Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
So the thrust of Everton movement was provided down the other side by Ian Snodin and Stuart McCall , to such effect during the second half that Steve Coppell , the Crystal Palace manager , likened the impression on his defence to kneading dough . Maybe , but Palace were nothing if not doughty . Geoff Thomas , a makeshift centre-back , put head , toes and abdomen to the ball in exemplary manner , and Andy Gray 's defending was even more impressive than the passes he timed to perfection for both Palace goals . The first was simple , after Gray had intercepted some sloppy play and sent Mark Bright through : goalkeeper Neville Southall parried the shot , but Ian Wright converted his fourth League goal of the season . The second was altogether more clever : McDonald isolated and an offside trap jammed by a pass that Alan Pardew collected before shooting diagonally past Southall .
Idiom: on the button (used idiomatically: yes)
When we 're both naked , I 'd like to take you into the water and soap you . Soap your breasts until I feel your nipples hard against my palms.’ Ashley made a frantic attack on the buttons again . To her dismay , her body was reacting to the sensual word pictures Vitor had created and she could feel herself becoming aroused . As he spoke his eyes had fallen and she knew that from the centre of each perfectly round breast a peak jutted , lifting the thin material of her shirt .
Idiom: speak volumes (used idiomatically: yes)
What she does not do is believe for one moment that Rainbow has been possessed by some kind of demon . She does n't say this , of course . But her silence , and her eyebrows , speak volumes . ‘ Well that 's Frau Doktor struck off the list,’ says Rainbow to Naomi a little later , as they wait in a traffic queue at Spaniards Corner . ‘ But I might just feign insanity some day and come back for another cup of that damned fine coffee.’
Idiom: under the table (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah . a slice . I never saw that those , under that ga table . No I did n't . I was left with the
Idiom: watering hole (used idiomatically: no)
A poacher and a drug dealer , but Danny Gardiner says he 's not a killer . And bring back our trough . The watering hole that 's got them foaming at the mouth . Good Evening : ANNE DAWSON
Idiom: drop someone a line (used idiomatically: yes)
Fig . 4 Circuit of the simple a.m. tuner DROP ME A LINE If you have any comments or suggestions for inclusion in Circuit Surgery , please drop me a line at : . Please note that I can not undertake to reply to individual queries from readers however I will do my best to answer questions from readers through the medium of this column . Note : If you have a specific query on an EE project see the information under Readers Enquiries on the Editorial page and write to the Editorial Offices at the address shown at the top of that page .
Idiom: over the top (used idiomatically: yes)
Go there all people , every where and make them and teach them to obey every thing that I 've commanded you and I will be with you always to the end of Right , I 've just got a , two or three minutes , I 've just wanna get something quickly done before we , we close and I 'm not gon na look up all the references , because your get them for next week any way in , in the house group , but , now , now in a sense it 's difficult to understand to take all this in after all his God and were people , how do we understand Jesus , it 's , it 's difficult , however knowing something about them does help us to understand something important , it helps us to understand what happened when Jesus ascended , when he went back to heaven , you see when Jesus arose from the earth the , the disciples who watch him it says there in Acts chapter one , they saw him go up in to the heaven , up into you know in a cloud , have you ever thought what that really means what on earth was it , they saw him go up in a cloud , can you image a sort of great clouds coming and dropping down over the mountain top there and was suddenly whisking Jesus up and then watching Jesus going up in this cloud into the sky , I do n't really think it was quite like that , have you ever wonder why it was that Jesus went up in a cloud , you see what was he doing , he was n't beginning a journey to some far off place in the universe , some distant corner where God the father was , he was n't doing that at all , what do you think a cloud can you , give any suggestions of what a cloud might represent because very often a lot of some of the language in the bible is picture language and it , it , it speaks as something else , what do , what do you think a cloud , does any body have suggestions of what a cloud might speak to us about , or speak to us of , sorry , power yeah , any thing else no hang on that , no , no , yeah , what is it just the thing of the moment about cloud , what does it , what does a cloud represent , Ben suggested power , any thing else vapour , rain , any thing else
Idiom: get lost (used idiomatically: no)
I could bring them round to you later.’ ‘ Do n't worry,’ said Dr Reid . ‘ Nothing gets lost here . And everybody knows everything . They know all about you , where you 're going to live .
Idiom: rule of thumb (used idiomatically: yes)
The complete listing of linknames and their frequency is shown here The frequency distribution of source and target node names served as a guide to augmentation of the paragraph database and of the semantic net . As a rule of thumb no source node name should occur in just one link object nor in many link objects . This follows the traditional wisdom that a menu of about 4 to 13 items is most manageable by people . A survey of node names revealed about 200 unique source node names ( see Figure 9 ) .
