Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: get off the ground (used idiomatically: no)
You do n't need this work above all else.’ ‘ That 's hardly a businesslike approach , is it ? If I pick and choose at this stage , I 'm not likely to get off the ground . Why are you so set against the idea ? It does n't interfere with your side of things , does it ?
Idiom: sweetness and light (used idiomatically: yes)
It had not been taken as a result of the breakdown in 1946 of Anglo - American atomic cooperation . The decision to produce fissile material in the United Kingdom had been taken before the breakdown and was regarded as non - negotiable in any circumstances … . It is conceivable that if an agreement had been signed and if henceforth Anglo - American relations had been bathed in sweetness and light , arrangements might have been made for pooling atomic weapons production . But in view of the actual American mood at this time , such a possibility is not worth even a cursory exploration . As it was American atomic attitudes in this period hardened British resolution not to be bullied out of the business and not to acquiesce in an American monopoly ; it encouraged her determination to be a nuclear power for the sake of the influence this was expected to give her in Washington !
Idiom: under the sun (used idiomatically: yes)
The honeybee shares the ability to use the sun as a compass with a wide range of animals , including ants , sandhoppers , many fish and birds . Most birds use the direction of the sun more than any other navigational aid , and so need a very reliable time sense . Just how accurate they are was demonstrated when some birds were kept under a stationary artificial " sun " . The birds continued to adjust their bearings as though the sun was moving in its usual arc . At the appropriate times of the year , caged migrant birds regularly hop in the direction relative to the sun in which they would normally migrate .
Idiom: pull a face (used idiomatically: yes)
He bent towards her again , saying now , ‘ Have you ever thought of applying to join a NAAFI concert party ? They 're sending them overseas I hear , like ENSA … Oh , but’— he pulled a face —‘God 's truth , I would n't suggest you join ENSA , not after some of the stuff we 've seen here.’ Maggie LeMan kept her eyes riveted on the occupants of the stage for a moment , where they were bowing and making the best of the half - hearted appreciation now being shown by clapping punctuated with cat - calls ; then , slowly leaning to the side , she picked up the bird cage as she said , ‘ What do I want with a concert party ? I would n't leave Madley if they offered me my own travelling dressing - room .
Idiom: do the trick (used idiomatically: yes)
Atkinson is relying on a revolutionary machine to help cure a stomach strain . He has spent four one-hour sessions in the hyperbaric therapy unit — a pressurised cabin into which pure oxygen is fed . The 13-goal marksman 's chances of being fit have improved since he started the treatment and his manager Ron Atkinson said : ‘ If he does make it and this machine has done the trick I 'll gladly pay out Pounds 25,000 myself to buy one . ’ Striker Atkinson said : ‘ I 've felt better since I 've been in the unit . It 's like being in an aeroplane with the pressure building up on your ears .
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
Fossils from the club 's recent field trip to the Isle of Wight were on display , and secretary Frank Rhodes was thanked for his help in arranging this enjoyable outing . John Harper then gave a talk on the various lead minerals , showing several examples , some of which he had collected in Cumbria . Society members are drawn from all over the region , some travelling many miles for the monthly meeting at Old Alresford Place , where the facilities have helped the society re-launch in the Alresford area . ACORN AWARD FOR BARRY ONE of the highest decorations in scouting , the Silver Acorn , was awarded last week to Barry Ockenden , Alresford assistant district commissioner ( leader training ) .
Idiom: eat someone alive (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ I ran out of steam . It 's a killing job . Little kids eat you alive , they want so much physically and emotionally . ’ Every year he would have half a dozen nine- and 10-year-olds in his class who could barely read . He treated reading as a team effort , getting them to read the Daily Mirror rather than the dull , babyish books on offer .
Idiom: left and right (used idiomatically: no)
She nearly lost a shoe pulling her foot out of the hole behind her . ‘ BA - ba - bomp - ba - ba,’ It was dark in front , but there were indistinct swirls of painfully bright colours to the left and right . Stained glass and neon , Technicolor and Dayglo , fireworks and foil - embossed paperback covers . ’ BA - ba - bomp - ba - ba,’
Idiom: think the world of (used idiomatically: yes)
‘ That 's right . He has a wonderful head for business . They think the world of him at the Northern . But nobody seems to value a good business brain these days , do they ? That 's why the country 's in such a mess , that 's what I always say.’
