Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: take a dive (used idiomatically: yes)
It is one of the ' Ports de Cize ' , the collective name for the several cols to be found in the mountains here and once the Summus Pyrenaeus of the Romans , who also chose to cross them above Saint - Jean . Today it is reached by the main road , up the valley of the Petite Nive , through Arnéguy , which is the French frontier post , to the first Spanish village of Valcarlos and then Roncesvalles or , in its more familiar French form , Roncevaux . Here is one of those places , then , where the frontier does not follow the ridge of the mountains , but takes a sudden dive down on the French side . This was the route that the Compostela pilgrims took out of Saint - Jean , not because it was the easiest but because of its heroic Christian associations — though the present road , created in the 1880s , climbs a little to the west of the paths traditionally followed before then . Here , in the summer of the year 778 , the rear guard of the army of the Christian King Charlemagne , on its way back into France from Spain and from warring with the paynim hordes of Islam , was set upon and routed .
Idiom: on the hop (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Hey , take it easy , Zack . It 's the diamonds . You caught us on the hop there , ol' buddy . That kind of package takes a wee while to put together . I laid it on them over there in Washington — I mean , but hard .
Idiom: buy time (used idiomatically: no)
Mhm . the time . Buy the time out of the evil days . Yeah . Yeah .
Idiom: turn over a new leaf (used idiomatically: yes)
JOHN ALEXANDER Cheltenham , Glos Letter to the Editor : Thorny problem SIR — In turning over a new leaf , the Labour Party would do well also to turn over a new blossom . The presumptuous way in which it has laid claim to the English rose as representing the party is indicative of its misplaced self - assurance that the people of ‘ our country’ , as they repeatedly refer to England , wish to be governed by Labour as much as it wishes to govern us — an illusion emphatically dispelled last week . The English rose is not a proper emblem for any political party , but for the nation as whole .
Idiom: few and far between (used idiomatically: yes)
Given appropriate communications support the deaf person can match the hearing person in most fields . And yet young deaf students have great difficulty in getting a place at university . Deaf postgraduates , who are few and far between , have little chance of taking a higher degree . Deaf people are effectively discouraged by regulations from training as teachers of the deaf . Deaf workers find their careers blocked by unimaginative employers .
Idiom: on ice (used idiomatically: yes)
Peter Spencer of stockbroker Shearson Lehman said the prospects for a pick - up were so improved the Government should be careful on interest rates . A ‘ token’ cut in interest rates of half a point to 10 p.c . was nevertheless likely to happen before the end of the month . City : Deals ‘ put on ice’ set to appear By Karen Cooper MERCHANT bankers expect to see deals which were put on ice before the election begin to trickle out in coming months .
Idiom: man and boy (used idiomatically: yes)
The Liberal Democrat leader said : ' They are on roads I would not drive along in a Land - Rover when I was sober . ' Four die in road crash THREE men and a boy died yesterday after two cars collided on a village road . Two survivors — both women — were cut free after being trapped for 20 minutes in the wreckage . They were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at King 's Lynn , Norfolk .
Idiom: jump to conclusions (used idiomatically: yes)
I do n't know how to do it though . Course you do ! Just carry on multiplying things by X instead of trying to jump to conclusions . Where 's the two X come from ? Times it by
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
It could be God 's gift … ' Ramsay grinned . ' I wondered whether that would come to your mind , ' he said . Quickly , then . Leave a small guard here , on the prisoners .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
Ooh ? Yeah . You 're his next of kin and you 're the one on the paper . He had to put your name down on it . Did he ?
