Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
Admittedly this repertory is not in exactly the same category as the hit song material ; nevertheless it is stylistically and functionally continuous with it . Here we find songs which use the thirty - two - bar form but fill it with angular melody and tonally shifting harmony ( ' All the Things You Are ' ; ' Body and Soul ' ) or with polyrhythms ( ' Fascinatin ' Rhythm ' ) ; we find , too , a song like George Gershwin 's ' A Foggy Day ' , which does not use a standard form , boasts a tune consisting almost entirely of leaps , rather than innocuous conjunct motion , and is structured with such motivic tightness as to be almost serial in method ( see Ex . 6.3 , p. 184 below ) . A theory of standardization must be able to account for such songs ; and Adorno 's approach surely begins to crack at this point . A pity he could not have read Alec Wilder 's American Popular Song ( 1972 ) which , using basically the same musical criteria as Adorno — derived from European bourgeois art music — could have been designed as a riposte to his view of this repertory As well as the compositional contribution , there is , of course , that of the performer to consider .
Idiom: out of the running (used idiomatically: yes)
Sheffield Wednesday striker Hirst was chopped down early in Saturday 's 2 - 1 defeat at Highbury . And many observers thought the booked Bould was lucky to stay on the field for his tackle from behind . But Hirst , carrying the legacy of a cracked left ankle , harbours no bitterness despite being forced out of the running for England 's first fixture of the season . ‘ I have no hard feelings towards Steve,’ insisted Hirst , who looked certain to make today 's squad for the September 9 friendly in Spain after his five - goal start . ‘ I watched the tackle on TV and he came through me .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite its roads Sussex prospered , both as an almost self - sufficient country , and in its contacts with the outside world . Given the apparent turbulence of much of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , with religious Reformations , agricultural riots and the Civil Wars that stability and prosperity may seem elusive to the historian but they were very apparent to many contemporaries , at least among the higher ranks . The accession of the Tudors was fairly smooth in Sussex , and the sixteenth century saw a reasonable degree of internal political order under the powerful influence of the great local noble families — the Arundels , Montagues , Sackvilles , Lumleys and de la Warrs — whose dependent gentry kept the peace at parish level . Only as Elizabeth 's reign ended did their influence wane , to be continued by those lesser gentry , the key figures of Stuart Sussex . It was the latter 's religious and political disaffection which took most of the county over to Parliament in the Civil Wars .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
What 's happened is because the potential market has risen , firms have specialized . Alright , and this is why we get , erm , cars are an excellent example of this erm . You know , Toyota , Toyota 's plant down the road in Derby , massive investment , erm , a huge production capacity . That makes all the Toyota Corollas , or whatever , not only for the U K , or for Europe , but for all , all , all sales of car throughout , of that particular type of car , throughout the world . You know , and even in erm , Japan , they 're importing the , the products that are made , made over in Derby .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
Emmenthal and Gruyère are the most famous , Emmenthal having the distinctive holes , a nutty flavour and drawing threads when heated , whereas Gruyère has a very few small holes , if any , and melts readily and evenly . Both cheeses are slightly unusual in as much as they are made with cooked curds that have been heated in the whey for about 30min before being drained . Emmenthal must have Switzerland stamped in red on its rind , whereas the markings on Gruyère are in blue . The holes in Emmenthal are the result of the lactic acid in the cheese undergoing a secondary fermentation owing to a slightly higher temperature in the storeroom at the beginning of the cheese 's ripening period . Emmenthal and Gruyère are mixed together to make a Swiss cheese fondue .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'll send you home in an ambulance , and come and see you tomorrow . You do n't have to stay in bed all the time , but take it easy — and , er … watch your diet . " He pulled a fierce face at me . I was due to leave at five - thirty in the afternoon . At five o'clock I was dressed and ready .
