Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: up and running (used idiomatically: yes)
It has installed a NonStop CLX system for the Hungarian Savings & Commercial Bank , running Base24 software from Tandem 's Applied Communications Inc subsidiary . BUDAPEST STOCK EXCHANGE SHOWS LONDON THE WAY WITH NEW SYSTEM BASED ON THREE DEC VAX SERVERS The computer system at the Budapest Stock Exchange has now been up and running for about two weeks , and according to chief system analyst Andrei Bagi , there has been only one minor teething problem . This occurred when a broker attempted to undertake a single transaction involving 2,000 m Hungarian Forints — $ 22 m — in the government bonds market only to discover that the appropriate field in the application did n't have enough space for the zeros . The Budapest Stock Exchange spent $ 2.25 m on the system for which Digital Equipment Corp supplied a system based around three VAX 4000/200s , along with 23Gb of distributed storage , terminals and printers .
Idiom: open someone's eyes (used idiomatically: yes)
There was no honour in this world of fighting and hatred and betrayal , a world that had taken everything : her family , her home , her freedom . Her anger flared higher , searing , blazing , white - hot . She opened her eyes . FitzAlan and de Villiers were glaring at each other across her , but as she made a move to sit up Isabel saw the scowl fade from Simon 's face and he reached down a hand to steady her . She did n't even acknowledge his presence .
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: yes)
Waltham , Massachusetts - based BGS Systems Inc allied with IBM Corp to provide global worldwide workload management and planning services for the Unix market : BGS will supply BEST 1 , a software product for performance and capacity management , to IBM for use in providing management and capacity planning . IBM AND BLOCKBUSTER ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCH JOINT VENTURE IBM Corp and Blockbuster Entertainment Corp were yesterday due to launch their joint venture to market systems for duplicating audio compact disk recordings in retail stores : the idea is that record companies could eliminate the need to press hundreds of thousands of copies of major recordings — instead the store would tap into central databases at each record company to collect the tracks requested and record them onto a blank disk ; although no pilot systems have yet been launched , IBM said the system also could be used to make and sell computer software and video games on demand ; the IBM - Blockbuster system is expected to be designed to distribute albums in original form , rather than enabling customers to mix and match their choice of tracks , and negotiations are reportedly already under way with several record companies ; a typical CD would take about six minutes to make , complete with the glossy packaging buyers expect . GATES VIEW OF IBM IBM Corp will be split into independent companies , Bill Gates , chairman of Microsoft Corp , told La Tribune in an interview : he said workstations and large systems would need to keep the IBM name , but consulting , disks and personal computers could go by other names .
Idiom: pull the plug (used idiomatically: yes)
The judge said it had sunk below a sensible level . And he said there were no grounds for overturning Sir Bryan 's ‘ sensible’ decision until the fund was increased . Earlier Sir Bryan 's office had been forced to withdraw an announcement about the shutdown decision because of the legal challenge , but he later issued the formal order to British Telecom to pull the plug . BT has pledged to make sure any outstanding compensation claims will be met in full . The Independent Telephone Chatline Association said last night that hundreds of job would be lost because of the shutdown .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
The position of the team test driver , which McNish has occupied for the last two years with Marlboro McLaren , can lead to a permanent seat in the team — as happened to Damon Hill , who has replaced Nigel Mansell alongside Alain Prost with Williams - Renault . The Benetton test job had appeared to be destined for fellow - Scot David Coulthard but he , apparently , has recently been approached by Frank Williams to take over from Hill . ' Silverstone is my home track so I will be playing my own game , on my own terms , on my own patch , ' said McNish . Jones wants FA fine cut VINNIE JONES will today ask the FA to reduce the record £ 20,000 fine imposed for his part in the video Soccer 's Hard Men .
