Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: with a view to (used idiomatically: yes)
The road alongside , formerly a stop - and - start affair , is now a fast two - track road less in keeping with the surroundings and giving less opportunity to admire the passing scene . Tributaries feed the loch from Glen Docherty , beyond Kinlochewe , and its waters escape into the River Ewe for a last short journey of two miles only to the sea . Between the two extremities , all is fair to look upon , serene and peaceful ; copses of birch and alder and pines adorn the rocky heights alongside and the water 's edge with occasional open views to the mountains bordering the far shore , along which the old track from Poolewe to Kinlochewe ran through the private estate of Letterewe . At the wider northern end of the loch , many islands break the surface . After emerging from the forest , but still shaded by trees , the road passes the Loch Maree Hotel , proud of the fact that Queen Victoria stayed there , as a roadside plaque testifies .
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
The Tyrone men have another important League fixture this afternoon — visitors Limavady inspired by the mercurial Des Curry are likely to provide the first searching test of Strabane 's ability to stay the course . Glens bid set to fail THEIR pitch is up and running , survival is assured … now the party can begin in earnest for Newry Olympic Hockey Club . The country outfit with big ideas , having enjoyed a first season on their £ 400,000 synthetic pitch at Belfast Road , celebrate next Saturday with a star - studded game between Ireland and an internationally - strengthened home team . And the very fact they have secured the services of two of modern - day hockey 's finest servants — prolific Great Britain and England goalscorer Sean Kerly and Dutchman Flores Jan Rovelander , probably the world 's greatest short corner exponent , merely underlines the frontier town club 's ambition .
Idiom: heart and soul (used idiomatically: no)
And yet the oracle had lodged in Cadfael 's mind like a thorn from the blackthorn bushes , and would not be dislodged . He went to his stall with the words echoing and reechoing in his inward ear : ‘ and the brother shall deliver up the brother to death’ . It took all his willpower and concentration to banish the sound of it , and fix heart and soul on the celebration of the Mass. Chapter Nine AT THE end of Mass , when the children had been dismissed to their schooling with Brother Paul , and only the choir monks were left as awed witnesses , Abbot Radulfus offered a brief and practical prayer for divine guidance , and approached Saint Winifred 's altar .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
MICROLIGHT NOTEBOOK RONNIE FAUX Punchy thermals which delight the wings of gliders and do not trouble planes with a bit of weighty metal behind them are no longer conjured up by the morning sun to drive trepid microlight flyers back to earth . A recent run of glorious days saw the isobars sprawling loosely across the weather map and circling a pool of high pressure over the northern hills . Mornings were frost - blue , breath turned to fog and we were dressed for a cold day in the Himalayas , cocooned in pile clothing and moonboots . But in the first few feet the delight of winter flying , even in an open cockpit , was apparent .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
By the late 1980s , Ceauşescu was on course for creating a new type of humanity : people brought up in a squalid spiritual void , learning only outward conformity and inward cynicism . Those who criticize post - revolutionary Romanians for their lack of civic virtue and their insensitivity to the problems of their fellow citizens , particularly the abandoned young , should remember what sort of society they were forced to live in and what sort of values were imposed on them . Romanians are very well aware of how much they have inherited from the Ceauşescu regime and how difficult it is , with the best will in the world , to purge the moral degradation from their souls .
Idiom: fight fire with fire (used idiomatically: yes)
There was much discussion as to who should captain the ship , and when Graham Gooch was appointed anyone of a cynical disposition found it hard to escape the feeling that it was in the hope that , with his South African connections , at least one government would refuse to let him in , thus avoiding another 5–0 blackwash . By not only relieving David Gower of the captaincy , which was inevitable , but omitting him altogether the selectors provoked an uproar ; they came up with a party that had only two specialist openers , an inexperienced middle order , and some fast bowlers who were virtually untried , injury - prone and had a reputation for speed but not accuracy . The official pronouncement was that they intended to fight fire with fire . It seemed crazy ; suicidal , even . But in the weeks before they left they worked extremely hard at their fitness , were coached by Geoff Boycott to improve their batting technique , and insisted to the press that people back home in England were going to be pleasantly surprised .
