Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: smell blood (used idiomatically: yes)
The pig sizzled on the flames , spitting fat , startling the Daurog for a moment . ' It smells your blood , ' the old man said . ' It lives on sap , but it smells your blood . ' ' And not yours ? ' ' It 's male .
Idiom: plain Jane (used idiomatically: yes)
I always relished this sight , which closely resembled the fantasies I had harboured at school , a gang of jocks and bullies tormented by a puny swot . A different pleasure was afforded when the cox was female . Not seldom were my solitary walks enlivened by the spectacle of some plain Jane on her back in the stern of the boat , imploring the team of half - naked , sweat - drenched males to keep it coming , watch their finishing , keep it firm , keep it hard . On exceptionally fine days I used to prefer Oxford 's other river . The Cherwell is quite different from the Thames , a toy stream winding through stately parks and bucolic meadows miraculously unencroached upon by the dreary outskirts of the city .
Idiom: in the flesh (used idiomatically: yes)
Both were half empty . Dexter 's immediate reaction was to say yes , but he declined the offer : he was on duty after all , and even the detective constable 's iron constitution wilted under the influence of alcohol at half past three in the afternoon . In the flesh Jane Pargeter was familiar but different to how Dexter had imagined her from the image on television . The voice was the same : clear and authoritative , sure of itself , although faintly slurred by alcohol . He also knew the face — the firm jaw , the wide mouth that sagged slightly on one side as though supporting an invisible cigarette , the pert nose , the dark blue eyes : the constituent parts of beauty .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
How had he discovered my birthday ? Sticky bottles of cough medicine lined his bathroom shelf . Yes , when I came to think of it , he 'd had a cough for some time . I turned off the heaters . It seemed the safe thing to do .
Idiom: turn the tables (used idiomatically: yes)
We , we advocate training for our members , encouraging bosses to offer them more . We too need to challenge this and update our own training facilities for our activists . It 's time to turn the tables on the management . The G M B and the trade union generally need to have at least the resources the management have . How can we do this I hear you say .
Idiom: ride high (used idiomatically: yes)
After taking out a bank loan , the 21-year - old DJ came close to quitting his pop quest when he was rejected by TEN record companies . He says : ‘ I gave up my day job to make the band a success.’ Despite riding high at No 14 with House Of Love , the star is still battling to pay off the loan . Jason horror TV heart - throb Jason Priestly is haunted by the death of a close pal who was killed in a drink - driving accident .
Idiom: rise from the ashes (used idiomatically: yes)
This controversy keeps left - wing intellectuals , pundits , and politicians busy on television talk shows and in café debates across Europe . As a result , a struggle for power has erupted . In France and Germany , a new far left – composed of Trotskyites , communists , and anarchists – is rising from the ashes to become a political force again .
Idiom: hit the mark (used idiomatically: no)
Sun admits to having shipped thousands of Sparcstation 10 Model 30s with 36MHz SuperSparcs , a ' number ' of Model 20s running 33MHz chip sets and ' some'40MHz Model 41s : all are uni - processors . Still awaited are systems with multiple SuperSparc modules , as Texas has yet to deliver the required dual - CPU modules and SunSoft Inc has n't got its symmetric multi - processing operating system , Solaris 2.1 out of the door yet ( UX No 409 ) . A dual - processor Sparcstation 10 , the Model 52 , was to have used 45MHz SuperSparcs , but will now start life as a 40MHz affair , though observers wonder if Texas can even hit that mark . Sun is still clinging to its promised fourth quarter delivery date for the multi - processors ( UX No 385 ) , but admits that may slip to the beginning of next year . Kicking Sun
Idiom: true to form (used idiomatically: no)
But this is a brazen , unfettered summons , and whilst Pešek 's bass trumpets and timpani cut through well enough , there is no sense of primitive grandeur about the sound . These celebratory fanfares do n't sound as though they might just be heralding the very advent of Slavonic culture . Again , as we launch into the second movement andante ( lots of energy , a real spirit of dance in the ostinato is a mite tasteful , discreet rather than craggily elemental ; so , to a point , is the brawny bass line which spurs us on to stratospheric violins and shining trumpets , though true to form Pešek is wonderfully atmospheric , nurturing and distilling the moments of quiet contemplation just prior to the coda . There is uncommon beauty , too , in the deep tuba and heavily veiled strings at the opening of the third movement , and whilst the boisterous middle section is still too tightly reined for my taste , such startling details as the piccolo streaking the texture and the Philharmonia 's intrepid first horn whooping for joy into the climax are memorable . Be prepared , though , for a finale where breadth of utterance takes precedence over driving tensions .