Idiom: fit the bill (used idiomatically: no)
With inadequate communications between UN units , rudimentary command and control structures , governments interpreting the UN resolution in different ways , relief supplies being administered through a totally separate UN agency , and the Vance - Owen initiative developing at another level altogether , it is hardly surprising that the international effort can appear confused . Boutros Boutros - Ghali must get the Security Council to agree an effective new Resolution and to appoint a special representative with comprehensive authority to do whatever is necessary to make a settlement work . A top flight soldier with diplomatic skills would fit the bill . We have avoided mass starvation in former Yugoslavia this winter ; some time has been bought and soldiers and relief agencies have begun to develop strategies to begin to restore order . It is vital that the United Nations should now act on that groundwork and drive the peacemaking process forward .
Idiom: come unstuck (used idiomatically: yes)
And that was n't all , she was black as well . Postwoman Val took Pat home , where her husband made him a Jamaican meal and Pat then went off to boogie to a steel band , like a rasta on ganja , exhibiting a sense of abandon never hinted at in Greendale . One would hope most people would welcome authors ' attempts to break down sexual and racial stereotypes , though such attempts can come unstuck if they undermine the credibility of established characters . Encouraging authors to recognise that they live in a complex , multicultural society is one thing . Banning books which do n't conform to that ideal is another .
Idiom: spill the beans (used idiomatically: yes)
His mouth quirked . ' I think better this way , ' he murmured . ' Spill the beans . What 's on you mind ? ' Reluctantly she gave in to his badgering .
Idiom: show a leg (used idiomatically: yes)
Jessamy thought balefully . This situation was difficult enough without Eleanor barging in and making it even worse . She was already taking the files out of the car , though , gracefully leaning over and showing long , well - shaped legs . ' We 'll be working in the usual room , ' Julius told her , in the same curt tone . ' Go straight up there and I 'll be along in a couple of minutes . '
Idiom: go from strength to strength (used idiomatically: yes)
As Geoff Cooke opined only recently , England can currently rate no better than third best , whilst the exploits of Scotland , Ireland and England ‘ B’ Down Under will , I hope , have helped us to keep domestic triumphs in perspective . Moving on to the subject of domestic competition , may I draw your attention to a missing tournament . At the moment we enjoy in England two wonderfully successful knock - out competitions — at the top level the Pilkington Cup has gone from strength to strength with full - houses at Twickenham the setting for repeated grand finales in recent years . And what a great innovation the Provincial Insurance Cup for junior clubs has been . But you may not have realised that in between these two splendid , well - run national tournaments lie a large number of middle - strength clubs who do not qualify for participation in either .
Idiom: night and day (used idiomatically: no)
' What , you mean you hear them all the time ? Even at home in bed ? ' ' Night and day . Day and night I can hear that wheel turning and the machines going . It 's enough to drive a man out of his wits .
Idiom: take the fall (used idiomatically: yes)
When the man shook his head , he looked at his watch as if yet another important appointment awaited him , and strutted off . There were taxis . It took a fall at thirty - five miles an hour , a night in Addenbrooke 's Hospital in Cambridge , and a broken collarbone to remind Kelly of the life she was missing as a professional jockey . The doctors had told her to take it easy . According to their records , she had not lost consciousness , but she had been badly shaken up .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm terrified to tackle poetry with them . Exactly , Eileen , do n't tell me , if they 're anything like my 4×4 they 'll have you demented … I mean you get Sweet Fanny Adams done with them on the run up to Christmas anyway , E.l . S. Industrial or no E.l . S. Industrial Action and we 're only three days back in January before the Prelims , so as far as I can see that is St Agnes 's Eve out the window .
Idiom: in the loop (used idiomatically: yes)
On the same day martial law was lifted in eight townships — one in Shan state , three in Magwe division and four in Chin state . Continuing military campaign against KNU — KNU offer of political settlement Government forces , suffering heavy casualties in their attempts to break through the KNU 's defences , on Dec. 28 , 1989 , finally overran the KNU 's Phalu camp , located 25 km south of the border town of Myawadi , in a loop of the Moei river ( known in Myanma as the Thaungyin river ) forming the border with Thailand . In a statement released to journalists after the camp fell the KNU said that the government forces had crossed into Thailand and attacked the camp with artillery and ground forces from the rear : " If the Myanma soldiers had not crossed the border into Thailand and attacked the camp from the rear they would never have taken it " . A Thai Army official admitted on Jan. 2 , 1990 , that Myanma soldiers had crossed the Moei river but denied that they had been given permission to do so .
