Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: walk free (used idiomatically: yes)
Not proven verdict on mugging charges TWO men accused of killing a pensioner when a mugging went wrong had the charge found not proven at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday . Finlay Young , 24 , of Lincoln Avenue , Knights - wood , Glasgow , walked free from the High Court in Glasgow at the end of the nine - day trial . His co - accused , Denis Smyth , 23 , of Glendinning Road , Knightswood , was found guilty of an unconnected housebreaking and jailed for one year . Both men had denied assaulting and robbing Marion Henderson , 74 , near her home in Athelstane Road , Knightswood .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: yes)
Mere children having a lovers ' spat . You must n't let your son intimidate you , Willi . You are always telling me tales of him rebuking you . It is your farm , after all . You should n't let him depress you like this . '
Idiom: put a foot wrong (used idiomatically: yes)
Chapel Stile , Cumbria MAP B This village and its neighbour Elterwater ( q.v . ) are old quarrying villages , and from the church at Chapel Stile you can walk up a footpath which leads to the dramatic Thrang Slate Quarry . It seems to hang threateningly over the village , with massive detached boulders of slate ready to topple if you put a foot wrong , and great heaps of rubble lie where they were detached from the rock face by gunpowder , which was also made in the vicinity . Charlestown , Cornwall This little harbour near St Austell is named after Charles Rashleigh , who built it in the late eighteenth century to a design by John Smeaton .
Idiom: short shrift (used idiomatically: yes)
Asquith then made it clear that he would do nothing to assist the Conservatives . ‘ The days of the present Government are numbered . They will go , and they will go with short shrift … Their record is an almost unbroken one of impotence and humiliation.’ In the Debate on the Address when Parliament reassembled , Asquith made clear the reason why the Liberals would turn the government out .
Idiom: make a monkey of someone (used idiomatically: yes)
Zeneca fell 7p to 754p while SmithKline Beecham reversed 6p to 447p . Whizzkid chimp fails to impress the City A CHIMPANZEE financial whizzkid that has beaten stock market experts could not make a monkey of British share analysts yesterday . Ola , a six - year - old chimp , has become world - famous after making more money in one month than five of Sweden 's top financial experts . His secret ?
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
Then the Seattle - based group hit on a sure - fire way of making the big time . Singer Geoff Tate , at No . 40 with Silent Lucidity , says : ' No one liked us until we changed our hairstyles . Grow your hair and wear tight trousers and success is easy . ' FACT FILE Good old country comforts
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Politics can sometimes resemble grammar : An error that everyone commits is finally recognized as a rule .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: no)
I knew the Führer would forget it within a matter of days and he did , only Himmler did n't . Wanted to make life disagreeable for me as usual . Went behind my back , suborned Max Radl , one of my most trusted aides . And the whole thing turned out to be the shambles I knew it would.’ ‘ Of course Steiner almost pulled it off,’ Schellenberg said .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
Intel Corp is anxious to sprinkle as much luck on the P5 as it can . That 's why it 'll be making them in Ireland at a fabrication plant in Leixlip reportedly running 6,000 8-inch wafers a week dedicated exclusively to P5 production . NeXT Computer Inc is likely to go public next year , founder Steve Jobs said in Chicago last week , although he added that no steps have yet been taken to start the process : ' Things ( have been ) going very well for us the last few quarters , ' Jobs said , and ' this quarter looks quite good as well , so if things keep on their present course and the market is good , I think there 's a real good possibility that we 'll go public next year . ' Industry types evaluate Microsoft Corp 's new Windows for Workgroups concept as a ' Novell - killer . ' In the UK , Cambridge neighbours IXI Ltd and Uniplam Ltd are exchanging courses and distribution activities : Unipalm is to take over the running and management of IXI 's 20 Motif training courses whilst IXI takes on Unipalm 's Motif distribution business .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
She could n't resist the challenge of swimming back over the tide when the boys suggested it . What they had not realised however , was that the tide they chose for Julie 's initiation was a late Spring bore . The noise of the incoming tide had interrupted their games on the sand further out in the estuary . All three ran back to the trough prepared to swim for it as the boys had done several times before . One look was sufficient to make them realise they had made a dreadful mistake .