Idiom: all over the place (used idiomatically: no)
‘ Gerald ? I wonder if you 'd care to wander up for a few minutes and we could perhaps move this matter of Gray on a bit ? Rather than having the police putting their big feet in it all over the place.’ He paused and laughed . ‘ I had a word with the Chief Constable last night .
Idiom: eat humble pie (used idiomatically: yes)
This is not surprising in view of Eleanor Jourdain 's extraordinary conduct some years later when , as Principal of St Hugh 's College , she accepted the resignation of the entire staff . Even with regard to this episode Margaret showed a sisterly loyalty : I am told that when she and Ivy found themselves staying at the same hotel as Cecilia Ady , Eleanor Jourdain 's chief opponent , ‘ there was a marked coldness’ . Of course John , her husband , told Elizabeth that Ivy had been right about the fuse - boxes : they just had n't come to her notice , so she had to eat humble pie . In my ignorance of electricity I would have believed her , even if it sounded unusual . ‘ It was a little alarming’ , I wrote , ‘ to think there was anyone so far above human weakness as to have none .
Idiom: in the dock (used idiomatically: yes)
Willy exhibited these symptoms to the most marked degree , which I for one thought odd , since he and Ramsey had often clashed . A few days beforehand , Jack Cornelius suggested a jaunt into the countryside to cheer us all up . Alan 's car was in dock , so Willy , the only other car owner , agreed to drive . Mere were five takers originally , but only four could hope to squeeze into Willy 's Mini , so Alan volunteered to drop out . That left Willy , Jack , Rex Cunningham and me .
Idiom: rock the boat (used idiomatically: yes)
MARTIN HAYCOCK / Cambridge Cox Voice over At just 7 stone 7 , Sam Benham wo n't be rocking the Oxford boat , but her call up as cox has caused a few ripples and waves down on the Thames . Oxford the red hot favourites have made 3 changes to their lineup in the run up to this year 's race and Sam was only told she was in the boat at the weekend . Sam Benham says …
Idiom: all along (used idiomatically: no)
Three were dragged back on to the train and taken by the scruff of the neck from station to police car . Others received a tough lecture on the dangers and might just have learnt to think again . And on housing estates all along the line , residents came out to watch the strange scene . Policeman scrabbling down embankments , trespassers fleeing into side streets and other , stranger - looking folk , leaning out of a stationary carriage with their notebooks , cameras and microphones . ‘ When is a train not a train ? when it is a Q train,’ said Insp .
Idiom: out and about (used idiomatically: yes)
At Ards , doctors have reported an increased number of patients coming forward for treatment for insect bites and stings . One doctor said : ‘ There has not been a dramatic increase , but more people are definitely coming into casualty . ‘ This is only to be expected with more people taking advantage of the good weather to get out and about in the countryside . ‘ Most patients do n't require any treatment , but occasionally bites become infected and we have to intervene.’ At Downe Hospital , it is the same story .
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
Then she flung herself down into her pillows and gave way to tears of frustration and rage . It was not many minutes before Theda 's lamentations were interrupted by the eruption into her bedchamber of Hector , barking and whining , closely followed by Agnes Diggory . ' Oh , be quiet , do , you stupid dog ! ' scolded the housekeeper , slapping the animal smartly on his nose so that he leapt back down off the bed on to which he had just jumped . ' I 'm that sorry , Miss Theda . I tried to stop him , but it were Mr Benedict coming down through the kitchens in such a bang and shouting for his groom that started it . '
Idiom: over the counter (used idiomatically: yes)
For all practical purposes in traffic it does not matter which gear is engaged and there is never any lack of overtaking power.’ Our third gear figures in 1965 included 30–50 , 40–60 and 50–70 each in 3.4secs ; even in top the same increments were despatched in between 4.1 and 4.3secs ; 80–100 mph and 90–110 mph occupied 4.5 secs and 6.8secs in third , or 5.4 and 6.1 in top , underlining the Cobra 's staggering flexibility . They were remarkable figures then , but almost 25 years on we beat them fairly handsomely , in a car which , although in a pretty healthy stage of tune ( probably around 350bhp ) , has nothing that any Cobra owner could n't have bought over the counter , and which is still perfectly useable on the road in small doses . Well , for once a 25-year - old test with the fastest figures this magazine had ever produced at the time seems positively understated when you come face to face with the reality . JA II impresses first with how tiny it looks for a car with such a monstrous reputation , second for the sheer physical intensity of the power when the Ford V8 crashes into life .