Idiom: turn the screw (used idiomatically: yes)
Despite Doolin 's diplomatic caution , however , City will go into this afternoon 's match very much the underdogs . Crushing The hand of fate that has recently dealt the Brandywell club some crushing blows seems intent on turning the screw further . With midfield ball winner John Sayers out of action for at least 10 weeks after fracturing a bone in his leg in last Sunday 's disastrous home defeat by Cork , Derry were further rocked during a practice match on Thursday night when promising young forward Brian McCarron , promoted this season to the first squad , broke his leg . And with close season signing from Limerick , Barry Ryan , also sidelined with a hamstring injury , Derry boss Roy Coyle has n't his sorrows to seek at the moment .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: no)
When dependent on other people to get the job done , one must engage them . Everybody in an organization has at least one form of power — the ' pocket veto . ' Even without directly challenging an idea , all one has to do is sit on it for a while , put it in his or her pocket , not respond , find other projects more important — and the change effort will be stalled . Loss of momentum occurs when other people are not motivated to do their part . The development of a new computer at Data General illustrates the process of team building .
Idiom: to a turn (used idiomatically: yes)
If the RC is in the Left hand half of the dial , then bring it onto 270 ° . 5 . Which way to turn to bring the RC onto 090 ° or 270 ° ? Remember that the RC will move in the opposite direction to your turn . So , if the RC is between 0 ° and 090 ° you will want to move it to the Right ( clockwise ) to get it onto 090 ° . Therefore , you must turn Left away from the RC . 6 .
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: no)
Harvey explained : ‘ The identity tags are changed every week . The metal strip at the side of the card holds an electrical charge — like a piece of recording tape ; this machine reads that , to make sure it 's of the current pattern , while at the same time photographing me and my tag and weighing me . If one of those things does n't t ally with the record of me on the machine , then the doors will lock — including the doors to the elevators — and alarms will sound in about twenty places on the compound as well as in New York.’ The guard said , ‘ Cubicles twenty - one and twenty.’ ‘ What now , Harvey?’
Idiom: wide of the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
Any manuscript submitted to a scientific journal , or any proposal sent to a granting institution , is subject to close scrutiny . In theory , these criticisms are designed to help researchers to improve their work by pointing out ( for instance ) poor techniques , illogical conclusions or misanalysed data . Although these ideals are often met , there seems to be many instances where comments are wide of the mark . For example , here is a cunning bit of advice one researcher received from an anonymous journal reviewer : ‘ This manuscript is terrible . It breaks every rule of elegance in ecological thought , statistical analysis and presentation .
Idiom: come to mind (used idiomatically: yes)
Once again we have this problem of keeping in touch with the wing wards , Astley and er East it 's not all that easy to do but er there are people there who are showing an interest and I hope that we can . Obviously with the coming of two elections shortly we have the opportunity to do a lot more canvassing and contact more members of the public and to draw in new members from there . We also have in the area a tremendous number of new houses which have never been contacted by us or for by any political party and I would hope that we might be able to to do er something about the area behind the church there is er an area that comes to mind which could well be fruitful , and I would hope that we might during this year get er some kind of literature out to these places apart from election literature . So at the moment it 's ninety six . If anybody can help me help me to get it up to three figures again personal contact could be er very useful in these cases if you come across anybody who you might think we could interest .
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
No but it I mean it 's just been so long , it I I said to him , can I do this trial and he said , and i explained everything about it and he said , yes try it . What do we do with all this stuff that 's got excessively high conductivity , I mean is it being what 's happening to it ? Well nine times out of ten we re re - sample it and it 's allowed to go out . But there are occasions when we 've had to rip and tip but it 's causing a problem Most of it has been
Idiom: within an ace of (used idiomatically: yes)
I slotted in well , but all that vending blunted my edges and did my head in . Once , I came within an ace of the end on the stern of a North Sea ferry , when some half - cut , ham - fisted cockney tossed me
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
What does change is the choice of songs and the balance of styles . It is proof enough that Tom Jones is not going to take the easy path that most of his generation would choose . And it makes you realise that , though he may be famous for having an eye for the ladies , he also has an ear for a good song . Royals to part ' within weeks ' A FORMAL statement on the breakdown of the marriage between the Prince and Princess of Wales is expected within weeks , it is claimed today .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
These friendly classes are so popular , numbers are restricted and booking is a must . Mrs Critten has also written praising Regency Yarns for their friendliness and help . Mrs Critten has an invalid husband , so is unable to get out and about very much , but thanks to Denise and Julia she is able to carry on with her Machine Knitting . They very kindly drop in shade cards and patterns for her and Mrs Critten has only to pick up the telephone and they are there to help . Surely these two ‘ Angles of Mercy’ deserve our Gold Star for this month .
