Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus , whereas classicism 's image of human nature portrayed all human beings as being fully responsible for their own actions , Bentham saw criminals as having limited rationality and responsibility , but thought that they could be made more rational by the correct application of reformative techniques in his ‘ mill for grinding rogues honest’ , as he called the Panopticon . His thinking also took account of limited human rationality on the question of responsibility for offences ; unlike Beccaria he allowed for mitigating circumstances such as duress , infancy and insanity to reduce or even remove an individual 's liability to punishment . Beccaria 's ideas had been fated to win great praise but achieve less by way of practical influence in the running of penal systems . Bentham 's success was greater but far from total . Utilitarian reductivism became a prominent rationale for punishment but never displaced retributivism entirely .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: yes)
The really dangerous scientists are those who do have political and moral ideas and set out to use their science to further their own ideological ends . Ca n't you see that ? Dr. Briant is doing the right thing — doing his own job to the best of his ability and leaving the rest of it to the people he 's doing it for — you.’ He stopped , and there was a pause , and then someone started to clap at the back of the studio , and George , who had been sitting with his chin on his chest , impassively listening , looked up . The solitary applauder was the young man in the scarf , but even as George looked at him , another man joined in , then a woman , and gradually the sound built up until several hands were clapping , but not loudly enough to drown the boos and shouts other members of the audience were producing .
Idiom: take the rough with the smooth (used idiomatically: yes)
He refused to swap it with opposite number Willie Carne after the game because he had promised it to the Mirror . That shows he can become one of the game 's best ambassadors . MARTIN Offiah has the highest profile in the game and must take the rough with the smooth . SKERRETT : Culprit STRIP SHOW 'S A SHOCKER
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
He scribbled things on the radishbag , and he was always stashing little pieces of bag in his pockets , but more often he wrote in the notebook .
Idiom: round the clock (used idiomatically: yes)
Swindon now joins Sunderland , with Nissan , and Toyota in Derbyshire , as the third centre in the Japansese drive to make inroads into the European car market . An infant school has reopened after being severely damaged by arsonists . The school shut down eleven days ago but now its ninety one pupils are back in the classroom … after some round - the - clock work from builders and staff . Nick Clark reports . 27 SEPTEMBER 1992
Idiom: in stitches (used idiomatically: no)
Row 2 : Turn the work round and work again from right to left . Insert needle from right to left under both loops of stitch below and draw the thread through . Insert needle again in stitch above and bring it out through the next stitch at the left ( Fig . 4 ) . After the last stitch of the row , bring the needle up through the stitch above . Turn work again and repeat the two rows continuously .
Idiom: no time like the present (used idiomatically: yes)
She 'd have to find some way to forcefully evict him from her thoughts , and the only way to do that was to fill her mind with something completely different — like the party she was planning . With a resolute nod she reached for the telephone . No time like the present for getting things in motion . She tapped in the number of her agent , spoke briefly to his secretary , then held the receiver several inches away from her ear , knowing from past experience that Bernie could generally be heard for miles without the benefit of a phone . ' Babe ! '
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: no)
And nowt better than the theatre to see the variety of behaviour … Good and bad . On and off stage . I 'd been lucky to book one of the two wheelchair spaces with adjacent seats for my family for last Saturday 's final night of the spectacular Robin of Sherwood musical . It was a treat to be savoured …
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: no)
I would n't like to meet Caravaggio on a dark night and who can be sure that Darwin 's life - long illness was really the result of Chagas ' disease ? In any case , this type of speculation is a complete waste of time and anyone who seriously thinks that all is quiet on the western front as the twentieth century draws to a close must be dozing in his dug - out . Leading Article : Life behind bars at Number 10 From Dr JONATHAN MILLER NUMBER 10 Downing Street is not Buckingham Palace .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
And they annoy you ? No when they No you do n't have to , there 's no , there 's no rea there 's no , there 's no thing that makes someone but it , it if you 're pissed off it does n't , you do n't have to have a special reason to be pissed off you can just be pissed off like you can just be annoyed , it 's like saying you 're annoyed when someone nicks your towels . Are you going home ? Mm .
Idiom: count your blessings (used idiomatically: yes)
There followed a disastrous and ill - termed ‘ fact - finding’ trip to the Soviet Union , and a disappointed old age . ‘ I have done the work I intended to do,’ she wrote at age 76 on the eve of a major operation . ‘ Courage , old lady ; count your blessings!’ But , because Carol Seymour - Jones bangs on about her unamiability , there is little sense of Webb 's achievements or self - know - ledge in her book . ‘ The real Beatrice has gone unsung , unloved,’ says the blurb of a text not within these covers .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Do n't you think ? Yeah . Really pissed off , oh I have n't done any prep at all . Thing is I , I do n't know if I 'm just imagining that I have n't got any , this this does n't really work . Or if I really have n't .