Idiom: small beer (used idiomatically: yes)
Giddy , weak , no longer interested in the inedible , and with even my fear of meeting again with the Mamba overridden by ravenous hunger , I stumbled over a heap of damaged hassocks towards a door marked in red letters , FIRE DOOR — KEEP CLOSED . I listened briefly , jerked the bar up , entered , blundered down a flight of wooden steps into a second , cupboard - lined room , and … Stopped dead , eyes locked on what seemed a miracle ( in comparison to which the loaves and fishes seemed small beer ) . There , resting against the foot - pedal , under a scratched and battered grand piano , was a paper bag bursting , overflowing , with Glacé Mints . Could it possibly be mere chance , I asked myself , that this manna from God knew where just happened to be my absolute favourites bar none ?
Idiom: off the mark (used idiomatically: yes)
According to property consultancy Jones Lang Wootton , which opened a west Berlin branch in April last year , first - class office space in locations such as Kurfürstendamm , the luxury shopping and pleasure boulevard , are fetching monthly rents of up to Dm70 a square metre , double the top figure in 1989 . In east Berlin , where there is an extreme shortage of modern offices , rents in Unter den Linden and Friedrichstrasse have soared above Dm100 for short - term contracts . Several companies that were quick off the mark — Barclays Bank , Salomon Brothers and Sotheby 's among them — have found princely quarters in the Palais am Festungsgraben , a baroque palace that formerly housed the German - Soviet Friendship Society . The accelerating property boom is likely , before long , to create a new downtown in the area around Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Platz — once Berlin 's busiest traffic junction and in recent decades its ugliest wound , a grey no man 's land between two barrier walls . A year ago , Daimler - Benz snapped up 62,000 square metres of land there for only Dm93 million .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: no)
The Palestinians claimed to be mining the road when we arrived ; Palestinian military preparedness was as thorough as usual . Several guerrillas , wreathed in cartridge bandoliers , were reading comics near an empty café where an old man was picking crumbs of bread off a table . There were some Mourabitoun warriors down the road , asleep beside their mine explosives . A Fatah officer with long , dirty hair led us down a slit trench cut into the soft , red earth . And there , across a field filled with long grass and butterflies , were the Syrian tanks .
Idiom: on the double (used idiomatically: yes)
Yeah I think over there . I thought he was looking at the station as if , to see if a train was in or something Yes I 'm not sure he 's gone on the double yellow lines , but still I do n't know what to do about this milk if it 's still two lots , have we nearly finished the one we 're on ? Yes
Idiom: one of those things (used idiomatically: no)
‘ And kill all the passengers ! I can see it now . It 's bad enough crossing the Atlantic on one of those things , but imagine the g - forces that would build up if you … ’ ‘ Please … ’ Lever interrupted , seeing how things were developing .
Idiom: up against it (used idiomatically: yes)
But that 's nothing new to me — I 've fought plenty of people who were intimidating . That 's part of the business.’ Eubank has been at his best when right up against it and facing defeat , especially in the battle with Nigel Benn that first gave him the world middleweight title and then when he climbed off the floor in the second , tragic contest with Michael Watson . Unbeaten He is also fiercely protective of that unbeaten record despite constantly saying that he 's only in boxing for the money .
Idiom: not all there (used idiomatically: no)
These exchanges are a ground - breaking insight for neo - conservative realism . You only have to look at a prole in this book and it rolls over to have its tummy tickled . Of course , this is not all there is to life , and Hildamay finds true contentment by adopting a nine - year - old girl who introduces herself on the tube . Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . The real mother is only 24 , wears cheap , shabby clothes , has stiff hair like straw , thin legs , says in a quiet moment ‘ I 'd like to be a person like you’ and smokes her cigarettes too low .
Idiom: go straight (used idiomatically: yes)
Say you had to go to a dental appointment . Bloody easy . Why why why is it okay when all the bloody nice lovely days right going straight back to school and when . Well me an and maybe Mohammed What about you Catherine you said you wanted to .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
The kuei will usually give up and leave a house in high dudgeon . The most efficient means of diverting a kuei is to sculpt upward - turning eaves on a roof . This spirit can only travel in a straight line , so when it slides down the roof in the hope of gaining entry to a house , it will be swept up in the air again by the curving gable . Similarly , a screen placed across the inside of a doorway will hinder their progress , for they can not move sideways . Kukulkan
Idiom: green light (used idiomatically: no)
By Peter Woodman Press Association THE Consumers’ Association was holding an urgent meeting yesterday over British Airways ' £ 35 m take - over of debt - ridden Gatwick airline Dan - Air . BA was given the green light for the move yesterday when President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine decided not to refer the deal to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . Yesterday , the CA was deciding whether to ask the EC competitions director if he had any powers over the move . CA assistant director Derek Prentice said the Government decision was ‘ staggering’ for consumers .
