Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: let's be having you (used idiomatically: yes)
He got up from his desk and stepped over to the measuring rod . It was too late now for me to go anywhere . ‘ Right,’ he said , ‘ let 's be having you.’ Alec Davidson stepped forward like a condemned man . His plan had misfired as badly as mine .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: no)
Tennis girl , 14 ' raped by her mother 's lover ' A PROMISING tennis player of 14 was raped by her mother 's boyfriend who had offered to be her coach , a court heard yesterday . The 28-year - old cab driver attacked her in a clearing after she went to join Queen 's Club in west London , Mark Dennis , prosecuting , told the Old Bailey . Mr Dennis said the man put his hand over the girl 's face and mouth and threatened to throw her in a river if she screamed . Earlier he had driven her to two tennis clubs to discuss membership .
Idiom: rough and tumble (used idiomatically: yes)
I was the last thing which I had anticipated , and the last thing which I sought . At first my reply was that which I had given to Macmillan . I was happy in my Office ; it was exacting but I could carry it easily in the House of Lords ; and I had no wish to re - submit myself to the rough and tumble of electioneering and the House of Commons … One thing was clear in the confusion - that I could not even let myself think about the matter unless my physical health was up to it . Overstrain had brought on tuberculosis in 1939 and I had been having a lot of trouble with my eyes .
Idiom: meet someone halfway (used idiomatically: yes)
It will go on changing . The Agriculture and Food Research Council reckon cereal yields could be increased by another 25 per cent this century , freeing even more land . In a bid to meet the problem halfway , the AFRC has also invested £ 730,000 in a five - year study of the relationship between wildlife and farming — and what will happen as land use goes on changing . The point is , that for the first time in decades , the environmentalists have a powerful voice — and a Government which claims to listen . Three million acres or more of Britain 's countryside ca n't be left to tumble down to nettles , bracken , Oxford ragwort and rosebay willow herb , punctuated by leisure centres and car parks .
Idiom: strike it rich (used idiomatically: yes)
He may have looked like a bank - clerk but he had the heart of a poet , whether he wrote in iambic pentameters or the plain but effective doggerel of the common man . The writer of those lines and I enjoyed many a lunch time snack in the Hotel Vancouver cafeteria , and more often a glass of lager in the upstairs lounge . Robert Service may not have struck it rich in finding Yukon gold , but he made a fortune from his books of verse , which sold into millions of copies . Earlier in the century , while still a young man , he returned to England , disapproved of the climate , and finally bought a chalet in the south of France . When the Vichy government confiscated his property early in the war , Service brought his French wife and their daughter to Vancouver for the duration .
Idiom: anything goes (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Forgive my correcting you in your own department , Sister , but it is . Since that boy 's a dresser , he 's on the surgical side . When anything goes wrong on the surgical side the fault is automatically mine.’ He glanced round . ‘ Is Dr Jones available?’
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
The fundamental considerations in taking a decision on loans are laid out in another Midland Bank booklet called ‘ How to Borrow Money’ by Margaret Dibben . RECOGNISING THE DANGER As a nation , we 're all in hock to the tune of over £ 24 billion — and that 's excluding mortgages on property . We 've all grown accustomed to using credit . There can be a danger point , however , when the use of credit gets out of control , and unfortunately , with all the variety of credit available , it is sometimes too easy to avoid recognising the danger until it is acute .
Idiom: face the music (used idiomatically: yes)
It was natural to dance together . This was n't a tea - dance with cups of tea and staid sandwiches : it was a slick nightclub where the waiters and the band flirted like gigolos . Dancing was a pleasure in itself , as holidays were , and if one has to take them alone or with friends , then why not face the music and — give it rock all ! As Lily put it . So Frances and Mrs Malloy — four grown - up children and seven grandchildren — danced together for the last couple of hours .
