Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: see the light of day (used idiomatically: yes)
Further changes could close courts . The regional public relations officer for the Hampshire incorporated Law Society Richard Newson , has fears about the future of the magistrates ' courts . ' We all know about criminal cases and traffic offences , but there are many aspects of the work of the Magistrates Court which do not see the light of day as far as the general public are concerned , for example juvenile and matrimonial cases . I believe this work and that with which we are familiar are in jeopardy . Mr. Newman said that he felt that the threatened closure of magistrates courts would mean there is no longer going to be a system of local justice in the country .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
A long clearance from one the Leeds defenders found it 's way into the Crewe half where upon rolling out into touch the linesman controlled it neatly with his left and passed it back to the returning Crewe player with a neat right foot pass . Yes that 's all very nice but Deano ai n't gon na score from 10 yards let alone 30 — the shots looked nice but he should be closer to goal . I did n't think that strach had a good game — both he and Macca had poor games mainly because White and Hodge could n't win the ball back in midfield . Strach and Macca work well when we have a ball winner in the side ( i.e Fairclough or Batts ) but they had to hang back quite alot to cover Hodge and White who were playing crap . Yep we need Wallace and Speedy back quickly ! ! !
Idiom: game on (used idiomatically: no)
Yes , erm I think that puts us about half way now . You went just after Christmas you went through a very very bad patch did n't you ? erm Yes , we lost eight games on the trot erm finally winning here against Gosport . But things have turned round slightly in the last few weeks and erm the players have got themselves together and erm we 've managed to string a few results together . To what do you attribute the improved form Malcolm ?
Idiom: break ranks (used idiomatically: yes)
Rinelde Steeghs said that that move’ would so infuriate Serbia and the Yugoslav army as to spell an end to the EC peace conference chaired by Lord Carrington.’ This House and the wider world should listen to that view . In conclusion , I make this plea to countries such as Germany — a country for which I have the highest regard : they should be cautious about promising recognition for Croatia and Slovenia by any precise date , and about breaking ranks within the European Community . A decision on the recognition of any of the republics may be on the agenda , but that decision should be made collectively and advisedly . I hope that Germany , which has stood firmly in favour of a common foreign and security policy in the intergovernmental conferences that have just concluded and in the discussions on this week 's Maastricht treaty , will listen to its own exhortations and ensure that , whenever the decision is taken on recognition , it is made collectively , not unilaterally .
Idiom: to die for (used idiomatically: no)
‘ I warn the British people against the crushing imperialism of the Soviet Union . ‘ May Britain be great once again and in the hour of the greatest danger in the west may the standard of the Hakenkreuz [ Swastika]be raised from the dust , crowned with the historic words ‘ Ihr habt doch gesiegt.’[you have conquered nevertheless . ] ‘ I am proud to die for my ideals ; and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knowing why.’ So passed William Joyce . As ‘ Lord Haw - Haw’ he had been one of the most famous names of the Second World War .
Idiom: tread the boards (used idiomatically: yes)
She did . Had her career as an actress come to an end ? Morris had no idea she had trodden the boards . Could that be the reason her face was familiar ? Politics , it appeared , now came first .
Idiom: cut both ways (used idiomatically: yes)
While Central and Eastern ~ Europe has been the emerging - market region to suffer the most in the crisis , it has generally avoided the currency collapses , systemic banking failures , and spikes in inflation that were the staple of previous crises . Given how deeply integrated the region has become with the rest of the world , this is remarkable . That deep integration cuts both ways . On the one hand , it created economic ties and financial dependence that have made many transition countries highly susceptible to the crisis in the West . On the other hand , it mitigated the large capital outflows that were a destructive force in past crises , contributed to more mature institutions and domestic policy responses , and helped mobilize vigorous international support .