Idiom: win the day (used idiomatically: yes)
Such cells have only achieved efficiencies of 5–6 per cent , due mainly to problems with the junction between the two solids . This is precisely where the liquid - junction cell may hold an advantage . If it works well with polycrystalline electrodes , it could win the day . Soviet pipeline goes full — speed ahead PRESIDENT REAGAN 'S attempt to stop the export of American pipeline machinery to the USSR has had little impact on the construction of the 4451 -kilometre Siberian gas pipeline .
Idiom: kith and kin (used idiomatically: yes)
In future he must guard his tongue or risk everything . And it went without saying that , if he was not prepared to take a risk with his money , he most certainly was not prepared to take a risk which might lose him the one person he could trust . David might not be his real kith and kin , but he was honest , and he was hard - working … willing to be at his beck and call and to labour long hours , with only a pittance for his troubles . Luther knew that he might search long and hard , from one end of the earth to the other , but he would never find such an incredibly forthright and loyal employee . Instead , he might be cursed with one who would rob him blind and charge him three - times the wages for the privilege .
Idiom: make or break (used idiomatically: yes)
Last April housing benefit was sharply cut for all but the poorest ; and even they must now pay 20 % of their rates bill . Some boroughs — including the two named — are notoriously bad at collecting rents , and London arrears have soared already as the tighter benefit rules have taken effect . Rent - collection ( which for council tenants means rate - collection too ) will be the make - or - break skill this year . What if a council finds itself on the brink ? In theory , it can be served a ' section 114'report , which prevents it taking on any new , uncontracted expenditure .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
Part of that money will go into nursery and after school care so we can create an extra 25,000 places . ' Ms Harman also claimed the Conservatives had ' ruthlessly fiddled the NHS waiting list figures with the same ruthlessness as they fiddled the unemployment figures , ' and had created a two - tier health service . She told the audience how she had seen a new state - of - the - art ambulance which was only for use by private patients but staffed and paid for by the NHS . ' We will bring all hospitals that have opted out back into the NHS because we want hospitals that are accountable to local people and provide services that local people want , not run like businesses . ' Also addressing the Dolphin Centre rally was Darlington - born Tom Sawyer , deputy secretary of NUPE , who won a roar from the crowd when he announced new opinion poll findings giving Labour a six point lead .
Idiom: join the club (used idiomatically: no)
We found a neat village south of Peterlee called Elwick , complete with tree - decked , green , Tabatha Twitchet shop and two super pubs , where we lived uneasily for three years . Ann worked in British West Hartlepool : severely shelled during World War I , home of Andy Cap and where they hung a shipwrecked monkey in Napoleonic times , in the belief that the poor beast was a Frenchman . The nearest I came to fishing was as number three in a racing four on the grubby River Tees , when I joined the Tees Amateur Rowing Club . Not much rose on the Tees at Stockton in those days , least of all trout ; and a ducking was followed by a dash to hospital and an appointment with a stomach pump . The Tees is much improved now , but then it was virtually an open sewer .
Idiom: have someone's number (used idiomatically: no)
It was the dawn of the fourth day since the murder . Irving Moss was woken early that morning , by the sound of the ringing phone . It could only be one source — only one source had his number here . He checked his watch : 4 a.m. , ten the previous evening in Houston . He took down the lengthy list of produce prices , all in US dollars and cents , eradicated the zeros or ‘ nulls’ which indicated a space in the message , and according to the day of the month set the lines of figures against prepared lines of letters .
