Gooogr/pie_idioms huggingface dataset:
Idiom: come full circle (used idiomatically: yes)
Pragmatism rules REALITY has caught up with Lithuania . After being among the first of the former Soviet republics to fight to free itself from the embrace of Moscow , it has now come full circle with the recognition that it must look East as well as West for its own benefit . At first sight the election of a former Communist to become the country 's next president may appear surprising , but there are a number of factors which were in his favour . It would be misleading and simplistic to interpret the result as a vote for Lithuania 's past .
Idiom: by dint of (used idiomatically: yes)
She would lift a corner of curtain up now and again , imagine she had a blaster with sights attachment , and use her would be playmates for target practice as they leapfrogged and hopscotched around the courtyard below . School had simply made matters worse . Slow to make friends and disappointing academically , Marjorie had developed a perverse popularity by dint of an enterprise nicknamed ‘ rent - a - beating’ by her classmates . For a small fee , usually a week 's tuck allowance , she would duff up any victim selected . The electroshock therapy that followed her hospitalization of one unfortunate schoolboy left Marjorie a dull husk of her former self .
Idiom: at a pinch (used idiomatically: yes)
You know he is my enemy , just as I am his enemy , an enmity determined by our respective natures . Yet aside from that , my admiration for him as a person is perhaps as great as my fear of him . I can get around him at a pinch , but roll over him , never.’ It was after Vincent went back to The Hague to collect some belongings that his correspondence with his brother became really acrimonious . For a time it was almost open warfare between them .
Idiom: burst someone's bubble (used idiomatically: yes)
I stepped down in going to Norwich even though the supporters were good . ‘ The time was right before the season started for us to part company and I 've never regretted it and neither have Norwich . ‘ Hopefully we can go out and beat them , it 'd be great to burst their bubble.’ Fleck was kept out of the first meeting between the two sides at Carrow Road — when Chelsea went down 2 - 1 . He 's now ready and waiting for the Bridge return , saying : ‘ We are playing against the Premier League leaders so obviously we 've got something to prove to everyone as well .
Idiom: turn someone's head (used idiomatically: yes)
He turned on the engine , slammed the car into gear , and shot her a shark - like smile . ‘ I trust you 'll have no objections if I use whatever influence I have with the airlines to get you the first available seat?’ Tears rose in Caroline 's eyes and she turned her head blindly to the window . ‘ I 'd be happy if you would.’ Nicolo nodded .
Idiom: ahead of the game (used idiomatically: yes)
As a social category this was new to me , but in the tradition of white- and blue - collar workers , it has a plausible ring . The white - sock dealer , it seems , is a young jack - the - lad who lives with mum and dad , has access to their telephone , offers ridiculous fax prices to the hungry punter and is well pleased with his £ 50 profit margin . This means that those with more conventional tastes in hosiery ( and more substantial overheads ) are obliged to take ever - smaller profits while trying to stay ahead of the game and figure out what the next business - machine craze might turn out to be . Somehow it all seems a bit of an anticlimax after the bold legends of fax 's pioneering days . Now the excitement is hidden away inside the bland vanilla - coloured machines themselves , frighteningly complex and entirely baffling .
Idiom: on paper (used idiomatically: yes)
I have felt embarrassed because I 've had to meet people afterwards who I who I who I care what they think about me and I 've put in the biggest load of old rubbish . You get used to seeing it , right ? You get used to seeing insulting poems about you , all sorts of things on exam papers from students , right ? So and i I mean you read them in a they 're marked within five to ten minutes , yeah ? Scripts fifteen minutes at most .
Idiom: over the moon (used idiomatically: yes)
He 's changed this house . Do you know that ? Oh , Mother is over the moon with him ; but I 'm not , Peggy . No ; I 'm not . Between you and me , I 'm not .
Idiom: to the bone (used idiomatically: yes)
Two such big orders for winter suits were in the make now . They had been much on Rose Hilaire 's mind because the buyer from one store , Morgan 's of Leeds , had shown signs of wanting to move away to a manufacturer offering lower costs . Rose , whose own profits were already cut to the bone to get the order , knew that she was on trial . If Morgan 's left , the others might follow . She guessed that the alternative manufacturer must be deliberately making a loss to get the contract .
Idiom: in tandem (used idiomatically: yes)
Having looked at these particular protests , we will then turn our attention to the Public Order Act 1986 , and examine why the Government thought the Act to be necessary . A recurrent theme in this area is how broad the law has always been , and how much the discretion of the authorities has been what has really mattered . In this context , we shall assess how the Act has added to police power and what effect it has had when it has been used in tandem with the pre - existing law . We shall conclude with an examination of the controversy over the use of Stonehenge as a site of pilgrimage during the summer solstice . This ongoing conflict serves as a useful example of the interrelationship of the various legislative and common - law powers .