Idiom: nine times out of ten (used idiomatically: yes)
Almost always anyone with a white coat in a film is messing about with retorts , pouring liquids into flasks and changing the colour of the contents . He is frequently wrapped in the mists of carbon dioxide and seen against a background of bubbles travelling along glass tubes . Even when brains are being removed from their dead owners and implanted into living people , or fiends from outer space being fought to a standstill , nine times out of ten the magic weapon is the result of dubious chemistry . It must be the influence of Jekyll and Hyde , which has been strong since John Barrymore grew long teeth and took to scuttling about dark expressionist streets , bashing and killing . PETER Brancazio , of Brooklyn College 's Department of Physics , contributes a paper to a recent scientific meeting in New York on the physics of judging a fly ball .
Idiom: new blood (used idiomatically: yes)
Times axes newsmen THE Times newspaper axed more than 20 journalists ' jobs yesterday . A spokeswoman said editor Peter Stothard wanted new blood to sharpen up coverage . Some older journalists took early retirement . Record for JY
Idiom: round the bend (used idiomatically: yes)
There are many other relics of the past evident around the house and gardens , including a quaint turret on the terrace : it contains a bell which was rung to call parties from the gardens and riverside at meal times . — Below left , looking towards the point where the £ 3 m . bridge is being built , linking Teesdale with Stockton town centre . The barrage will be beyond it , round the bend . Double celebration for town 's adopted Scotsman and his singing bride A MAN who has taken the town to his heart since moving to Darlington 12 years ago has double cause for celebration this week .
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: no)
Forest created a succession of chances after the break as Tottenham struggled to contain Keane , who shot wide after being put through by Neil Webb in the 50th minute . Then Scot Gemmill rifled in the inevitable equaliser from 20 yards . It looked as though Forest had done enough to earn a valuable point when Barmby picked up a loose ball in the area and crossed for Mabbutt to score . Last year , this fixture was marred by Nigel Clough 's sending-off , and there was more animosity when Forest captain Stuart Pearce had an ugly confrontation with Iceland international Gudni Bergsson on the sidelines . Blame it on Bowen
Idiom: the icing on the cake (used idiomatically: yes)
The centre , which cost nearly £ 1.5 million to build , offers people with learning difficulties the chance to learn skills which can help them prepare for an independent life in the community . The centre is the realisation of a dream for the parents of many of the trainees . They led a campaign for the new centre to be built and today , Virginia Bottomley 's visit turned out to be the icing on the cake . Four men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man at his engagement party . Isador Johnson , who was twenty nine and from Northampton was found dead in August .
Idiom: take the bull by the horns (used idiomatically: yes)
In a takeover campaign that has already seen vitriolic language , he responds to the charge that he is mounting the bid to enrich himself and his friends by saying : ‘ Nobody could take that as a criticism — this is an investor group . It would be a criticism if I was doing it to impoverish myself’ . Square Mile : Stock Exchange takes the bull by the horns By JOHN MOORE SLOW developer ; confusing thinker who is liable to cause controversy and conflict .
Idiom: drop someone a line (used idiomatically: yes)
We have achieved self - sufficiency of 90 per cent . , but other countries have achieved more . I hope that if my hon . Friend the Minister has time he will deal with those points in replying to the debate . If he can not do so , perhaps he will drop me a line . Mr. Eric Martlew ( Carlisle ) I always enjoy listening to agriculture debates and especially to Conservative Members , because that is the only time when we do not hear any free market claptrap .
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
A trip to Australia for the country 's bicentennial celebrations was a good start to the year . Diana not only ostentatiously wore outfits that she had been seen in before — to knock a few criticisms on the head about the money she spent on her wardrobe — but she also seized the opportunity to kill off a few more misconceptions . Visiting a music school in Melbourne , the royal couple looked in on a cello class that was in full swing , supervised by a delightful seventy - eight - year - old professor , Henri Touzeau . Knowing the Prince played the cello , the professor asked whether he would like to have a go . Charles had once been able to play quite proficiently , but was very out of practice .
