th anniversary of Rerum Novarum was not an encyclical but a letter to Cardinal Maurice Roy , then president of International Justice and Peace . Yet it represented a great advance on Populorum Progressio ( 1967 ) , which showed that he was still listening and learning . It assigns to the local churches the task of discerning the signs of the times , for ‘ in view of the varied situations in the world , it is difficult to give one teaching to cover them all , or to offer a solution that has universal value’(no . 4 ) . Such is not our intention or our mission , he modestly concedes . His last major document , Evangelii Nuntiandi ( 1975 ) , was even more ‘ collegial’ in that it represented his resolution of the impasse of the 1974 Synod on Evangelization .
Idiom: on a roll (used idiomatically: no)
Coming back to handwriting , the price of safety in autograph collecting , like that of freedom , is eternal vigilance . There are superficial and obvious checks that can be made . I was once offered a John Wesley letter which had the slight blemish of being written on paper watermarked some thirty years after the evangelist died , and on another occasion a letter from a supposed Trafalgar seaman , mentioning officers and members of the crew who were not on the muster roll of the ship concerned . I remember a stately home which proudly displayed a Nelson letter the original of which was in the National Maritime Museum . An authentic Shelley manuscript poem .
Idiom: give something a miss (used idiomatically: yes)
Every time I changed trains there was a posse of London Underground inspectors , so I had to keep doubling back on myself . It took me about three hours to get six stops . So I decided to give it a miss that day . I really do n't fancy schlepping all the way down there . Steve and Paul did n't bother either .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
Delegation will be essential , either to an individual governor , as recommended in the Warnock Report , or to a sub - committee on duties relating to special needs . The sub - committee pattern has several advantages . It divides the task into more manageable proportions , it increases the number of people available to visit the school during teaching hours ( preferably to become actively involved in the work ) and it gives an opportunity for shared membership with other sub - committees dealing with the curriculum , staffing and finance . The devolution of financial management is one of the most important developments in recent legislation . By 1992 all secondary schools and primary schools with more than 200 pupils will have responsibility for their own budgets .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: no)
The problems spread inland when a tidal surge up the River Bure caused the river to break its banks at Acle , flooding the main A47 Norwich to Great Yarmouth road leaving it impassable to traffic . Waters were also rising in the Norfolk Broads and there were reports of some minor flooding as far inland as Norwich , which is 20 miles from the coast . There were similar conditions in Suffolk where police evacuated low - lying properties in Southwold and Aldeburgh and many coastal roads were closed by flooding . At one stage the waters of Oulton Broad were reported to be rising at a rate of eight inches an hour . In Kent the coastal water is up to three metres higher than it should be .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
THE Chicago Cubs scored six runs in the first inning as they beat the San Francisco Giants 9 - 5 at Wrigley Field on Thursday to level the National League championship series at 1 - 1 . The Giants ' starting pitcher , Rick Reuschel , was driven from the game after only 18 pitches as the Cubs ' lead - off man , Jerome Walton , had two first - inning hits and Mark Grace three hits and four runs batted in . The series moves to Candlestick Park tonight for the first of three games on the West Coast . Sport in Short : Badminton Weekend Sport Page 63
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
Wordsworth seems almost a hundred years ahead of his time . He also made a special study of the outcasts , the waifs and strays of industrial society the vagrants and the idiots . People dismiss this aspect of Wordsworth 's poetry as ' odd ' , forgetting that George Orwell became a tramp for six weeks and lived for a year as a down - and - out ; and Shakespeare wrote a play about a mad old man who was also a vagrant ! Perhaps it is because in isolation human beings achieve their true status ; they are no longer tied to an economic process which dominates their existence . Wordsworth thought he could learn from them ; he regarded no man as his inferior .
