Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Goodbye , lad.’ Her voice had a sad note to it and he knew that she was standing at the gate watching him as he rode away . He again knew what it was to feel embarrassed when , on the Monday dinner time , he went into the NAAM , and looking at her over the counter , he said , ‘ Hello there,’ and she answered , ‘ Hello , yourself.’ The perky waitress was back . ‘ Tea or coffee ?
Idiom: rule the roost (used idiomatically: yes)
At first sight they seemed an ill - assorted pair . Ella Bembridge was a formidably hearty spinster of fifty - five who had lived , with a wilting friend of much the same age , in a small cottage on the Lulling corner of Thrush Green for the past ten years . It was generally agreed that Ella ruled the roost and that ‘ poor Miss Dean’ had a pretty thin time of it . Deborah Dean had been nicknamed Dimity so long ago that the reason for the diminutive had been lost in the mists of time . Now , at the age of fifty - odd , the name was pathetically incongruous , calling up as it did someone fresh , compact and sparkling , with an air of crisp , but old - world domesticity .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
Mother fights to keep killer in jail Jane Holtham , in New York A MOTHER is fighting to keep the man who killed her daughter behind bars . Robert Chambers , 26 , could be freed after serving just 4½ years for strangling girlfriend Jennifer Levin . Her mother Ellen has gathered 35,000 signatures to try to block his parole .
Idiom: take the wind out of someone's sails (used idiomatically: yes)
And then wanted to publish them and dug them up and the body was in a frightful state of decomposition and some of the hair came away with the poems . While I was speaking , Miss J. looked out of the window in a sarcastic manner and when I had finished she said ‘ thank you’ very politely but with rather a sneering look . I think she thought I had taken the wind out of Rossetti ' s sails … . I am reading Freud . It only seems to be things I know already … .
Idiom: go native (used idiomatically: yes)
The interior , too , contains elements which are potentially destructive . As the experience of most of his knights throughout the poem reveals , they contain within themselves the opposite of their virtue and only through ordered self - control can they turn their powers to good . But , as Spenser 's discussion of the Old English going native in A View of the Present State of Ireland reveals , the destructive interior elements when placed in an environment where their exterior corresponding elements are present may gain possession of a potentially good individual or group and bring about degeneracy . The well - tempered individual 's ability to maintain order is precarious when he is located in a terrain which is uncontrolled . The savage , debased , and bestial presences which attack virtue , may undermine its integrity because the potential to degenerate into villainy lies within even a nobleman .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
On Friday her remarkable courage will be recognised on Esther Rantzen 's Hearts Of Gold ( BBC1 , 8 pm ) . A fund raising book of Joanna 's poems is also being published ( Heart Of Gold , BBC Books , £ 4.99 ) . Here , Joanna , her mother and father John tell Penny Wark of their struggle to come to terms with tragedy . JOANNA 'S STORY MUM found out she had cancer when I was about two years old .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Now we have one and a half,’ says John Cox , the BP manager charged with advising Hungarian industry . Staff numbers at the refinery at Llandarcy in Wales , for example , were cut from 1,500 to 500 in the 1980s . To help absorb the effects , BP set up a company called D'Arcy Developments , which aimed to help the unemployed set up in business . Through the development of disused buildings on the refinery site and a £ 500,000 loan fund , 170 small businesses have been set up in the area , employing 1,200 local people . Ironically , only a handful of the workers are redundant BP staff .
Idiom: go without saying (used idiomatically: yes)
' That car does n't need a label . You 've only got to look at it — Gasworks standard . Goes without saying . ' ' You been to the soccer ? ' ' We 've been competing . '
Idiom: see eye to eye (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Let me handle this , Sarella.’ With a sinking feeling she knew what he meant — he had no intention of telling his brother how he 'd got himself into this situation . And if he did n't do that she could n't possibly see how they would ever see eye to eye . Sure enough , Marc quirked his brow and asked , ‘ You intend to stick to this story that she knew nothing of your financial prospects?’ ‘ Of course she did n't .
Idiom: point the finger (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Toad was loose on the racetrack , yowling and tooting to himself and let all beware who saw him come . The needle on the rev counter soared : I did n't care ; a delinquent jubilance had got me . The marshal was right when he waved his yellow flag and pointed his finger at his head . I was nuts . At the end of my five laps , I wheedled and wangled for another session , saying that the photographer needed more time to get his shots .
Idiom: give and take (used idiomatically: no)
‘ God so loved the world that he gave … ’ ( John 3.16 ) , ‘ God was in Christ reconciling the world … ’ ( 2 Corinthians 5.19 ) . So here is mystery with a vengeance — we seem to have the attractive idea that Christ died for you and me , he went to the utmost limit for us , he gave everything away , and in some mysterious and tantalizing fashion he took my sin and yours upon himself , but we can not say to whom the price was paid ! Have we any clues ? Let me offer some .