Idiom: one for the road (used idiomatically: yes)
In the health - conscious nineties , companies such as ICI , Shell , National Westminster Bank and Gestetner are closing down their in - house bars and applying a no - alcohol policy across the board , apparently with little resistance from staff . Low - alcohol wines , beers and lagers have some way to go before they are considered chic , but many an exclusive restaurant can now produce a mineral water list on cue . Mark my words , the day is fast approaching when the phrase ‘ lubricating the client’ will be consigned to the same vernacular scrap - heap as ‘ one for the road’ . Alcoholics Anonymous , PO Box 1 , Stonebow House , Stonebow , York Y01 2NJ ( 0904 644026 ) . For alcoholics and ex - alcoholics .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
The rest should help considerably . The scramble for Ryder Cup points has intensified . But even though he is still very much in the running for a place at The Belfry in September Clarke refuses to get carried away . His first triumph in Europe ramins the No 1 aim once he can keep his game together for all four rounds , instead of going off the rails at a crucial stage . He said : ‘ There are so many tournaments to go before the Ryder Cup , and quite honestly I 'm not looking that far forward .
Idiom: do the right thing (used idiomatically: no)
How interested is she in the preparation of this dress ? Oh she 's interested alright . Interested enough to be enthusiastic and do the right thing ? Well she , she also Did she ?
Idiom: for Africa (used idiomatically: yes)
He wanted to keep the church schools and the church colleges for the training of teachers despite the large sums of money which this needed . He brought before their minds disarmament , or the plight of refugees , or the plight of countries in poverty , or the work of the Church in other lands , or murder in the Congo . He told them how morally indefensible was the policy of apartheid , and asked for prayer for Africa . He recommended to them lists of books for the better understanding of their religion , and the advice was excellent . He liked them to try one or two of the classics of Christian writing .
Idiom: go it alone (used idiomatically: yes)
Minister at the Chancellor 's Office Bohl announced that if it came to the crunch , the government would go it alone in reducing paid sick leave and dismissal restrictions , even without the consent of the wage bargaining partners .
Idiom: have someone's number (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ He had more brains in his little finger than you have in your whole skinny body.’ ‘ If he was that smart , Viola , he would never have fallen for your little game . Because he had your number . Even Walter could tell you were a ninety - ninth - rate poetess with a grand manner , and a liking for getting people in your coils . He 'd got your number the first time we met .
Idiom: friends in high places (used idiomatically: yes)
For most people such details might be rather boring , but Robertson makes the narrative come alive through the personalities . He dedicates this part of the story to Taffy Bowen , who was the prime mover . With the help of Fred ( later Sir Frederick ) White , Bowen managed to keep the project out of the clutches of the Australian National University ( at one stage he nearly took the whole setup to the United States ) , and he used friends in high places to raise large sums of money from the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations . We are left in no doubt that fund - raising , and knowing the right people , are essential skills in scientific research . The account of the design contract with Freeman Fox in London and the subsequent efforts to get the construction done by companies in the United Kingdom presents a depressing picture of British industry as seen from abroad .
Idiom: pick up the tab (used idiomatically: yes)
Although Hampshire Bus 's successor , Stagecoach , in what we were told was splendid entrepreneurial fashion doubled its money in a fortnight by selling the coach station , it still left the problem that some people wanted to travel by coach . Fortunately , Southampton is under Labour control and there is an interest in providing public services . Despite the fact that the public purse had been so shamefully ripped off by the sales and the asset stripping , it was left to the ratepayers , through the local authority , to pick up the tab . Because of Stagecoach 's speculation , the ratepayers of Southampton have had to fork out El 38,000 to provide another coach station . The good , sturdy , private sector alternative would have been to leave people waiting in the rain .
Idiom: go to town (used idiomatically: no)
Yeah ! Then she 's gon na bring me home . And then I thought , oh I 've got ta go down to the town have n't I ? Said I 'd perhaps leave Peter there with them while I go shopping . Perhaps you can run me back ?