Idiom: in business (used idiomatically: yes)
Er the university of Northumbria or Newcastle Is that Newcastle brackets Carlisle campus . Right yes I am keen on that because I think er one of the keys to growth in our business is to attract more people and to attract people you must tell them that we 're here and what we 're doing . . I think that I think it 's a a good first step . Erm , equal ops ?
Idiom: fit the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
For the last six months , since her return from Africa , the work had been heavy and continuous . Aware that there was no accepted path for women in deacons ' orders in the Church of England , she had nevertheless looked around for a curacy which would put her in possession of solid parish experience . St Sylvester 's Betterhouse , on the south bank of the Thames , upstream from Lambeth , fitted her bill . The parish was large , poor and ethnically diverse . Sikhs jostled Greeks in the street market ; Turks rivalled Chinese in the restaurant trade .
Idiom: drop the ball (used idiomatically: yes)
A dog , which is large and gray , is dropping a ball from its mouth and stopping in the grass
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
drew two thousand to let blood and saw far flickered messages from sisters swimming under other suns until in their ingenious deaf haste men clogged that channel too
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
Heavy , masonry fire resisting walls should be free from the possibility that their stability may be affected by the behaviour of other structural members . When premises are designed with future extensions in mind , the need to avoid inconsistencies in the stability and fire resistance of individual sections should receive attention . Such factors can have an important effect on the behaviour of the structure under fire conditions . 3.9 Access and Provision for External Fire Fighting There would appear to be few situations when access to the premises at high level would be of value or desirable in emergencies .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: no)
We spent the rest of the night collecting wood , examining each piece by torchlight before touching it . We soon learned to give animals the right of way in the swamps , sitting for hours at a time in the dugout , watching elephants plod by . Our unwound watches lay in our rucksacks and when they stopped we followed the pattern of night and day instead . Eating supper early , we were asleep by eight , before waking at five for the dawn . In spite of Matata 's shock - horror tactics , he was the most wonderful guide , in tune with the swamps by some atavistic sixth sense .
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
Or it may be even vaguer than that ; someone rather like oneself but knowing perhaps a little less . Whatever figure you have in your head , ask at every turn of your book , " What will the Reader ( I always give mine a capital letter in my mind ) want next ? " The answer , nine times out of ten , will be : the next event in the story . Story , narrative , is what best keeps a crime novel squarely in the entertainment field and one should never forget it . Some authors are lucky enough to think naturally in terms of story .
Idiom: behind the scenes (used idiomatically: yes)
He said : ' I feel that when you live in a town , you take the services for granted . ' If you just ring them up you can not understand the problems they face so I thought this would be a good way that I could use myself as a focus on their work . ' Before yesterday 's behind - the - scenes look , Coun Lloyd experienced another , less glamorous , side of the fireman 's work . For the past week the Mayor has suffered with the men as they respond to early morning calls . He had a bleeper in his house which wakes him up for every call though for insurance reasons he can not join the men .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
I then used one hook for each ship , and tied all the ropes together at one end . While I was doing this , the enemy shot thousands of arrows at me , which caused me a lot of pain . I was afraid of getting an arrow in my eyes , but I suddenly remembered I still had an old pair of reading glasses in my pocket , so I put them on and continued my work . When I was ready , I started walking into the shallow water away from Blefuscu . As I walked through the waves , I pulled the enemy 's warships behind me .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
The Government are getting into an absurd position and they should recognise that . Mr. John Bowis ( Battersea ) I do not question the fact that in some parts of the country students are finding it difficult to make ends meet . Like the hon . Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) , I also declare the reverse of a pecuniary interest because we are paying out to our student sons and daughters . Some students have been placed in difficulties by local authorities that have set a community charge that is so far beyond the reach of people that even the 20 per cent .