Idiom: no holds barred (used idiomatically: yes)
Unrest in Parliament reached a new intensity this week . The prospect of public - spending cuts had produced the usual bout of cabinet in - fighting . Hints from Michael Portillo , the Treasury chief secretary , of a no - holds - barred review of welfare spending left Tory MPs wondering about the wisdom of ‘ thinking aloud’— provoking , frightening , then denying — rather than ruminating silently before striking . Most think he fired another shot into the government 's big toe . Mr Portillo , however , keeps his cabinet post .
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
Later , when the larva is fully grown , it becomes a pupa . After a while the skin of the pupa splits open , and the fully - formed adult insect ( or imago ) emerges and tunnels its way out of the gall . It flies away , usually to mate , and the females lay eggs on fresh plants to begin the cycle all over again . Only certain types of insect and plant show such characteristics . Different types of gall are produced by each insect - plant pair , as you can see in the drawings on the following pages .
Idiom: neck of the woods (used idiomatically: yes)
She is the 21-year-old actress from Grange Hill who went for an audition with Mr Winner , and , seven months after he had had his way with her on a regular basis , got dumped . In the old days , incidentally , when a mother discovered her daughter was the innocent young victim of the lust of a rich old man , there were several obvious remedies . In my neck of the woods a boat to Ireland for a stay with the Dublin cousins was quite often handy . Alternatively , a year 's au-pairing in France , a beauty therapy course or half-a-dozen driving lessons did the trick . Jilted
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
Lindsey saw a photographer 's flashbulb explode in front of her . She blinked , momentarily blinded , then experienced a sense of shock as she realised that her early warning system , that nervous tingle that ran down her spine , had betrayed her as her vision cleared and she realised Niall was standing beside her . She did n't even need to turn her head to know it was him . For several seconds , as their gazes met and held , she was disturbingly aware of the strong , sun - bronzed column of his throat , the startlingly blue gaze which studied her with an intensity so vibrantly sexual that it almost took her breath away before he turned his attention to the American couple . ‘ I gather you 're going to be joining us for the world cruise?’
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
It is possible to criticise a merchant 's goods without reflecting on the competence or the probity of their producer . The question , always , is whether the words , in their published context , would be likely to lower the plaintiff in the minds of ordinary , decent readers . That depends , of course , on how the ordinary decent reader interprets the words , " reading between the lines in the light of his general knowledge and experience of worldly affairs " . The " ordinary reader " test In deciding what words mean for the purpose of defamation , the intention of the writer or speaker is largely irrelevant .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: no)
Natural ‘ People think I am a natural , but everything I 've achieved I 've worked at , ’ says the man who was the league 's MVP in 1987 and the Super Bowl MVP the following season . Joe Montana , who has helped on 55 of Rice 's touchdowns , explains : ‘ When you are in trouble Jerry comes running . You know he 's around and you know he 'll find a way to get open . ’ Doctors fear New York Jets defensive lineman Dennis Byrd will never walk again after breaking his neck in a collision with a team-mate during a 23-7 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs .
Idiom: dead and buried (used idiomatically: yes)
Fortunately , Town were let off from this one . As always , Swindon piled on the pressure , racing , chasing and challenging for every ball , and shooting when they had the chance . A second or so before half time Bradford should have been dead and buried as Tommy Jones hit the post . In the second half , Swindon were again on top whilst Maclaren fired them up with a free kick . Now for those who think they know better than the rest , watch this tackle coming up .
Idiom: rough and ready (used idiomatically: yes)
When the device classifies some training instance correctly , then all the cells it refers to for this instance are unchanged . When it mis - classifies an instance , all the cells which were addressed are reset to a random value . This is a rather rough and ready technique . The device makes no attempt at credit assignment . Some of those same cells may also be referred to when the device is presented with an instance which it has already classified correctly , so later learning can upset what was learned before .
Idiom: off the hook (used idiomatically: yes)
Others see proof of the same in little need to talk , sitting in empathetic silence together . Apologising for ourselves Apologising and being self - deprecating can let you off the hook . You 're not into playing apparent high status . People can think as badly of you as you do of yourself .