Idiom: on the run (used idiomatically: yes)
SWEDEN 'S Tomas Fogdoe skied a brilliant second leg to snatch victory in the men 's World Cup slalom in Val d'Isere yesterday . But the 22-year-old — a lowly 12th after the first run — needed a helping hand from leader Patrice Bianchi , who fell with victory in his sights . Fogdoe was more than half a second faster than any of his rivals on the deciding run , with Austrians Thomas Sykora and Hubert Strolz in second and third . Furious Italian Alberto Tomba was a lowly seventh , his worst finish in a completed race for six years . He claimed a British TV cameraman had distracted him during the second run , ruining his concentration and his chances of a top-three finish .
Idiom: tilt at windmills (used idiomatically: yes)
There was a new independent nation in the world , and its ambassador , striped waistcoat and all , was presenting his credentials to King George III . The British forthwith addressed themselves to attempting to cope with the axiom nearer home . Gloriously but illogically they rode off to tilt at another windmill . Their trick this time was to pretend that Parliament was really only a legislature and not also in consequence the effective controller of executive government . On that basis the Irish Parliament , whose legislative powers had since the fifteenth century been subject to the sanction of the executive in London , had that limitation removed from it and became a ‘ free Parliament ’ , but a Parliament on which no executive , not even the local Irish executive , was dependent .
Idiom: gather dust (used idiomatically: yes)
We all know that . You have given money . I know that in every one of your homes there is a JNF Blue Box and I know that wherever it is in your homes it is not gathering dust . But land costs people , too . Money alone will buy land but money will not clear the deserts , move the rocks , turn the soil , plant the seed .
Idiom: make ends meet (used idiomatically: yes)
You and Sarah and Benjamin?’ ‘ We also take in paying guests from time to time,’ said Ernest awkwardly . ‘ It helps to make ends meet.’ ‘ What a good idea . But I really meant,’ Ruth hesitated , then took the plunge , ‘ is n't Rosie with you , then?’
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: yes)
The in - can system , for which we hold the patent , won The Queen 's Award for Technological Achievement in 1991 — the first time that this award has been given to a brewer . Guinness was also quick to realise the broader applications of such technology . We have used the same device to produce Guinness Draught Bitter in a can — our first non - stout product in the UK to bear the Guinness name . The product was launched nationally in the UK in March 1992 . MANY IN - CAN DEVICES WERE TESTED BEFORE THE FINAL SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED
Idiom: down the drain (used idiomatically: yes)
When this has been the case for an hour or so I pick up my tackle and move . How far to move is the dilemma . My initial instinct is to move a couple of hundred yards or so but some of my most memorable catches have occurred when I have moved only a couple of swims further down the drain . Careful leap - frogging is the answer . There is a common theme to most of my big hauls of zander and that is that I have started catching almost immediately on starting to fish a swim .
Idiom: piping hot (used idiomatically: yes)
She had successfully banished the photograph from her mind and was gazing outside , down at the sunlit seashore , her eyes searching for Emily , when Mrs Birkin appeared . ‘ Here we are!’ The woman laid before her a pot of coffee , a jug of orange juice and a dish of piping hot rolls and croissants . ‘ That looks delicious ! Thank you , Mrs Birkin.’
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ Watch it , mate,’ the young man grinned at him , ‘ you 've had a drop , ‘ ent yer . I 've just come over to tell yer … you've not switched yer lights one . Police are quick off the mark about that in Mansfield.’ ‘ No … I have n't been drinking,’ Tony switched on his lights , ‘ I just thought there was a theatre out here somewhere.’