Idiom: play gooseberry (used idiomatically: yes)
And as for last night 's embarrassment , hurt pride could heal , if she set her mind to it . It had n't actually been Guy Sterne 's fault that he 'd barged in and found her naked in his bedroom last night , even if his mocking treatment of the incident had been grossly insulting … ‘ All right,’ she said quietly , ‘ if you really do n't mind my playing gooseberry … ’ ‘ Playing gooseberry?’ For a moment , the grey eyes were blank .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
What interested me was how the editorial approach to these readers compared with the neighbouring ad : ' A weak Gordon 's & Tonic ( please do not adjust your magazine ) ' , it said , wetly . Agencies too easily assume that the competition for the brands and services they advertise comes from other advertisers . On the shelves , this may be so . But She readers have already bought a product : the editorial content of their magazine . The editor and her senior staff must live or die by satisfying the consumer with the product they have to sell — one monthly mag — in order to ensure repeat sales .
Idiom: tit for tat (used idiomatically: yes)
A long and mutually profitable sequence of cooperation seems set to run its course , with a comfortable 100 per cent benchmark score for both players . But suddenly , without warning , say on the eighth move , Naive Prober defects . Tit for Tat , of course , has played COOPERATE on this move , and so is landed with the Sucker 's payoff of 0 points . Naive Prober appears to have done well , since it has obtained 5 points from that move . But in the next move Tit for Tat ' retaliates ' .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
The demand for a ” European seat ” on the Security ~ Council , which is particularly popular in Germany , can at most only be achieved in the long term .
Idiom: err on the side of (used idiomatically: yes)
This may lay extra stress upon him , and should give rise to considerations of how much stress may be alleviated . Jackson and Robinson in a research project Pupils and Staff in Residence ( 7 ) published in 1979 ( although the work was done between 1971 and 1974 ) found a gap between pupil - expectation of hostels and subsequent reality ; students complained of lack of family atmosphere and opportunity for involvement in decision - taking . Hostel staff , poorly paid and untrained , were under pressure from the subcommittee , the school and the local community , so that they erred on the side of caution in everything , thus frustrating the pupils . Hostel pupils felt ostracised by the locals ( including fellow pupils ) and were considered as expensive liabilities and potential trouble - makers . ( 8) Dislike of the hostel could lead to rejection of school . The Scottish pattern compared unfavourably with the Norwegian one where schools and hostels are organised separately with pupils actively engaged in formulating rules and running the hostel .
Idiom: think twice (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It is the last place you would expect this kind of thing to happen . It just brings it home to you that it can happen anywhere,’ said a colleague . The men said their employer was thinking twice about sending them to work in nationalist areas . ‘ The Castlerock attack could easily have been us . When people find out what area you are from , it is a good enough reason to shoot you .
Idiom: pull the plug (used idiomatically: yes)
She did n't want his constant intrusion into her life . Did n't want him to know about her . Feeling restless and irritable and in no mood for doing her ironing , she pulled the plug out with an angry little jerk . Perhaps she 'd go for a walk , see if any driftwood had collected in the bend of the river . She needed some more wood for her carving if she was to complete all the ‘ little comforters’ , as she called them , during her three - week holiday away from the travel agents where she worked , small , smooth - shaped pieces of wood , lovingly carved and polished by herself to fit easily into the palm and which , much to her surprise and delight , were eagerly accepted by the large rehabilitation hospital in the next town that cared for the blind and mentally sick .
Idiom: crocodile tears (used idiomatically: no)
Frank and Trish : Lies , Secrets and Silences Lies , Secrets and Silences Pull the wool Cock and bull The crocodile tear , the Judas Kiss The snake in the grass with ssseductive hiss Will sink his fangs in your wedded bliss
Idiom: take a bow (used idiomatically: no)
He took wine from a slave and drank . ' Now let 's put up a few of the torches again and we 'll have a proper competition . ' He took his bow from Rostov and smiled cheerfully . Rostov started to feel sick in the middle of the night . He felt as if he was burning and it hurt to breathe .