Idiom: on the shelf (used idiomatically: yes)
A Swedish brand . Alkaline and moderately rich in minerals , it takes up to 80 years to filter through 295 feet of sand , clay , shale , coal and siltstone . This selection of carbonated and still waters cam be found on most supermarket shelves . Next Week : relief for glue ear from osteopathy Stop Press
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ First they came for the Jews , then they came for the communists , then they came for the trade unionists , then they came for me’ , he repeats over a silky , mesmeric House groove , gradually adding a line each time , until he gets to ‘ and there was no - one left to speak up for me’ . J is speaking up for himself , which would n't mean shit if ‘ First They Came’ was n't such a simmering , mystical monster . It 's records like this that make me pissed off with political thrashcore . J is angry , but he realises that you have n't got to get totally in - your - face to get a serious message across . As a result , while Consolidated ponce about and play the rebel and might reach 50,000 , J might get the word to millions .
Idiom: get to the bottom of (used idiomatically: yes)
Or your face not getting stuck … ?’ ‘ No , not that . No , I was thinking about feeling heavy when you got to the bottom of that drop and started going up again — and feeling light and floaty at the top.’ ‘ So?’ ‘ Nothing .
Idiom: off the wall (used idiomatically: yes)
The club was situated on the top two floors of the building . Matisse had been responsible for its decoration . But the antique mirrors , which at his direction had been cut into squares in order to line the dining - and - dance room , were now tarnished and occasionally flew off the wall ; and the two murals done by Matisse had been sold to Americans . Nevertheless drawings by him still lined the hall which led into the bar , and for a period a mural by Minton , with some assistance from others , hung in the dining - room where visitors could dine simply or expensively , eating plates of goulash or a champagne supper , seated at scrubbed oak tables and benches . Music was provided by an old - fashioned ragtime band led by Mr Alexander who , as Daniel Farson describes , conducted his musicians ‘ with a brightness that was indefatigable’ .
Idiom: on the rocks (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Hodge remembered the seas had been very rough as the crew attempted to rescue the couple , who had been surprised and cut off by a fast moving tide at Huntcliff . ‘ It 's all rocks and boulders there,’ he said . ‘ There was a lot of break and the boat was banging on the rocks.’ Despite the dangers , the crew completed the rescue in the Atlantic 21 vessel . After the rescue , Mr Darling , a former editor of the Evening Gazette in Middlesbrough , said : ‘ The crew did a tremendous job.’
Idiom: on the game (used idiomatically: yes)
A friendly title for a friendly book Chatterbox succeeds in getting children to speak English by drawing on all their favourite things . They love the bright , colourful illustrations , the varied activities , the emphasis on games and picture puzzles , and the fact that there is a song for almost every lesson in the course . Another appealing element is the exciting comic strip adventure story which runs through each unit , starring ace detective Captain Shadow and her friends . A thorough basis in English
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
That 's mine this , this , they only start from sort of like , there 's the house , and it goes half way up the garden , so I want fifty up at one side , and put fifty to go up other side , I want fifty to go across the garden , and they 're gon na go across the garden and cut the garden in half no they have n't , they 're gon na go all the way round the top section as well , but I just wanted to get the bottom section built first , get some of that plant food in when the old boy comes round and see what you 've done with the old horse manure , spread some of that around and that 'll make them grow as well this one completely
Idiom: rough edges (used idiomatically: yes)
Mm . the basis of it all . I 've had the roughest edges knocked off it when I went to University . And the , but then I went to live in Northern Ireland so I 've got a so picked up a fair bit of Northern Ireland . Yes well , it does happen when , whe
Idiom: change hands (used idiomatically: yes)
None the less the king did summon the officers of the Exchequer to join him in Oxford ; Pye 's colleague , who was also his ‘ comptroller’ and administrative rival , the clerk of the pells , obeyed this call . So there were two lower exchequers of receipt , in Westminster and in Oxford , during the years 1643–6 , although a large proportion of Parliament 's revenues came in through various ad hoc treasuries in the City of London , bypassing the Exchequer altogether . Pye 's own estate lay in disputed territory which changed hands at least twice . Having been captured by the Cavaliers , Faringdon Castle was virtually destroyed in a siege by Pye 's own party . More positive evidence for his religious commitment is found in his membership ( with his boyhood Herefordshire neighbour , Sir Robert Harley , q.v . ) of a small committee to oversee the destruction of crucifixes and images in the captured royal regalia .
