Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: high and low (used idiomatically: yes)
Each atom contains a nucleus which is made from nucleons ( i.e. neutrons and protons ) with electrons circulating around the nucleus . Nucleons feel the strong nuclear force whereas electrons do not ; thus it is reasonable to ask whether nucleons and electrons feel the same gravitational attraction . The nucleon - to - electron ratio varies from unity for hydrogen to about 2.5 for elements with high atomic number , so that any difference in the gravitational force felt by nucleons and electrons would appear as a difference in the gravitational acceleration of elements of high and low atomic number . Another significant feature of matter is that the nuclear mass is smaller than the sum of the nucleon masses by the binding energy due to the nuclear force between them . This nuclear binding energy is zero for hydrogen where the nucleus is a single proton and rises to 0.7 per cent of the mass x c 2 of the constituent nucleons in the case of iron .
Idiom: jack of all trades (used idiomatically: yes)
As well as a deep understanding of your soil , crops , and animals , as a smallholder you need to be capable of a high degree of self - reliance in maintaining fences , gates , water supply , buildings , machinery , and equipment . Unless you can do so your holding will deteriorate or you will spend a small fortune paying outsiders to look after it for you . Indeed , you need to be something of a jack of all trades and passably good at most of them . The margins for error on a smallholding are extremely narrow ; only a skilled and diligent husbandman can hope to succeed . It is therefore prudent for a newcomer to spend considerable time and effort acquiring the skills before taking the plunge by buying a farm .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
LENNOX LEWIS may still be given the chance of a dream world title fight after all . A new offer for him to challenge the world heavyweight champion , American Ruddick Bowe , is reportedly being thrashed out . Last night Bowe 's manager , Rock Newman , revealed a new deal was in the pipeline . In an interview on American television , Newman said : ‘ The man Bowe wants to fight next is Lennox Lewis . He turned down an offer last week but I 'm going to make him a little better offer next week.’
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Well they just would n't let me I said that that worried m that really sort of worried me so I rung her back anyway , she 's alright . Well , you do n't wanna worry about them because at the end of the day , I mean if if that was absolutely desperate I shall turn round and say well I 'm sorry I 've bloody got to and that 's it ! You know , but I mean But you must go Wednesday Geoff !
Idiom: tired and emotional (used idiomatically: yes)
I have , however , pointed out that there are things like nautical charts , voyage systems , harbour regulations etcetera etcetera which is a form of management albeit self management . I will give you an example of what one might be confronted with in the future from , from a piece from the Environment Committee in the House of Commons ' Report on Coastal Zone Planning and Management and it says here , we fail to see what is impractical about treating the seabed as submerged land an opinion shared by the Royal Town Planning Institute no less and if planning authorities can deal with issues like public rights of way , aggregate extraction multiple use on land , they should be able to cope with rights of navigation and extraction of sea . Now I have considerable respect for the House of Commons ' Environment Committee but I think on this occasion they must have been tired and emotional when they wrote that . The point of issue is that estuary and coastal zone management is a reality and what seems to be happening is all sorts of different plans are popping up on various estuaries and Geoff knows them well now because he 's been involved with the one on the Stour and Orwell and what is happening is that these are starting at local level so the first contact with sailors may be from a local authority or someone at local level . So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint .
Idiom: as good as new (used idiomatically: yes)
Disappearing Earth is a fabulous new range of high quality T - shirts made from 100 % unbleached cotton , each featuring one of eight environmental designs . Printed with a new thermal chromatic invisible ink , the animals and trees actually disappear from the T - shirt when you get hot — just as quickly as they are disappearing from the wild , in fact ! Then they magically reappear , leaving your T - shirt looking as good as new ! And the good news is that 10 % from every sale will go to help the World Wide Life Fund For Nature in its quest for earth 's survival . Available in medium , large and extra large , long sleeved T - shirts usually cost £ 15.99 but we have 15 to give away .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Sorrel shook her head and her hair stayed wondrously in place . I realized that a haircut like that was no Saturday - morning trim and blow - dry . Come to think of it , the little party frock number she was wearing ( and I 'm so glad hemlines are on the up ) did n't come from Oxfam either . ' No . He jumped , but only just before he was pushed .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
A much overlooked aspect of power - tool performance is efficiency — the difference between rated input and output wattage . Manufacturers tend to state only the input wattage especially on mains powered tools , but it is the power at the cutting edge that counts . As compactness is an important design feature of cordless tools the all round efficiency of the tool is crucial , and that is why I tend to perceive cordless tools as being very much state of the art . The motors are compact and powerful , some using rare earth magnets . The gearbox may incorporate planetary gears , which are also compact and efficient .