Idiom: run out of gas (used idiomatically: yes)
We need to look for a gas ~ station because this car will soon run out of gas .
Idiom: make a meal of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I did n't — er — know you had company.’ She smiled as the stocky man ambled up to them . ‘ Are n't you going to introduce me?’ he enquired shortly of Rosemary , while his eyes made a meal of Leith 's thick chestnut - coloured hair and her beautifully structured face and figure . ‘ Of course,’ Rosemary replied . ‘ Leith is the new owner of the flat opposite .
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
It had been , I realized , an extremely long and tiring day . I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . I had , as I have said , hardly any money left , so with no new sources of income on the horizon , the sensible thing to do was to sleep rough . I left the station and started down the road to Harwich town . A little way along , I saw a path running up the bank to my left and on the top of this bank there was a rather eccentric mock - Gothic porchway .
Idiom: close call (used idiomatically: yes)
All five matches in this Public Schools Golfing Societies Foursomes Festival went to the 18th except for the Sean Baguley – Tim Jenkins 3 and 2 Tonbridge triumph against Ian Timberlake and Rodney James . Bruce Streather and Malvern 's French recruit , Sebastian Blanchet , played the 17th and 18th bravely to win Malvern 's only point by a hole , and the Malvern and Public Schools secretary Jeremy Lowe and Adrian Coleman fought hard for their half . Tonbridge had a much closer call in the semi - final , the crucial third point coming against Stowe at the fourth extra hole from Martin Yates and Simon Ellis , former Cambridge captain , who had been dormy three down . Malvern had Streather and Blanchet to thank for their decisive third point in the semi - final against Harrow and a win on the 19th . HALFORD HEWITT CUP ( Deal ) .
Idiom: get on someone's wick (used idiomatically: yes)
I got a shade card , consumers - aid card , but it stayed hard to pick So I asked her advice as to what would look nice , would blend in and not get on my wick . She said ‘ our Vymura is super in Durer , or see what you think of this new shade , Vlaminck .
Idiom: go under the hammer (used idiomatically: yes)
And they bought two of each model — one to play with and the other to save in mint condition . Now their 2,000-strong collection has been sent to Christie 's , where it is expected to make hundreds of thousands of pounds . The first half goes under the hammer on Friday and there are some real treasures , says Christie 's expert Hugo Marsh . ‘ The Guy Warrior van with an advert for Heinz ketchup on the side cost 8/6d in 1960 . We have two in the sale , estimated at £ 1,800 to £ 2,200 each.’
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
Let 's pause there and pray shall we ? And we have to confess Lord that , words are very easy to say and to sing and we can sing them and , feel that we 're doing the right thing and go our way but Lord we pray that the words we sing might be the words that we means , and the words that we say might be the things and the , the way we mean to conduct our lives . We thank you that you sought us out and you demonstrated your great love for us , and you reached out and rescued us saved us . You forgave us our sins , you cleansed us from all unrighteousness .
Idiom: anyone's guess (used idiomatically: yes)
How could they be after knowing him such a short time ? And he was a delightful companion , so why not enjoy herself ? Pushing aside her need to find Grandfather 's friend , unconsciously adopting the philosophy of the Irish that there was always plenty of time , she allowed Feargal to monopolise her — although when he found time to run his farm was anyone 's guess . And when she asked he merely gave his quirky smile . He showed her over the nearby castle , took her for long drives , and on the last day of his — as he called it —‘snatched holiday’ , seemingly relaxed and happy to be playing truant from the demands of his busy life , he drove to Bettystown .