Idiom: get on someone's nerves (used idiomatically: yes)
And they went . They went through the French window at the end of the room , and down the stone steps into the garden . When they got there , Clelia said to Martin,"You really do get on her nerves , you know . She 's not joking . " " I know I get on her nerves , " said Martin .
Idiom: live wire (used idiomatically: yes)
I 'd dive below the line and use direct marketing for this one . I 'd go to a list broker of my acquaintance . A nervy man in an electric - blue Anzio suit , his body a twitching live - wire but poorly earthed to the keyboard of his computer . Whenever I go to see him , he is vivified by his connection with so many passive consumers ; their purse - mouths suck greedily at his psychic account . His fingers are splayed out so that he can feel the very pulse of hundreds of megabytes of information flowing into him .
Idiom: get the picture (used idiomatically: no)
You can usually tell a good Fender before you plug it in , and I 've got to say that acoustically the SRV is one of the loudest and most solid - sounding Strats I 've come across ( and in that I include non - trem Strats , which usually sound better under these conditions ) . As I 've said , the pickups are Fender 's Texas Special models , with staggered polepieces ( and badly fitting covers ) . You all know what Strats sound like and what 5-position selectors do , but to get an overall picture of this guitar I lined it up against a regular office hack ( a Tokai hybrid with an old ' 58 Fender neck and Alnico Pro II 's in the middle and bridge positions ) and can report that the SRV came out well . It does n't have quite the presence or the lovely transparency of the Seymour - equipped hybrid , but the Texas Specials make it sound fractionally bigger , deeper and more authoritative . It 's still an essentially traditional Strat sound , but with just that extra bit of in - your - face mid - range bite to drive the amp harder .
Idiom: turn the corner (used idiomatically: yes)
He travelled like this for some distance , meeting no other traffic . The moonlight shone off the frost settling on me fields and a wave of mist like sea surf was beginning to rise on either side of the road . He turned yet another corner and saw in the distance a rare copse of evergreen trees close to the road . He stopped , switched off the engine and listened . Had he imagined it ?
Idiom: all the rage (used idiomatically: yes)
Design factors included the ease of using zips , whether the pockets took a 1:50,000 OS map , hood visibility , ease of adjustment of toggles , number and placement of pockets and general cut . HANWAG ROCKY SYMPATEX At one time plastic boots were all the rage for summer climbing in the Alps and winter mountain walking in Scotland . Thankfully , leather mountain boots are reasserting themselves . Hanwag Rocky Sympatex boots are made from three piece leather with a Sympatex inner , shock - absorbing EVA wedge under the heel , Vibram sole with quick release crampon grooves and a moderately stiff sole .
Idiom: hit the headlines (used idiomatically: yes)
Well though the European Monetary System and its Exchange Rate Mechanism were working , economic discipline was lacking in several Member States , causing distortions in the market and upsetting the full and fair play of competition between industries and providers of services . The interplay of these forces on governments created a strong political will to embark on a course leading eventually to EMU . While these economic and political events were unfolding , dramatic changes in Central and Eastern Europe were hitting the headlines . The breaching of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 opened the doors to a series of revolutions in Central and East European countries which , from November 1989 to January 1990 , saw the toppling of Communist dictatorships , and their gradual replacement by governments relying in most cases on popular support given at free elections . Of the Twelve , the then West Germany was the most crucially affected , and its government set about creating the conditions for the unification of the two Germanies .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: yes)
Thank you . And of course you wo n't proceed in the of course until December so at least still very much up in the air , but certainly the estimates of the current year are produced of highly any other comments ? Thank you Chairman , on the recommendation four one three erm it says the same standard of service erm I imagine that 's the minimum of exceptional level of service , I mean it 's sad that no longer do we ever talk about
Idiom: free and easy (used idiomatically: yes)
At least she had the satisfaction of a long marriage to a devoted husband . ‘ All the Best’ , Opera House , Blackpool , 1938 After the free and easy theatre life , marriage to a staid man could present problems : My husband did n't like me talking about the theatre although he had encouraged me to do so when we were courting . He was a flight lieutenant .
Idiom: go all the way (used idiomatically: no)
But you can understand It 's not excusable really but you can understand their impatience when people c consistently do n't tell them what they 're going to do . So indicate at that point that you 're gon na exit there . If you 're going all the way round , indicate right . The only time you 're gon na indicate right is that position there , when you 're going there . Be careful about those sort of junctions .