Idiom: come to think of it (used idiomatically: yes)
' I dunno , ' I answered truthfully . Why the hell should I look at the roof except to see if there was a satellite TV dish . ( Come to think of it , I had and there was n't . ) ' Bet it has , ' he said nodding to himself . ' Yer man here — ' he jerked a thumb at the bath ' — lost most of his fingernails trying to hang on .
Idiom: hands down (used idiomatically: no)
MARGARET EMMETT Cyril 's Daughter Not that there have n't been mornings when he 'd rather have stayed in bed . Though he 's handed down management of the firm to his daughter Margaret , Cyril still spends each morning making sandwiches at the back of the shop … then it 's off to the bakery in nearby Wanborough in the afternoon . At 87 , he 's the oldest working baker in Britain … and an inspiration to his customers and colleagues . The business has changed beyond all recognition since Cyril started out in bakery aged 13 … and he 's concerned that independent bakers like himself may soon be a thing of the past .
Idiom: keep a low profile (used idiomatically: yes)
The critics ' top 10 included John Ford 's The Searchers and Stanley Kubrick 's 2001 : A Space Odyssey . The directors ' list included Martin Scorsese 's Raging Bull and Francis Ford Coppola 's first two Godfather films . Morse keeps a low profile for life in Provence By Isla Whitcroft JOHN THAW has taken his role in the television version of A Life In Provence so much to heart he has bought a home in the idyllic French region .
Idiom: state of the art (used idiomatically: yes)
It has been common practice to anticipate the worst load conditions in setting the count required to generate the RETARD signal . If the actual load conditions are less severe than this worst case the system is run at a stepping rate below the starting / stopping rate until the target position is attained . However new techniques for adapting the position for deceleration initiation to the load conditions are being developed and the present state - of - the - art is described in Section 8.3.2 . 7.2 Optical detection of rotor position The most popular type of position detector is the incremental optical encoder , which is shown schematically in Fig . 7.2 .
Idiom: step on it (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's so tiny ! I feel so sorry for it you know , up at that house with all them big fat balls of , of fat . They 've probably stepped on it enough times . And have you heard it crying at night ? Mhm .
Idiom: seen better days (used idiomatically: yes)
Doors slam along hotel corridors and bathrooms fill with steam . Gin , ice and tonic water dull the pain of a long day . Cabinet Ministers struggle into dinner jackets that have seen better days ( so , too , do their detectives ) , their wives sit long before dressing tables applying powder and paint . Should they wear their blue or their blue ? There is no chance of a quiet evening slumped before the telly , or even to read a novel .
Idiom: in the long run (used idiomatically: yes)
But commission can produce a conflict of interests . David Wallace , a fee - based independent adviser in Glasgow , says : ' You ca n't produce the best value product which also pass the best commission . ' In the long run , moving to fees might provide the simplest solution to the problem of charging structures , and still offer good value for investors . Cash Clinic Chinese puzzle on yield prospects
Idiom: bear fruit (used idiomatically: yes)
Even the largest firms were exposed to the recession , some making large scale redundancies . As the profession 's representative body , the Law Society has had to face the question of how to achieve its strategic aims for the healthy development of the profession over the coming decade , in the absence for most of the year of the promised green shoots of economic recovery . While the Society 's efforts to open up international opportunities show signs of bearing fruit , it is the home climate which gives most concern . The public funding of litigation remains a core question , on every aspect of which the Society has continued to challenge the Government . Almost every Council meeting has debated in some way how the profession can face the economic realities of the 1990s while remaining constant to the need to serve law and justice .
