Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: rise from the ashes (used idiomatically: yes)
So you might reasonably suppose that ash is overdone in cheaper brands of pond food : and who has money to burn ? This accusation can not be levelled at Phoenix 2000 , a British floating pellet manufactured by Notts - based Gold Line Feeds and distributed by Remanoid . In fact , one way and another the food is very aptly named , having risen from the ashes in two senses ! Gold Line Feeds was for years involved purely with agricultural feedstuffs for pigs and cattle . But marketing director , Steve Kuzio , was also a keen Koi - keeper .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
All in all , the grandiose hopes of the 1760s had petered out in the Sussex of the 1820s . Apart from Brighton and St Leonards , Jane Austen 's ‘ Sanditon’ , set in Sussex , was probably more common , observed as it was with the author 's customary bite : The village contained little more than cottages , but the spirit of the day had been caught … and two or three of the best of them were smartened up with a white curtain and ‘ lodgings to let’— and further on in the little green court of an old farm house , two females in elegant white were actually to be seen with their books and camp - stools — and in turning the corner of the baker 's shop , the sound of a harp might be heard through the upper casement . If the resorts brought fashion and income to a small part of Sussex they were partly instrumental in the steady opening - up of the county to outside influences . Problems of access and transport remained until the 1750s much as they had for centuries , the roads miry and troublesome in winter , the tidal river valleys well - nigh impassable .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
JOHN LEWIS Although no one stopped us entering the store , it was obvious we were being scrutinized by both shop assistants and the public . Nevertheless , we were given the green light — unfortunately , poor Molly was accidentally stepped on a couple of times . SELFRIDGES Stickers on most doors around the store clearly indicated ‘ No Dogs Allowed’ .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: no)
Mhm . Mhm . And if if a certain family gets stuck in with another family and they 're both trouble causers and they both get moved to the same area it 's gon na cause trouble in that area so they ought to say , Right fifty there , fifty there , Mhm . you know .
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: yes)
She no longer wanted him there , spoiling things … messing up her life . ' I mean it , ' she said . ' Get lost , will you ? I 'm tired . I 've got to be up early tomorrow . '
Idiom: make waves (used idiomatically: yes)
But Richard Branson is so determined to win he 's now betting with his own fortune to put more planes like this one in the sky , it could be his biggest gamble yet . The picture looks very different from Virgin 's early days in the record business . In nineteen seventy Richard Branson was making waves as a young businessman , even then he had aspirations to take on the giants . Virgin Records is t starting up new groups who ac you know have been scorned by some of the big companies . He took a risk with the sex pistols , and landed up in court .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The workforce thus comes to view employment in the firm as a permanent career , and it sees its future as intimately tied up with the fate of the enterprise’(Gallie 1978 , 18 ) . In sharp contrast to Blauner , who argues that this ‘ objective integration’ will lead to social integration of workers and management , Mallet argues that this objective integration has the opposite effect , leading to a new form of revolutionary consciousness that aims at the overthrow of the existing pattern of social relations in the enterprise . A major reason for this is that the high productivity of fully automated plants satisfies the basic consumption needs of workers but , instead of this leading to a high level of satisfaction , workers freed from the immediate concern of making ends meet are then able to pose what Mallet takes to be the more fundamental problem of their alienation from their work . Their ability not only to begin to understand the nature of their alienation but to learn to do something about it is also enhanced by the development of automation . The job security which Mallet , as we have already indicated , assumes will follow the introduction of fully automated plant gives workers the opportunity to develop a substantial knowledge about the firm and its activities .
Idiom: bright and early (used idiomatically: yes)
Stress ! How can people stand that stuff ? Waking bright and early the next morning I reached for a copy of Delicacy as the most economical means of establishing whether I was still alive . Other questions , no less pressing such as who , how , why and when would just have to wait their turn .