Idiom: in a fog (used idiomatically: yes)
But what happened to her body no longer interested her after he had rejected it . After a few moments of confused reflection , he realized Tess had left the room . His mind was in a fog . He felt very cold and very ill . Somehow he found himself in the street , walking , although he did not know where .
Idiom: keep the peace (used idiomatically: yes)
Provisions embodied in recent legislation , notably the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 ( PACE ) and the Public Order Act 1986 , represent a quantum leap in police powers , reinforcing the view that the British state is becoming increasingly authoritarian . The public order legislation will mean that the police , besides being charged with the duty to keep the peace , will be enabled to mediate the already constrained ability to engage in protest and dissent on a much wider front . ( Brewer et al , 1988:31 )
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
Yes a long street or somewhere around there , and yes I mean many oh many a time I 've , you 'd see ca every Wednesday night you 'd see the cattle being driven up . Always the same night was it ? Yeah , and one got stuck in the , there was an entry between my father - in - law 's shop and the next one and one of these cattle ran down the entry and got stuck in the entry , you know it was only narrow and the they had to shoot it , but er oh yes it was a , that was a thing you never hear of today and you never hear of people putting tannin down when people are ill do you ? You see Walsall being a leather town there was a lot of this er bark tannin as went and when anyone who was ill so they would n't hear the noises of the horse driven vehicles going by they used to , for about fifty yards each side of the house they used to put this stuff in the road to deaden the sound . Do you recall this being done ?
Idiom: lay an egg (used idiomatically: yes)
So in effect , the female greenfly gives birth to her children and her grandchildren simultaneously and the offspring of a single pregnant female can , within a few hours , smother a rose bush . The amphibians have also taken to the habit . Most frogs lay eggs coated in jelly and then abandon them , but some rear their eggs in pouches on their back , in their throat sacs or hold them back in their oviducts . Among the reptiles , the distribution of the technique seems particularly arbitrary . Boa constrictors bear live young but pythons do n't ; rattlesnakes and chameleons do , but cobras and iguanas do n't .
Idiom: break even (used idiomatically: yes)
( 8) Matters Arising from the 63rd AGM ( 9 ) Financial Report Actual results for the current year would be close to budget , and a break - even position seemed possible if present trends continued . put the following to the meeting : ( a )
Idiom: do someone proud (used idiomatically: yes)
If only the RX-7 was so faithful to the limit . Oil and water temps on one gauge In the end , J7 HPC did us proud . Those who thought it would fall to pieces within 5000 miles were confounded , even if those who hoped it would sail the test with BMW - like dependability could hardly crow about its reliability record . In truth there were too many small problems for us to recommend it as exclusive , everyday transport .
Idiom: on the carpet (used idiomatically: yes)
Blushing , guiltily , I chastised her and prepared to re - attach the lead . There was an outcry of ‘ shame’ and ‘ poor dog’ . Smirking slightly , Zephyr accepted half a dozen biscuits and a bowl of milky tea , then rolled on the carpet to remove the crumbs from her whiskers . The patients loved it and several laughed out loud at her antics , while Martha and Yvonne exchanged looks of glee . She nearly brought the house down when I scrounged another biscuit and put her through her repertoire of tricks .
Idiom: make the cut (used idiomatically: no)
So that was erm June from Shillingford . We 're going to Faringdon now to meet Jean — hello Jean . Hello John , erm could you tell me when the Social Services are being asked to make cuts and charge handicapped people and the elderly two fifty a day to attend day centres , and other departments are being asked to make cuts . mhm How can the Oxfordshire County Council justify spending three hundred and twenty thousand pound to buy Medley boat station in Port Meadow ?