Idiom: lend a hand (used idiomatically: yes)
Miss Clinton broke in , laughing . ' You 've caught on very quickly to some of the interesting things Brownies do , but do n't forget the first thing Brownies learn to do is to give . ' ' I 'd like to Lend a Hand and help people too , ' Jenny said quietly , after a moment 's thought . ' Honestly , I would , miss . ' ' I believe you , Jenny , ' replied Miss Clinton seriously .
Idiom: catch someone's eye (used idiomatically: yes)
The second of our unwanted guests must have understood for he turned , raised a leg and farted like a dog . They took us back into the main passageway , past the hall and into a small chamber where Gavin Douglas , Earl of Angus , whom I had glimpsed during the banquet , now lounged in a chair . He had a brimming goblet of wine in one hand , the other up the skirt of the dancing girl who had caught my eye earlier . Angus was stroking her , caressing her thighs and making her squirm and moan with pleasure . Of course , he was as drunk as any sot on May Day , his scarlet damask robe , green jacket and purple hose stained with gross globules of meat and large drops of wine .
Idiom: strike a chord (used idiomatically: yes)
fool the woman is ! She is dreadful ! Does it strike an answering chord with your mother ? . I have no doubt that if they owned their council house they would now be very busily selling and buying and selling and buying .
Idiom: kicking and screaming (used idiomatically: yes)
For Diana it was the ‘ strange’ atmosphere of Sandringham itself which she hated . On one occasion she refused to go . She kicked and screamed her defiance until her father told her that it would be considered very bad manners if she did n't join the other children . If anyone had told her then that one day she would join the royal family she would have run a mile . If the atmosphere at Sandringham was uncomfortable , at Park House it became unbearable as Diana 's little world fell apart at the seams .
Idiom: in the works (used idiomatically: no)
In his new book The Price of Inequality , he writes that , " Politics have shaped the market , and shaped it in ways that advantage the top at the expense of the rest . " Rent - seeking , the ability of entrenched elites to allocate resources to themselves and smother opportunity for others , invariably leads to a less competitive market and lower growth . There is some support for this argument in Piketty 's work : the French economy takes off after WWI and again after WWII , both periods in which the French political system opened up and enacted progressive reforms .
Idiom: in the clear (used idiomatically: yes)
And I think she will hear me and will not say me nay , It is this that gives my soul all its joyous elation , As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day . As the final chords swelled to the close , the ‘ star’ revealed all of her eleven years by running from centre stage to her mother 's arms while the audience stood on their feet and cheered . Except the O'Neil family in the first row of the circle , who sat in stupefied amazement , hardly believing what they had witnessed .
Idiom: in the pipeline (used idiomatically: yes)
Brand name products made by the Glen Electric group include Dimplex , Glen , Burco Dean , Belling and Morphy Richards in the UK ; Siemens in Germany ; Hamilton Beach and Silex in the United States , and Westcan Chromolox in Canada . Meanwhile , up to 100 jobs will be created in Newry by a European inward investor . The Economy Minister revealed that ‘ further good news’ was in the pipeline , and hinted that a couple of projects were being negotiated . Industry sources in Newry said today that negotiations with a European company were at ‘ an advanced stage’ , while a second project was also being negotiated . DUBLIN
Idiom: on the nose (used idiomatically: yes)
In the castle - ditch , where the foxglove grows — A wrinkled , wizen'd and bearded elf Spectacles stuck on his pointed nose Silver buckles to his hose Leather apron — sole in his lap —
Idiom: have a ball (used idiomatically: yes)
This was one of the most one - sided 1–1 draws I 've ever seen . Tony Coton should get a large fat bonus to supplement his pay check — he earned it , and saved City from being on the wrong end of a large fat scoreline . Leeds had the ball in the net three times ; Man City had about three shots on target . The first 10–15 minutes should have seen a few goals in the net for Leeds . Strachan , Whelan , and Macca all came very close .