Idiom: with bated breath (used idiomatically: yes)
This is despite Wesley being severely physically handicapped , suspected of some deafness and suffering from dyslexia . The plucky youngster , of Parkside , Ladgate Lane , is in London as one of ten finalists in the Smarties Young Junior of the Year national handwriting competition . He and proud mum Christine will be waiting with bated breath as Will Carling announces the winners at a special ceremony in the Howard Hotel . Christine said thanks to sheer determination and hours of extra work Wesley was now capable of doing anything at all . She added:’ He has been determined to beat dyslexia and is Wesley is a pupil at Kemplah School , Guisborough .
Idiom: at a stretch (used idiomatically: yes)
Given a fair blow much higher speeds must be just as easy . After a while you lean back and enjoy the ride , letting the canopy haul directly from your waist to release all strain on the arms . The legs and knees take a belt — — you are , after all , suffering most of the strains of downhill skiing and for longer at a stretch — but the distance travelled more than makes up for that . By the time we were packing the chutes we were both hooked and planning another trip . It is amazing what one good day will do .
Idiom: catch fire (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ As a matter of fact , I 'd forgotten you were coming — and we could n't have had tea with you in any case , because Susan 's ill . She had an anonymous letter last night , and tried to burn it before I could see it . And her sleeve caught fire.’ She watched his face as she spoke . Although she had never allowed herself to consider it a possibility , the thought had crossed her mind that he might know something about that letter .
Idiom: on the horns of a dilemma (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh , dare dare dare dare dare . Never mind . ' The Monster writhes on the horns of a dilemma : to breathe or bellow . As she silently squirms , I would swear her purpling head is expanding ; dumbly , her eyes seem to bugle the pressure within . A vision comes : ruptured pate , boiling humours venting from the fontanelle .
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
I said yes I can rise to the occasion as well . Well that 's a silly remark to make . Well I can rise to any occasion Pardon ? woodwork , windows , anything .
Idiom: push the boat out (used idiomatically: yes)
Tomorrow in TODAY do n't miss Penny 's exclusive eight - page pull - out guide to love , money and your life for the coming 12 months . Your world may never be the same again , so make sure you do n't miss out . Sir James pushes the boat out for a double celebration By Tim Satchell RECESSION proof billionaire Sir James Goldsmith is to throw a huge joint birthday party for himself and his daughter Jemima .
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Candles , Dudley,’ he shouted in his ear . ‘ Put out the candles.’ They crawled from under the table and knocked over every candle they could see . Soon the room was no longer dim but gloomy . The fighting became wilder and more confused .
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Here is a secret matter , and it is a mortal secret . We are thinking that the listed men must each have a refuge ready , if this Act is not withdrawn . Where they can lie low . Donald — it is your decision . What do you say?’
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
The US , where Tie Rack now has 41 shops , has also been responsible for the first half loss . About 30 of the shops are now profitable , according to Mr Bishko , but not profitable enough to cover overheads — which are rather higher than he had anticipated . Mr Bishko says sales volumes need to rise by a fifth or a quarter for the US operation to break even , and more stores will be needed before it makes a satisfactory profit . He is optimistic , naturally , on the basis of sales growth in the earlier stores , but there will be only one new store in the US this year . Indeed the pace of expansion has slowed to a crawl everywhere , even though much of that expansion in the past has been financed by franchising .
Idiom: under fire (used idiomatically: yes)
11.00 : Bedtime — if in strict training . Umpire blasted UMPIRE Steve Bucknor came under fire yesterday for refusing to view a TV replay in a run - out incident which could have a bearing on the second Test between South Africa and India . South Africa ended the first day at 226–7 , recovering from 26–4 thanks to Jonty Rhodes ' defiant 91 . But India insisted Rhodes should have been given run out when he was on 28 .
