Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
He believes that older people should be given the opportunity to participate in civic activities during retirement and argues for : the end of any age discrimination for voluntary participation in the statutory and voluntary sectors , especially and initially from those bodies who have it within their own control to do so ; the promotion of the Rule of Three in Ten ; that is , that in any group of ten people a rule of thumb for all organisations in the formation of on committees , boards and the like — three should be aged over 60 ; the establishment of fixed terms of appointment , assessment , review etc which obviate the need to use age as a predetermined limit ; continued pressure on insurers to change their practice of imposing exclusion clauses on arbitrary age limits .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: no)
In the next century Desiderius , bishop of Vienne , and the monk Columbanus would castigate Theuderic II for begetting bastards . The question of prohibited degrees , within which marriage could not take place , also appears in the late seventh century , when bishop Leodegar of Autun is said to have attacked the marriage of Childeric II to his cousin Bilichild . When kings were at loggerheads with their clergy , which was not their usual relationship , morality constituted the most dramatic battleground . Bishops and saint cults In addition to regulating the lives of the Christian subjects of the Merovingian kings — and also to circumscribing the activities of the Jews , the one recognized religious minority in the kingdom — the bishops at least tried to monopolize the local centres and objects of devotion , which might have presented a focus of religious power outside their control .
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: yes)
Under those trees no dragons could fly … He heard the clap of wings before shadows folded around him . Instinctively he rolled in the saddle and felt the white - hot stab of pain as something sharp scored a line across his shoulders . Behind him Hrun screamed , but it sounded more like a bellow of rage than a cry of pain . The barbarian had vaulted down into the heather and had drawn the black sword , Kring .
Idiom: bring home the bacon (used idiomatically: no)
Yes , I mean you put your finger on an important problem here that we need to discuss and that is that if you concentrate on human beings in general , and this is true on our own society but I , I think it 's true of just about all societies and it 's emphatically true of primal hunting adult societies then men do make a lot of parental investment do n't they ? I mean you think about primal hunting adults like the bushmen or the Australian Aborigines , the the men do the , do the hunting for erm for meat and women do the , do the gathering for and the point is that er meat is very nutritious and it 's an important part of their diet and men go hunting and they come back and they share food with their wives and their relatives or someone and male parental investment is terribly important So women for instance if you ask David McKnight who 's a world authority on the Australian Aborigines and has spent many years living with them , say what do women look for in the traditional society , what do women look for in a husband ? His answer is immediate and emphatic a good hunter , he says you know what a woman wants in a , in a husband is a man who can you know bring home the bacon literally , er it 's not smoked of course , but it 's fresh ! But you see the point , so in our species and of course in most societies this is true men are breadwinners whether in an agricultural society or an industrial society erm you know one often feels that if you 're the man in the family you earn all the money your wife spends it on most of the time erm it certainly happens to me er I spend most of my time working while my wife spends most of the time shopping but erm
Idiom: go halves (used idiomatically: yes)
Which is hardly wise , do n't you think ? I 'm all for bringing them in.’ ‘ You could always go half way . Bring them in so that they share the unpopularity but do n't give them enough power to change anything.’ ‘ Ah yes .
Idiom: save the day (used idiomatically: yes)
From now on it was do or die . Swindon , committed up front for an equaliser , let Tommy Johnson slip home number two for Derby . And not even Glen Hoddle 's magic touch could save the day . Right at the death , Hazard pulled one back . But time ran out and Swindon missed out .
Idiom: on board (used idiomatically: yes)
The interior is superb with much teak panelling , brass fixtures and fittings . The smell inside the coach suggested that of those ancient musty gentlemen 's clubs … a pungent mixture of leather , coffee , cigar smoke and polish . There were two female attendants on board who at the time were busy preparing beverages in the centrally situated galley . Time for the ‘ off’ came too quickly . After a final farewell to Tony I watched the train move off towards Dovey Junction .
Idiom: behind someone's back (used idiomatically: no)
He used to have a wrap of his own and he 'd give it to me when he went out . He used to play pool and that . Anyway , I was using it behind his back . It was just 'cos it was around , y'know . The remaining eight interviewees , all male , played a somewhat passive role in their initiation .
Idiom: by the same token (used idiomatically: yes)
I sit with my arms wrapped around the chrome railing and my bare heels gripping the sides . It is like riding a bucking bronco . The boat lunges forward and yet almost by the same token lunges back again . It dips deeply , soaking my legs to the knee . The sun has been out for a while after straining hard through moody skies and my skin is warming .