Idiom: cut and dried (used idiomatically: yes)
They had exploited this idea as doing more justice to the nature of life and movement and the discovery of truth than the older rationalist insistence on the ' law of non - contradiction ' . Put crudely , that law states that if A contradicts B , at least one of them must be false . This was felt by the Romantics to be too static , too absolute , too cut - and - dried , and to leave no place for the dynamics of discovery , the interplay of diversities , the movement from partial to fuller understanding , the connection between the inward and the outward , the whole and the part , the individual and the universal . Apparent oppositions , they felt , should not only be tolerated but gloried in : ultimately they would prove to be resolvable in a wider harmony . Hegel 's dialectic brought this sense to a further degree of refinement .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Schiffer began her extraordinary rise to fame in 1988 when she was just seventeen . One evening , she made a rare outing to the local discotheque in her home town of Dusseldorf . Michael Levaton , owner of the Metropolitan modelling agency , slid into the seat next to her and took the plunge ; within minutes , he had offered her a contract . At the time , she was intending to go to law school with a view to taking over her father 's law firm . But , in a matter of weeks , she was in Paris modelling for French Elle .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
b If any paper used in the West derives from Amazon trees it is a negligible amount . But vast tracts of tropical forest are destroyed to create grazing for cattle which will be turned into hamburgers and other fast food . Tropical forests are also destroyed to make way for the hydro - electric plants to smelt bauxite — used in aluminum cans . And the burning of wood contributes to the greenhouse effect . 10 .
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
In the old days factories used to have huge coal heaps outside in their yards . As we 've in fact transferred to oil , those coal heaps in many cases have actually been cleaned up and build on , so as oil runs out it perhaps will not be possible to reconvert back to coal use in some factories simply because the space for storage wo n't exist . In houses for heating it 's conceivable that you could have a huge hot water store in the basement , or a store made up of round pebbles , heated by hot air , which you could then use by circulating cool air through them to produce hot air at other times . That , in some cases , that has been explored for the storage of heat in the summer which you would then use in the winter , but everywhere one comes back to storage nuclear power stations can not be turned up and down quickly at the moment , so either with electricity you have to have a uniform demand for electricity , or you have to , say , burn gas to provide an alternative way of generating electricity which can be turned up and down at will . In fact , gas , of course , is such a valuable fuel — it can be piped to people , in other words it 's easy to distribute — it can be stored , by compressing it in tanks — in fact the national storage of gas at the moment which helps you to meet fluctuations in demand is the thousands of miles distribution pipeline , some six feet in diameter at sixty atmospheres in pressure , full of gas , and the volume of gas stored there is quite adequate to meet the fluctuations in demand .
Idiom: in one ear and out the other (used idiomatically: yes)
As the regional medical officer ( RMO ) explained in an interview with the late Geoff Bromley : You see , DHSS is saying 75 things at once and they never resource any of them . It goes in one ear and out the other . I would honestly say , and it may sound arrogant , that although the White Paper came out in 1975 and it was some sort of a landmark to point the way , we were never conscious here of any tremendous pressure or even really of any light pressure to reorientate our services to the Priority Services . There were may factors which contributed to the delay in completion of the RHA 's review of its policies on mental hospitals .
Idiom: open the floodgates (used idiomatically: yes)
The vaccinations will be introduced in october , but at first will only be available for children under one year old ; the age they are most at risk from this form of meningitis . The new stretch of the M - Forty was badly planned , with no thought given to its long - term implications , according to a report just published . Its authors say the motorway has opened the floodgates for development on a scale planners had n't envisaged . With plans afoot for two more major routes through the region , the Government 's being urged not to make the same mistake again . Robin Powell reports .
Idiom: to boot (used idiomatically: yes)
These were the roles I was cast to take over . I learnt — without making myself appear too inquisitive —that the Guérigny roots struck deep into la Sologne , a land whose finest hours had been in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . It was only after the war that Jean - Claude 's parents followed Mme Guérigny 's brothers and their wives to Paris , the soil of la Sologne clinging to their boots . They were always to prefer that sandy , largely unregenerative soil to the cobbles and pavements they trod in the banlieue of Paris . They had made the move only for money .
Idiom: one for the road (used idiomatically: no)
The team served us with a final cocktail of emotions : happy , poignant and even philosophical . But even now Cheers has left its audience wanting more . Indeed , would n't it be magical to have just ' one more for the road ' ? PETER GRANT Play could help Third World needy
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Look ! We can see the top of Skeleton Island from here . These bones are a pointer , telling us which way to go!’ He was right . Our compass showed that the body pointed straight towards Skeleton Island , and in a line East - South - East and by East .
Idiom: laughing stock (used idiomatically: yes)
Roy Collins THE message emblazoned on a fan 's Santa hat said it all . ‘ Barnet 's barmy army ’ it read and it seemed an apt description of an outfit that are n't Even Barry Fry , the manager whose latest sacking and return enlivened another crazy week at Underhill , admits that the club , which beat Rochdale 2-0 on Saturday , is a laughing stock . Confident that ‘ Bazza ’ would return , the programme editor left a white space where the manager 's notes should have been , blank but for the message : ‘ This page is reserved . ’ Some of Barnet 's players did n't know about Fry 's Friday night re-instatement until they turned up at the ground .
