Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: by the book (used idiomatically: yes)
David Fyfe was once the managing director of MTM but left after numerous disagreements with his boss Lines . Neither man , however , is commenting on the goings on which have turned Mr Lines from being the industry 's darling , he even had his 40-acre Teesport chemicals development blessed by Mrs Thatcher , into the pariah of the market . The only certainty , however , was prophetically forecast by the 1989 book A Chemistry for Success , which charted the rise and rise of MTM . ' It is very much a company worth watching and will continue to surprise , ' wrote author Clive Rassam . Low profile
Idiom: fit the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ We 're looking for people with enthusiasm that see it as an exciting career and really want to do the job,’ enthuses Mr Queen . ‘ Those sorts of people do n't tend to notice the long hours!’ If you fit the bill you could earn a lot of money . While salaries for newly qualifieds may be around £ 28,000 to £ 35,000 with a car , a director with five or six years ' experience in the industry may get £ 75,000 plus . It is however very much a meritocracy , and people with similar experience and at an equivalent level may be paid widely differing amounts .
Idiom: oil and water (used idiomatically: yes)
Reading the label or instruction leaflet which accompanies your skin cream can sometimes seem like trying to understand a foreign language . Here are the key words you may come across and what they mean … Hydrolipidic film A protective natural emulsion on the skin surface made up mostly of natural oil and water . Hypertrophy Increase in size when referring to skin cells . Cutaneous degradation Breakdown of skin tissue .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
My dell laptop has 8 gb ram and 500 gb memory but the graphics card is only 32 mb . What game can I run ? You can play games like Quake - 1/2/3A , Unreal 1/2/UT , Postal 2 , Red ~ Faction , Half Life / CS 1.6 , Sin , Duke Nukem 3D
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: yes)
Another actor would walk in and I 'd say , ‘ What an asshole!’ and the barman would say , ‘ Enough , out.’ And that would be one more bar we could n't go back to . The thing that made Lee Marvin such a perfect rogue is that , despite all the stories of his being drunk on the set and causing producers to have palpitations , there is probably no single director or actor who worked with him who did n't think the world of him . Maybe it has something to do with the curious outlook he had on life . Actor Ed Lauter , who worked with Marvin and knew him well , told me :
Idiom: call the shots (used idiomatically: yes)
In any case , you know as well as I do that the MDs are always American.’ ‘ Well , there wo n't be any European job functions , that 's for sure,’ Muldoon said . ‘ There 'll be a direct link between Detroit and the line managers in each country , with Detroit calling the shots.’ ‘ Do n't they realise they 're playing with political dynamite ? Mark demanded .
Idiom: kick the habit (used idiomatically: yes)
There is something free , reckless , vaguely counter - cultural about it ; it ignores the voice of prudence and takes us back to the days of our youth when we defied authority by taking it up . ( How strange that teenagers think smoking is adult ! The truth is quite otherwise — adult smokers are simply ex - teenage smokers who have n't managed to kick the habit . ) That it is dangerous probably adds to the attraction . To smoke is to dissociate oneself from the middle - class health fascists , to say no to jogging and yoghurt and yoga .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
NEIL SILVER Chelsea 1 , Oldham 1 BIG Dave Beasant hit back at the Chelsea fans who booed him off the pitch and blasted : ‘ You 're out of order.’ The man they call Lurch was the villain of the piece after his uncharacteristic boob let in Oldham for an 85th minute equaliser . Beasant , a master at clearing the ball outside his box , mis - hit one and was left in the lurch as Nick Henry guided the ball home from 50 yards .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
The prime aim of the privatisation is to increase competition , efficiency and service to the consumer . No limitations were written into the English and Welsh legislation , and I do not believe that such a limitation is appropriate in this case . The House should reject the amendment , but should be assured that we have taken on board the point made by the amendment . We entirely accept the need to avoid a single buyer acquiring too many bus companies . In England , when 72 units were sold , no single buyer was allowed to acquire more than four .
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: yes)
The meeting will be asked to approve increased funds this year and will tackle the restructuring of military industries in Eastern Europe . City : RR - Tupolev deal takes off AN Anglo - Russian company got off the ground yesterday to run production and sales of a Rolls - Royce - powered Tupolev airliner . Half the shares in British Russian Aviation are held by Flemings Russian Investment , managed by merchant banker Robert Fleming , and the remainder by Russian interests . Flemings will arrange financing for the new venture , and Rolls - Royce will have a director on the board .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: no)
In the modern era , those three must be bracketed together : they , with Piquet — who , despite his achievements , is rarely mentioned in the same company — have totally dominated the sport for the last twenty years . The first time I ever spent any time with Jackie was also my baptism into driving around a circuit fast . Elf had arranged that Jackie take me around Monaco and the experience — of living through what a grand prix driver lives through every time he races — remains engraved on my mind . There are two parts to the experience . One is myself , white - knuckled and terrified , as Jackie heads past the Casino towards the open sea at something like 150 m.p.h .