Idiom: toe the line (used idiomatically: no)
The Church of England has two major sources of revenue : its historical assets and donations from the man or woman in the pew Change is slow and complex . No Archbishop of Canterbury can simply pronounce to his flock , as does the Pope , and have the whole Church toe the line Imagine a conglomerate with 44 subsidiaries . Each has a chief executive who , though he sits on the board of nearly 600 directors , is not accountable to the head of the group .
Idiom: in the can (used idiomatically: no)
We have established a pilot plant at our Park Royal Brewery which looks at improving the productivity and yield of our brewhouses , through special filtration processes . We continually look for ways to break brewing barriers and set new industry standards . The in - can system was one of those ways — arguably the most exciting development in the brewing industry for many years . Our development centre is currently testing new products and processes and we continue to improve our productivity record . We are committed to our Strategic Intent of becoming the world 's foremost brewer , working with partners all over the world to continue providing quality products and an excellent service to an increasing number of customers .
Idiom: play with fire (used idiomatically: no)
She appeared to be raising no objection . Harvey , who had the reputation of a coureur , would run himself into more trouble if he were not careful . With Emma he had played with fire and narrowly escaped burning . It now appeared that he was an eager moth to Amaranth 's flame . Norman Tebbit , his blood pressure returned to near normal after the frustrations of debate , was exercising his somewhat malign charm over a group of columnists .
Idiom: take a back seat (used idiomatically: yes)
These pieces are engraved with the delicacy of a fine line pencil drawing . They depict , not only the scenes of whalers about their business , but also portraits of the town 's social life : picnics , weddings and parties . These days Peter takes a back seat . His son , also Peter , is taking over . It is pleasant to see the same easy charm , quiet confidence and obliging manner re - establish itself in the new generation of ownership .
Idiom: get up someone's nose (used idiomatically: yes)
She 'd called him Sage , and she only stayed at my house for a few minutes as she had to get right back to see her new baby — the owl , of course . It was obvious from the moment she came into the house that Dawn , as I 'd immediately christened her ( after all , I 'd had three weeks to dream up the name ) , was a real character . I took her to my room , so that her feathers would n't get up Mum 's nose . But I think Dawn must have known about her allergy , because the moment Mum came into the room to see her , Dawn made a point of trying to sit on her breasts . See what I mean about her being a real character !
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
There were incendiaries scattered all over the airfield for days , being picked up and made safe — another job for the armourers . The episode was reported minimally in the Press , but played down like so much else during wartime . Not long afterwards the Dams Raid took place , and this did hit the headlines and captured the imagination of the public . Later on , the squadron was given permission by the King to have its own squadron badge and each member was presented by the Commanding Officer with a personal copy of it . J. showed me his — a small , brass lapel brooch showing one of the dams being breached , and underneath the words , Apres moi le deluge .
Idiom: on the spur of the moment (used idiomatically: yes)
Neither her mother nor her father would be of any use at all . If they believed her story , and it was doubtful they would , they almost certainly would fail to realise what an astounding event it was that had taken place in the classroom that afternoon . On the spur of the moment , Matilda decided that the one person she would like to confide in was Miss Honey . Matilda and Miss Honey were now the only two left in the class - room . Miss Honey had seated herself at her table and was riffling through some papers .
Idiom: go for broke (used idiomatically: yes)
Fraser would then leave for Agedabia as agreed to carry out his attack on the night of 21 December . This was not the concept of a cautious or beaten man . Stirling was going for broke . No after action reports seem to have been filed for any of these early raids , which is not surprising considering the impromptu nature of their planning and execution . Thus the following account is a synthesis of interviews with those who took part and earlier published sources , all of which tend to differ slightly .
Idiom: hit the road (used idiomatically: no)
The game also allowed the long-running feud between Limpar and Derby midfield player Mark Pembridge to continue . Hospital Early last season , Limpar was sent off for hitting Pembridge , then at Luton , and the pair clashed again at Kenilworth Road when Pembridge put him in hospital after a clash which went unpunished . Pembridge said last night : ‘ I do n't know what the background is — all I know is he elbowed me for no reason at Highbury . ‘ He was sent off for thumping me , then I broke his jaw . ’
Idiom: siren song (used idiomatically: yes)
Chesarynth walked away from it , stopping only when the chill metal doors of the lift were a smoothness under her innocent fingers . What , me ? The socket was a siren - song . She drifted closer . Resolved not to do anything but wait like a good worker .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
The approach has reflected the collaborative nature of the work . At the outset we looked at the traditional ways in which new developments have been incorporated into the domain of the public services . In the last twenty years , those of us who work in these services have seen revolutionary changes which have been brought about by the use of state - of - the - art scientific technological developments . The equivalent changes in language usage have not kept pace with contemporary demand . The scientific developments have been created by co - operation between the service provider , the service consumer and the expert and this has been our approach .