Idiom: on the stump (used idiomatically: yes)
like tiny tots , around their sunset - citizens ' paddling - pool : obliged to haul about on stumps , yet strong enough to contend with mountainous piggybacks on their hump —
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
He was on the payroll as an inspiration generator for ‘ Boot’— a canine character I 'd invented for my cartoon strip , The Perishers . The character is based on an Old English Sheepdog , so this was what I sought . It is a fairly large and considerably hairy breed as a rule , but my eventual acquisition turned out to be playing the dog game by his own rules and was larger and hairier than any I 've seen before or since . He weighed 196 lb and , when wishing to indulge in a man - to - man talk ( I say man - to - man because I became convinced he did n't believe he was a dog at all ) he would rear up and rest his forepaws on my shoulders and look down into my eyes , which are a rather attractive dark brown and reside about five feet two inches above sea level . He was chosen from an advertisement in a superior doggie magazine , much perused by the Barbour wax - coated set , rather in the manner of a mail - order bride .
Idiom: good riddance (used idiomatically: yes)
Now clear out , all of you.’ ‘ But Finn —’ said Francie . ‘ Take him and good riddance . Buggering me Bothwell . And you can mop up this filthy mess he 's made , Maggie ; he 's your brother.’
Idiom: way to go (used idiomatically: no)
Facing up to recycling targets To meet its target set out in forthcoming European Community [ EC]legislation , the UK must recycle 80,000 tonnes of plalstic packaging each year . There is a long way to go as only 350 tonnes were collected during 1990 — but plans are already underway to gear up collection across the country . One of the prime movers is Recoup [ RECycling Of Used Plastic containers ] , a non - profit making company set up last year by resin manufacturers , bottle blowers and machinery manufacturers , fillers and users of plastic bottle packaging . ICI is a founder member of Recoup , which currently has 15 sponsored schemes in place or ready for launch including kerbside and supermarket collections serving thousands of homes .
Idiom: high and mighty (used idiomatically: yes)
In some ways , Europe 's 1993 cultural capital remains sadly provincial . Counter - tenors High and mighty PARIS IT SEEMS only yesterday that falsetto singing was such an oddity that mention of it surfaced in a Marx Brothers film in order to give Chico Marx a chance to observe , ' My aunt , she got - a falsetto teeth ' .
Idiom: carry the can (used idiomatically: no)
Most power converters are required to provide transformer isolation between input and output , and the isolated version of the Cuk converter has to have energy coupling capacitors on all its windings , so that they then have to be provided as energy coupling devices plus the transformer . Regardless of whether we are talking isolated or non-isolated , however , the capacitors introduce two entirely non-trivial problems . First , at currents of more than a few amps , capacitors that can carry the current without suffering di/dt stress , heating stress , and MHz ringing tend to be physically large , and expensive compared with normal power supply capacitors . Furthermore , the required low series resistance results in high Q resonances with the inductors at audio frequencies . These will then have to be damped by paralleling each capacitor causing this problem with another of higher value and higher series resistance .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
The images generated were fed directly into other , more powerful computers , analysed by various marketing experts and filed away for use in the development of Cybercranker II — next in the line of arcade games to be pioneered by the Bolt Head Corporation . Ed McEd was alone ; exquisitely alone . The only sound this crystal clear summer morning was the distant stridulation of a skylark . The dry bracken crackled beneath his feet and gave off a pungent aroma . He dipped his hands nervously into the chalk bag at his waist and went forward to the base of the soaring , twisting arête .
Idiom: across the board (used idiomatically: yes)
Now it 's America 's turn . And current indications there suggest that the people most directly in line for a fiscal squeeze are those who are least able to defend themselves – relatively poor children . For example , the current budget sequester ( that is , across - the - board spending cuts ) is already hurting programs like Head ~ Start , which supports pre - school education . The American comedian ~ Jimmy ~ Kimmel recently poked fun at his compatriots ' lack of fiscal knowledge by asking pedestrians on Hollywood Boulevard what they thought of " Obama 's decision to pardon the sequester and send it to Portugal . " The segment is hilarious , but also sad , because the impact on some people 's lives is very real .
Idiom: man of the cloth (used idiomatically: yes)
In all things , and particularly in ties , it 's essential to maintain a sense of scale . NICK SULLIVAN Man of the Cloth At first glance Nino Cerruti may look an unlikely fashion king . But , at 62 , he is the owner and driving force behind a global clothing and textile empire
Idiom: spit it out (used idiomatically: no)
Only when he happened to pass the food laid out for him did he take a bit of something in his mouth as a pastime , kept it there for an hour at a time and usually spat it out again .