Idiom: up the river (used idiomatically: yes)
Older members in the village remember the days when there were two general stores , a butcher , baker , sweet shop , tailor , draper , three blacksmiths , a carrier and a wheelwright . The fine church of St Wilfrid dates back to the 12th century , although there is mention of a church in the Domesday Book . The slender 102 ft spire was once a landmark for ships sailing up the river Humber to Hull . Three interesting features inside are the box pews , the semi - circular altar rail , and the stone lectern dating from Norman times . There is no longer a resident priest , the vicarage has been sold and the parish is now one third of a united benefice .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They open these canteens to help the war along.’ They were run by the women of a bombed city , most of whom had already lived through one war . Women who had been forced , in the name of Victory , to return to work in shops and factories , yet still found time at the end of the day to brew tea and serve hot meat pies , and smile . It made you proud , really , to belong to this daft , defiant little island . ‘ Hullo there , girls!’
Idiom: on someone's mind (used idiomatically: yes)
She had never seen him in this mood before , but the expression on his face was familiar . It took her back to St Petrock 's , and the scene of their first encounter . That something was weighing on his mind was only too evident , and she quite forgot her own worries in her concern for him . ‘ Roger , please do n't feel like that about me . I 'm not a martyr at all— I love Factota .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: no)
Social relations are the key to all ideas and hence to whatever reality a culture constructs . Even the criteria of logic ' are not a direct gift from God but arise out of and are intelligible only in the context of ways of living or modes of social life ' . Nor are subjective meanings or rational choices independent of public social rules for doing the right or rational thing . Hence to understand action we must begin by identifying the intention and motive involved in it . But intentions and motives are themselves a matter of rules of right and rational conduct in socially defined situations .
Idiom: stay the course (used idiomatically: yes)
The Watch Committee 's dismissal of one Liverpool constable in 1843 illustrates the orthodox explanation of the rapid turnover of police officers in the early years , when a force such as the Metropolitan could lose one - third of its work - force annually . Those Victorian forces had apparently enrolled too many inadequate individuals , susceptible to the kaleidoscopic temptations of street life . Personal pathology , individual incompetence , were easy excuses for the inability of many officers to stay the course . Constable failure not organisational failure was the cause . The answers were more selective recruitment and yet more discipline .
Idiom: on and off (used idiomatically: yes)
You ! I find things two years later . That 's for turning on and off radiators . Oh ! The one you 've been looking for for ages ?
Idiom: touch and go (used idiomatically: yes)
His injuries were far more serious than he had imagined ; he had incurred third - degree burns on his hands and a serious infection had spread into his bloodstream . An urgent operation was necessary to save his life . In fact , doctors listed his chances as ‘ touch and go’ . Because Dustin had eaten a few hours previously , the anaesthetist had to insert a tube in his mouth to stop him choking on his own vomit . ‘ How will I know when it 's in the right place?’ he asked .
Idiom: pecking order (used idiomatically: yes)
Dominance relationships thus exist both between and within age classes . Dominance can make the difference between life and death , or breeding and not breeding . It is in each individual 's interest to defend its place in the ‘ peck order’ vigorously , as well as to challenge those higher up — hence the almost continual challenging that goes on in goat society . Actual fighting between individuals is rare . The damage that goats can inflict on each other with their sharp horns is so great that aggression has become highly ritualised .
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
Unlicensed nicotine skin patches Editor , — Nicotine skin patches were launched in Britain in June 1992 . Three licensed patches ( Nicabate , Nicorette , Nicotinell ) are now available over the counter from pharmacies . There is convincing evidence from clinical trials that these patches are an effective aid to stopping smoking . In the past two months there has been a rash of newspaper advertisements for unlicensed patches available by mail order .
Idiom: in bed with (used idiomatically: yes)
Even this is special , though . The way I want you is different from the way I 've ever wanted any other woman . It is n't some shallow need that goes away after an hour in bed with you . It goes so much deeper than that . I want you in dozens of different ways , and only a few of them have anything to do with actual physical desire.’