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: yes)
If there is indeed the same relativism in physics and in morals , should not one individual 's choice in his particular situation be as unimpugnably right or wrong as his measurements of distance and duration ? In any case , there is no point in letting the great abstractions Truth and Reality divert us into epistemology and metaphysics , since such questions have no relevance to the application of ‘ Be aware’ in the conduct of life . If I happen to be pondering them when about to cross the street , and the green light has changed to yellow , ‘ Be aware’ resumes all its authority ; never mind that at another level of discourse physics dismisses colour as subjective , unreal . When thinking how to act , I am in the world of common sense where something either is or is not , and where it is a matter of course that I can be in touch with it through highly subjective impressions . If the thought comes into my head that a careless remark has just hurt a friend or made an enemy , ‘ Be expression in his apparently untroubled face set off this vague disquiet .
Idiom: the plot thickens (used idiomatically: yes)
All heard ‘ remarkably strong ’ signals transmitted on a mobile-phone frequency close to the Brackley radio mast , north of Oxford , between December 31 , 1989 and the end of January , 1990 . Investigators believed that the conversations were different and intercepted as Mr Gilbey used his car phone on the outskirts of Oxford to call Diana at Sandringham . But as the investigation continued , the plot began to thicken . One source said : ‘ Certain phrases cropped up in supposedly different conversations with alarming regularity . If the scanners were to be believed , two people were talking about the same matters in similar terms night after night .
Idiom: breathe down someone's neck (used idiomatically: yes)
I say this is true co - operation.’ Harris did n't get on with Kirk Douglas when they made The Heroes of Telemark in 1965 ( but then at that time few got on with Douglas ) , and just a year earlier he crossed swords with Mr Epic himself , Charlton Heston , on the set of Major Dundee in Mexico . It was a troubled film , directed by Sam Peckinpah who constantly had the Columbia Studio brass breathing down his neck . Heston , who had director , script and cast approval , bought Peckinpah extra filming time by returning his salary to the studio , convinced they would n't accept it . They did .
Idiom: once in a blue moon (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'll tell Nutty about Colin.’ ‘ Big deal . Tell her we all do the breast - stroke , refuse at water jumps , hit the bullseye once in a blue moon and get blisters when we run more than half a mile . She might slow down.’ ‘ No .
Idiom: nip and tuck (used idiomatically: yes)
And Colin Best has brought the Irish Singles title back to his club Willowfield after a 21 - 13 victory over Noel Weir from Rathfriland . It was a solid performance by Best who outdrew the NIBA champion but it was also a gallant attempt by Weir , who plays more golf than bowls . It was nip and tuck up to 7 - 7 before Best opened up a 12 - 9 lead . He extended it to 17 - 10 and 19 - 13 before finishing Weir off with a double . ‘ Colin played very well and I have no regrets’ , said Weir after the game .
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
There was no comfort in the hard , impersonal touch of his fingers . Well , that was all right , she 'd decided . The man had escape on his mind , not dalliance . The absurd thoughts had got her as far as the foot of that horrible stairway , then she had felt the level floor of another passage beneath her feet . The darkness had been unrelenting .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
The usual method of investing in a company is by taking shares in it . By taking shares a person becomes a member of the company with voting rights and rights to a dividend . A shareholder is therefore involved in the running of the company , and shares in the profits and losses of the company . If , on the other hand , a person decides to invest in a company by taking debentures ( a loan made by the investor to the company which is normally ‘ secured’ ) that person is not a member of the company and has no involvement in the running of the company . The rights of members of a company are set out in the articles of association .
Idiom: hand to mouth (used idiomatically: yes)
The novel feature was the incoherence and instability of ministerial government and its rejection of those reforming traditions incompatible with the atmosphere of 1814 . Thus the Jesuits were readmitted : as elsewhere in Europe , the appropriation of the Gallican - regalist tradition by revolutionaries made its continuation by the restored monarchies an impossibility . Ministerially the king lived from hand to mouth , on occasions with a double ministry of foreign affairs . Each minister was responsible directly to the monarch , subject to sudden dismissal and disgrace , and kept in total ignorance of his colleagues ' policies . Cevallos , as foreign minister , was for four months in ignorance of the fact that Spain had ‘ joined’ the Holy Alliance .
Idiom: out of thin air (used idiomatically: yes)
Swayne ; perhaps he should have paid more attention to Swayne . Lady Street was busy : there were even a few visitors about , weaving between the parked vans and lorries . It 's extraordinary the way they materialize like flies out of thin air when the sun shines . The grill had been removed from the window of the stamp shop and the outer door stood open . Wycliffe stepped down into the little hall and pushed open the door of the shop itself .