Idiom: second nature (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Is that enough water?’ Pot plants and flowers that need regular watering will be watched carefully by the children if they are helped to do the watering , and they will be quick to tell us that the guinea pig 's water pot is empty if they can refill it themselves . Again , it is almost second nature to use such expressions as ‘ Do n't give them too much’ . What does ‘ too much’ mean ? Perhaps a certain amount for each plant could be decided upon and gradually the amount needed can be estimated by the children .
Idiom: fill the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
There is an elegance about a circuit which achieves its function with great simplicity . This FSK generator certainly falls into that category . Both centre frequency and shift will be subject to component tolerances , but the circuit fills the bill as is for undemanding applications ; alternatively , present can be designed in to allow adjustment to a standard I.H shift such as 170 or 850 Hz . IH Circuit converts voltage ratio to frequency
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Freud 's reply is that the research method of psychoanalysis has revealed that religion has not helped men to be happy , nor moral , nor cultured and intelligent . Religion is the ‘ universal obsessional neurosis of humanity’ which has been an essential stage for humanity to pass through , in the same way as every child must have a neurotic phase . This is because so many instinctual demands which will later be unserviceable can not be suppressed by that rational operation of the child 's intellect but have to be tamed by acts of repression behind which , as a rule , lies the motive of anxiety . Normally the growing child overcomes these neuroses spontaneously ; those which are not overcome can be cleared up later in psychoanalysis . Humanity , before it had acquired a strong enough intellect and developed science and technology , had achieved the instinctual renunciations which make communal life possible by using purely affective forces .
Idiom: in the final analysis (used idiomatically: yes)
During those two years , I have also come to believe that with the help of two powerful tools we can turn people on to the quality process . The first of those is leadership , that intangible attribute which can inspire and motivate people at all levels to achieve the impossible . In the final analysis , every person has to motivate him or herself but high profile leadership can release energies and aspirations which we did n't know we possessed . Quality training is the second way to show people that quality improvement works . That is why C&P has made such an investment in it .
Idiom: no man's land (used idiomatically: yes)
It had to happen.’ They met in an undistinguished office block just off the Euston Road , two floors ofwhich were used as secure neutral territory for committees and meetings between Government depart - ments who would lose face by visiting the other fellow 's wigwam . George did n't bother to explain the process by which he had deflected the first demand — that Maxim go round to Century House by himself — by a counter - offer of Number 10 ( ‘ As it 's a Saturday , we could use the Cabinet Room ; think how that would look in your memoirs’)— or one of his clubs , naming the one that had been effectively the HQ of the Intelligence Service in the heady days of World War II , and finally agreeing on this no - man 's - land . Somewhere in the hassle he had got what he really wanted : to go along himself . ‘ You took your time,’ he grumped at Maxim .
Idiom: to say the least (used idiomatically: yes)
She was at the rectory kitchen door a week later , meeting Rose as she had promised , for tea with her ma and a trip up West in the evening . She had been reviewing the previous week on her walk to the rectory . It had been hectic , to say the least . Dr Neil had been busy with a small epidemic of low fever which had fortunately missed Vetch Street , and Matey had decided to do some summer cleaning , spring cleaning having been missed out , due to the deficiencies of Sally - Anne 's predecessor . Such a carry - on Sally - Anne had never seen , and all of it exhausting .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ The opportunity did n't arise,’ replied Martin . ‘ In fact , for a while there Len seemed much better . He was n't even late for work , let alone under the influence of drink , so I could hardly suggest counselling in those circumstances.’ ‘ And what about on the morning of the accident?’ asked David . ‘ I had n't seen him,’ admitted Martin and turned to the foreman .
Idiom: in your face (used idiomatically: no)
If it 's positive , then they 'll help you . ‘ They show you such hospitality,’ he says . ‘ Then , if they see you do n't try , they chuck it back in your face . The first month , they take you out , they show you everything . They get offended if you say no - no - no.’
Idiom: meet someone halfway (used idiomatically: yes)
I thought that progressives , political progressives in this country were prepared to stand by public services and believe in them sufficiently to say this will cost you and we are prepared to to put the bill to you because we believe you will pay the bill . What we have tonight is a labour group that says they no longer believe in that philosophy . What they believe in is that everybody out there is out to grab as much as they can for their own private interest and they 're prepared to meet them halfway on that . There 's no question who 's running the council here , it 's this lot . Reference to I think that last comment is of course a very interesting one .