Idiom: muddy the waters (used idiomatically: yes)
But precision is lacking ; the debate over the foetus at six months contrasts with the unanimity over the zygote and new - born baby . Let us now turn to Prince Charles . Note how Singer muddies the water in his case . The general principle ( line 3 ) uses the world ‘ all’ , the implication being that a potential X has some of the rights of an X. This is true of anyone a mere heartbeat from the monarchy . Prince Charles has many of the powers of a king , particularly in the Queen 's absence , and to a diminishing extent so do the other princes , princesses and minor royalty , at further removes from the throne .
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
There was a genuine dilemma and conservatives like Spurgeon could , if they had wanted , cite a famous precedent : St Francis of Assisi never disguised his hostility towards learning yet , within a few years of his death , his new Order was dominating much of Europe 's University life . Spurgeon might also have asked if an ‘ Oxbridge’ -educated ministry had helped or hindered the Church of England 's work among working people . How far should Nonconformity work to avoid the type of praise given by the Bishop of Ripon in his 1892 article on Spurgeon : ‘ The Puritan type may mean heedlessness of culture and loss of sweetness and light , but it also means seriousness , earnestness and a courageous bearing.’ Was this to be regarded as a compliment or a criticism ? In the attempt to win society 's approval by a cultured ministry that had both sweetness and light , would Nonconformity produce a ministry cut off from the faithful ?
Idiom: hot air (used idiomatically: yes)
Stumbling to his feet , he fumbled with the broken pieces , trying to staunch the gas flow . He failed to notice the flames licking around the drawers of the filing cabinet . A wave of hot air rushed around the fleeing Karnstein and down the tunnel . She barely noticed . Everyone on the bridge of the Raubvogel ducked as a pane of glass was blown apart .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
The Sealink British Alpine Ski Award ‘ Star’ tests are clearly explained . The black and white pictures are clear and relate well to the text . Read it before your holiday , then pop it in your pocket and take it skiing with you as a handy reference . Wendy Hutson THE EASIER WAY TO BOUNCING FITNESS
Idiom: in the sticks (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's not sort of er moderate control or a little bit of control it is strict control . Er and we are talking about open countryside outside erm rural settlements and if you look at the wider countryside and that includes in my judgement er the pattern of settlement which is where most people actually do live in in the countryside . They 're they 're not living out in the in the sticks the vast majority of people , they actually live in in settlements . The policy er does n't prevent or does n't seem to prevent er proper development which is associated with settlements in rural areas . And there are other policies in the structure plan erm you know we should n't be looking at this policy just in isolation .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
The landscape south - east of Chard is remote and beautiful . Broad , well - wooded valleys mark its character . Streams flow abundantly into the little River Axe , and close to the meeting - point of three counties a secluded no man 's land contains the exquisite Forde Abbey , its Cistercian isolation still largely undisturbed . Marshwood Vale lies farther south , expansive and lovely , and extends from Hardy 's ‘ little Pilsdon Crest’ to a horizon which is the sea . It was in a fold of high ground on the northern borders of the vale that William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy had recently taken up residence in a red - brick mansion called Racedown Lodge , a house combining Georgian elegance and merchant stolidity , and quite likely to be , as tradition asserts , the original of Sir Walter Elliot 's Kellynch Hall in Jane Austen 's Persuasion .
Idiom: over the hill (used idiomatically: yes)
Like Woodbridge it 's a Braid creation , but without such severity in placement and defence of greens . There are several blind tee shots , many fairways bend at driving length and at 6,241 yards , par 69 , its wide fairways flatter to deceive . There are seven demanding par-4s in excess of 400 yards , not to mention the lovely 3rd hole — at 394 yards a cracking dog - leg over a hill to a green nestling alongside the mere . Hedonists seeking the perfect golfing weekend could do no better than tackle these two majestic courses , using the Thorpeness Club Hotel as a base . Certain regulars consider a week here too short by half !
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: no)
Giorgio Chinaglia , the Welsh-born centre-forward who became a Lazio hero in the 1970s , and subsequently once owned the club , pointed out : ‘ I am very worried for the side . They have spent £35 million on players but they are not a good team . ‘ Gazza has won the fans ' hearts and even if he had n't scored that late goal — and although they would have turned against the side — I do n't think would have turned against him . ‘ They recognise he puts his all into every game and they like that . ‘ But the same can not be said for the rest .