Idiom: beg the question (used idiomatically: yes)
The argument has been made by Martin Howe and others that this will obtain only if an appeal court is superimposed above the Court of Justice . The point , which I find persuasive , is that an appeal court which will be less full - time than the Court of Justice will be less imbued with the centralist perspective , and thus in a better position to maintain an objectivity as between the interests of the EEC and those of the nation state . This is of course to beg the question of where the dividing line between the interest of the nation state and that of the EEC is to be drawn . I am quite clear in my own mind on this . The ‘ bottom’ line is the one that separates those measures which lead to the loss of nationhood from those which are concerned with effecting closer association and cooperation — and freer and fairer trade — between genuinely independent states .
Idiom: in the black (used idiomatically: no)
Which footballer was sold for £4½ million but could n't get into the first team for 16 months ? 3 Who paid £20 towards the cost of trying to keep the pound in the ERM on Black Wednesday ? 4 Whose lunchbox attained an average speed of 23mph ?
Idiom: take the fifth (used idiomatically: no)
We know Brighton are on a hiding to nothing and Barry Lloyd 's job will be on the line if we win . ’ Woking manager Geoff Chapple is confident Biggins will run rings round Brighton 's midfield , declaring : ‘ Mark can beat anyone . At the Goldstone I bet he 'll go past three or four players , and then lose the ball taking on a fifth instead of putting our strikers in . He does n't treat anything seriously . If he turns up late he thinks it is funny . ’
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: yes)
But wife June adds : ‘ He dotes on Dawn . We had her after a 10-year break the boys , Kenneth , Neil and Carl , are 21 , 18 and 16 . ‘ They all think the world of her too . ‘ But she and her dad are really close . She cried when we said he had won the Woman Extra competition .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
She lives in a hole in the ground . Not quite . Not quite in a hole ? That 's right . Sue lives in a hole .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
But further confirmation of the agency discrimination against the area was provided by another contributor who said that the IDB has run away from Belfast and is out around Newtownabbey , Newtownards and Castlereagh . Foreign investors have been brought out around these places , but none have been brought to West Belfast . There is now an increase in the funding for West Belfast and the IDB will have to get to grips with it . There is a major upheaval in LEDU in relation to West Belfast and a larger amount of resources is being put into the area . But LEDU seems to be simply shifting small businesses from one location to another within West Belfast .
Idiom: steer clear of (used idiomatically: yes)
The only civilian workers were a dozen female domestic workers . One of these women had been paid to pretend to be sick , and Ingrid was to take her place . The woman , who worked as a waitress in the sergeant 's mess , told Ingrid all she knew about the compound , and advised her to steer clear of the cookhouse . The chef who ran it was a warrant officer and a bastard , who ruled with a rod of iron . He did very little work himself , but bullied everybody who did .
Idiom: for my money (used idiomatically: yes)
The very opening is a little more subdued , effectively so , there are minor readjustments of pace in the middle of the first movement , and the second movement is now even more careering than before at 3′59″ , but the woodwind are noticeably more sophisticated . Drawbacks include some scrambled passages here and there , a false violin entry at 20′57″ in the first movement , a recording with distracting low hum , poor microphone placement and a bronchial audience . For my money the 1954 version has more edge to it . 45754:Mravinsky is the only conductor I have ever heard make Shostakovich 's Twelfth Symphony remotely convincing . The orchestra swarms over the first movement like killer bees , and the fierceness of the finale redeems it from suspicions of empty triumphalism .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
The major determinants of effectiveness can be grouped under two headings : Immediate Constraints ( ie things that can not be changed in the short - term ) and Group Motivation and Interaction . Examples of immediate constraints are group size , the nature of the task , and the personalities and other attributes of the members . Each of these may represent an opportunity or an obstacle to a group , and how well the group comes to terms with these constraints will , in turn , depend on the level of motivation possessed by the members , and on the degree to which they are able to work together . Leadership plays a key role in the overall levels of motivation and collaboration . 11 .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
Well first of all I 'd like to erm say that erm the last gentlemen who phoned in is a very lucky driver . erm I bought a car actually over at Kidlington , and I did not know the amount of premium I was paying . All I was told is that you 're getting twelve months guarantee , but you 've got to have a three thousand mile service , and as the gentleman said erm I recorded the deliveries and sent them all back and on the third one , when I took it in I asked if they 'd put a new set of points in for me and erm unfortunately when it came out there was no compression at all and because because I it was suggested that I dug my heels in a bit and got an independent report and erm basically they told me to get lost because it cost fifty pound to do the report . Now what happened was originally that I lost compression on pistons three and four and it worked out there was a very thin channel from piston three to four on the head gasket and erm basically it ruined part of the engine and the whole report said that basically I want a new engine . And all the M S M was offering was erm a maximum of fifty pound and I was a very lucky person to have that .