Idiom: go west (used idiomatically: yes)
Any other amusing railroad laws anyone knows about ? Another item I picked up some time ago from across the Atlantic was the information that the British 7′¼″ gauge was only found on the Great Eastern , a piece of information that I 'm sure Vic Smith will agree to be even more surprising than anything in his talk ! I suppose it 's all East if you go that far West . Finally , I have just picked up another item on railway laws : — ' Kansas had a real beauty for avoiding accidents : ' When a train reaches a crossing ( with another track ) about the same time as another train , the engineer must stop the train and may not start again until the other train has completely passed . ''
Idiom: set eyes on (used idiomatically: yes)
I seethed with a totally irrational rage . It was pure jealousy . You were mine — I knew that as soon as I set eyes on you . And so , apparently , did you ! And yet you intended to go ahead and become his wife!’
Idiom: sick and tired (used idiomatically: yes)
Genuine Graf I am writing in reply to all the letters you have printed over the past few months about Steffi Graf . Being one of her biggest fans I would like to say I am sick and tired of all the criticism that she receives . There have been people writing in asking for her fans to stop making excuses for her . Everything that has happened to her over the past year has been genuine , from breaking her thumb to the operation , not to mention all the hassle she has had from standing by her father .
Idiom: donkey work (used idiomatically: yes)
I was the one who had to take it to my tutor , not them . It was all down to them thinking , oh , Glen 's at art school , perhaps he can get it done for us . Not being paid was n't a problem ; what was however was that I was being used for the donkey work without any consultation on the artistic side of it , And that was important to me . When they did make up the T - shirts — as I backed down and did the separations — they got busted for sedition , which was an obscure act of whenever . The actual person who got them busted was Alan Jones — not the artist but a gay guy on the scene , known as Leather And Bones Jones , a regular enough guy .
Idiom: pass muster (used idiomatically: yes)
Steel arms , called tendons , horizontally bisect a building 's core , stretching like ribs between beams in the walls . Controlled by computer and battery - powered hydraulics , they push or pull like pistons to damp movement by the walls . This system was installed in a six - storey experimental building in Tokyo in August 1989 and has passed muster in six small earthquakes since then . During a quake of magnitude 6.1 on 20 February 1990 , ground acceleration was measured at 10 per cent of gravity . That was halved by the building 's bracing .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
I know there are people here I know there are people here in the audience that use used to come to classical music concerts , horrendously expensive even with the Eastern orchestral board 's subsidy . For example if you had the London Mozart players here as we frequently did and frequently played to full houses , then even with a hundred percent house there was a subsidy required of something like seven or eight pounds per seat , in order to meet the cost of presenting that particular concert and we 've done it for years but sadly when we had to make cuts that was one of things the board decided they had to cut up they had to save money somehow . May I make a relevant point please ? You 'll ask a question .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
We have to forget about our prejudices , and get on with the task in hand … let 's do it ! Monika Montsho Postscript : One good note — a few weeks ago , after I published a similar complaint in the Pink Paper , I was contacted by a chemist in London who does sell dental dams over the counter ( 70p each ) , and is willing to sell them mail order as well ( £ 5 for six , p&p inc ) . So do n't wait , write or visit : Chris Spinos , Colonnades Chemist , 28 Portchester Road , London W2 6E5 . Medical Records Bill Becomes Law It 's About Time !
Idiom: fly a kite (used idiomatically: yes)
That 's optimistic . The announcement that National Insurance rates are to stay the same is more window - dressing , I think . The Government flies these kites of disinformation then people feel grateful when they do n't happen . The Chancellor has shifted a few factors around , that 's all . Brilliant Brown goes for the jugular
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
What d'you mean ? " " Crackers ! Round the bend ! No idea how to pull teeth ! " " But … but … he 's a dentist is n't he … ? "
Idiom: foot the bill (used idiomatically: yes)
The US lacks investment in infrastructure and has excess investment in financial derivatives – the result of opaque leverage from over - consumption . China suffers from under - consumption and possible over - investment , and needs to strike a balance between the state - owned sector and private enterprise . American democracy ’s emphasis on short time horizons is costly , with tax cuts and increased welfare benefits giving rise to chronic fiscal deficits , with future generations forced to foot the bill for years of excessive consumption . In China , the one - party system has been effective in delivering strong growth , but it must now address the rampant corruption and excessive bureaucracy that has crowded out the private sector and limited creativity and innovation .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
A question asking pupils to interpret a 2-D depiction of a 3-D situation was included in the GT4 reference test and reported earlier ( p.40 ) . Over half the pupils in the bottom third gave the correct answer to that question and a fair proportion did so on two visualization questions in other tests . In the first instance the pupils were provided with the diagrams illustrated in Example 56 and asked to draw , on isometric dotted paper , two more arrangements . About a third of the lower band pupils did so , 40 per cent of the middle band and 67 per cent of the top band . There is ambiguity in the question asked but a high proportion interpreted it literally .