Idiom: in cold blood (used idiomatically: yes)
Quick call that 's all it will take and then er we ring you back and bear the burden of the telephone bill . Erm life imprisonment should no longer be the automatic penalty for murder , that 's according to the committee chaired by the former er Lord er er former Lord Chief Justice Lord Lane . It says it 's wrong that a judge should have to pass the same sentence on an abused wife who kills a brutal husband as it does on a robber armed with a shotgun who kills in cold blood . The committee recommends that life should remain the maximum sentence but the judges should be given the freedom to impose , Whatever penalty they see fit . Can you agree with that ?
Idiom: play to the gallery (used idiomatically: no)
I have rarely heard him sound more relaxed . With nothing self - conscious in his manner , he and Tennstedt restored the mountain freshness to one great Norwegian melody after another . The piece was played for all its worth , and more , but vulgarity disappeared , the sense of playing to the gallery that dogs the piece . But it was Beethoven 's Seventh Symphony after the interval that brought the greatest revelations . In the slow introduction Tennstedt made it clear that this was to be a reading of high , dramatic contrasts , and that led to an account of the Vivace which with its sprung rhythms kept relaxing into pastoral moments without loss of pace or power .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: yes)
Polybius , who did not like Timaeus , admitted that he had taken trouble to get information about the West . No other writer of the late fourth or early third century could compete with either Ephorus or Timaeus about the Celts . Aristotle , no doubt , must have included them in his lost work on the customs of the barbarians . In his Politics he knew just enough to make sense of their institutions within the context of his classification . Though a military race , the Celts , unlike the Spartans , were not controlled by women , because they inclined to homosexuality ; but , like the Spartans , they brought up their children austerely .
Idiom: rise to the occasion (used idiomatically: yes)
Not at the OK corral out west , but at the entrance to a dimly lit back court down south … of Glasgow . At stake not my life , but the question of my manhood . Could I , or could I not ' rise ' to the occasion . Would my ' John - Willie ' let me down by not getting up ? Will I make it or blow it ?
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah . Wha well what ? You know like on the carpet there there is Er a letter from er that deaf society asking whether to join up . So that 's er , .
Idiom: stake a claim (used idiomatically: yes)
The planning of British cities entered a new phase as a consequence . It gained an entrenched footing in local government through the extension of statutory town - planning procedures , which confirmed the bridgehead established before the war ; and , largely accidentally rather than by design , the activity of town planning came to involve other forms of public regulation , with the result that its field of concern was enlarged . Town planning was neither strong nor coherent enough as a discipline and profession for it to stake a claim and take over other intellectual territory ; as a movement it was too inwardly diverse to be sufficiently self - willed to embark on aggrandizement in its remit . Rather , town planning became involved in other environmental and social concerns almost by chance , though its claim for a comprehensive , synoptic view of things perhaps made expansionism inevitable . The analogy may be of Britain gaining an Empire by accident , and then losing it ; this century , town planning has expanded its subject field , as disciplinary boundaries first collided and then were realigned , at a time when the nature of complex environmental problems was reidentified and expressed again in different terms .
Idiom: the buck stops here (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . I got ta have all of it ! There 's no , oh the buck stops here and I ca n't pass it any further ! Yeah . I but do n't forget she 's got your mother as well and I think you ca n't
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
I am leaving . Thank you for your care and concern . I will take it easy and I will have myself checked by a doctor . Thank you and good day.’ And nodding politely to Alf , Bert and the religious maniac , he stormed out , followed by his embarrassed friend .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a homely smell , they hardly noticed it . The smell was as familiar to Coffin as anyone else . One of those things you forget about when away , then meet with surprised pleasure on a return . Now he fancied himself a connoisseur of the smell , able to distinguish between its elements . Mouncy Street had more of the river in its atmosphere , Decimus Street more of the gasometer , while Paradise Street , as was to be expected , was altogether richer and racier on account of the cats ' -meat man who boiled up his ware in an old stable in the road .