Idiom: out of sight (used idiomatically: yes)
Consider fitting a timeswitch that will turn lights or a radio on and off . And of course , cancel papers and milk while you 're away . Keep valuables like TVs and video equipment out of sight and make a note of their serial numbers . Mark your possessions with your postcode — the police will then give you a window sticker , which might act as a deterrent . Always lock garages and sheds .
Idiom: put paid to (used idiomatically: yes)
Excuse the inane subject heading but this is the standard call of the average programme seller outside Upton Park . Well , whoever said conditions were awful was right . There was a dreadful swirling wind last night complete with lashing rain that probably put paid to what would have been a very good match ( even so it was adequate ) . An overall impression was that both teams played well . West Ham look a good outfit , they pass the ball around well in the midfield but are crap when they get it in the box .
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
In the first few hours following fertilisation , the embryo is not particularly tolerant of high temperatures but , by the next day , its tolerance appears somehow to have increased . It is certainly helped by the fact that the spadefoot toad 's eggs are black , covered by a pigment called melanin which helps protect them from the sun 's rays ( the same pigment is responsible for tanning in human beings ) . In fact , most species of frogs and toads that lay their eggs in areas exposed to direct sunlight produce black eggs , whereas those species whose eggs develop in concealed places usually lay white eggs . The way in which the female lays her eggs is also an important factor . Each female lays 2,000–3,000 eggs .
Idiom: in this day and age (used idiomatically: yes)
If you once dabbled with older types of Basic such as GWBASIC , ABASIC , or even BBC or Spectrum Basic then you will love Qbasic 's advanced easy - to - use features . If you have never touched a programming language in your life then QBasic is a great place to start — it is direct and to the point but it will not lead you into bad habits . Why should you learn to program in this day and age ? Well my first reason would be that it 's fun but if you want a justification then all I can say is that it is still useful to be able to produce your own programs that do exactly what you want . The only real problem with QBasic is that it does n't come with any sort of printed documentation — this is where we can help .
Idiom: no time like the present (used idiomatically: no)
It was with a detective inspector called Eddy Russell . Russell happened to be in the office and sounded watchful when Dexter explained why Blanche wanted a word with him . The inspector , though , agreed there was no time like the present for a meeting . An hour later Dexter found himself sitting next to Blanche on a settle in a pub near Scotland Yard with Detective Inspector Eddy Russell of the Drugs Squad perched on a stool on the opposite side of the Formica table . Knots of office workers in various poses hid the bar , girls in high - heeled shoes and heavy make - up , men in cheap suits and loud ties : only the glasses hanging suspended in a rack above their heads indicated where drinks were being dispensed .
Idiom: out of order (used idiomatically: yes)
His goodness seems to depend upon who asks him . ' Luke said hurriedly , ' I 'll go and see to the sitting - room fire . ' When he had gone , Patrick said , ' Is this all out of order ? ' ' Not at all . It 's very kind of you . '
Idiom: for a song (used idiomatically: yes)
But venue boss Alan Durban retorted : ' I am surprised he did n't complain about the wind , the sun or the mud . ' Top seed Jeremy Bates , reached the last eight with a 6 - 4 6 - 4 victory over Darren Kirk . Lawson sells house for song FORMER Chancellor Lord Lawson has sold his luxury home after reducing the price by a quarter to £ 239,000 and waiting two years for a buyer . The ex - Tory MP , whose high interest rate policy caused mortgage misery for millions , put the house , in Leicestershire , on the market for £ 325,000 in 1990 .
Idiom: young blood (used idiomatically: yes)
Lance Corporal Garry Manning had demonstrated both . He was the individual race champion and a member of the winning Tetbury Rugby club team . The race has been taxing young bloods as far back as the 17th Century . But Garry Manning 's death in the RAF Hercules crash in Scotland last week , left something of a cloud over this year 's event . Male speaker
Idiom: under lock and key (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr. Morgan Will the Secretary of State confirm that , subsequent to the accident at the Severn tunnel on 7 December , the Government 's railway inspectorate removed and confiscated a length of self - healing cable , which is suspected to be part of the cause of the signalling failures that may have led to the accident ? Since then , that length of self - healing cable has been kept under lock and key at the railway inspectorate building at Reading . It has not been released for independent investigation or for investigation by BR experts , so it is not part of the evidence that is being considered at the BR internal inquiry now under way . Does the Secretary of State agree that that action demonstrates an appalling lack of trust between the Government 's railway inspectorate and BR in discovering the cause of that accident ?