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: yes)
She was not the first person to wonder about the secret of Harry Short 's success . If anyone else ran a yard of sixty flat - race horses like he did , they would have been out of business years ago . Yet he just went from strength to strength . It was true that his horses tended to have brief careers . The idea of giving a backward horse time , of not over - racing his less tough charges , of giving the vet the benefit of the doubt when he said a leg was liable to break down on hard ground — these were alien concepts to Harry Short .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
Forty - nine p.c . of correspondents who said they intended to vote Conservative said that Britain should retain its own currency even if the rest of the European Community had a common currency . By contrast , only 29 p.c . of Labour voters said Britain should stick with sterling . Liberal Democrats fell in between , with 34 p.c . opting to go it alone . Age also affected attitudes to Europe . Among correspondents over 65 , 40 p.c . said that English should be the official language of Europe .
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I ca n't think where I 've seen her before.’ Apart from Perdita , the Rutshire team for the Jack Gannon Cup consisted of Justin and Patrick Lombard , farmer 's sons who 'd spent their lives in the saddle and who made up for lack of finesse with dogged determination , and David Waterlane 's son , Mike , now nearly twenty - one , who played like an angel when his father was n't on the sideline bellowing at him . In an exhausting , exhilarating fortnight , they moved round the country triumphing gloriously at Cheshire , being demoralized at Cirencester , where they drew against a vastly inferior team , cockahoop at Kirtlington , and nearly coming unstuck at Windsor , where Perdita was sent off for swearing , so Rutshire had to play the last chukka with only three men , and only just won . On the first Friday in August they finally reached Cowdray and won the semi - finals by the skins of their gumshields . The Quorn , opposing them , had rumbled Drew 's Exocet weapon , and spent the match giving Perdita so much hassle that she only hit the ball twice .
Idiom: back to the drawing board (used idiomatically: yes)
Those who can walk , but only with difficulty , will not be able to walk the full length of High Row.’ Coun Derek Mason ( Con ) said : ‘ This is depriving 2,000 people of access to Darlington . It is a ludicrous situation and we should go back to the drawing board and start afresh.’ But Coun Bob Pendlebury , deputy leader of the county council 's ruling Labour group , said it was recognised that there might be problems , but they would be dealt with as they arose . A council ‘ hot line’ would be available for those who found the scheme caused them difficulties .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
But he still got his picture of the beekeeper and his busy little bees . Catching up with J R Hartley J R Hartley is one of those names which rings a bell but you ca n't quite place it until you see the face — and then you remember the television commercial . He is the star of the 45-second Yellow Pages plug of 1982 which was screened for the following eight years , setting something of a record in advertising circles . Scene one is the elderly gent wearily prowling round one bookshop after another in a hopeless search for a volume on fly - fishing by J R Hartley .
Idiom: tongue in cheek (used idiomatically: yes)
AT1 : ' Making it a pleasant place ; Art is pleasant . I 've been reinspired ! ' Deputy Head ( Staff ) : ' Tongue in cheek ! Has this exercise helped ? ' AT1 : ' Brought me back a bit .