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
Carl Marston COLCHESTER player - manager Roy McDonough will watch from the sidelines as his team take on Norwegian tourists Nessegutten at Layer Road this evening in a friendly fixture ( kick - off 7.45 pm ) . McDonough has just been handed his third suspension of the season following his sending off offence at Rochdale last weekend , and he is prepared to take a back seat for much of the rest of this season — if not all of it . The U 's leader has been suspended for four matches , with effect from the Scarborough trip on April 13 , while left - back Martin Grainger has also been suspended for a couple of matches following his latest booking at Spotland . Grainger will miss the Scarborough and Gillingham clashes , while McDonough will be unavailable for these and the games at Crewe and at home to Scunthorpe .
Idiom: up a tree (used idiomatically: yes)
When we come to deal with infant baptism we take the view that the failure of parents to measure up to certain standards is to be allowed to stand in the way of the grace of God being available for their children . This is particularly difficult in view of the fact that it is just their children who are probably far more in need of that grace of God just because of the attitude of their parents , than those of parents who measure up to all the standards that we impose . Now I 'm aware that many parents bring their children for baptism from reasons of superstition or custom or anything you like I 'm reminded of a certain tax gatherer who , inspired by sheer idle curiosity , climbed a tree curiosity maybe took him up the tree but it was the grace of God that brought him down . And I care not what may be the motive of the parents who bring their children and want them offered to Christ in the sacrament of baptism it is the grace of God that is available for them there and I think we should be very thoughtful about these matters and try to take up either one position or the other . Either the grace should be available to all or there should be a right to impose restrictions .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
Dona managed to retain a steady and strong personality throughout , but Anna changed and deteriorated . She went from being a beautiful , gifted , intelligent and respected member of society to a pitiful , misunderstood and disregarded woman . Dona and Anna went against the grain for love , but Dona benefitted and got away with her actions while Anna escaped convention and let convention have its revenge . She was too cowardly and let herself be isolated ; something she could not bear . Dona wanted to be alone and was bored with social graces .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
If there was no offside , games would be confined to packed goalmouths and creative football disappear . The last major alteration to the offside law was made in 1925 when it was decided that , instead of needing three opponents between himself and the goalline to stay onside , an attacker would need only two . The initiative for the change was British : full - backs , working in tandem , were catching forwards offside so often that games were becoming boring and gates were going down . The proposal to change the law in 1925 came from the Scottish FA which , by coincidence , is drafting the measure which is likely to be put before the International Board , the game 's law - making body , during the World Cup next summer . The four British associations each has a vote on the board , with Fifa having four of its own , which gives it the power of veto but guards against the laws being riddled with crackpot theories — such as making the goals bigger .
Idiom: wipe someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
The punishing rain made it difficult even to breathe . Mixed with spray , it streamed over Polly 's face and ran in cold trickles down her neck . Her hair was plastered to her scalp , and she had to keep blinking and wiping her eyes in order to see at all . Nathan kept shouting orders at her . But he might have been speaking a foreign language .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
Terry Griffiths beat Clive Thorburn 9 - 5 , the first time he had beaten the Canadian in nine attempts . The televised phase of the competition begins tomorrow with Steve Davis opening the defence of his title against the winner of today 's match between Dean Reynolds and Tony Meo . A repeat of the Stormseal UK final between Davis and Stephen Hendry is on the cards . Gavin Lightman QC , the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 's one - man disciplinary tribunal , announces his findings today on two charges of bringing the game into disrepute . Alex Higgins brought a complaint against his former manager , Howard Kruger , and Higgins himself is the defendant in a charge arising from recent incidents at Stoke and Reading .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: no)
They may , of course , choose instead to retake the module if it is offered again in a subsequent term . A pass at resit for all modules carries a mark of 40 per cent only . However , students taking resit examinations for exceptional reasons , such as an examination missed through illness , are usually allowed to count the full marks earned . The Course has debated the use of a grades - only system of marking to replace marks as the basis of assessment . This was rejected on grounds of ease of use and familiarity with the 100 per cent marking scale .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Lesley - Anne Rawlings , prosecuting , said he had at first claimed he had gone into the school on August 9 to try and put the fire out . But young children had reported spotting him inside the school , putting paper on to the fire . But after reading reports magistrates were told the youth had had difficulty coming to terms with his father 's recent death . His solicitor David Smark said : ‘ He was very frightened at the time because he was almost trapped inside the building . He had to rely on a passer - by to let him out .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
This self - propelled weapon was not yet a serious threat ; it still had an effective range of less than a mile , but the tiny torpedo - boats which were beginning to make their appearance heralded a whole new range of warships for the future . The submarine , which was eventually to provide the best means of delivering the torpedo , was still an infant ; only one or two curious submersible craft had been built and they had not yet affected naval thinking . That thinking was still cast in the mould of a hundred years before ; the methods of conducting war at sea were still those of blockade , commerce - destroying and protection , and still depended ultimately on the ability to win a pitched gun - battle with the enemy fleet . In numbers , the Royal Navy was the strongest in the world , although its superiority was not so great as it was later to become . Its weakness was its technical conservatism ; although in 1880 the Admiralty agreed to reintroduce breechloading guns on heavy ships , the armoured cruisers Impérieuse and Warspite , which were laid down in the same year , were still designed to carry a full spread of sail .