Idiom: make a splash (used idiomatically: yes)
Choose shoes , scarves , bags and hats from the rich variety of the accessory range , crafted from natural materials ; finishing touches are in shades of wood , spice and versatile warm neutrals . Cool comfort … soft suede shirt ( £ 89.99 ) , teamed with a caramel textured sweater ( £ 26.99 ) and leather jeans ( £ 69.99 ) , available from River Island . Making a splash … red jersey shirt ( £ 26.99 ) layered with an ecru jersey cardigan ( £ 29.99 ) and a red / multi striped jersey top ( £ 16.99 ) and stone stretch twill trousers ( £ 29.99 ) , all from River Island . Rule change THE rule limiting goalkeepers to four steps and that outlawing backpasses will be introduced at primary school level this season .
Idiom: from the cradle to the grave (used idiomatically: yes)
These orientations are subsequently given cultural expression and concrete content in beliefs , such as those described above , in a vast number of malevolent situations , forces and beings , nearly all of which are actively bent upon the destruction of human beings . In toto , these constitute an image of a world filled with dangers , human and non - human , known and unknown , which constantly menace from all sides , and against which the lone individual is helpless . The only source of security , the sole refuge from this malevolent world , is in the kindred and the band , that tight little group of 100 or so other people with whom one 's life is bound up from the cradle to the grave . The subjective significance of this group is reflected in the paramount importance , noted above , of the values of nurturance and group affiliation . This can also be seen in the responses to a series of sentence - completion test items directed toward eliciting cultural values .
Idiom: bright young thing (used idiomatically: yes)
in 1971 she was the first contemporary artist to have a major retrospective at the Hayward Gallery , curated by Bryan Robertson . In the gap between that first Hayward retrospective and the current show of paintings from the last decade , Riley has had significant exhibitions in many countries , including two major touring shows . It is curious to note that her name remains nevertheless associated with the ‘ bright young things’ of the ‘ decadent’sixties and early seventies . This was also , significantly , the time of the resurgence of the women 's movement , when terms like sexual revolution ( now quite rightly reviled as exploitative and naive ) abounded alongside hip notions of Op Art , mind - bending or psychedelia . Perhaps such oversights have more to do with the fact that we would prefer to forget .
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
Apart from the first item , which is solely concerned with whether the whole sentence conforms to the rules of the adult grammar , each grammatical feature is assigned a score which reflects its developmental complexity . For example , main verbs — such as ' I see you ' and ' He is coming ' — score one point ; irregular past verbs — such as ate and saw — score two ; while the use of have with a past tense verb ( ' I 've eaten ' ) scores seven points . The eight grammatical features which Lee scores are shown in Figure 7.4 , with examples of highest and lowest scoring items . In addition to these categories , Lee suggests that one point be added , to the total score , for every utterance which meets all the grammatical criteria for acceptable adult sentences . The mean Developmental Sentence Score ( DSS ) is derived by adding the total sentences score for a sample of 50 utterances and dividing the total by 50 .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Dear Santa , as a well respected manager of the best supported premier league team in England please could you find it in your heart to deliever the following . 1 . Please bring me a new central defender or two , preferably youngs ones who know how to play this footy type game . The ones I 've got at the moment are having a little difficulty in working things out , one does n't realise that it 's not best to try to head the ball back to the goalie when there 's a man breathing down the back of his neck , the other has n't been able to find his brain and the oldest one of the lot is always injured . 2 .
Idiom: face to face (used idiomatically: yes)
But the modern behaviourist and functionalist analyses of mind treat mental states as mere powers to produce behaviour : that is , they abolish the intrinsic qualitative content of mental states , replacing it by causal , hence relational , properties . We have then reached the absurd position that nothing in the world possesses a knowable intrinsic or qualitative nature , for all properties are essentially relational . This predicament arises out of the demise of consciousness , when only consciousness , understood in a traditional way , can bring us face to face with , and hence give us any grasp on , the qualitative , as opposed to relational , properties . So the flight from consciousness is the flight from any grasp on the intrinsic nature of any properties — not merely , as with Russell , of properties in the external world , but also of the features in our experience . This is not merely a very bare conception of the world , but argument supports intuition in pronouncing it an incoherent one .
Idiom: off the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
Just 24 walked away with them . Giant London toy shop Hamleys has been getting more than 500 calls a day for the last two weeks from people asking about Thunderbird toys . Spokesman Peter Skinner said : ‘ The last delivery was cleared off the shelves within an hour . For every Tracy Island we have had we could have sold thousands.’ It is a similar story across the country .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
The scientist explained the strange phenomena in the light of recent scientific knowledge .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
It is an act of lunacy . Congress , both I and the London Region urge you to oppose this new rule A five and all the boilermakers as well . We know that in this day and age it 's unworkable . Congress , please , careful on how you vote . Mould this lot of nonsense down , because me as a boilermaker had to live forty four years and there ai n't enough people are still working to be able to run the sections .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
He expounded to his clergy advanced books of original thinking which most of them were never likely to see or read . Two or three of his articles were hardly intelligible to some of the subscribers . It was no wonder that the journal had no easy task making ends meet . It is a well - written journal of value to the contemporary interpretation of Christian thought and life . In the York Diocesan Leaflet he wrote a more popular message to his diocese .