Idiom: fall on stony ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Claude Berri ( France/1986/Cert PG / Colour / Subtitles/120 mins ) with Yves Montand , Danial Auteuil , Emmanuelle Beart , Hippolyte Girardot . Ten years after the death of Jean de Florette his 18-year - old daughter Manon still haunts the hills overlooking the farm stolen from her father the canny Soubeyran ( Montand ) and his dim - witted nephew Ugolin ( Auteuil ) . Paradoxically , Ugolinhas fallen in love with Manon , though his declarations of love fall on stony ground leading in the end to tragedy . 11–17 Sun - Sat Dead Calm
Idiom: on the level (used idiomatically: yes)
Therefore for at least the first year of Council Tax I have included a separate section to deal exclusively with Poll Tax residue issues , although in practice many of these posts will need to be filled by temporary secondments back from Council Tax structures , staff unsuccessful in obtaining permanent positions initially within the Council Tax structure and temporary staff . 6.3 The Poll Tax Section included on the structure attached herewith is based on the present levels of staff dealing with recovery and enforcement . It may be possible to reduce the numbers within this section during the year dependent on the success of recovery and collection . 7 CONCLUSION
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
and that the term ‘ discrimination’ includes any distinction , exclusion or preference made on the basis of race , colour , sex , religion , political opinion , national extraction or social origin , which has the effect of nullifying or impairing equality of opportunity or treatment in employment or occupation . And mindful of the European Social Charter 1961 which calls on Contracting Parties : to accept as one of their primary aims and responsibilities the achievement and maintenance of as high and stable a level of employment as possible , with a view to the attainment of full employment . ( Article 1 . ) RESOLUTION
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
Well it 's those things that we would like to have decision making in these matters , and let 's face it Norfolk County Council or the Highway Authority and Breckland are the people of the if you widen it out we 're talking about a consultation and I think in many ways we must respect the local member , erm represent the meeting , will no doubt be present from Breckland and no doubt will put the views erm , but it 's , it 's this , Breckland and Norfolk you wanna get to grips with and it 's only members you wanna see , I will in fact er , you know , I 'll make that point anything that 's necessary at the meeting , Parish Council will be present , but I 'll get onto er Thank you . any other comments ?
Idiom: throw the book at (used idiomatically: yes)
But , she said , he had simply forgotten . She said the case hads been handled in a heavy handed way . The police must have carried out a very thorough search of the premises and she said , threw the book at my client . In response to such claims , the police said that had Blandford pleaded not guilty , more details about the case would have come out . Male speaker
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
AFRC faces new shortfall The slump in the property market is the latest blow to the shaky budget of the Agricultural and Food Research Council ( AFRC ) . If AFRC is unable to sell any of its three redundant research sites it will be about £ 7 in the red next year , according to its director general , Prof Tom Blundell . Important projects ( such as the £ 1.2 m second phase of research on bovine spongiform encephalopathy ) could be delayed , he warned . The new crisis , added to the continuing drain of redundancy payments , is in part an unfortunate consequence of AFRC 's very success in refocusing its activities .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
( The computer does n't always give extra information . ) Computer : Wimbledon play 4 - 2 - 4 . They shadow opponents in defence and play a short passing game in attack . They take corners to the far post and have a direct shot at goal from a free kick . On the basis of the information given the children will discuss their tactics for the match and decide the instructions to be typed in .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
But consider that , according to the OECD , every year nearly one ~ million people die from fine - particle outdoor air ~ pollution . Yet this massive death ~ toll provokes no discernible fear in the developed world , and receives virtually no news coverage . Of ~ course , every country with nuclear power facilities should revise its safety measures in light of the Japanese disaster , which raised obvious questions about the sites chosen for such facilities . Clearly , plants located near tsunami - prone areas need to be reconsidered , and some countries have power ~ plants in disturbingly close proximity to seismic faults – and to large cities . But while America ’s commitment to nuclear power was quickly reaffirmed by President Barack ~ Obama , some European governments took the knee - jerk decision to freeze all new nuclear - energy projects immediately , and , in the case of Germany , not to extend the life of existing reactors .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