Idiom: go with the flow (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a place for people who wanted to stick their necks out . Lots of people are fed up with the way their lives are headed but they do n't often take the trouble to do anything about it . Most of them just go with the flow , ending up as something like a gas fitter or a policeman . Not that I have anything against gas fitters but I do think that to do what I did at 15 takes a bit more courage . At that age everybody is down on you .
Idiom: throw down the gauntlet (used idiomatically: yes)
SHOCK PLAN TO BOLT LAND 'S END NEXT SUMMER In the clearest challenge yet to the British Mountaineering Council 's agreed policy on bolts , the granite cliffs of Land 's End are to be equipped with bolts by a private company , assisted by controversial Cornish climber Rowland Edwards The announcement that some routes in the area , which is visited by over 2,000 climbers a year , are to be equipped for ‘ environmental’ reasons came in a press release that effectively throws down the gauntlet to the sport 's governing body . According to the release from Peter de Savary 's Land 's End Limited , the move was prompted by increasing concern over cliff - top erosion and a growing threat to climbers ' safety due to deteriorating in - situ protection and lack of regulatory control . Cairns Boston , head of the company 's management team at Land 's End , explained : ‘ We have reached the point where , without these new measures , we would have to give serious consideration to banning climbing altogether at Land 's End.’
Idiom: drag your feet (used idiomatically: no)
You may walk with me like a civilised man if you care to , but I warn you there 'll be an archer behind to keep us in view , so 1 would n't advise you to try any tricks , they 'd do you no good.’ He waved the men - at - arms in the ante - room imperiously out of his path , and led the way out without even turning his head to make sure that Harry was following . ‘ Look blacker , fool,’ he said out of the corner of his mouth as they stepped into the cold darkness of the outer ward , ‘ and drag your feet . You 're not going to your wedding . There 's no archer , do n't be afraid .
Idiom: in black and white (used idiomatically: yes)
It was a glorious mud bath for the men of Gloucester rugby club . Glorious because they came away with a victory over Rosslyn Park … but no thanks to the quagmire at the Kingsholm ground . But do n't be fooled … the cherry and whites were in black and white … and the visitors … well they 're in cherry and white . Though the conditions made it nigh on impossible to tell anyone apart anyway . Voice over
Idiom: read between the lines (used idiomatically: yes)
Concert work fills the blanks in her diary left by the Bastille debacle . She sang Susanna earlier this summer in Simon Rattle 's period Figaro for Glyndebourne ( due to be seen on BBC TV before Christmas ) and is now back at the Coliseum as Pamina in Nicholas Hytner 's luminously hieroglyphic Magic Flute . Rodgers has little difficulty reading between the lines of Hytner 's stylish staging , which apes the hairpin role - reversals of Mozart 's convoluted Masonic fable by itself , neatly reversing the racial and sexual stereotypes of the original . Here we have a black prince and a white ‘ blackamoor’ , a male hero but a female lead . ‘ It 's clear that Pamina is just as much on trial as Pamino .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
Somewhere behind the massive classical forehead of the Cabinet Office a part of the brain has collapsed and failed . In the midst of this complex grey order the room I am sitting in is falling away into chaos and night . And now I come to think of it the light in here is not what it was . I glance at my watch . Twenty to seven …
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah I know . change it . And nine times out of , alright say I 've got another four choices but nine times out of ten I 'll go and I will have put those four on , in the mood that I 'm sort of feeling then I 'll fucking , I want to listen to something completely different . listen to The Jam I might want to go and listen to fucking bit of heavy rock or something or bit of pop or something you know ? Yeah .