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: yes)
HIS MYTHOLOGICAL PHASE It is not possible , in a family such as Leonard 's , to refuse the subtle ( and the not - so - subtle ) constraints . The business was in need of new blood , he had a widowed mother to consider , and his lineage through Nathan , Lyon and Lazarus claimed priestly — not to say professional — satisfaction . Leonard , sensitive to such pressures , was in deep doubt . Such time as he had spent on commercial subjects ( in vacations , etc ) had produced a profound dislike for them .
Idiom: follow suit (used idiomatically: yes)
Now , I suggest you 'd better put that on — it 's going to get a lot colder.’ Following his own advice , Travis shrugged into an army sweater . Seething , Paige followed suit , aggrieved that she felt much better for the thickness of the Aran . As her head emerged from the neck hole Travis held up a small square package . ‘ What 's that?’ she asked grumpily .
Idiom: in someone's pocket (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . Yeah so I 'll keep it in the garage . Keep it in your pocket . Right . It 's no good in the garage .
Idiom: in the red (used idiomatically: yes)
Gabriel thought that twopence did not seem worth bothering about , so he stepped forward . ‘ Here,’ he said , handing the coins to the gatekeeper , ‘ let the young woman pass.’ The girl in the red jacket looked carelessly down at Gabriel , and told her man to drive on , without even thanking the farmer . Gabriel and the gatekeeper watched the cart move away . ‘ That 's a lovely young woman,’ said the gatekeeper .
Idiom: at sea (used idiomatically: yes)
In the UK only a handful of county emergency planning departments ( Cumbria , for instance ) have built up resource databases in digital form and this needs to be promoted . Further afield , we need to recognize that some disasters ( most obviously Chernobyl ) will have implications for more than one country so that environmental monitoring should take place with some kind of international co - ordination . There will also be movements of hazardous cargoes across frontiers and there are clearly problems of risk assessment and planning for emergencies at or near international boundaries , or at sea and airports . As noted above , the work of Fedra ( 1989 ) is a major step in this direction , and links need to be forged between initiatives in the UK and the rest of Europe . In terms of databases on hazardous wastes , attention has already been drawn to the waste disposal plans prepared by WRAs .
Idiom: know no bounds (used idiomatically: yes)
Drawing on psychoanalysis , Rochlin ‘ rewrites’ masculinity in a way which makes a virtue of what was hitherto thought of as , or experienced as , a defect : its much remarked insecurity . His argument is as follows : a man 's masculinity is indeed insecure ; it is an endless trial , a ‘ precariously held , endlessly tested , unstable condition’(p . 91 ) . In this it is almost tragic : ‘ the unique vulnerability to tailed expectations is the fatal flaw in the masculine ego … the testing of masculinity knows no bounds … to prove oneself remains a lifelong necessity … . It gives rise to many of man 's anxieties and failures as well as to his often extraordinary achievements’(pp . x , xi ) . The critique of masculinity which says , ‘ for all your confidence you as man are insecure and afraid’ , is not repudiated but incorporated ; man 's insecurity is embraced as an enhancing vulnerability .
Idiom: go public (used idiomatically: yes)
For those wanting full TCP / IP access to Unix files , Novell 's existing LAN WorkPlace and LAN WorkGroup products are available . The much flagged NetWare Release 4.0 , tidied up to better support large corporate networks , was finally released last week : a 4.0 version of NFS Gateway is under development . Wind River Systems Inc , Alameda , California developer of the VxWorks real - time operating system kernel , has filed to go public with an initial public offering of 1.9 m shares , 1.7 of them new , at a target price of between $ 8 and $ 10 per share . The $ 1 m or so net proceeds will be used for product development and working capital . Co - managers are Hambrecht & Quist and Wessels , Arnold & Henderson .
Idiom: lay a finger on (used idiomatically: yes)
Yet the two females ' apparent significance also made him uneasy : he did not relish the revenge these men might mete out to him and his fellows if Sycorax were to die , or Ariel come to further harm . The men must be tightly controlled , he resolved ; no one must touch them . Soon after the embassy , he assembled the lads and told them : anyone who laid a finger on the girl would be keelhauled . Then , if he had survived by any chance , he would be hanged . No quarter would be shown .