Idiom: know the score (used idiomatically: yes)
It is one of two European countries without a single national park . These have been kept at bay for 40 years by the power and special pleading of the vested interests who are right now busily working out how to control the new Heritage Agency . We shall , indeed , know the score when we see the names appointed to run all three new agencies . For the concerned public to have any confidence that they can succeed , these bodies will need both governing councils and senior management who know what they are talking about , and show genuine commitment to conservation goals . The danger is that there will be a careful selection both of members with primary allegiance to different and even hostile interests , and of officials preoccupied with their careers .
Idiom: in the running (used idiomatically: yes)
In 1950 , he was Swiss sculls champion and finished third in the European championships before moving to Manila to work for his family 's private multinational company , Eduard Keller Ltd , for four years . On his return , Keller was Swiss champion again in 1955 and was bitterly disappointed when the Swiss chose to boycott the 1956 Olympics after the Russian intervention in Hungary . FISA was then a relatively unimportant body which organised European and other championships and participated in the running of Olympic regattas . As a rich , forceful young man , Keller had been earmarked as a likely future president , even before Mullegg was killed in an aircrash in 1958 . Rowing was transformed in the breadth and depth of participation over the 30 years of his term .
Idiom: up for grabs (used idiomatically: no)
Keith Wells , general secretary of the Sheffield YMCA , and the fourth player that night , explained that the idea originated in Norway , where 95 towns had produced the game to finance their local YMCA . In the United Kingdom , Derry / Londonderry was the first and their game was called The Maiden City , presumably in order not to alienate that half of the community which did not approve of either the name Derry or Londonderry . Keith Wells pointed out that the title Sheffield Shares is deliberately ambiguous — it can be taken to mean Sheffield 's shares , as in ‘ shares’ which are up for grabs by keen or greedy speculators ( my interpretation ) , but it can also mean Sheffield shares as in ‘ shares its wealth’—‘and that 's basically what we are trying to initiate here . We 're trying to get big , local companies to plough some of their profits back into the community through the work of the YMCA.’ So what kind of advertising do the companies get for their money ?
Idiom: ride high (used idiomatically: no)
There was an unexplained delay of five or ten minutes — perhaps while the searchlight crews came back to their action stations on the great lights , including the five - foot beam on the west bank a mile or so downstream from the port , and the light commanding the river from the end of the Old Mole . German radar at St Marc or lookouts at about this time reported 17 ships , so the coastal batteries were closed up for action against ships . The columns of MLs led by the destroyer riding high out of the water were suddenly caught in the harsh glare of the west bank searchlight . Other searchlights came on , but the German - looking silhouette of Campbeltown and some other confusions of identity enabled the intruders to bluff their way for another five minutes and about 2,000 yards ( 1,800 m ) nearer the harbour . Ryder fired some German Very recognition signals but these were the wrong shade of red for that night , and at 0127 the defence opened fire in its full fury .
Idiom: thick and fast (used idiomatically: yes)
Mirroring the Kennedy dream Penny Wark IT has all the hallmarks of history repeating itself , the charismatic young pretender ousting the tired old campaigner , so it is inevitable that comparisons between Bill Clinton and John F Kennedy are coming thick and fast . Like Kennedy , Clinton has a robustly youthful presence . Kennedy was 43 when he beat a lacklustre Richard Nixon to the White House .
Idiom: you pays your money and you takes your choice (used idiomatically: yes)
Personal computer manufacturer TSL Holdings Inc has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in US Bankruptcy Court in Santa Barbara . IBM SHORTLIST VARIATIONS IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front - runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front - runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied - Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit;’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . CLARISWORKS 2.0 TO SHIP LATER THIS MONTH Apple Computer Inc 's Claris Corp says it will ship ClarisWorks 2.0 in the US later this month at the same $ 300 price as the original version , saying the new version adds three new capabilities and over 300 productivity enhancements .
Idiom: tilt at windmills (used idiomatically: no)
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: all along (used idiomatically: yes)
Rory shook the thought away . It was foolish to allow any kind of hope for the future to take root . ‘ So you were right all along,’ she murmured . ‘ Well , you 've proved your point about me not knowing enough to be a manager . What now?’
Idiom: in full swing (used idiomatically: yes)
Josephine Fairley reports They called stress the disease of the Eighties . But now that the Nineties are in full swing , has anyone out there discovered that the phones have stopped jangling , their Filofax is miraculously blank , or the traffic clogging our roads has withered to a trickle ? Not flipping likely . All these factors — and many , many more which are now a fact of our fast - paced , deadline - packed daily lives — are still helping to create symptoms of stress to the point where a single encounter with an apparently dyslexic British Telecom directory enquiries operator can all but tip us over the brink .