Idiom: pass the buck (used idiomatically: yes)
The Home Secretary and the Minister of State must face up to two facts : first , that their party is guilty of creating the conditions for crime and failing to tackle the root causes of crime ; and , secondly , that the police do not have the tools for the job . I set out to find out why no extra police were coming to help our communities . It is not enough for the Minister to pass the buck to the chief inspector of constabulary . I found that part of the reason lay in the formula used to decide the police needs of each area , by which the Home Secretary gives greater weighting per thousand of urban population . Hon . Members might say that that was fair enough , but the Government have gone on to use a bizarre and irrelevant definition of urban and rural .
Idiom: sleep rough (used idiomatically: yes)
Peter Challis , chairman of the Association of London Authorities housing committee , stressed that local authorities were having their overall budgets cut , affecting the budgets of the SSDs and housing authorities . Strathdee 's report for Centrepoint showed that over half the 32 London boroughs she researched had no procedures in place to assess homeless young people despite the statutory obligation placed on them under Section 20 of the Children Act . One in three of all 16- and 17-year - olds sleeping rough were care leavers . ‘ The majority of local authorities wo n't even publicise that they have a duty to provide because they were frightened it would result in a huge increase in demand they would be unable to cope with’ , she said . Centrepoint is demanding a coordinated strategy which will provide nationwide support and housing for all young homeless people .
Idiom: have been around (used idiomatically: no)
With the less - than - reliable weather we have been known to experience rom time to time during the course of a season — it never ceases to amaze me how we ever managed to invent a game like cricket in England — an artificial pitch can be extremely valuable in enabling play to take place when otherwise it might not have done . It also provides a consistent surface , which is ideal for use by young players and , perhaps more importantly , cricket can be played where the resources are not available to maintain a grass cricket square . Artificial pitches have been around for a long time , and this was particularly well illustrated in Holland , where they were rolling out their red shale - type material and putting coconut matting over it 40 years ago . But methods of developing non - turf pitches that would be universally more acceptable were required , the basic premise being that the best surface on which to play the great game was , and always will be , well - maintained and -prepared natural turf . The question was , how to go about reproducing grass 's qualities of consistent pace and bounce , aligned to changeable playing characteristics ?
Idiom: in the saddle (used idiomatically: no)
The gags fly as fast as the bullets . One terrific running joke through the film involves Munny , who is so rusty in the saddle he ca n't even mount up any more . However , sixty - two - year - old Eastwood , directing his 16th picture , is still sitting as tall in the saddle as The Man With No Name did nearly 30 years ago . HIRED GUN : Clint on the vengeance trail again SAVED
Idiom: eat your words (used idiomatically: yes)
But I 'll not do it forever , and it shall never own me . I 'll show you ! One of these days I 'll make you eat your words!’ He backed away from her in mock fear , but he was still laughing at her and though she meant every word , she could n't continue to be angry with him . ‘ I 'll race you to the top of the hill,’ he said .
Idiom: pie in the sky (used idiomatically: yes)
They 'll only give you three months of Sky programmes . Some shops are offering old squarials at knock - down prices and implying that they 're a good buy because they can be converted to receive Sky next year . But that 's all pie in the sky . The fact is , they 'll only give you BSkyB until December . After that you 'll need to rent or buy the proper Sky dish to get their programmes .
Idiom: first off (used idiomatically: yes)
Also , the lift capacity , which looks good on paper , may disappoint if you are using very heavy implements . To be fair , Same - Lamborghini UK did say that it had n't had any complaints about lifting capacity here . Quality of finish was n't too good at many points on our test tractor , either , but we have to assume it was largely because our machine was one of the first off the production line . Assuming that Same can cure these quality - control ills , then there 's not much else left to be negative about on this most modern of 1990s tractors . The Same Antares 130 plus Gem sprayer on Bob , Chris and John Germany 's Lodge Farm , Norwell near Newark , Notts .
Idiom: under the influence (used idiomatically: no)
You can see the paths of the drifter buoys looking like comet tails thin arrows centred on the equator show wind direction while the thicker arrows show current direction . Watch the buoy drifting westwards just north of the equator , as it approaches one of the moorings it suddenly changes direction with the current . Normally we 'd expect these buoys to move west in the south equatorial current under the influence of the south easterly trade winds but during alminio winds become weak and westerly and buoys putting off the coast of Peru seemed to wander about aimlessly . Other buoys previously moving westwards now changed direction . So it seems that the weakening of the trade winds allowed more surface water normally piled up in the western Pacific to flow back eastwards across the ocean .
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
The Economic Commission for Africa has worked closely with African Governments to develop codes and standards for the economic and corporate governance initiative of the NEPAD Peer Review Mechanism .