Idiom: in the long term (used idiomatically: yes)
Cheap reels are not worth a second thought . You will have nothing but trouble with tangled and damaged lines , broken parts , and will never be able to cast and retrieve line with any efficiency . The expensive reels are not expensive in the long term , but each model has its points of merit . Some have more efficient clutches , some have better bale - arm mechanisms ; better finishes or smoother gears . Some have bale - arm rollers and skirted spools .
Idiom: on tenterhooks (used idiomatically: yes)
He blinked rapidly , gulped . ‘ You rode him like a real jockey,’ Nails said . Nutty watched on tenterhooks as Hoomey took in his new situation : the centre of an admiring crowd . It had never happened to him in his life before . A shaky , twitching smile dawned , and he turned bright red .
Idiom: all in a day's work (used idiomatically: yes)
Ah , yes . While another woman would have had hysterics all over him because of the rain and his wound , Isabel had had enough presence of mind to realise they could not be followed in such inclement weather . She had unflinchingly wrenched the arrow out of his arm as if ‘ twas all in a day 's work , and had argued with him all through the operation and while bandaging his wound later . And when she had n't been arguing she had been calm , efficient , distant … Exactly as she was now .
Idiom: in the hole (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite the weather the under-18s succeeded in keeping alive the prestigious tournament now reduced to 63 holes . The 27-hole overnight leader was Brian Davis ( East Herts ) who won the Hertfordshire boys title at Nevill last Friday when he recorded a course record 65 . Davis achieved , in the circumstances , a remarkable feat of nine pars in his opening nine holes but then , in starting his second round of 18 holes , threatened to lose his way with three bogeys in his first four holes . ' I thought my game was going to disappear so I just concentrated on getting solid pars and dropped only one more shot , ' he said . The East Herts club were well - represented as Davis 's club - mate , David Hamilton , an England cap , was also in the leading group on 115 .
Idiom: out of pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
He went to the gap in the hedge and saw Gary at the far end of the kitchen garden . He was not digging at all now but taking a breather , evidently . A prolonged breather , during which he took a bar of chocolate out of his pocket and unwrapped it in a leisurely way . Edward stood there . Gary half - turned , spotted him out of the corner of one eye and began to dig again with great fervour .
Idiom: ring a bell (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's what the girls in the bar call him — tall , dark , ruthless as a pirate , handsome as Lucifer , and indubitably twice as wicked . ' Rory tilted her head to one side , pretending to consider , then shook her head . ' Ca n't say the description rings any bells . ' ' Liar ! The man who 's been here for the past three weekends , always at the same table , always alone and always gazing at you with those incredible dark eyes of his . '
Idiom: down and out (used idiomatically: yes)
Into the jargon of rugby came blip tests , VO maximums , plyometrics , aerobic and anaerobic . Six years ago Ireland was n't ready for this ; it is not certain it is ready for it today . Down and out ? Ciaran Fitzgerald 's dishevelled and disheartened foot soldiers ( l - r ) Halpin , Smith , Popplewell , Rigney , Galwey and Fitzgibbon , reel from the French onslaught as they go down by a record margin in Paris . At the time Brendan Mullin was two years into his international career and combining rugby with serious athletics ( Mullin is a former Irish record holder for the 110 m Hurdles ) .
Idiom: catch a cold (used idiomatically: no)
Yet by the end of May he had done just that , and his entry was on its way . Before the competition could be judged Smith was dead . After addressing a public meeting in support of extending the franchise to agricultural workers he had caught a severe cold . This gave way to an acute infection of the liver , and on 9 February , 1883 , he died . His funeral cortege was a quarter of a mile long , and the procession included not only members of Oxford University and distinguished public figures , but also representatives of the underprivileged , whose cause he had championed most vigorously .