Idiom: with a will (used idiomatically: yes)
The first " revolutionary " statement of Egypt 's new grassroots Tamarod ( rebel ) movement demanded that Morsi leave within two days or face a march on the presidential palace . " In the name of 22~million citizens , we declare that Mohammad Morsi is no longer the legitimate President of Egypt . " The protesters then appealed to " the institutions of the state , the army , the police , and the judiciary to side with the popular will . " The army has spoken , issuing an ultimatum of its own to Morsi : Address the protesters ' demands or face a military solution to the crisis . As the day ended , Morsi 's office declared that it had not been consulted prior to the army 's statement , and tens of thousands of the president 's supporters demonstrated in several cities simultaneously at midnight .
Idiom: play games (used idiomatically: yes)
Little Les Phillips just said in the dressing room , you ca n't get near him , he 's so explosive over five , ten yards , you know he played the one two bumpers into the ah , it 's a fantastic goal . But you know , let 's not talk him all the time because I think some of our players gave good performances today . Absolutely , you did n't come here and kick and rush , you did n't come here and defend , you played some delightful football , football I know you always like to play , that must have pleased you the way the game was played . It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ' come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ' you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . You know you 've got to get your foot in and you know if you 've got erm people in tackles , come on , they are n't any different to anybody else and maybe I thought we could have done that a little bit better .
Idiom: in a nutshell (used idiomatically: yes)
Though his first political sympathies were with the Union and the right - wing of the Conservative party , William Joyce subsequently held English misgovernment to blame for the loss of Ireland . By yielding to the seduction of ‘ international finance’ instead of following the stern duty of imperial economy , weak and corrupt administrations in London had created Irish poverty and resentment . Writing in Berlin in 1940 , he put the matter in a nutshell : If one sixth of the money invested and lost outside the Empire , in South America alone , for example , had been given to Ireland , there might have continued that cooperation between her and England which provided British history with Burke , Goldsmith , Wellington , Boyle , Roberts , French , Beatty and Carson . As though , however , by an inevitable destiny , International Finance wound its coils through the heart of England , and its venom was carried throughout the bloodstream to the whole Colonial and Imperial system .
Idiom: down the road (used idiomatically: yes)
Otley shouted as he raced towards the bridge . I did my best to catch up — if only I were Flo - jo . A procession of blackclad dignitaries streamed down the road like a column of soldier ants and came to a halt on the bridge . Then there was a crunching and a snapping sound as the bridge crumbled and deposited its burden into the fast - flowing Wharfe . The Mayor and Corporation flapped about like mud skippers and some were swirled round by the eddies and then flung on to sprawling tree roots where they hung about like wet washing .
Idiom: up in the air (used idiomatically: no)
‘ They fed us about five times on the plane,’ he said . ‘ You know the way it is . They 've got to keep the passengers occupied so they do n't start worrying about how the plane manages to stay up in the air.’ ‘ Yes,’ she said . ‘ I know.’
Idiom: one and the same (used idiomatically: yes)
There was still a role for central economic management , in Medvedev 's view , but it should be of a wholly strategic kind , leaving operational decisions to the enterprises themselves as ‘ socialist commodity producers’ . This must be complemented by a political system of a ‘ socialist pluralist’ character , one that would take into account the ‘ diversity of interests and aspirations of all social groups and communities of people’ . Internationally , this system would inevitably interact with capitalism within the framework of ‘ one and the same human civilisation’ . Speaking in early 1989 , Medvedev ( an economist by training ) spoke still more positively of the market as a ‘ flexible instrument for reconciling production and consumption’ which could be adapted to the purposes of a wide variety of social systems . It encouraged a swift response by producers to changing demand , and provided incentives for efficient economic management .
Idiom: as a rule (used idiomatically: yes)
Thus , an early appreciation of these landforms was almost bound to arise . It has been strengthened by the continued attention paid by the Americans to their own arid regions and , in later years , by the general increase of research in Africa . Thirdly , both arid and glacial climates leave the landforms bare and almost devoid of vegetation and , since the regions as a rule are infertile , natural forms are left unobscured by the activities of man . Such open landforms are in many ways more satisfactory for study than , for example , the cultivated , boulder clay country of East Anglia , where natural forms are obscured by woods , hedges and buildings , or the tangled rain forest of the Amazon Basin . The concentration on arid and glacial regions was probably also partly instrumental in the development of climatic geomorphology .