Idiom: box clever (used idiomatically: yes)
What was that favourite saying of Elinor 's ? Buzz could almost hear her voice : ‘ Stupidity is the operation of intelligence hampered by emotion.’ Buzz sensed that she had to be careful , she had to box clever , she had to let Adam think she had accepted what he said and would go quietly . Seething with indignation and fury , she told herself that this was the best way to catch Adam off guard and discover what was going on . Thoughtfully Adam said , ‘ It was , perhaps , a pity that you were unable to stay on with your friend Mrs Higby.’
Idiom: keep up appearances (used idiomatically: yes)
So he had thankfully devoured his second breakfast , simply pleased that his father was being so attentive to him and not connecting this in any way with his own outburst of the night before . He had quite forgotten it , or , rather , it had sunk back to the dark , subterranean level from which it had sprung and on which he really did believe his father might kill him some day . The fact that his father behaved towards him for most of the time with mild , if somewhat unthinking kindness , did not rule out this possibility which is present at some time or other in most children 's minds : after all , if you were going to kill someone you would naturally go on being kind to them for the time being , giving them money for sweets and generally keeping up appearances . If Oliver 's fear was slightly more explicit than is common , this was merely because killing people was a concept he dwelt upon fairly frequently and with lively interest . ‘ I do n't want any breakfast , thank you,’ Alice said .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: no)
Turning the Corner in Eastern ~ Europe LONDON – There are various kinds of facts , the Russian satirist Mikhail ~ Saltykov - Shchedrin once quipped : " There are convenient facts and inconvenient ones ; and there are some that are n't even facts . " As we enter 2010 , a convenient fact is that the world economy has stopped its dramatic decline and started to recover .
Idiom: rain or shine (used idiomatically: yes)
Whether it rains or shines , it is my habit to take a walk around the Palais - Royal at five ~ o'clock .
Idiom: hang tough (used idiomatically: yes)
Here we have a dry , laconic and completely unsentimental style that spawned hundreds of imitations . 7 The Big Sleep Raymond Chandler 1939 The first of the Philip Marlowe books sees our hero hanging tough among the broads , bimbos and gorillas — a hard - smoking bourbon man who eschews armour in favour of a belted mac and a fedora in which to play the down - at - heel knight errant . The action and self - deprecating humour are expertly balanced . 8 Rogue Male Geoffrey Household 1939
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
They built a town on a small mound between the two rivers . This was easy to defend since the rivers were like a moat on three sides . B. Sailing ships could carry their cargoes far inland ( 12 km ) up the river , helped by the very high tides . The water rises 12 metres as the tide is forced into the funnel of the Severn estuary and into the Avon river . The drawing shows what the city and port was like in about 1200 AD .
Idiom: make history (used idiomatically: yes)
Cambridge were left high and dry for a time this afternoon as Oxford followed in the footsteps of many a champion boxer and left the opposition waiting at the official weigh - in . When the dark - blues did turn up the fun started but as expected the Cambridge crew were carrying far more weight . And history was made when the light - blues Toby Backhouse , a giant of a man , stepped onto the scales . He weighed in at sixteen stone , eleven pounds , which makes him the heaviest man ever to row in the boat race . Cambridge also have the lightest in their cox , Leigh Vice , she tipped the scales at just seven stone , six .
Idiom: take it easy (used idiomatically: yes)
But whatever you do do n't miss the amazing Gorge du Verdon , a European version of the Grand Canyon where the river wends between 500-metre cliffs . We hired a pedalo on the man - made Lac St Croix at the western end of the gorge and explored the gorge from the river . But if you just want to take it easy , the three - star camp site offers a swimming pool , a good restaurant and local folk dancing on a Saturday night . Our mobile home was well equipped with two bedrooms , bathroom and kitchen . There may be better ways of spending a holiday in France — but I 've yet to find one .
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
Rachel just stared at him , green eyes wide . ‘ Are you serious?’ ‘ Why should I lie?’ he drawled , leaning back , jean - clad thighs spread , chest outlined in the white open - necked shirt , black leather jacket gleaming under the sun . She was helplessly fascinated and asked slowly , despite herself , ‘ What was it like to live in Africa?’ ‘ The plains are ravishing,’ he said flatly .
Idiom: have words (used idiomatically: no)
If what he says is true , which is highly unlikely , they must visit his latrine during the hours of darkness . A most precarious operation to say the least . ' The Scouse always had the last word . ' If you bastards do n't believe me , you can find yourselves another shithouse ! , With that final remark he would go into a huff and that would be the end of the conversation .