Idiom: body blow (used idiomatically: yes)
Now he confessed that he had in fact installed her . Immediately after this he announced that he intended to marry her . With this body - blow came a plea for understanding . Nevertheless , he rushed on , if his plans caused Theo to withdraw his support , God forbid , would he please tell Vincent at once . He begged for a letter by return .
Idiom: all and sundry (used idiomatically: yes)
At least she had her uncle Somerset to watch over her on the journey , and the countess of Salisbury to be a mother to her until she was handed over at Cologne to Louis . Even this , in its way a successful transaction , had done no better than limp lamely to its achievement . He flushed with anger when he remembered how the legal aid he had levied to furnish her to her wedding had brought in only miserable trickles of money on the date appointed , and how he had been forced to send out letters to all and sundry requesting loans to help to pay for her clothes and dowry , and even to borrow abjectly from the City of London and some of its richest citizens , with all the members of his council pledging themselves for repayment , so low was his own credit fallen . Even so , only a negligible part of Blanche 's forty - thousand - noble dower left England with her . Even her departure had been delayed for weeks for want of the funds necessary to fit out her ship and escort .
Idiom: fall short (used idiomatically: yes)
A second round National Assembly by - election held in a Budapest constituency on April 14 was won by the candidate of the Hungarian Socialist Party , the renamed former ruling communist party . The seat was that being vacated by Gabor Demszky of the SzDSz in connection with his October 1990 election as Budapest 's mayor [ see p. 37922 ] . The first round on March 24 had failed to produce a winner because the turnout had fallen well short of the required 50 per cent , but in the second round the required 25 per cent turnout was just exceeded . Rejection of army commander 's resignation President Arpad Göncz on April 2 refused the request of Lt . -Gen .
Idiom: over your head (used idiomatically: no)
So if you are pressed for time it is better during your first year in a language area to give more time to direct contact with people than to spend hours at your desk typing . Do , however , try to get a certain number transcribed . Then plan a week or two away from the village in order to catch up with some of those desk jobs that are hanging over your head . Some of your analysis and dictionary work could probably be done outside the language area too . 3.4.3 .
Idiom: shoot the bull (used idiomatically: yes)
Hussein Kamil , the Iraqi Minister of Military Industries . Bull had worked in the past on a joint US / Canadian High Altitude Research Project ( HARP ) , which had examined the possibility of firing missiles and rockets into space using a giant gun . Bull had been shot dead in Brussels on March 22 , 1990 , and according to some reports Mossad , the Israeli secret service , had been involved in the assassination . Eagle Trust ( the parent company of WS ) admitted on April 17 that it had recently shipped hydraulic equipment to Iraq which could have been used as a recoil system for a gun . Eagle Trust claimed that WS had originally believed that the equipment was for petrochemical use , but in March 1990 the management had become suspicious and had informed the British authorities .
Idiom: see the light (used idiomatically: no)
They want better safety standards an ' better facilities at the pit'ead . They ' ave ter walk back ' ome black as the coal they 've bin diggin ' out . They often work sprawled out on their bellies an ' they never know if they 're gon na see the light o ' day again when they step in that pit cage . At least our blokes work in the - open air , though that 's prob'ly the only good fing about the work . It 's ' ard an ' often dangerous , an ' everyfing depends on the river .
Idiom: straight from the shoulder (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ You were right,’ Luke said , ‘ there 's something in the wine.’ Susan did n't hear him . She slept like a drunk , head on the table , one arm alongside her face , the other hanging straight from the shoulder . Each indrawn breath was a little throaty snore . Luke got up and walked round the table .
Idiom: at the end of the day (used idiomatically: no)
This is true of the world of science and technology where the spirit of secularism has triumphed , and it is no different in the area of faith . We would do well today to see that times to remember are consciously worked into the pattern of our lives . Do you take stock at the end of a day , a week or a year ? Do you keep some record of God 's goodness to help you commemorate and celebrate ? Not necessarily a diary , but perhaps a note of particular answers to prayer , special acts of guidance , amazing experiences of provision ?