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Would they wait now while he took another slice off the joint ? While he was away at the buffet , MacMinimum said quietly to John : ‘ For God 's sake , say not a word on railways . The quare fella here is Master of the Tipperary and they hunt all along the valley of the Suir — the way the line is to go . Sure he 'd kill ye.’ John began to understand why Lucas had sent MacMinimum along with him .
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
twelve foot long and about six or seven foot wide and about Mm mm . six or seven foot deep and they 're crystal clear . And there was this old guy dragging this bloody rope with a massive hook on the end like after after , you know , I presume it was cod or mackerel something along the and I said , what the hell are you fishing ? You know cos the woman I was with wanted to go for a swim and I said no you ca n't this guy , so I went up to him , I said what , what on earth are you fishing for ?
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
Thanks , Mr Leland.’ Old Red acknowledged that with a nod and walked on into the corridor . For the rest of that evening Dr Jones astonished the Casualty junior staff by being , for him , an angel of sweetness and light to us . His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas . , if only for a short time . Though we worked in the same department , I saw little of Daisy , as we were always on different shifts .
Idiom: out of your mind (used idiomatically: no)
He tried therefore , to evade the issue but he could n't do it . He still has Jesus on his hands the position is the same for every non - christian , for every unconverted person you still have Jesus on your hand you ca n't get rid of him that easily . You can blot him out of your mind for a while , you can go your own way and forget about him , you can not get rid of Jesus Christ and his claims that easily . You must do something with Jesus . Jesus himself said , while he was here on earth , that , it 's in Matthew chapter twelve and verse thirty , he who is not with me is against me .
Idiom: down in the mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
But this morning all that had been forgotten because the budgerigar had taken a turn for the worse . ‘ He 'll not last,’ Miss Vine said gloomily . ‘ He 's down in the mouth worse'n ever today.’ ‘ Oh , he 'll perk up , Miss Vine,’ Mrs Abigail said , mustering further cheerfulness as she emptied roast beef , potatoes , brussels sprouts and gravy on to a cold plate . ‘ They often pine for a day or two.’
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
It was selective and not general : it was determined by basic need and not simply as a way of reducing inequality . The poor were identified and compensated . It was not an indiscriminate method of handing out money to all and sundry . In the New Testament this is supplemented by the command that all Christians are to love their neighbours as themselves — an act of personal charity to those with whom we have contact . While the relief of poverty and personal compassion are imperative for the Christian there is a fundamental difference between a Christian view of relieving poverty and the whole thrust of the welfare state today .
Idiom: go hand in hand (used idiomatically: yes)
The Smiths have never really conformed to the pop ideal , being larger than life but twice as monotonous , although some would disagree . They have a cult status which remains something of an enigma — particularly in the North - west where they stand for all that is dreary and depressing . ‘ Coronation Street and The Smiths go hand in hand in the same way that you could couple Frankie with Brookside — two necessary focal points of each city , at least for those south of the ship canal and the Mersey . The Smiths have given Manchester something to be proud of — an identity which , in itself , is not all that healthy . ‘ The city is too easily stereotyped as a bleak and industrial wasteland full of flat - capped frustrated poets and musos consoling themselves with endless amounts of ale .
Idiom: make someone's day (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr. Brooks , a friend of Dad 's , suffered from corns and so was unable to make the journey to buy his own papers without considerable discomfort . When I arrived , he would be waiting and was always so pleased . I think the papers made his day , perhaps he relished scandal . Anyway I was given sixpence , fourpence for the papers and tuppence for myself . When I got back home I had to don my apron to protect my Sunday best clothes .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: no)
It has been held that auditors did not owe a duty of care to creditors of a failed company on which they reported . Following Al Saudi Banque and Caparo , foreseeability that a lender might rely on audited accounts is not enough in itself to establish such a duty . Also , since the sole proprietor and directing mind and will of the company was not misled by the audit report , the company could not claim to have been misled by it ; the company and its proprietor were in effect one and the same ( p 111 ; see also p 6 ) . Offset in liquidation A bank account standing in credit , and charged with debts owed to the bank by other account holders , can be offset against the debts in the bank 's liquidation ( p 111 ) .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
More than 68,000 persons were killed and more than 2 million injured on British roads in the 10 years prior to the outbreak of war , but Tripp was able to advocate not just improvements to major roads as one way of reducing the number of fatalities and accidents , but complete road systems . ‘ The whole trouble originates in unsuitable layout ; the problem is fundamentally one of design and planning’(Tripp , 1942 , p. 16 ) : this was his starting point . The principles fell into place : There were two major features to Tripp 's proposals : the acknowledgement of a hierarchy of roads and the creation of precincts in urban layouts . He saw three classes of road : arterial , sub - arterial and local . The arterial road was to be reserved for heavy traffic between towns ; restricted points of access to twin carriageways would permit no building frontages , no standing vehicles and no pedestrians .