Idiom: at your fingertips (used idiomatically: yes)
The Orange / Matamp GT120 , the beefy 1960s British amp that helped define the sound of bands like Free , Wishbone Ash and the original Fleetwood Mac , is available again as part of the Matamp ‘ Roots’ range , with only one big difference — it 's green . ‘ This is not just another retro classic to be purchased as decorative furniture by nostalgia buffs,’ say Matamp . ‘ The circuitry is faithful to the original GT120 , and while it 's rudimentary by today 's standards , that does n't detract from the virtually limitless range of good valve sounds it places at your fingertips.’ The amp head pushes out an extremely loud 100 watts , and you can complete your stack by adding a separate valve - driven spring reverb unit and two cabinets — one 2x12″ , one 4x12″ — both loaded with Celestion G12 speakers . HARMONY IN MY HEAD Brian May I spoke to Brian May on the day the news broke that his guitar had been mistakenly despatched to France by a roadie , to await an uncertain fate at the hands of ‘ lost and found’ …
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
She parked , suddenly chill , picked up her bag as if it held eggshells . Well , well … Her fantasy hit the earth as Lucy in the flesh opened the door . She had changed since work , to black tailored trousers and a cashmere sweater of black and Irish green . ‘ Brought some wine,’ said Jay .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
Quote code reference TRI - R on the order form . REVOLUTIONARY NEW SANDVIK SAW £ 12.95 Sandvik broke new woodworking ground when it introduced that Sandvik XT range of saws last year . Unlike normal handsaws , where teeth are set alternatively left and then right , only every third tooth of the XT saws is alternatively set . These teeth are also shorter and set at a different angle from the other teeth .
Idiom: make tracks (used idiomatically: yes)
The altitude was really affecting her and it was important to get her down now . Five down , three to go ! We turned and descended slowly to the tracks we had made on the ascent earlier that morning , then sloughed our way down . Twenty minutes later we met our guide , seated in the snow making radio contact with the hut . Having delivered the injured Bulgarian to safety we had then returned to the ascent , hoping to catch our party .
Idiom: pass the buck (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus , even though Britain 's population density is double that of China , and per capita resource consumption and pollution far greater , it becomes possible to believe that the third world is threatening ‘ our’ global environment . That , of course , is to stand reality on its head , since the industrialised nations are manifestly the real environmental villains . Should n't we now be acknowledging blame rather than passing the buck ? Lost opportunity After many months of various Balkan wars , Misha Glenny ( ‘ Bosnia means more bad news for Balkans’ , 17 April ) is trying hard to apportion the blame ‘ even - handedly’ and blur the difference between villains and victims .
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That 's Ned Turner , the draftsman . He did n't go on the job but did most of the planning . Then he rushed in for his money , a little too quick off the mark … ’ Doyle grinned . ‘ Perhaps he was worried about inflation.’
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah a small one 's not very good though , in there is it ? If we can We 've got pictures . No ! .
Idiom: full marks (used idiomatically: yes)
' I can understand that , ' Clinton said , smiling . ' It seems to be successful though , Mr Nicholson . Full marks to you . We 'll be reporting this as very satisfactory progress when we return to Whitehall . ' ' Satisfactory ? '
Idiom: nuts and bolts (used idiomatically: yes)
Plans OLTP testing method In conjunction with the National Physical Laboratories , X / Open is also applying for funding under the UK Department of Trade and Industry 's ‘ Prost’ initiative ( for testing open systems conformance ) , to develop a method for testing on - line transaction processing solutions . At the high level , X / Open already has its XA transaction processing interface but , at the nuts and bolts level , an evaluation mechanism needs to be established for the OLTP technologies now being productised . Indeed , with embryonic OLTP products like Unix System Labs 's Tuxedo , Transarc Corp 's Encina and now IBM 's CICS/6000 already struggling for mind and market share , X / Open will be under pressure to avoid the problems that it faced — and to some extent still does — over the lack of a standard for graphical user interfaces , GUIs . The fact there was , and still is , no X / Open standard or specification guaranteeing interoperability for applications across different GUIs means that two of the most widely used interfaces — Sun Microsystems Inc 's Open Look and the Open Software Foundation 's Motif — fought a bitter war for market share and the support of the software developer community , leaving the user little recourse but to leap blindly for one or the other .