Idiom: to the letter (used idiomatically: yes)
It may reassure your readers who need protection from reality , but grown - ups must find it at best sloppy and at worst malicious . ' Colonialism ' The emotive , unthinking responses to my earlier letter by D J Hollingdale and Roy Morrison ( Points of View , today ) were prefigured in January 1992 by Tom Nairn in his column . He said : ' The mildest of positive discrimination — against , for example , the complete ' Englishing ' of cultural institutions — must imply concentration camps , ravening gangs of Scotland - first hooligans , and a Georgian - style civil war . ' My wife is English and four of my children live and work in the south of England and consider themselves to be English .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
These experiences of directed observation are most necessary and valuable and interesting and not half enough of this kind of thing is done usually . And this can obviously be done by any intelligent teacher who is not an artist . In the summer we can go out and draw from direct observation , but in winter it is too cold , but when we get back to the classroom we can draw from memory the tree we have just examined and put down on paper as much as we have learned and remembered about the tree , its form , its colour , and its texture . This is what I have called Near Memory . We could also write down other things about what we have noticed which would be better expressed in words than in paint .
Idiom: keep your head (used idiomatically: no)
' What did he say ? ' ' Lie low . Keep your head down . That sort of thing . ' ' Very helpful .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Leconte wins a minimum of $300,000 for reaching the quarter-finals of this year-end event — which has prize-money of an incredible $6 million , the winner taking $2m . It was an extraordinary victory for the 29-year-old Leconte , ranked nearly 50 places below world No 12 Ferreira . In the first set he simply was n't in the same class as his 21-year-old opponent in the huge Olympic Hall , at times pleading theatrically with Ferreira not to hit so hard , and giving his racket to a ball-boy as if to say , ‘ you have a go , you ca n't be worse than me . ’ But somehow Leconte pulled himself together to take the second set and the decider became a rout . Now it was Ferreira 's turn to show his frustration , often slamming his racket to the ground in anger as he could only muster 11 points in a set lasting only 20 minutes .
Idiom: get stuck into (used idiomatically: yes)
that paper you 're talking about it 's mainly for erm students Mm . that have got six months where they want to get in before they get stuck into their studying again . Overseas jobs vacancies . Yeah , that 's right , yes !
Idiom: eat your heart out (used idiomatically: yes)
It had , however , collected eight and a half tons of khat , the mild narcotic leaf on which Djibouti feeds like caterpillars on cabbage . With a street value of £ 18.50 a kilo , it is more valuable than airline passengers . Eat your hearts out Colombian drug barons , this is legal . The arrival of the flight from Dire Dawa , where the khat is grown , is met by crowds desperate for the leaves . The little country goes into withdrawal if it is delayed .
Idiom: go to your head (used idiomatically: yes)
Lizzy kissed him on the cheek . ‘ That 's settled then , I 'll go and get ready . Blimey , Mum , sometimes your job really goes to your head . I 'm not a suspect , you know!’ Her voice was happy once more and Kate watched her run from the room .
Idiom: go downhill (used idiomatically: no)
The murder of Alfred Oliver remains a mystery . But what of Philip Drew ? His acting career went slowly but definitely downhill . After a torrid love affair , he lived in abject poverty , telling his story to anyone who would listen for the price of a drink . He blamed his downfall on the ' Reading affair ' .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: no)
so an important reason why Jesus came to Pip was to die for us , he said as soon as man came not to be ministered to , but to minister and to give his soul for life , as a ransom in exchange for but what does it mean that Jesus Christ stake his life for a ransom , why was pulling out was necessary for our salvation but the question asks what , for what , what other important reasons did Jesus come to earth
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: yes)
Sister Rosa , Sister Rosa , what do you see from the turret ? Allusion to the story of Bluebeard . Bluebeard 's wife , about to be killed by her ferocious husband for disobeying his instructions , desperately plays for time as she knows her brothers are on their way to visit her . She begs her sister to go up to the top of the tower of the castle and look out for them , and keeps calling out to her , ‘ Anne , sister Anne , dost thou see nothing coming?’ MED 13 .