Idiom: rub shoulders (used idiomatically: yes)
We award people for doing things . It might be a nice rose bowl , it might be a weekend in the Lakes that 's paid for you , or whatever , it 's good stuff , be part of it . The important thing for people new to the business , you 're rubbing shoulders with people that know the business , and it 's your opportunity to say hey , I 've heard about you , I think ooh , you 're important , and hello . How about me having half an hour with you my friend , and tell me how you do it . Yes ?
Idiom: slip through the net (used idiomatically: no)
Child - centred education has tried to make children work by concentrating on what interests the child . Its success has been limited because some children will work on projects which interest them but which do not tax them sufficiently . In a child - centred class of 30 children it is easy for some to slip through the net and learn nothing . In Germany a child proceeds to the next year only when he has achieved a satisfactory standard in every subject of the curriculum . This standard is tested not by an end - of - year exam but by adding the classwork marks throughout the year , so the child knows all the time how he is getting on .
Idiom: fly a kite (used idiomatically: yes)
' Tragic — about his wife — was n't it ? ' ' Worse even than it appeared , ' Doctor Staples said knowingly . ' She was a lively piece , from what I hear — flying her kite all over the place . I believe she and the barman … ' He raised his eye brows and stopped .
Idiom: get stuck in (used idiomatically: yes)
LOCKJAW is actually another term for the extremely serious condition of Tetanus , and so I think what you are describing is recurrent dislocation of the tempero - mandibular joints , which link the jaw to the skull . I remember coming across the problem occasionally when I was doing a casualty job . The jaw literally gets stuck in the wide open position . Obviously avoiding opening the jaw too wide helps , but some people who repeatedly get the problem may need surgery on the joints . I do not think that you would actually choke however .
Idiom: come to a head (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ It led to an examination of cheques , a number of which had been forged and negotiated,’ he said . ‘ The signatures on those cheques to her were hers and she had done it to finance her drinking habit.’ Defending solicitor Bob Emuss said that problems for Mrs. White had come to a head last February . ‘ Her husband was not aware of what she was spending,’ said Mr. Emuss . ‘ She was running up debts , and when her full - time employment ceased not only did she have her alcohol problem but also had a number of clothing clubs pursuing her.’
Idiom: out to lunch (used idiomatically: yes)
Mr Thomas was from Hastings where he practised privately and at the Royal East Sussex Hospital as a heart surgeon . We therefore assumed that he knew what he was doing , and got on with our work as well . Next spring , a messenger from the hospital told me that two of those men had come back to say ‘ Thank you’ and take Deputy Superintendent Dr Lloyd out to lunch to celebrate . One had brought with him his father who was an MP . For me it was a time of revelation .
Idiom: drop a hint (used idiomatically: yes)
He now has less than a month to ' re - engage ' the negotiations before the United States imposes a savage and crippling 200pc trade tariff on £ 200 m of imported European goods . Meanwhile , John Gummer , Agriculture Minister , claimed an agreement was ' tantalisingly close ' before the talks collapsed in chaos . And although he refused to criticise Mr Delors , he dropped enough hints to imply the Prime Minister had some stern even harsh words to address to him . The unspoken allegation against Mr Delors is that he sabotaged the talks because of his support for French farmers who oppose any reduction in EC agriculture subsidies . Mr Delors could be a candidate in the next French presidential elections in 1995 .
Idiom: on the cards (used idiomatically: yes)
The 1988 Gold Cup victor led until two out , where lack of fitness told , and he finished third , 11 lengths behind the winner . Graham McCourt can do little wrong at the moment and he gave Golden Friend a superb ride . He and Chris Grant , on The Thinker , jumped the last together , but it was always on the cards that McCourt would have the upper hand . However , full credit must go to The Thinker , who , giving a stone , battled all the way to the line and was beaten only one length . Arthur Stephenson thought that his 1987 Gold Cup winner would need the race and 20 - 1 about him repeating the feat at Cheltenham again looks good each - way value .