Idiom: play for time (used idiomatically: no)
Has Olsen said that if they play first team whilst on loan — this will count ? If so Frank has little to worry about I think . He played well enough for Staart last year , and the loan period should be in time for Olsen to select the finals squad . Frank can then return to Leeds with a World Cup beneah his belt and settle down to getting a place . Mark
Idiom: fall from grace (used idiomatically: yes)
One of my excitements has been to learn about prayer and discipleship from Christians of other traditions . It was in the context of ‘ direction’ that I first met Julian of Norwich and subsequently a wealth of other spiritual classics . An Anglo - Catholic priest helped me accept the desert experiences of prayer — no - one had ever told me , after an experience of personal renewal , to expect the stripping and refining that was not a falling from grace but a growth in it . It was through ‘ direction’ from an Anglican monk that I learnt more about spiritual warfare and the mysteries of pain in intercession . For all his enclosure he seemed remarkably in touch with the world .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: no)
They might , for example , become more interested in the topics the attitudes concern than they might otherwise , or , conversely , become bored . Another factor is sample mortality . During the normal course of events people move , die , drop out of sight or get involved in other things , and such events are likely to affect the panel subjects . To obviate these effects sometimes a series of control samples are randomly selected and interviewed alongside the panel sample to check on the likely consequences of these effects , if any . Panel studies are an example of longitudinal studies which are not , of course , confined to attitude research .
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
When Leeds City arrived for their meeting with the Gunners ( which they lost 1–0 ) , on 6 December , 1913 , the Highbury ground was still only half - finished and a wooden stand on the east side , designed for 9,000 spectators , was still being built . Chapman was particularly struck by the fact that the ground was just across the road from Gillespie Road Underground station , and could thus be reached easily from most parts of London . This observation was to bear fruit in later years . At home Leeds were in more trouble with the authorities , this time over a dispute with Fulham . Leeds could n't immediately pay Fulham their share of the takings for the match at Elland Road on Christmas Day , so Fulham retaliated by withholding money from Leeds after the return match at Craven Cottage on Boxing Day .
Idiom: off and on (used idiomatically: yes)
I do not have sound in my PS3 Bluetooth headset .. Try to turn off and on the PS3 Bluetooth headset
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: yes)
Going in to yesterday 's third round , Ian Baker - Finch , Greg Norman and Elkington gave Australia four in the top 13 , only one of whom — Woosnam — was European and seven of whom were American . The other player was Fulton Allem of South Africa . Grady slipped with a 75 but made the cut , as did Roger Davis with a splendid 68 to retrieve his position after a first round of 77 . ‘ No one from Australia has won the Masters,’ Parry noted . ‘ The first to win it will be remembered for a long , long time.’
Idiom: go places (used idiomatically: yes)
to the mountains to climb and walk Yeah . And that sort of thing , because then you 're really achieving something and you see different places and you go different places . Whereas , I do n't know , I think just going up and down the same place every day
Idiom: have a heart (used idiomatically: yes)
This is the power they wield : the mortal importance of no one knowing they are there . Naturally , there are asymmetries : in the waking reality it is the mother who must be silent , not the baby . And these babies are incapable of sound : they have hearts but no faces , no throats , no mouths to cry . But dreams are like that , are n't they . Dreams enjoy their own obliquity .
Idiom: over your head (used idiomatically: no)
If they have the cash they will have the choice . That wave will send gradual ripples through the market — but it will not be a tidal wave — to float house - owners carelessly upwards before tipping them over into an angry sea of debt . Making your fortune while you were asleep , just by getting into debt to own the roof over your head , was always to good to be true . Forget it . Health
Idiom: take root (used idiomatically: yes)
Soon after the French Revolution in England , and starting in the 1830s in New England , waves of religious adventism began to sweep across the nations . The break - up of the old world was seen as a sign of the last times . When the Christian Brethren movement and the Catholic Apostolic Church emerged in Britain in the 1830s and the Millerites in New England waited for the return of Christ in the 1840s , adventism had already taken firm root in evangelicalism ( where it has remained ever since ) . And if the religious world sought to understand the passing away of the old order and the emergence of the new one , the secular world too , faced with the greatest social change in history , reacted by the invention of sociology and the construction of grand social theories that would explain it all . So while such religious men as William Cuningham ( 1805–1861 ) , Edward Irving and J. N. Darby ( 1800–1882 ) pondered the scriptures to understand and prophesy the future , the secularists , Saint - Simon ( 1760–1825 ) , Auguste Comte ( 1798–1857 ) and Karl Marx , sought to predict forthcoming events through the method of Enlightenment science .