Idiom: take a dim view of (used idiomatically: yes)
This saved Mexico $ 3.8 billion a year in debt - servicing costs — and dissuaded many banks from fleeing across the Rio Grande . Venezuela stands in sharp contrast because the banks see it as a better bet than Mexico . In its Brady deal they took a dim view of a proposal to encash the country 's paper at just 45 % of its face value , which attracted a mere 7 % of the total debt tendered . The substitution of old debt for new low - interest bonds offering 6.75 % with guarantees was the most popular ( 38 % of the debt tendered ) , followed by an option for banks to have their old debt guaranteed in return for providing new money worth 20 % of current exposure ( 31 % ) . This should bring in $ 1.15 billion for Venezuela .
Idiom: breathe down someone's neck (used idiomatically: yes)
Well , erm , it 's difficult to make forecasts , particularly with the S E C breathing down one 's neck but I think one can say that the industry conditions , if you were to read the reports of other companies and for us , is pretty much erm , status quo , in other words the domestic excuse me , domestic industry 's doing quite well , the rig , the rig count 's up , the Canadian rig count 's up , international markets remain rather soggy but some of them are qui you know on a , on a selective basis some are quite good . For example the erm , Frank referred to doing quite well and some of that was due to sales into the former Soviet Union . Erm , the erm , the erm , the erm , er , settlement of the anti tr civil anti trust law suit that was referred to in the statement was erm , costs of about six million dollars this year on a class action law suit which we have reached a tentative settlement on in the last few days and , in fact , there were some , there was about six to seven million dollars of additional provision made at the end of last year in the one time charges that we referred to at that time but could n't really identify with erm , lawyers breathing down your necks in the United States and er , this is a class action law suit , would have been in a Texas Court and erm , you know , the boiler plate language is that you want to get rid of the , you know , the expense and uncertainty of this type of litigation and if you think that what a Texas jury did to Texaco , it 's probably a prudent decision to close the matter off at this time . Is it a recent provision order , that ? Well , they 're making a new one .
Idiom: in light of (used idiomatically: yes)
In subsequent cases , however , the decision has been described as limited to its own facts , e.g. Candlewood Navigation Ltd v. Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd [ 1986]AC I ( PC ) and Muirhead v. Industrial Tank Specialists Ltd [ 1986]QB 507 ( CA ) . In D & F Estates Ltd v. Church Commissioners for England and Wales [ 1988]2 All ER 992 ( HL ) , the House of Lords distinguished Junior Books v. Veitchi as being peculiar to its own facts . One view which can be taken in the light of this decision of the House of Lords is that it is unsafe to rely upon Junior Books as establishing any general principle of liability , a view which accords with the recent decisions of the House of Lords in Caparo v. Dickman and Murphy v. Brentwood DC . Forms of precedent which are not binding There are certain forms of precedent which are not binding .
Idiom: old hat (used idiomatically: yes)
The post - psychedelic light show ensures that the daytrippers are rooted to the floor as they sit through two and a quarter hours of swirling baby images , coloured cogs and kaleidoscope wheels . Oh , not forgetting a stack of self - indulgent musical wanderings . Inspiring pyrotechnics may trick the trippies , but it ca n't hide the essentially old hat rock opera theatrics permeating every synth - splattered extravaganza . It 's like trying to turn beef steak rawk into a New Age lentilburger , not by changing the ingredients but simply enveloping it all in a laser - fried wholemeal bun and hoping that nobody will notice the difference . ‘ Masters Of The Universe’ , ‘ Brainstorm’ and the ‘ classic’‘Silver Machine’are trundled out amidst the reworkings of other old excesses .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Claus Toksvig , then a Danish broadcaster based in London , had been reporting on unemployment in Britain . He decided to feature John , who was out of a job at the time . This was the best ; it was John exactly as I remembered him , walking down a road , waiting at a bus stop , hunched inside his big coat . Suddenly , as I watched the video in an editing suite at work , I heard his deep , warm voice filling the room and was transfixed . I realized that I had completely forgotten what he sounded like .