Idiom: have a few (used idiomatically: yes)
1 . Leeds were more than willing to enter into a ground sharing scheme when they were skint and needed the rent money . Now they have a few quid and the rent money goes to Leeds council anyway , they want to ‘ get shut’ 2 . Hunslet only play approx 15 games a season at home .
Idiom: in my book (used idiomatically: yes)
Because he 's booked it for Monday you see . No well you see Geoffrey 's booked it out . And of course I went and , I I never handed in my book well of course I went and booked the other one out . Yeah but we ai n't got it here for Sunday you see . But he knows
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: no)
She was about twenty - four weeks pregnant by this time . She had not told Tony either , because she knew he 'd want her to have an abortion , and she would have refused , and this would have split them up . She agreed to have an adoption to keep the peace with her mother . Lisa always knew she did not really want her baby adapted , and before she was even born had decided against it . Her father had to be told ; Tony was terrified of this joint meeting but it went all right .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
This has been brought about in two ways , first , by specific EEC Directives which insist , for instance , that Britain gives preference to EEC countries with respect to her sales of North Sea oil . Second , British exporters are the victims of a generally restrictive and protectionist EEC posture with respect to world trade . This has come to a head with EEC obstructionist moves at the Uruguay round of GATT negotiations which were meant to reach a conclusion by 1990 but which would now appear to have collapsed . An indication of what would be Britain 's natural pattern of trade were she not in part restricted by her membership of the EEC is given by the fact that less than 20 per cent of her foreign investment currently goes to the countries of the EEC . Figure 1 ( see page 60 ) certainly makes it very clear that the EEC is by no means the best market in terms of growth for Britain to be selling into .
Idiom: take the plunge (used idiomatically: yes)
Or if you have a number of outstanding debts , such as credit card charges and hire purchase deals , a remortgage can pay them all off at a much lower rate of interest to help you reduce your outgoings . When you remortgage , you automatically lose any of the tax advantages you may have enjoyed from dual tax relief . If you are claiming this , when you remortgage , you will only receive tax relief on the first £ 30,000 — a loss worth considering before you take the plunge . Tax relief is only granted on the part of the remortgage that is used to buy a property . Therefore , if you had a £ 20,000 mortgage and wanted to raise a further £ 8,000 for home improvements , you could only claim tax relief on the first £ 20,000 .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: yes)
We were cleared for the ILS at Porto while still at FL070 ( it 's not that busy ! ) and given the QNH . Since the controller was n't busy I asked for the rest of the weather , and was told three at 800 , or 900 feet above the threshold of Runway 18 . When we actually saw the approach lights we were 450 feet above the threshold , and I was getting ready to go around . On arrival I went to the Met Office to see the TAF which we 'd been unable to obtain at Vigo , and the forecast was three at 2,800 , with no mention of stratus ! With this drizzly weather we were stuck in Porto , and were glad that we had n't tried to cycle into town as the taxi sped through steep cobbled streets .