Idiom: to the tune of (used idiomatically: yes)
They also played down the role of Sir Alan Walters , the Prime Minister 's personal economic adviser , in the critical decisions to intervene heavily in the past two weeks and raise interest rates to protect the pound last Thursday . Sir Alan has in the past written about his deep misgivings over intervention and has recently let it be known in the City that he believes the economy is at last showing signs of pronounced slowdown , a view not fully shared by the Treasury . The Chancellor had the Prime Minister 's support , according to government sources , in intervening to the tune of $ 2bn to $ 3bn to shore up the pound after pressure intensified following the news two weeks ago of a £ 2bn current account deficit in August — the third worst on record . It is also understood that the Treasury by then was concluding that an interest rate increase would be needed to ensure a clampdown on inflation . The sources also said that intervention in the currency markets was not expressly aimed at averting an increase in interest rates .
Idiom: on the hoof (used idiomatically: yes)
Hunter says Caterdata was chosen largely because it is ‘ user - friendly , simple to use in terms of the number of keystrokes people need to make , and quick to learn’ . However , it is one thing to scan a computer screen in the catering office : it 's quite another to do stocktaking — typically this involves carrying a notebook around the various larders and coldrooms . Catering & Allied came up with a novel solution : copy the stock file on to one of the two 128k data packs which fit into the back of a Psion Organiser , update that file ‘ on the hoof’ ; and copy the updated file back to the desktop computer . TIS programmed a second data pack , in a language the Psion understands , to handle the information . As Brown moves round the larders , the Psion Organiser presents him with a series of ingredient names , in a preset order .
Idiom: lose face (used idiomatically: yes)
Either you accept my terms and face me in combat , or I will leave you here with your weapons … and two corpses!’ ‘ You 've got a strange sense of honour,’ Grant riposted bitterly . ‘ You lose face if you break your word , but not if you use defenceless kids as hostages to force an injured opponent into fighting you!’ As soon as he had spoken , Grant could have bitten his tongue off , realising his words displayed weakness . The oriental glanced at Grant 's bandaged arm and shrugged .
Idiom: rock bottom (used idiomatically: yes)
I think it looks like he wanted to get the thing over and done with before the Sabbath . But Mark has to put all the package together . and it 's extraordinary to notice to make a note of the fact that from being a defender of the people , a popular character , Jesus now is hitting rock bottom . From now on you 'll see him taking a part . He 'll be ridiculed , he 'll be mocked , he 'll be scourged , you know something reserved for the people who were really being taught a lesson .
Idiom: lose face (used idiomatically: yes)
Around 52,000 people had died in car crashes in America in 1985 , North pointed out , and 130,000 had died of lung cancer ; in perspective , the hostages were nothing . Why not let them out ? What face could possibly be lost by Iran , doing so small a thing ? The hostages were ' this hurdle ' , ' this obstacle lying in the road ' , a dark huddle of rags in the foreground of a vista of peace . They were something that had to be removed , like flammable rubbish , so that the president could be ' fireproofed ' from the fury of his own people when news of the secret contacts with Iran hit the newspapers .
Idiom: on the ropes (used idiomatically: yes)
And then about quarter of a mile off the grating they drop their kedge their anchor and they came in then and then there were two ropes er thrown to them then . The the anchor rope was and the and the breast called the breast rope and then there 's a rope from us on each er the bow and the stern . And it was very very poor holding ground and there was a man on the anchor rope or there was a man on the three ropes on the crews on the three ropes . And er when the anchor man always had his hand on the rope you know and you 'd hear him saying , Anchor coming home sir anchor coming home sir . And the engine man he was on his knees beside the engine the engine was sticking over and the officer was in charge watching when we was watching the boat coming towards the grating you know .
Idiom: take it on the chin (used idiomatically: yes)
The Guiness Book of Records told us : Unfortunately we can not accept this attempt as a category for the book . If the attempt is successful , it would constitute a unique occurrence , not a record . The car 's manufacturers are taking it on the chin . Reliant said it was surprised to hear the Robin was considered unworthy of its own category , adding that 49 000 previous owners ca n't be wrong . Meanwhile John Lawer insists he wo n't be giving up on his epic adventure or his one - man campaign against three - wheel discrimination .
Idiom: drop the ball (used idiomatically: no)
SUBSTITUTE Paul Randall earned non-League Bath City a 2-2 draw with Northampton yesterday with a late goal he did not even see . With just eight minutes remaining , Randall , 34 , curled over a cross which fooled Cobblers keeper Barry Richardson and dropped into the net . completely lost for the ball to drop gently into the net . ‘ I turned away because I did n't know where the ball had gone . It was only when I heard the crowd roar I knew it was in , ’ he said .