Idiom: dig deep (used idiomatically: yes)
Morley memories Tony Roche MORLEY will dig deep into both memory and experience when they travel to Courage League First Division outfit West Hartlepool in the Pilkington Cup fourth round on January 23 . The memory for the Second Division club will be of their historic 10 - 9 triumph over West Hartlepool last year , a victory secured with a last- minute try that ensured their promotion from the Courage League Division Three alongside their immediate rivals . The experience against those rivals will be provided by former England captain and club captain John Orwin who said : ‘ We know each other very well and frankly we would have preferred to come out of the hat first .
Idiom: at loggerheads (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's an umbrella boday for 47 wildlife trusts of which BBONT is one . Chemical giant ICI and Shell UK may seem like unlikely environmental saviours but they 're just two of the many firms pumping thousands into projects like this one . Interview he sez the idea that industrialists are at loggerheads with conservationists needs to be dispelled . Interview he sez ICI has for the last two decades looked at ways of helping the environment . Southern Gas has sponsored this hide for birdwatchers .
Idiom: below par (used idiomatically: yes)
Like - minded people have noticed this , with the results that they 've always drawn diverse audiences . Live , there 's a mixture of experimentation and entertainment , but without them stripping themselves emotionally bare just for the sake of it — there 's as much truth as there is artifice . At this year 's Reading Festival , Smashing Pumpkins came in slightly below par , perhaps due to the rigours of touring , but , a few nights before , in the more intimate setting of Newcastle 's Riverside , they clean blew the roof off with an energetic gig that showed that some members had an appreciation of heavy metal but knew how to drag it breathing heavily into the ' 90s . The scene was frantic : a sea of members but precious few stage - divers ( these guys like to keep their distance ) , simply ridiculous volume levels that make sure you only concentrated on the music , lovely melodies , and people getting away from the pressures of daily life in a northern town . Before this lively experience , I had a conversation with Billy that did n't proceed in the usual question - answer form of an interview .
Idiom: play ball (used idiomatically: yes)
Again it see - sawed to and fro throughout the half erm last couple of minutes Banbury went twice when Peter Smith fired in a shot from twenty yards which Ricky Harding in the Almondsbury goal held very comfortably , and erm Dave Bristow again went close . erm The second half started as the first half finished , with a again a very erm entertaining game erm in the fiftieth minute , on a break , Almondsbury 's Alex Stocker was nearest to scoring for them when he floated a long ball forward which Mark Sibble was very glad to tip over the bar . A few minutes later Wayne McDowell , he played the ball out to brother Gary again , whose hard low cross was scrambled clear by the Almondsbury defence to back to Wayne McDowell whose lob shot ended up resting in the top of the netting . Again erm the game was to and fro , see - sawing one way and then the other , erm quite an exciting game to the uncommitted considering there were no goals scored erm in about the seventieth minute , Neil Sibble , he took the ball from the half way line on an individual run , but after beating two defenders his shot was well saved by Harding . Almondsbury came more into it as the last twenty minutes came and erm forced a few corners ; Banbury had probably the more chances of getting the elusive winner erm but the game could have gone either way and I think after all is considered erm the final result was a fair result .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
It all began for Andy in the mid seventies when he staged international ‘ spectaculars’ and England matches , mostly at Crystal Palace but also at Gateshead . The man who ushered in a golden age of middle - distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . Andy also struck a chord with foreign stars , such as New Zealanders Rod Dixon and John Walker , and they and the British runners became bargaining counters in hard negotiations across Europe , from Oslo to Zurich , from Brussels to Nice . Athletics had never seen anything like it . He has an uncanny eye for spotting talent and then displays a willingness to nurture it .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
Ominous stuff . If Kirwan is serious — and hooker Sean Fitzpatrick assures us he is — then it is possible that he will not wear the silver fern again because , even though Alex Wyllie is no longer in contention , there 's no guarantee that Hart will get the job . North Harbour 's Peter Thorburn , Otago 's Laurie Mains , and Wellington 's Earle Kirton are also in the running , as are Andy Leslie , Ross Cooper and Graham Hamer . All Black wing John Kirwan strides down the aisle in Treviso , Italy , with his new wife , Fiorela Tomasi , an international volleyball player . Rutherford 's reply
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
There 's the one about the talentless golfer ‘ This disillusioned simple soul Gets cricket scores on every hole But still the idiot wo n't give up He think 's he 's in the Ryder Cup.’ Agents at Kamrok are now busy canvassing outlets throughout the country using all the wit and crudity to push card sales even higher . As Alan Oliver points out : ‘ We always have new stuff in the pipeline and odious little poet Oswald works without rest to produce a steady flow of obnoxious material from which we select anything that 's printable.’ Rovers reject part of American dream EXCLUSIVE by Peter Jardine TRANMERE ROVERS rejected one of the heroes of America 's shock US Cup win over England because he could n't defend !