Idiom: fall into place (used idiomatically: yes)
So on first consideration it seems odd that in the early days of planning The Possessed Dostoevsky should write to his friend Maikov and describe his new venture as ' like Crime and Punishment but even nearer to reality , even more urgent , and directly concerned with the most important contemporary question ' . ' Like Crime and Punishment ' — another murder story — is obvious enough . What falls less easily into place is the judgment about relative importance , urgency , contemporary relevance , nearness to reality ; because Raskolnikov comes over as a very grand and accessible conception , a nineteenth - century bohemian Hamlet was one way of putting it , whereas Verkhovensky is just a wrecker . That is our starting point . It could be said as brusquely of Iago that he is just a wrecker .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
The Toshiba America Information Systems Inc unit of Toshiba Corp will begin to market its portable computers in Brazil through local distributor Intercorp Ltda : the company says it is beginning a long - term relationship with Brazil where it will offer its full portable computer product line — and the machines will be bang up to date—'We will not sell discontinued products in Brazil as has been the case with other computer companies , ' the company added sniffily . CAE - LINK WIN UK MOD CONTRACT Toronto - based CAE Industries Ltd reports that its CAE - Link Corp unit has won a contract from the UK Ministry of Defence for a higher formation battle trainer for the British Army : terms were not disclosed , but CAE - Link will develop , install and maintain a command - and - control trainer to simulate a round - the - clock battle in real time for up to six weeks , creating the battlefield communications flow between the staff being trained , higher headquarters and subordinate unit headquarters ; it will consist of a central server networked to 170 controller and operator stations at two sites in the UK and Germany ; it has to be transportable for use at other training sites . RASTEROPS WARN OF OPERATING LOSS Santa Clara , California - based RasterOps Corp warns that it will record an operating loss and take a $ 5 m to $ 7 m restructuring charge for the third quarter ending March 31 : it says third quarter sales will be about equal to the second quarter 's $ 25 m , and it blames ' general market softness and lingering effects of the transition from third party channels to its own sales force .
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
No western country condones payment for transplant organs , yet most permit altruistic donations . Reddy 's assertion that ‘ no harm’ comes to donors who part with a kidney is disengenuous , but does not weaken his plea for the ethical objections to organ sale to be reassessed . Rewarded gifting has the hesitant support of the ethical committee of the Transplantation Society ‘ … paid organ donation must not be condemned out of hand’ and of the Vedic scholar , Ramakrishna Dikshitar ‘ … even if money changes hands , it is still in keeping with the Hindu belief in helping others’ . Even as an interim solution , the problems of rewarded gifting are formidable : does the State set a standard price for a donated kidney , tailor the price to compatibility , or the means of the recipient ? Western practitioners who find the idea of putting a price on a kidney unethically distasteful might bear in mind that their fellow citizens are free to damage themselves for profit in other ways , and with medical approval .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
Putting the envelope back on the hall table she went out to the shed for her bike . In sharp contrast to her mood , the rain had gone and the clouds were breaking up to reveal a blue sky . Instead of another row with her mother , she had decided that she must get to the bottom of things by going up to the Hall and speaking to Miss Hatherby , and she pedalled as fast as she could . Constance was startled by Miss Hatherby 's appearance when she arrived at the Hall . She had never seen her in the morning and she knew instinctively that she had made a mistake in arriving without warning .
Idiom: at a loose end (used idiomatically: yes)
This management is looking to buy the company , but they 're acting like Maxwell clones . Voice over It 's left them at a loose end at home . 13 years ago they were each given gold watches to mark 25 years service . Now they 're a reminder of other times
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . too concerned . But I 'd very surprised if that does n't do the trick . If it 's not settling , then we should do some blood tests and a throat swab , but it 's bit late to do those today I 'm afraid . Yeah .