Idiom: sail close to the wind (used idiomatically: yes)
Elements of both the Jordanian government and the PLO seemed undismayed by the expulsion or detention of leftist or independently - minded members of the NGC . From 1984 to 1986 the people of the territories watched uneasily as the mainstream PLO tried to recover its position by uniting with Jordan in an initiative intended to rescue the territories from occupation . Many people in the territories felt that Arafat was sailing too close to the wind and were relieved by the collapse of his accord with King Husayn . The collapse of the Husayn - Arafat accord led to a new phase of cooperation between Israel , the United States and Jordan aimed at objectives similar to those of the early seventies : the erosion of support for the PLO in the territories , the reinforcement of the normality of occupation by a programme to improve ' the quality of life ' , a term coined in this context by US Secretary of State George Schultz . The United States announced the availability of increased USAID funds to develop the occupied territories .
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
In a society based on classes , the nation as a uniform social - political whole does not exist . Instead , there exist within each nation classes with antagonistic interests and ‘ rights’ . There is literally no social arena — from the strongest material relationship to the most subtle moral one — in which the possessing classes and a self - conscious proletariat could take one and the same position and figure as an undifferentiated whole . If the development of capitalism , for Bauer , allowed nations to escape the internal fragmentation of local loyalties , imperialism for Rosa Luxemburg forced the integration of nations and the emergence of horizontal class loyalties that cut across nationality . To attempt to resurrect — or , more likely in her view , invent — the old national groups was entirely reactionary , to turn the clock back to a past economic system , and to attempt by this means to frustrate the proletarian revolution .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
' And was it ? ' Walterkin risked a nervous grin . Lucien pulled a sour face . ' Perhaps I 'm still looking for it . ' The men and women of Mandru 's household interacted rather more freely than was common among the upper class of Shanariah .
Idiom: nothing to it (used idiomatically: yes)
But all this really happened ; I can add nothing to it nor take away .
Idiom: against the grain (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ When it comes to the purity of our water , we have virtually no traces of bacteria in the finished product , which is more than can be said for some other Common Market countries,’ Dr Derek Miller , assistant director of the soon - to - be - privatised Water Research Centre told the newspaper . The bacterial breaches of the Directive ( see below ) and trihalomethanes produced by chlorinating sewage contaminated supplies were not mentioned . And then , the Daily Telegraph discovered ‘ the truth’ : ‘ privatisation of Britain 's water industry … runs against the grain of Mr Delors’ social strategy.’ Here was a socialist plot that would have launched General Ripper into a pre - emptive strike against Brussels . Almost apologetically , Mr Coughlin conceded that ‘ Britain also has been less diligent than some of its neighbours in setting out a timetable for reducing nitrate in water’ .
Idiom: pissed off (used idiomatically: yes)
Oh it 's stopped now though . It 's always how 's thi , how 's this ? I am pissed off with that bleeding golf as well ! Golf ? Oh
Idiom: armed to the teeth (used idiomatically: yes)
The Americans turned the Islands into a plantation and Honolulu was now the business centre of the Pacific . But it was always the newcomers who did well : the older families , the Hawaiians , were always the losers . ‘ Without welfare,’ said Callahan , ‘ there 'd be an Hawaiian liberation army camped in the hills , armed to the teeth with machine guns . Economically and politically , they 've been completely disenfranchised . Genetically , they 've been wiped out.’
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
Her clinging rapidly brought the affair to an end . Gossip in the quarter reported that Rosalie 's son had overheard that Simone had decided to ‘ have’ Modi for a bet and , when that story came to Modi 's ears , he turned from her disgusted . Lipchitz 's version was that Modi found Simone in bed with a painter friend of his . Simone had a reputation for sharing her favours and Modi felt no obligation towards her . In March 1917 when news of the Russian revolution reached Paris , Modi went running to find his writer friend Ilya Ehrenburg , embraced him and began ‘ screeching enthusiastically’ , so that Ehrenburg could barely make out what he was saying .
Idiom: break new ground (used idiomatically: yes)
It will be better understood if this conceptual paper is read against the reports on how this programme is being put into practice in several projects in different parts of the world and being implemented in colloquia and workshops , position papers and formal statements and declarations , in a publication programme consisting of academic studies and more popular magazines and newsletters , not only Media Development , Action and Communication Resource , but also books and periodicals published in different regions . In some cases , themes and topics are already well defined and significant work has emerged already . In others , WACC is breaking new ground . In all cases , however , results will not come quickly but will need years of patient cultivation , experimentation and study . The financial and human resources required to carry out this programme will never be enough .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: no)
Oh dear oh dear . No the experience has been very good you know , going through life all that time . What sort of changes are you aware of in the dock ? Changes ? Over the years ?
Idiom: talk turkey (used idiomatically: yes)
You need a certain kind of front to breeze in from an alternative reality in the back of a time - travelling Volvo and sit in a Presley City bar , with a two - headed nipper on your lap , complaining to a private dick from the twenty - fifth century that you do n't have time for nonsense . Or perhaps you do n't . ‘ OK,’ said I. ‘ Let 's talk turkey.’ ‘ Harpo / Chico?’ Rex asked .