Lessons learned During 1990–1 , Anne - Marie Chapman was deployed as a Development Officer to carry out an evaluation of aspects of ACDP . She has written a very full report which will assist us with a review of advanced courses policy in the light of the development of general Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( of which more later ) . During her work , Anne - Marie visited seven centres chosen to represent various stages and levels of involvement in ACDP . Almost 100 questionnaires completed by centre staff were evaluated and interviews conducted with 52 advanced courses candidates .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
On April 1st , citizens were given a public holiday and a chance to vote . The president did not put his own job on the line . But 8 m voters were eligible to choose members of the national assembly , a parliamentary body whose main job is to rubber - stamp decisions handed down by the ten - man Revolutionary Command Council through which Mr Hussein governs . In a show of confidence , the government allowed independent candidates to stand against the ruling Baath party . ' Pluralist'reforms are promised vaguely for the future .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: no)
The club is planning to sell its present ground in east London and move half a mile down the road to create a leisure and community centre . Just over one - third of the company 's shares — 20 million — are to be placed at 20p with institutional investors and a further five million will be put on offer . Mr Burr said the rump of the shares on offer would be aimed at the 11,000 members of the club as Stock Exchange rules did not allow shares to be allotted to them directly . Figuring out the typical company executive By SARAH HOGG
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
Do n't just hope it 'll go away . It wo n't . So assess your finances , look at where you can make cuts in expenses . You may not need to yet but it 'll be easier to plan now than when you 're under pressure . Look at where you can make money .
Idiom: beyond the pale (used idiomatically: yes)
Papers on the spirits thus appeared among those on a recent eclipse , on the early days of the Royal College of Chemistry by Hofmann , on patent laws , and on chemical energy . Indeed the general range was very similar to what we have met among Royal Institution Discourses at the same date . But spiritualism remained beyond the pale , like phrenology and unlike orthodox religion , despite the claims of some that it was really the same as primitive Christianity . Journals which published it , and editors who included it , ceased to be fully respectable ; this message got through to Crookes , and he stopped his active propaganda , though apparently never ceasing to believe that some of the phenomena he had witnessed , often in distinguished and reliable company , were genuine . In 1879 Crookes sold the Quarterly Journal ; it lived on until 1885 , becoming in its last years a monthly - but it had never been a leading journal , and general scientific reviewing never caught on .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Now even the optimists believe cash betting on the Sabbath is at least two years away — if not more . And until the laws change they admit Sunday racing is a non - starter . The Jockey Club believes that in the long term Sunday racing without cash betting is impractical and it is resigned to trying to bring about a change in the legislation by a private members ' bill . However , three similar attempts have already failed in the Commons . Jockey Club senior steward Lord Hartington said last night : ‘ We will certainly continue the campaign until we win but , sadly , it may take some time .
Idiom: come to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
And the method has now been adopted nationally : literacy instructors are trained by a core of part - time teachers based permanently in the countryside . The use of indigenous languages in the Burkina literacy campaign is both practical and political . It means that peasants do not have to learn a second language — French — before they come to grips with the written word . Indigenous languages are also seen as a powerful means of developing pride in the country 's own cultures and thus strengthening a sense of Burkinabe national identity ( in all its diversity ) . In the aftermath of Alpha Commando the emphasis is on producing follow - up materials in these languages : not just educational texts but newspapers in Mooré , Dioula and Fulfuldé .
Idiom: bottom drawer (used idiomatically: no)
on the lighthousc computer . It memorizes everything , a bottom drawer full of phantom baby things . He shows me a garden
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Did it ? Mm . Yes it did come to think of it . So they 're actually doing something about this looks almost as if they 're putting steps in there . Did it ?