Idiom: on the take (used idiomatically: no)
The second pitch is often climbed as a single pitch and is a lot easier than it looks from the top . This is a good place to abseil down the face without committing yourself to a hard route out again . Four abseils down the corner ( the first chain is on the path ) will take you to Le Jardin , a hanging terrace complete with mini-forest . From here Dalles Grises takes six pitched of VS worthwhile for the feeding of doing a longer route in such an impressive place . Next to it goes a soft touch 6a , Cocoluche , which has an easily avoidable 6b section .
Idiom: on the back burner (used idiomatically: yes)
Michelle wanted to break into films and was prepared to accept Jack 's help . They talked about a project together with director Hal Ashby , who was trying to raise finance for a film based upon a remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice ( which Nicholson later made with Jessica Lange ) , but MGM pulled out because they did not think Michelle Phillips was a big enough name , not apparently appreciating that she was once a starring member of a world - famous singing quartet . Ashby was keen because of the sparking relationship that existed between Nicholson and Michelle — but eventually the script was put on the back burner . Nicholson 's close friend Bruce Dern saw this as one of the developing problems with what seemed to be heading towards a husband and wife relationship ; with two people in the same business — as had been the case with Sandra and Mimi — the pressures on their life together were aggravated by the success of one member of the partnership , while the other was still struggling . It was a rather one - sided affair .
Idiom: come clean (used idiomatically: yes)
Some people I know would revel in being able to say they looked straight down the barrel of a loaded gun . I ca n't , because I ducked down as low as I could , controlling Armstrong 's wheel with just my left hand , the injured right tucked between my legs . Oh yes , and I suppose I 'd better come clean . I had my eyes shut . I think I was probably screaming as well , but if I was I did n't yell anything memorable .
Idiom: run out of gas (used idiomatically: yes)
Tonight Piper could provide another fearful disaster for Benn — for the Welshman has brains ( MENSA rating 153 ) as well as brawn . Piper studies each opponent carefully and has re - run the video of the Benn - Watson fight repeatedly to develop the strategy which he believes will prove the key to victory . Piper knows Benn is prone to run out of gas if he ca n't get through in the early rounds . with his stinging left jab opening the way for the coup de grace , the big overhand right , just as he did against Watson . And Piper is an orthodox boxer rather than a brawler .
Idiom: spin a yarn (used idiomatically: yes)
The hilarious final rush of actions dominates the tale , and may provide a form of comic catharsis by which not only are potentially grave moral images and considerations emptied of their solemnity , but also the sympathy that it is difficult at times not to feel for the poor dupe , John , faithfully and helplessly in love with his wife , is overwhelmed by the sheer absurdity of this all - embracing climax . What is more , the funny side of John 's situation is made explicit in the tale by lines which indicate the fundamentally urbane and clerkly bias of the humour of the fabliau : The laugh is on the uneducated man who thought his common sense better than the clerks ' sophistry ( 3448–91 ) . We can , moreover , hear the urbane inflection of the voice where Nicholas and Alison briefly take up the fabliau narrative within the narrative , spinning the yarn of John 's foolishness : The joke is enhanced by their attribution of the elegant French phrase , par compaignye , to this " " lewed " " character . The Miller 's tale concludes as a fabliau , not only with appropriate , marked fabliau language : but also with a general and amiable benediction : The more recent moral — allegorical readings of the Miller 's Tale have seen John , Nicholas and Absolon as type figures , representing the sins of Avarice , Lechery and Pride respectively , all of whom come to judgement and punishment in their discomfiture . It would clearly take considerable mental agility to square this reading with that emphasizing the comedy of the fabliau put forward here , even in terms of the black humour of the exposure of human baseness as suggested for the French Les quatre Souhais Saint Martin .
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp , though written solely for their benefit . It amazes me , I confess ; for , certainly , there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction .
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: yes)
The side kick This is an extremely powerful kick that leaves no one in any doubt when it thuds home ! Also , there are situations in which it could well save the day . However , the angle at which it is applied makes it very risky from the point of view of defending yourself . Practise the kick from a sideways - on stance such as a straddle .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
These are all writings by academics in early or middle life ; and though animated as argument , they are deliberately cast in an academic mould . Donald Davie 's Purity of Diction in English Verse ( 1952 ) , by contrast , is touched with the spirit of the manifesto : the first book of young poet and lecturer who , though still a Leavisite , was eager to prepare the way for a critical acceptance of his own verse . The book is an imaginative outgrowth of practical criticism , but it breaks new ground in its choice of late Augustan poets — Charles Wesley and Samuel Johnson — and ( by a bold leap of association ) Wordsworth , Coleridge and the later Romantics : its chapter on ‘ Shelley 's urbanity’ , paradoxical in its very title , showing the entry of a commanding new critical voice . The book registers a new - found fascination with Ezra Pound , too , on whom Davie was soon to write two books , as opposed to T. S. Eliot — espousing a failed Modernist against the acknowledged leader of London literary opinion — and its tactic of saying - the - other - thing was soon to become the mark of a critic eager to clear a space for himself and for others of like mind . The book might , in its day , have served as a poetic manifesto for the Movement — a sort of critical defence of the Angry Young Poet — but events were to take another turn , leading him in 1968 to settle in the United States for twenty years ; to produce , on his return , Under Briggflats ( 1989 ) , a critical history of British poetry since 1960 .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
And the range from the 18th green and its three grandstands ? About six hundred yards . Something less than a precision guided missile would do the trick . The trio were modifying the trolley with implements they must have brought in the pockets of the golf - bags . Coils of 15-amp wire and hand tools had been placed on a groundsheet .
Idiom: jump on the bandwagon (used idiomatically: yes)
But manufacturers are n't exactly flocking to produce 33MHz 486SX machines as yet . We managed to lay our hands on just four after much research . In the US , however , IBM , Dell and Gateway have jumped on the 33MHz bandwagon and we can expect to see more UK manufacturers following suit . There will also be an OverDrive processor available , which will plug into the maths coprocessor socket , turning it into a machine which runs internally at 66MHz and externally at 33MHz . And the new chip is good news if you 're considering one of the slower 20MHz or 25MHz versions , as these have been forced down in price .
Idiom: put two and two together (used idiomatically: yes)
" Well , you can imagine , I felt the way you look . The bloody old hawk , talk about X - ray eyes ! Heard about you being sick and put two and two together — though what the other two was , I 'm damned if I know . These old Jews , they 've got such a feeling for kids , they can spot 'em almost before they 're conceived . It floored me . "
Idiom: wear the trousers (used idiomatically: yes)
He moved and let out a groan as he discovered how stiff his limbs were . Beside him , Melody murmured in sleepy complaint . Memory returned to Seb in disjointed snatches and he hastily checked he was wearing his trousers . Satisfied he was at least decently dressed , Seb raised his head cautiously and peered over the edge of the hollow . ' What you doing , Seb ?
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: no)
The bedrooms are comfortably but simply furnished and have a private bathroom . Some bedrooms take a third bed . Continental style breakfast is served in the breakfast room , which also has a TV and can be used by guests as a lounge in the evening ; guests on half board are served dinner at the nearby Hotel Zeinlach . No lift ; 10 bedrooms . GASTHOF BRAU ( 2 + )
Idiom: on the back of (used idiomatically: yes)
Please sit down , monsieur .’ ‘ After you , Mademoiselle Bryant,’ he insisted harshly , waiting with ill - concealed impatience and obviously wanting to speak his mind and depart swiftly . Jenna had n't realised just how weak she felt until that moment and she kept a firm grip on the back of the settee . They had told her in hospital that the glass had cut into an artery and she had needed transfusions but although she had felt far from well this morning she was certainly feeling worse now . He was making her anxious and that was no help at all .