Idiom: pour cold water on (used idiomatically: yes)
This view has been put to the Turf Club 's fixtures committee and , I believe , has been well received . So things are looking up , although to be honest I am a bit puzzled about certain aspects of the ‘ Racecourse of the Year’ award . I 'm not going to attempt to pour cold water on it , for any plaudits we get here from the South where racing is concerned should be gratefully received , but I noticed that the award was based on the votes of a panel of members of the Racing Club of Ireland and ‘ leading racing writers’ . Well , the only racing writers who were at Down Royal for the two day July meeting when the new stand was put into use for the first time were Tony and Peter O'Hehir and myself . There were quite simply no other racing Pressmen here .
Idiom: thick and fast (used idiomatically: yes)
De Warenne nodded . ‘ It must be . The rumours are growing thick and fast as weeds and de Craon must be their sower . There is a whispering campaign . Even in the city they are saying the Prince killed his mistress to please his lover .
Idiom: buy the farm (used idiomatically: yes)
ET IN ORCADIA EGO Having heard the Orkneys were like Eden we sold up everything and bought a farm . A subsistence farm , I called it . There was n't sun
Idiom: tilt at windmills (used idiomatically: yes)
G. Russell , Keighley Tilting turners At the most recent target for the Antipodian Don Quixote , who tilts not at windmills but at woodturners , and not wishing to turn a non - existent battle into a war of attrition , I can only wonder who Mike Darlow will focus his attentions on next ! Jack Hill , Sussex Rates of exchange
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: no)
Eventually he asked her out , and , even though she knew her parents strongly disapproved of the flashy young man from London , she disobeyed them and started sneaking out of the house every night when they were asleep , to meet him . ‘ After a few weeks he told her he was going home , and asked her to go with him . By that time he 'd turned her head so much with tales of the big city and the life they could have there , she 'd have followed him anywhere . That night she sneaked out of the house as usual , but this time she was carrying a case . William met her as they 'd arranged , and they quietly disappeared , like two thieves in the night.’
Idiom: raise the roof (used idiomatically: yes)
His last competition race was in 1939 , the Isle of Man TT . A grand night for singing SOLOISTS and the massed voices of the Association of Irish Musical Societies will again be ‘ raising the roof’ of the Ulster Hall , Belfast , with another selection of Songs from the Shows ( UTV , 10.40pm ) . Later skiffle king Lonnie Donegan will be joining in another foot - tapping music and fun Party With The Rovers ( UTV , 10.40pm ) at the Unicorn , while The Rovers will be singing their way round more beautiful parts of the province . ‘ Cool it’ plea to parents who butt in
Idiom: lie low (used idiomatically: no)
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said yesterday that padlocks securing a barrier at Orford Ness , former home of a top secret defence establishment , had been severed with bolt cutters on at least two occasions during the past six months . Now , improved locks are being introduced in a bid to thwart those intent on gaining access with vehicles . Although known as an island , Orford Ness is a spit of low - lying coastal land which can be approached from the north at all states of the tide . Several miles long , it is the most important shingle spit in Europe in terms of the vegetation it provides for wildlife , attracting little terns , lesser black - backed gulls and other uncommon birds . The southern tip is designated as a national nature reserve .
Idiom: tell tales (used idiomatically: yes)
It 's a bit ridiculous really having the two ways of spelling Mm . That 's a tale for someone who tells tales . Seal . Seal that does n't make an A sound that 's making an