Idiom: behind bars (used idiomatically: yes)
' Can I at least lock up ? ' The Arab nodded then ordered his accomplice to go with Jenkins . When they returned Jenkins again led the way out into the side alley behind the bar . A black van was parked by the door . Jenkins locked the door , pocketed the keys , then his hands were tied behind his back before he was bundled into the back of the van after Graham and Laidlaw .
Idiom: silent as the grave (used idiomatically: yes)
But she was n't going to show she was scared . Her mouth tightened . She would be silent as the grave this time — give her mind to getting free . But there was no time to rub two thoughts together before the square of light was partially blotted out by the Captain 's bulk . His harsh voice shouted at them as if they were at the top of the rigging , rather than a stone 's throw from his feet .
Idiom: squeaky clean (used idiomatically: yes)
The guitar player 's cardigan costs £ 39.99 from Next . When Nick and the Bad Seeds take the stage though , the cosiness of most indie pop is shown up for what it is in the harsh light of some feral and shadowy music . I 've never subscribed to the deification of Nick cave and still do n't subscribe to the theory that says ' difficult ' or ' dark'music is somehow better than squeaky - clean pop , but ' The Mercy Seat'and ' The Good Son'automatically establish a tone of commanding bleakness , Cave scuttling the stage like a wretch possessed and the band striking bunslinger poses . Perched on a stool , he intones a seriously grave ' Christian The Astonishing ' whilst Blixa Bargeld leads the morbid singalong of ' The Weeping Song ' . Having never given a tinker 's cuss about The Pogues , I do n't share in the general mayhem that greets Shane MacGowan 's stumble - on for a mumble through a sickly ' Wonderful World ' .
Idiom: get to grips with (used idiomatically: yes)
One thing is certain . Not much would be served at this stage by ousting Sir Derek Alun - Jones as chairman , as some shareholders would like . Though Sir Derek must ultimately carry management responsibility for the mess ISC has got the company into , it would prove difficult to find someone better to sort it out if only because any newcomer would have to spend so long in getting to grips with the problems . Outlook : The EC spirit of compromise By JULIAN RUSHTON
Idiom: on the dot (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Tomorrow . I need my beauty sleep even if you do n't . Eight o'clock , on the dot.’ Fenella put a hand on Lisabeth 's arm . ‘ I 'll set the alarm for seven,’ she said sensibly .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'm trying to find presents . What presents ? The one on the card . Yeah presents you 've got to find in there . Erm oh
Idiom: in the club (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I grew up listening to jazz,’ explains Meier , ‘ because the Swiss charts were always full of silly songs.’ And what about all that techno , eh ? ‘ I listen to techno in the clubs , but never at home . It would be like separating a film score from the film.’ Talking of films , Meier is still working on his wild , underground epic , Snowball , as well as producing a new Hollywood movie called MM , about some lass called Marilyn Monroe .
Idiom: do a bunk (used idiomatically: yes)
Strawberries in February : her mouth began to water with unashamed greed . Strawberries and cream ; and damn what it would do to her waistline . ‘ I wonder if he 's done a bunk,’ Fowler - Thrown said . ‘ It would n't surprise me . Always thought there was something shifty about that man .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
Pryse - Jones did not call evidence . A number of psychiatric reports have been carried out but Judge John Turner adjourned the court until April 30 for further details before deciding what action to take . Parents vote for school to go it alone Second ballot shows a U - turn A COMPREHENSIVE school in Essex is poised to opt out of local authority control after parents overturned their own decision .
Idiom: down at heel (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ They cost a bomb!’ ‘ Mr Ormond rang me . He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . Is n't that amazing?’ ‘ Well , they 're certainly generous,’ replied Jack .
Idiom: one in the eye for (used idiomatically: no)
There will also be visits to Wye College 's Agricultural Museum and the Museum of Kent Rural Life at Sandling . For details contact The Administrator , 60 Swanley Lane , Swanley , Kent BR8 7JG . One in the eye for maple scientists If you want to know how the bird 's eye in maple is formed ask a logger . That is the advice of the Timber Trades Journal , which discovered , from a lumber man in the USA , that the figuring is created by sap pockets exploding in the spring .