Idiom: on top of the world (used idiomatically: no)
A total of 64 players will take part in the tournament and Parrott 's opening opponent will be Canadian Kirk Stevens . d to keep in the championships Picture : STEPHEN SHAKESHAFT On top of the world … John Parrott hangs on to the trophy he is determine Crash mother 's fears dispelled
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
In this sense the very high ‘ yes’ votes he achieved in the four presidential elections since independence have been genuine , but should not be mistaken for support for specific policies , and still less for support for other leaders at either the local or national level . THE CONTINUING PROBLEM OF SUCCESSION We have seen that localism and the drift to increasingly authoritarian government have been major problems even for Africa 's more successful leaders , and have been disastrous in other cases such as Uganda and Nigeria . Both these factors interrelate with a third major political dilemma : the succession to political leadership . Since 1960 , of the 41 sub - Saharan African states there has only been one smooth constitutional transfer of real power from one elected leader to another , i.e. in Senegal in 1981 .
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: yes)
Peelings fed the compost heap . Discarded clothing went to good causes . Nothing slipped through the net . Nothing went into the dustbin . At Christmas the dustbin men always knocked to give Mrs Murphy a box of chocolates and a bunch of flowers .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
Numbers of Americans and Britons have doubled in the past decade but , at 40,000 and 11,000 respectively , they are not seen as a threat to the social fabric in the same way as the Iranians and other Asians . In a nation where rank is everything , and everything is ranked , these ‘ yuppiewhites’ are placed by Japanese at the top of the gaijin pecking order . A rung down are the expatriates hired by Japanese companies , who inhabit an eerie social no - man 's - land . These foreigners provide window - dressing for big Japanese corporations keen to prove how well they are ‘ internationalising’ . Nothing is quite so telling about the peripheral position of foreigners in Japan as the sorry fate of these Westerners .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: yes)
A group of schoolfriends in Fontanellato , 1935 Valeria ( right ) and I With my friends Wilma and the other Wanda ( left and right ) My friends and I cycling in fontanellato , 1940 Valeria on the Lido in Venice
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Nigel Williamson also recalled an afternoon in a Darlington hotel during the 1987 campaign when the Kinnock circus had hit town early and it was the Financial Times man 's birthday . The leader was speech writing upstairs , but Glenys willingly joined in the celebrations below . ‘ By 6 pm Mrs Kinnock was sitting under the table assisting at least two journalists who were the worse for wear to place calls to London on their mobile phones.’ Funny how that never got in any of the papers , is n't it ? Like Father ?
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Conclusion In pre - independence Namibia there was no substantive department of information . The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had , therefore , to be set up from scratch . In the first year after independence , this task was completed by the formulation of policy guidelines , the establishment of administrative units and specialised media agencies , the drafting and classification of job descriptions for the required personnel , the identification of appropriate technology , and the organisation of media courses and workshops . The Ministry 's most notable achievement has been the transformation of the country 's broadcasting corporation from a little relay or propaganda outlet of the South African Broadcasting Corporation into a Namibian broadcasting organisation .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
One minute we were together . The next she lay there dying.’ The gunman is thought by detectives to have been under the influence of ‘ crack’ cocaine . He escaped by car . He had robbed another couple about 10 minutes before the killing , after parking his car and approaching them waving a gun .
Idiom: take the piss (used idiomatically: no)
What did I say ? No I do n't know what it was but Catherine was t telling me the other day about how erm oh I told you something about that and you t and you t were talking to her about it . Well I was n't taking the piss out of you , I might have told her . Well she said you were . She said you were both taking the piss out of me .
Idiom: stick out like a sore thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
I pushed the wrench down the side of Armstrong 's driving seat and wound up the engine . There was little traffic down through Shoreditch and I was pretty sure I was n't being followed , though following a black cab in London must be a pretty thankless task . Having said that , in some of the bits of Shoreditch I passed through I stuck out like a sore thumb . I mean , Armstrong was the only vehicle with all its wheels left on . At Old Street , I passed the Gym ‘ n’ Tonic health club — I 'd been a member there until an embarrassing incident one evening in the female jacuzzi — then turned up towards Islington proper .