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
The Hermitage is not hoping for financing from UNESCO . Rather , the museum wants an aid campaign to be organised and an international Friends of the Hermitage organisation to be set up . Any revenue will be used for reconstructing the buildings with a view to expanding the area available for exhibitions , the refitting of the Special Storeroom which houses a unique collection of goldsmiths ' work , and for computerisation . There are also plans to set up an international school for the training of museum curators attached to the Hermitage . Coca - Cola has also decided to ‘ compete’ with UNESCO by giving the Hermitage $ 320,000 ( for years Pepsi - Cola had the monopoly of the Soviet market ) .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
Here it is only possible to give a general flavour of this case - history : His love for his father , which had been manifest in his earliest period , was therefore the source of his energy in struggling against God and of his acuteness in criticizing religion . But on the other hand this hostility to the new God was not an original reaction either ; it had its prototype in a hostile impulse against his father , which had come into existence under the influence of the anxiety - dream [ concerning wolves and mentioned earlier in the analysis ] , and it was at bottom only a revival of that impulse . To return to Freud 's analysis of sacrifice . The father is represented twice in religious sacrifices : as the god to whom the sacrifice is offered in order to offer satisfaction to the father ; and as sacrificial victim , whether animal or human , as a commemoration , or re - enactment , of the original murder of the father .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Smith confident Old Firm atmosphere will lift his European heroes Mowbray may return for Celtic By Mike Aitken SINCE he limped out of the Old Firm game on 2 January , Tony Mowbray has missed all of Celtic 's last 13 matches . His manager , Liam Brady , must decide this morning whether or not to bring the Englishman back into his plans for this afternoon 's game against Rangers . If he does play , Mowbray is likely to be handed the demanding task of subduing Mark Hateley .
Idiom: get under someone's skin (used idiomatically: no)
Was this a deliberate campaign to make me feel small ? Was he trying to rub in the fact that he did n't think much of me ? Anyway , he was beginning to get under my skin and I hoped my burning face was n't too obvious . " One thing more , " Beamish said . " There 's a horse through here been coughing .
Idiom: hit the bottle (used idiomatically: yes)
WILD rocker Nicky Wire has quit boozing … after too many hangovers . The star from Manic Street Preachers — who have shot to No.7 with Theme From M.A.S.H. — hit the bottle with a vengeance when the group made the big time . But the bass player claims that he 's now put his beer guzzling days behind him . Says Wire : ‘ When we started out , I was like a kid in a candy store .
Idiom: clean house (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah . We 'll go home . Go home to a nice tough , clean house shall we ? Thank you . Yeah , it 's nice when you walk in
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr. Cohen The Minister is shaking his head , so they will not be completed by Christmas . Local authorities had their fingers burnt before when they tried to get the software up and running and then found that the Government were changing the rules . It looks as though exactly the same will happen again in respect of the benefits system . Another feature that will survive from the poll tax is joint and several liability .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
The Small Business Advice Bureau said there was not much call for banksia - blossom owls . But by 1979 he was selling enough stock from his Mum 's garden shed to move into the Wanneroo premises . Also in the pipeline is an Australian children 's TV series based on Gumnut Factory Folk Tales ( written , illustrated and published by Chris Trump , A$ 7.95 ) . Cynics might observe that Trump is exploiting his relationship with wee George and Gertie Gumnut et al . In fact he takes his role as guardian of these fey fellahin so seriously that perhaps one should regard him as the Brobdingnagian Mayor of Gumnutland .
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
Operation FALCON was conducted during a one week period , April 4 - 10 , 2005 , chosen to coincide with National ~ Crime Victim 's Rights Week , April 10 - 16 , the dates being chosen to " honor the victims " of violent crime in America . " By taking violent fugitives off the streets and putting them behind bars where they belong , " said Attorney ~ General Alberto ~ Gonzales , " we ' ve honored the victims and made our streets safer . "
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Phyllis was made redundant from British Telecom last year . They paid for the holiday out of her redundancy money . They 're now almost 1200 pounds out of pocket , but Norman says it could have been much worse if he 'd gone to America and fallen ill . Norman and Phyllis booked through a Swindon travel agent called Imagination Air Travel . The firm 's been in financial difficulties and moved out of its premises in the Brunel Centre last month .