Idiom: come to terms with (used idiomatically: yes)
Consideration will have to be given to the child 's potential and limitations , but it must be remembered that the pupil is part of a family with wishes and ambitions for the child . Parents can be greatly helped if they have received early information and guidance on the needs of children with no sight or defective vision , and in addition the chance to see for themselves educational provision as well as receiving information about potential placements . A late identification of visual handicap calls for information and advice to be readily available and sympathetically discussed with parents who are often expected to come to a decision about their child 's educational placement while they are still trying to come to terms with the implications of a medical prognosis for their child that may be depressing . There may well be problems ahead both for the pupil and for the school if the child 's family are not in agreement with the professionals ' decisions about the educational placement proposed . The prolonged procedure of appeal which the parents are entitled to embark upon in such circumstances can consume time and energy that would be better used in effecting a workable solution to placement problems .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
She was supposed to be sleeping at Lizzy 's house tonight and Lizzy was supposed to be staying over at hers . That meant they had to stay out all night whether she liked it or not . Lately Lizzy was getting on her nerves . All she was interested in was getting out and getting laid . A black boy with extensions on his hair walked over to her and asked her to dance .
Idiom: fit the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
As a late potato , as a keeping potato I always grow Wilger Now I grow Wilger because it , it browns well when it 's roasted . It makes good chips or if it 's dry fried . We , very seldom that we have boiled potatoes but if I wanted a potato I think to cover all the needs to keep , I would go for Desiree because that one will fit almost any bill at all , it 'll do everything , it 's the best all round potato , late potato that I have ever grown and eaten . Okay thank you very much indeed Fred . She says her neighbour 's garden , always is a mystery here , her neighbour 's garden has been attacked by some kind of animal , she thinks nocturnal , there are small areas dug up from the garden , they are about three to four inches in diameter and about the same in depth , so it 's , it 's , it 's a little hole rather than the end of a tunnel it seems .
Idiom: home and dry (used idiomatically: yes)
Grant Morrow the scorer … Hereford were killed off at the start of the second half … they shot themselves as Steve Devine gave away a penalty … Kieron Brady was the executinor … and Doncaster were home and dry … Hereford got a goal back with one of the best moves of the game … they can turn it on when they want and it 's affective … Marcus Browning was the hit man … that 's three goals in three games for him … but it was n't enough to save United from a 2 - 1 deafeat …
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: no)
He 's from Altecea , a planet there somewhere . I won him in a poker game , taught him to sing . Do tricks . He does n't like space , do you , guy ? ' ' Banana tree ! ' chirped Tal .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: yes)
To guide for love or money gains — Like phantom ships the rich sailed by . Thy shadow mocked thee night and day , Thy life 's companion , it alone ; It did not sigh , it did not moan ,
Idiom: and then some (used idiomatically: yes)
The majority of people who come in are angry because they ca n't get anywhere . It does n't matter how hard they try , the system knocks them down . You know , they might just get up a little way and then some bureaucracy knocks them down again and they 're back where they started . Without betraying any secrets , or identifying any particular people , can you give us general cases that would illustrate this ? I mean what happens with some of those people when they try to get on their feet ?
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: yes)
And I do n't like that aspect of politics , the divisiveness of it all , the personal sort of er attentions of it all . I know it 's there , but I thought that John struck with me a very powerful note , when he said in his conference speech , I should share these things first in private . And I do n't think it would do any good for me on this programme , or any of my colleagues , and of course the media will be now all over the place trying to achieve this . To get instant reactions , instant comments which will blow the thing up . But you 're clearly unhappy about it .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: no)
He nodded slowly , still observing the scene beyond the glass . ' It has to be , of course . ' He turned to the tables against the wall behind them , on which lay various glassy - looking objects , some in display cabinets , most loose , all with explanatory notes stuck to the wall above them . From a wooden plinth on one table , Hamish picked up a dull black cone that looked a little like a Viking helmet without the horns . ' This is a missile nose - cone , ' he said , turning the cone over in his hands .
Idiom: jobs for the boys (used idiomatically: yes)
That is fact Lord Mayor and these facts will bear out . So if it 's doing so well , oh and you would n't have been on that long under a Labour Government , of course , it would 've been jobs for the boys , they 'd 've slipped you in I 'm sure . So why do the Conservatives want to make changes then if we 've got such a good record on health ? The answer , as we have always said , is that there are always ways of improving services in addition to putting more money in .