Idiom: from scratch (used idiomatically: yes)
Certainly , Bawden 's work ethic was Victorian . His laconic manner concealed an immense energy in the mastery of techniques . His first important commission , the mural for Morley College , meant starting from scratch , travelling to Italy to learn about the fresco . So he went on , from one technique to another : watercolour drawings , line engravings , lithography , line cuts , designs for pottery . For my twentieth century British Design retrospective exhibition , he lent me , with a good deal of fussing and commotion , his last remaining ‘ Heartsease’ cup and saucer , a Wedgwood design of the early 1950s .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
Radio and television broadcasted a behind - the - scenes special edition .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: no)
Also always ask for the swarf to be blown out of cut sheets , and for the ends to be temporarily taped up to keep the sheets clean inside Before installing on a roof , peel back a little of the protective masking and remove the temporary tape . Place aluminium tape over the ridge ( top ) ends of the sheets , and aluminium antidust breather tape over the eaves ( bottom ) ends . This helps to prevent rainwater ingress from the top , and also helps to keep the sheets clean , while allowing any condensation which may develop in the flutes to evaporate 2
Idiom: out of thin air (used idiomatically: yes)
she 's being under - utilized in a sense . Yeah mm . It 's not pulling it out just out of thin air That 's right . it , it 's
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
Germany 's Bundesbank cut interest rates again . Its benchmark repo rate fell from 8.09 % to 7.75 % . Helmut Schlesinger , the bank 's president , said his policies were bearing fruit . The central banks of several European countries cut their rates in response . Shareholders at the annual meeting of the EBRD censured the bank for spending heavily on itself .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
A wealth of affidavit evidence filed by and on behalf of the foster mother strenuously denies that there is any substance in those concerns and asserts that the four children who remained with her continued to make excellent progress . There is also substantial affidavit evidence filed by the local authority setting out their concerns and the reasons for them . Matters came to a head on 19 June 1991 when the local authority decided to remove the four children for assessment on 26 June , whereupon the foster mother required that they be removed immediately . They left the foster mother 's home on 19 June , and after a period in a children 's home they have been placed with different foster parents . P. , B. and D. are together with one family , T. and A. were initially together although A. has since had to be moved to a small children 's home , and K. is with a third family .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
That shooting was later to be investigated by John Stalker . It now seems clear that there had been intense military activity near Loughgall before last night 's shooting , as one eye witness recounts : I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary , Kevin McNamara , says Britain should mourn the two deaths , as it proves the political system in Ulster has disintegrated . I 'd like to know more details of the circumstances of it , but one must always mourn the deaths of people whether they are innocent civilians , members of the security forces or paramilitaries , because it 's an indication that there 's a failure of the system in Northern Ireland .
Idiom: pass muster (used idiomatically: yes)
Constitutional provisions affirming each Union Republic to be a ‘ sovereign Soviet socialist state’ with the rights to secede and to enter into foreign relations are honoured faintly in appearance , but by no means in substance . Beyond Soviet borders , if we follow Moscow 's own definitions , there are three circles of influence : at the outer rim , a variety of states enjoying relations of friendship or alliance with the USSR ; then , a group of countries characterised by dependence and ‘ solidarity’ ; and , finally , an inner circle characterised by subordination . For our purposes , only the final group pass muster into the Soviet Empire , but the others are worth noting in passing . The outermost ring , comprising ‘ progressive’ but non - Leninist countries , is the most difficult to demarcate with precision . Four of these politically dissimilar states ( Finland , India , Iraq and Syria ) are party to treaties of ‘ Friendship and Cooperation’ or ‘ Friendship , Cooperation and Mutual Assistance’with the USSR ; a fifth , Libya , has concluded similar agreements with Bulgaria , Romania and North Korea .
Idiom: close to home (used idiomatically: no)
Actuaries have supervised and encouraged the growth of life insurance companies and pension funds in the past , and actuarial science is being increasingly applied in work for non - life companies and in investment modelling . But these are only some of the financial institutions where actuarial skills could be relevant and we look forward to crossing the frontiers into non - traditional fields , for example the planning of capital projects . There are other challenges for actuaries in the years ahead , closest to home in Europe . The UK profession has flourished in a free market economy where much reliance has been placed on actuaries ' judgement rather than on constricting regulations . Our experience is therefore of particular relevance to actuaries in other European countries as the cross - border barriers are dismantled .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Certain ones do And they 're not just doing it for the money because , you know , if you just sort of give them a mundane task like trolleys for example , they 're banging on the door , you know , when can I get off this , when am I going to get some responsibility . I do n't want it , I 'm not here just to go and collect trolleys for four hours , and the get really pissed off with it . So I 'm disagreeing with what you 're saying , because you , you 're tarring them all with the same brush . I 'd like to , I know , that 's what I 'm saying , you ca n't generalise like that