Idiom: out of the question (used idiomatically: yes)
If you plan to move to the US , we strongly encourage you to talk to such an organisation in Scotland . If you move to the US without a prearranged position , at least ensure that you have a place to stay for your first few months . Apartment rents in most major cities in the US are astronomical , and hotel costs are virtually out of the question . In summary , the ideal situation is to be transferred to the US by your employer . In addition to a guaranteed job , employers usually assist with relocation costs ( typically about $ 3,000 to $ 5,000 ) .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: yes)
Her hairdressers warn it will fall out if she continues to dye it ! George Michael is n't the only singer in his family — his sister Yioda Panayiotou took a starring role in a recent production by the St Albans Operatic Society . Any megastar George has just one word to describe his sister 's debut —'Excellent ' . Quote of the week comes from Mae West . ' Marriage is a great institution , but I 'm not ready for an institution yet . '
Idiom: crystal clear (used idiomatically: yes)
The doctor assured Alexander that , if he followed these instructions exactly , his voice would return to normal . Alexander , being a very determined man , went the next two weeks hardly uttering a word . At the beginning of his next performance his voice was crystal clear , being completely free from the previous defects . His spirits lifted only to be dashed half an hour later when the hoarseness reappeared . By the end of the evening he described his voice as being in the most distressing condition , the problem had returned so acutely that he was hardly able to speak .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
THE continuing slump in the pound robbed the Government of a much needed propaganda triumph yesterday . The sudden fall in the ‘ headline’ inflation rate from 2.6 per cent in December to 1.7 per cent in January was only partly due to the fall in mortgage interest payments . The cost of household goods and services , clothing and footwear all fell as retailers cut prices to the bone in the January sales . Even the cost of motoring fell , and the parallel drop in the underlying rate , excluding mortgage interest payments from 3.7 per cent to 3.2 per cent , was both welcome and unexpected . Unfortunately the markets were already more concerned with the fear that the Government will sacrifice sterling and the fight against inflation to the continuing pressure to cut base rates and sustain a desperate ‘ dash for growth.’
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: yes)
Thailand Turns Banana ~ Republic BANGKOK – “ Thailand ’s future is up for grabs , ” proclaimed the eminent Thai scholar Thitinan ~ Pongsudhirak just before the country ’s Constitutional ~ Court ruled , in effect , that the ruling People Power ~ Party ( PPP ) and its two smaller coalition partners are “ illegal , ” and hence must disband due to “ election frauds ” committed by party executives a year ago . Party leaders , including Prime ~ Minister Somchai ~ Wongsawat , are barred from politics for five years . With that one stroke , Thailand ’s popularly elected government fell .
Idiom: make light of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ God , I 'm sure I do n't know . ‘ Tis all a muddle with letters from the banks and Mr. Jackson threatening murder and Mr. Chambers with his hair dropping out … ’ She had to make light of it , of course . But things were falling apart much earlier than expected . The firm 's next substantial income would not be until February — a month away .
Idiom: two a penny (used idiomatically: yes)
The journey to Stowmarket was doubled in time , as we changed routes to avoid fallen trees . The local leisure centre was having a sponsored swim , and the funds went towards its upkeep . And so , for two pence a length , I started swimming . A quarter of a mile , and plenty of stops later , I was hauled out of the water by my dripping father , who reminded me we had to go to Kirton , where I was playing football . It was then I remembered I had forgotten my boots .
Idiom: walk all over (used idiomatically: yes)
out there really ! You stand out there then ! I do n't want to walk all over your carpet ! Oh ! There 's a there
Idiom: out of line (used idiomatically: yes)
In my time though , it was largely checked by the monitors from Standard Seven — those near god - like boys who almost seemed like men . We had also heard frightening stories about the teachers but with one exception I always found them very fair . If you stepped out of line , then look out , but you quickly learned to do as you were told at the greatest possible speed . On the first morning came two shocks — I found that Christian names were dropped — from now on I was Maidment . Nicknames are a favourite pastime with small boys and so during the next four years and one term I was known to my school mates as ‘ Pavement’ .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
I went there pretty regularly on and off on shore - leave during the early and middle fifties . Then I was attached to the Foreign Office in various postings as a defence attaché . I had years in Latin America , the Far East , all over the place , and any time I came back to London , well , there was too much to do to have much time for somewhere like ffeatherstonehaugh 's , and anyway I was married by then and my wife would n't have approved . Any entertaining I had to do in London was in the United Services Club . I saw ffeatherstonehaugh 's as a young man 's club , and kept up my subscription purely for sentimental reasons .