Idiom: pick up the pieces (used idiomatically: no)
Unfortunately the friend is anonymous , and Young , that strangely and personally chosen official biographer , can not always be regarded as a witness either of truth or charity . But on this occasion the weight of reason is decisively on his side . Surely Baldwin , whatever his desire earlier in the imbroglio , can not at this stage have wished to go back to the Cabinet on the following morning and announce that a wayward King , who had already compromised his position with most opinion both at home and in the Dominions , had suddenly changed his mind , at least temporarily , and , having attracted the maximum publicity to his preference for Mrs Simpson over the Throne , was now prepared to ditch her and try to pick up again the pieces of kingship . This for Baldwin would surely have been the worst of both worlds . Yet it was precisely what the Cabinet went through the motions of trying to achieve at its meeting that next ( Wednesday ) morning .
Idiom: take a leaf out of someone's book (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Major replied : ‘ We will continue to leave the French government in no doubt that we expect them to act where necessary to safeguard free trade , to pay compensation when losses have occurred and to bring the perpetrators to book.’ Bob Milne , of the Scottish Fish Exporting Federation , said he had no sympathy for the French . ‘ They are getting as good prices as the fishermen in this country but our fishermen , although perhaps disappointed at price levels , know how to behave and it is about time the Frenchmen took a leaf out of their book.’ Mr Milne was speaking after some 800 Breton fishermen smashed stalls and equipment at the Rungis market , emptied trucks of imports , crushed shellfish underfoot , pelted riot police with frozen fish and left hundreds of tons of seafood strewn on the ground . The high value of the French franc has led to a flood of imports from Britain .
Idiom: around the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
But see it now we did . How well did Kipling describe a microscope as ‘ the eye of Allah,’ and these wretched creatures as the legions of the devil . Messrs May and Baker , our trusted pharmaceutic friends worked around the clock to make vaccines . The author 's brother - in - law , Sergeant Major Neville Smith , REME , photographed in September 1943 , at Constantine , BNAF . The doctors were delighted .
Idiom: make a splash (used idiomatically: no)
Children enjoy making a splash in the water as they come off a waterslide .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Also it is something they can do for you and gives the visit a sense of occasion . Some visitors never learn how to come and go with grace , and clock - watching , when the time for departure is drawing near , should be carefully avoided . Old people are no fools , and can easily be hurt ; so however many things you have on your mind to be done when you get home , never leave them feeling that you have given them time that you have grudgingly spared . Never greet them with ‘ Hello , how are you ? I 'm afraid I ca n't stop long’ , or leave them with ‘ Well , I must go ; I 've got such a lot to do , .
Idiom: touch wood (used idiomatically: yes)
Arguably , two of the best , are Coronation Everest ( Boxtree , £ 6.99 ) a reprint of Jan Morris 's account of Hunt 's successful 1953 expedition , and Everest , The Best Writing and Pictures from Seventy Years of Human Endeavour ( Little Brown , £ 25 ) . Cost of going under cover WHY has my insurance gone up by 30pc in one year when I have not made a claim in 40 years , touch wood ? The Co Down reader who asked the simple question is a mature driver with a modest car . As it happened I had heard a very similar point being put to a group of Belfast managers from top insurance companies a few days previously .
Idiom: get the better of (used idiomatically: yes)
If I were you , though , I 'd get straight on home just in case he comes back . I do n't think I 'd like to try crossing swords with him again . He does n't look like the sort of man one can get the better of very often.’ Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . That brief confrontation with Luke Calder had unsettled her far more than the incident in the garage , if she was honest .
Idiom: make a move (used idiomatically: yes)
What 's different about it is that we possess , the G M B London Region , possess sworn statements from managers and ex Chief Officers that conclusively demonstrate that what the trade union has been saying all along , what the G M B 's been saying all along , about victimization , financial mismanagement and corruption , have in ta in fact taken place . That 's what those sworn statements say . Even with this kind of evidence , even with that kind of evidence , almost uniquely good evidence in my experience , the Council leadership , which is in , has been in possession of it for the best part of a month has made no move to suspend any Chief Officer on charges of gross misconduct , which of course if it had been any of our members accused of something like that , they 'd have been down the road instantly , nor has it reinstated any worker wrongly sacked . So , it 'll be another Liverpool . Industrial Tribunals may make that decision but the Islington Council certainly is n't going to .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
The clammy feel of slime on fabric was gone . She was naked , and inanimate textiles lapped her skin . She opened her eyes again , not remembering closing them to shut out the blueness , but it was still there and her mind was spiked with pain . Air of azure , her hands sapphire ; a thousand tiny nibblings of alien awareness pecked at her intellect like so many starving bluebirds . Hiding inside her head , Jezrael refused to accept the world of blue .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
Games always result in a win - lose outcome where someone comes out on top but at the other person 's expense . The loser is likely to be tempted into playing a return game on some future occasion in a bid to square the match . This ‘ tit for tat’ competition wastes time , saps energy and sours relationships . How can we recognize when a game is being played ? Here are some of the usual indicators .